[ SECRET POST #2076 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2076 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 5 pages, 108 secrets from Secret Submission Post #297.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 1 2 3 4 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

Official advertise your fandom-related comms/events thread.

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[fscom]

Official clickables thread.

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General comments:

Leaks

[morieris]

What do you do regarding leaked episodes? Do you watch them before and then watch them on TV if you can? Or do you still wait?

Re: Leaks

[(Anonymous)]

I watch them because I don't watch TV anyway.

book recs

[(Anonymous)]

I am suddenly really interested in reading books (fiction or nonfic) about correctional boarding schools/camps. Anyone have any recs?

Shitty movie with good premise

[(Anonymous)]

Because I just finished watching a movie that would have been awesome if it had been written differently.

Tiger & Bunny

[(Anonymous)]

I got into this series apparently way late, and I wanna know everyone's thoughts on things that aren't seme/uke or that poor woobie Lunatic or "X female character is (some misogynist term)". The few active discussions I've come across were exactly that, and it makes me sort of sad as a new fan. :(

So, things you loved? Things you hated? Random thoughts? Favorite fic/vids/art? Favorite communities or places to post fan works? I'd take anything, really, and since there have been secrets about it recently, I know there are at least a few fans kicking around here. :)

Have you ever been really excited for something

[dm21]

And then discovered it's not what you thought it was?

For instance, I was pretty excited to learn there was going to be a Luigi’s Mansion 2 for handheld. Then, I learned it was for the 3DS and the 3DS only (I only have the DS Lite and don’t have any desire to upgrade).

I had been waiting years to be able to own and play a Luigi’s Mansion game for myself. Now, I’m still waiting.

Stupid fandom tropes you secretly love

[intrigueing]

Anyone want to share fandom tropes that you objectively know are dumb, corny, illogical, cliched, predictable, or tiresome, but you still totally adore?

I lovelovelove it when the villain makes a 180-degree Heel Face Turn near the end of a movie, even for very silly contrived reasons, like the hero telling them You Are Better Than This or something.

I also love everything to do with The Power Of Teamwork/Friendship/Love/Trust, no matter how cheesy or preachy or anvilicious it is.

I can't remember a single time when I wasn't charmed by That Scene where a big crowd of people applaud or cheer NASA-style after the heroes Save The World.

music recommendation thread

[dethtoll]

here's today's picks:

Angels & Airwaves - Call to Arms (aka the dude from blink 182 suddenly has talent)

Ulver - Everybody's Been Burned (live Byrds cover)

Future Sound of London - My Kingdom

American animals and a very familiar spider!

[joltymcjolterson]

North American animals today! And boy, not going on and on forever was a bit tricky. Here are some cute animals that are from the continent now. As it's America, not all these animals might actually be native- some are found in other countries, some immigrated over. Still, they all can be found there today. (Though perhaps not easily found, in some cases.)

Will-They-Won't-They TV couples

[idiothole]

I have to admit I'm a total sucker for these kinds of pairings, especially if there's any amount of bickering going on. At the same time, I loathe to get into them because it can be such a show-ruiner, to find the writers either fuck up the "getting together finally" bit or just prolong it until it's no longer interesting whether they do or don't end up together.

So what do you guys feel are some of the best examples of prolonged UST actually coming to fruition on a TV show? Or the worst example of it?

Original BSG vs. 2004 remake?

[with-rainfall.livejournal.com]

So, I'm about six episodes in to the original (1979/80) Battlestar Galactica, and I'm really enjoying the cheesy sci-fi and the "We are heroes, let's go and save the world" vibe. Not a fan of some of the plots (this from a girl who's never seen a Western). I've only seen one episode of the remake, and I loved female!Boomer and Roslin, but the others didn't seem to have the intensity of their 1980 counterparts. The black and gray morality of the Cylons seemed interesting, though.

Thoughts on the two series? Do you love one and hate the other, or do they each have their own pros and cons?

Hyunjae (sp?)

[(Anonymous)]

I want to know what ended up happening! Did the story get continued somewhere and I just missed it, or what.

Fandom Hates Women tumblr is at it again

[(Anonymous)]

http://fandom-hates-women.tumblr.com/post/31097737411

I thought they were bored with us. Guess not.

Crazy people: Hyunjae edition

[khronos_keeper]

From curiosity from an anon, I'm here to continue my story about crazy people, namely the crazy Korean coteacher named Hyunjae, started in this link here

As a note, I do hope that I have no former students reading this. I coincidentally got a facebook message from one of them right after I posted the first part of it up, so I wonder. They're really smart kids, but it would honestly feel a little weird if they stumbled on this.

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The next few days are tense, but life goes on. Hyunjae does what everyone expects her to do, and like some demented feral cat, tries to finish off the “fight” she started with me. Again, this plays in with her delusions that she's fighting some glorious battle for goodness and she's some paragon of virtue, and she has to bring people accountable.

This is extremely problematic, as you can imagine, because Hyunjae blows everything way out of proportion for one thing. For another, she has no actual grasp of what constitute a wrong being done to her; in her mind, everyone is out to get her, from her bosses to the students to her coworkers.

I'm walking out of my office, when I hear my name being called. I know the voice, and automatically tense up and turn. It's Hyunjae, of course.

As a bit of backstory-- after my initial confrontation with Hyunjae, I texted my Mom and asked for advice on what to do if she should try something like that again. My Mom's response was quick. “Punch her in the face. And then yell at her like you would a heifer.” (We're farmers, and heifers are basically teenaged cows, so basically they're hormonal assholes that weigh 800 lbs.)

I'm shaking. I don't want to be, but I'm shaking because I have no idea what she's going to do.

She walks over to me, and starts with her trademarked, “You can't just walk away from someone when they're trying to talk to you. Just because you don't like what someone is saying doesn't mean you get to run away. You need to face life.”

This crazy bitch is lecturing me. For not staying there and letting her pick a fight with me, for not letting her put her hands on me. For not letting her get her way.

Oh no. Oh hell no.

At first I just say, “Listen, just leave me alone, okay?” She doesn't care, and continues with, “No, you have to face your problems.”

I take in a breath, and start shouting. “LEAVE ME ALONE.” My voice is too loud, and it bangs around the high walls. A student passing us whips her head over, then looks away and hurries by.

I go on, “GO AWAY AND LEAVE ME ALONE.” I probably said more, but I can't remember it.

Unfortunately, Hyunjae is not phased by shouting. She blinks at me, and then starts, “Listen to you, shouting. You should be ashamed, loosing your temper.” In Korea, it is a HUGE faux pas to lose face in front of people, especially your “superiors”. Technically, because Hyunjae has 15+ years on me, she's my superior.

I start to walk away again. She follow, blithering on about not running from my problems. I'm headed for the stairwell, and I have the realization that she would literally follow me around the school, and we would probably have a repeat performance of last time. I don't want this.

It's at this point I abruptly reverse directions and say, “You know what, I bet there's someone who would love to talk with you.” I start back toward Hyunjae's big office, where about half a dozen other teachers also have their desks, including our boss, Aeja.

I walk I, Hyunjae tailing me, and beeline for Aeja's desk. My wods are calm, but my voice is shaking when I say, “Aeja do you have a minute?”

She must have heard me shouting outside, because she says, “Of course, Khronos, what is it?”

I can't summon any words to summarize. So I just say, “Hyunjae wants to speak with you.”

Hyunjae has folded herself meekly in her chair, staring at her desktop.

Aeja immediately starts talking to Hyunjae. I get the feeling she's scolding Hyunjae, even though her voice is soft and even. Her hand has found mine, and she's holding it to comfort me. My hand is shaking so hard, Aeja's hand is trembling.

Hyunjae breaks in every once in a while to try to incriminate me or defend herself. “She hasn't been replying to my emails! I have documented evidence!” she cries, and I can see her gesturing to her computer out of the corner of my eye. I'm relieved, because the day after Hyunjae had physically confronted me, I emailed Aeja to say that I had cut off any contact with Hyunjae, and would not be responding to her emails.

Aeja rode over the top of Hyunjae to keep talking.

“But you heard her!” Hyunjae says, “Shouting like that! She was the one who was angry. I was just trying to tell her she can't run away...”

Aeja only continues. Hyunjae falls silent and takes her well-mannered drubbing.

When she's doe, Aeja stands, and leads me out of the office, and down the hall, to Aaron's office. He's in there, and Aeja says, “We need to have a talk.”

Aaron is pretty canny. “Oh God. This is about Hyunjae isn't it.”

Aeja hums, and sits me down in one of Aaron's chairs. He comes around, and says, “Okay, what's this about.”

I spill it to him. When I tell him about her grabbing me, his eyes pop. “She assaulted you?” he asks in incredulity. At that point, I hadn't thought about it like that, but she really had. “Yeah. All of my office mates saw it happen...”

I tell him about her accusations of students “plagiarizing”, and her threats to torpedo their grades for it. This is a massive, massive problem, because this is an elite school, and most if not all of the seniors are aiming to get into top ranking Korean colleges, or foreign colleges. Having a dent in grades like that would most likely prevent them from getting in.

He calls in Harriet, the girl who broke the story about Hyunjae's insanity to me earlier. She agrees with my summation, and tells her story. She physically recoils when she hears about Hyujae grabbing me. “She attacked you? Oh my God.”Later on, I would get a lot of apologies from students for that.

When all is said and done, Aaron says to Aeja, “You're going to tell the principle about that, aren't you.”

Aeja asks, “What's that?”

“Her grabbing Khronos?”

A beat of silence. “Yeah, sure sure.”

It turns out that she doesn't. Not for that week anyway. I'm asked to provide an updated shitlist of stuff that Hyunjae has pulled, and give it to Aeja.

Next up: making exams and proctoring

Friends, "friendzoning," boyfriend problems

[(Anonymous)]

Hey F!S. I... have a problem. I have friends who are girls--but they're friends I made when I was much, much younger (middle school or earlier) and have kept. I have no recent girl friends and for some reason girls don't seem to keen on me.

I've been really lonely since I started college since I hadn't been able to make any new friends. I just transferred this year and suddenly I'm getting a fair amount of attention from guys who want to hang out with me presumably only to hit on me. At first I think "oh good, I've made a friend maybe! Finally!" But then they keep hitting on me even after I try to be politely dismissive. The problem is... even though I have a boyfriend (long distance), I'm so fucking lonely that I don't tell anyone I have a boyfriend simply because I'm really afraid I'll lose their company and be all alone again. I feel like a horrible person... I'm sure the cat will come out of the bag at some point, but I'm hoping that by that point they'll have decided they like me as a person/as a friend, and they don't care enough that I have a boyfriend that they'll stop hanging out with me. I certainly don't encourage their flirting or flirt back, and I would never cheat on my boyfriend, but I feel like such a fucking loser that this is the only way I can make "friends." I just feel so pathetic. Am I still leading them on if I try to turn down their flirts? Am I being a bad girlfriend by not telling them about my boyfriend?

Shit Stream tommorow!

[insanenoodlyguy]

Just a reminder... the shit stream is tomorrow! Next week it will likely be on Saturday again though. And if somebody could suggest one, there might be a shitty subtitle movie (the movie itself can be good) if somebody can make a good recommendation by then! For now, 6pm tomorrow the suck starts!