[ SECRET POST #2074 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2074 ⌋

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

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[Sam Winchester, Young Hercules]


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[La Pucelle: Tactics]


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Notes:

Important: I'm really sorry about this, but I accidentally misclicked and deleted the submission post from last week instead of saving it. Managed to save the first page (25) of secrets, but the rest (about 100 or so) are gone.

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Comments

[intrigueing]

That actually sounds pretty reasonable to me. I mean, characters who have really big problems/issues/tragedies, whose lives really suck, who are always going through trauma and shit...you kind of wonder what it's like to be them, what would you do if you had all that shit in your life, and could you handle it, etc.

And it can be kind of self-affirming to pretend that you have to struggle with the same problems they did or you went through the same things they did, especially if you lived a very comfortable life. Because fictional characters often live very vivid, dramatic lives where electrifying conversations take place, really powerful, breath-taking climactic moments can happen, they can pinpoint huge life-changing experiences which unfold in ways that give them unbelievably strong feelings, and they get a chance to act on them in big, cool ways. Which just sounds so much more satisfying than a humdrum life.

Like, it gives you kind of an excuse to feel certain things that you would be otherwise be embarrassed about. Like you might be sad and feel irrationally ashamed about it and go "what am I complaining about? Batman had to watch his parents get killed in front of him!" so if you pretend to BE Batman, and pretend to have experienced that kind of shit and have a really powerful source for loads of angst, it's kind of cathartic to be able to indulge in really strong emotions that you don't have a RL source for.

Or it can give you a sense of exaggerated extremes that feel more legitimate and clearly-defined that everyday problems. "I was a little douchey for a while back then, but I'm better now" is kind of dull and boring and your so-called problem probably sounds pretty fucking lame to your ears, but "I did terrible things and I feel horrible about them all the time because they were really terrible, but not only am I better now, I'm so awesome that I totally sacrificed myself to save the entire city of New York" is just a so much cooler thing to feel, you know?

Even though you know intellectually you're better off than the characters you're pretending to be, because having a boring life is way better than having your parents killed, and having been kind of a douche is way better than having done really really horrible things, but it sure doesn't feel that way when you're dealing with fictional situations and fictional characters, because they're cool and dramatic and fascinating, and you probably feel a lot more boring and lame in comparison.

I dunno if that's what you were going for, but I can totally understand having that kind of a feeling.