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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-08-07 06:58 pm

[ SECRET POST #2044 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2044 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Yamato nadeshiko Shichi Henge/Perfect Girl Evolution]


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[Suits]


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[A Song of Ice and Fire]


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[Yamato nadeshiko Shichi Henge]


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[Sherlock BBC]


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[Homestuck]


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[Sherlock]


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[Stargate Atlantis]


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[Cyborg 009]


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[The Amazing Spiderman]


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[Stargate Universe]


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[Avatar: the Last Airbender]


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[Bunheads/Game of Thrones]


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[thesyndicateproject (youtube)]


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[Codex Alera]


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[Wishbone]


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[The Game OverThinker]


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[K-ON!]


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[Magical Diary]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 063 secrets from Secret Submission Post #292.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
sailorgenerous: (Filly PLEASE)

[personal profile] sailorgenerous 2012-08-08 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, where to start with this one.

First! You do realize that having a series widely available (as much as HBO can be counted "widely available") in a different medium is actually very likely to attract people back to the original medium, yes? I know a good amount of show fans who turned around and gave the books a try because they liked what they saw and they talked with book fans who encouraged them instead of referring to them as "illiterate fucks."

Second! Have you taken a look at how stupidly frigging huge these books are? The entire Harry Potter series is about as long as the first three put together, and there are five and counting. Each ASoIaF novel still requires a map and an index of houses and who's in what to even keep track of what's going on, and even then it's tough to remember everything that's happening. These are long, complicated books, and not everyone is up for reading them. Some people read slowly and would rather pick books that won't take them over a year to complete. Some people don't want something that complicated. Some people can follow things better if they see the action onscreen. Someone enjoying a different interpretation of the same story does not make them a lesser fan than you, especially since GRRM works on the show himself and approves the changes.

Third! Sounds like most of your anger is at your coworkers. Maybe you can explain to them that HBO is expensive/you don't want it/whatever. Sounds like they might not understand that fact.

Overall: "READ SOMETHING YOU GODDAMN ILLITERATE FUCKS" is a terrible way to get someone to read. Take a step back, try to understand the situation, and try a different approach.

Alternatively, if we're dealing with the lowest common denominator here...troll harder.

(Anonymous) 2012-08-08 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
Coward.





































Coward.














































Coward.
sailorgenerous: (...what)

[personal profile] sailorgenerous 2012-08-08 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
All that scrolling and not even any gifs? Oh, come on, anon, that's just disappointing.

Thanks for your feedback, I suppose.

(Anonymous) 2012-08-08 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
ANSWER ME, DAMN YOU.

Why do you do this to me? Everything I've ever done has been for you. EVERYTHING. And who do you turn to? The liars and the fakes. They hurt you and you run to me, but when times are good, you ignore my calls. I've come to you, been there for you, but you have never, EVER, been there for me.

Why? WHY?
sagesaria: (gamer)

[personal profile] sagesaria 2012-08-08 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
This is what happens when you drunk-dial on fandomsecrets, ladies and gentlemen.
throneofroses: (I R PURTY PRINCESS)

[personal profile] throneofroses 2012-08-08 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
Tch, no kidding. o_O
sailorgenerous: (...what)

[personal profile] sailorgenerous 2012-08-08 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
I'm going to be completely honest: I have absolutely no idea who you are or what you're talking about. If you'd like to explain, I'm all ears. If not, have a lovely evening.

(Anonymous) 2012-08-08 10:12 am (UTC)(link)
...I got through those books while working twelve hour days minimum. At any rate I read the whole damn series, or what we yet have of it, in a less than two months.

...Yet I've never managed to finish the Harry Potter series. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this. Oh well, good fanfiction > the epilogue.

At any rate television rots your brain. Hah.
sailorgenerous: (Filly PLEASE)

[personal profile] sailorgenerous 2012-08-08 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations! That makes you a fast and dedicated reader. Unfortunately - which is the point I was trying to make as to why some people don't sit down to read 5K+ pages - not everyone has the time or ability to do that. Being abrasive and insulting about it will make them less likely to read the books, not more.

You've never managed to finish the Harry Potter series, yet you've read the epilogue? Okay then. Not anywhere near the point I was making, but okay.

Wait. Hang on. You've ignored every point I've tried to make, responded with your personal semi-relevant anecdotes, and finished with a trite, outdated idiom and "hah?" I'm sorry, I had no idea I was talking with a complete media snob. I'll just watch my brain-rotting nature documentaries somewhere else and talk ASoIaF/GoT fandom with people who keep open minds. Sorry for wasting your time trying to help you see the other side of a situation.

Though somehow I doubt you'd complain as much if they'd made Game of Thrones movies instead.