[ SECRET POST #2107 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2107 ⌋

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

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02.
[gravity falls]


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03.
[Kuroko no Basket]


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04.
[World of Warcraft]


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05.
[Batman: Arkham City]


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06.
[Blake's 7]


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07.
[Sherlock (2002)]


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08.
[Beelzebub]


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09.
[Kuroko no Basuke]


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10.
[Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun]


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11.
[Spec Ops: The Line]


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12.
[Supernatural]


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13.
[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]


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14.
[Legend of Korra]


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15.
[Community]


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16.
[The Good Guy]


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17.
[Journey Into Mystery 2011]


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18.
[Rune Factory 3]


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19.
[Journey]



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20.
[South Park]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 065 secrets from Secret Submission Post #301.
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.

Comments

Re: Ukefication and Exclusive Bottoming in porny fanfic?

[stainless]

Okay. I misread you. I thought you said "You don't give two shits" -- which would have meant that you were saying I was backtracking and writing not about the issue I see here, but the issue that you see, and covering my ass by claiming otherwise/switching the goalposts/etc. I don't know how I missed that, and I'm sorry for that.

I do think, though, that if you don't give two shits, it's really odd that you keep responding. We're talking completely past one another here, because we're talking about two different things.

Your issue seems to be irritation that you feel I misused a word ("annoying.") I can see why you think that, but again, I think you're missing the forest for the trees (and "not giving two shits" about the forest -- which is okay, but it means you're responding to wording and not to substance.)

I do think I used the word "annoying" sloppily. What I meant, though, and what I do still hold to, is this:

Yes, I do think that when we see characters portrayed in ways we don't like, it can be irritating. What I don't think is that this irritation really warrants so much complaining.

I used to not like portrayals of Megatron as a bottom at all. I don't know that I'd say I thought it was "ukefication" -- my opinion has always been that it's "people writing about their kink for seeing powerful characters dominated even when that makes no sense/is OOC"fication. Which used to annoy me.

I still think it's kind of OOC. What's changed is how much I care. I read more of it. It wasn't consistent with my take on the character and the vast majority of it wasn't hot to me at all -- I like Megatron's characterization to be consistent, as I see it. But -- funny thing. The fics were written well! There were explanations for why this would happen! Some of them made sense even to me! Sometimes when they didn't., rather than putting my dukes up, I found myself thinking "Eh, it's no big deal, it's how they work their kink into their story."

"Eh, it's no big deal, it's how they work their kink into their story."

....

"Eh, it's no big deal, it's how they work their kink into their story."

Oh, wow!

Oh, shit.

Did I start liking it? Well, no. Pretty much the only reason I read it is because I keep a database of fic about the pairing and it didn't make sense to exclude it. So I have to read it to make sure I'm including good (within reason) fic.

But is it annoying?

No, not in that "I can't stand that you do this" way. Why not?

Because what the vast majority of us who write smutty fic are doing is... writing about, and to, our kinks.

We're writing things that turn us on. That sometimes means exaggerating traits that aren't all that evident in canon. It sometimes means coming up with explanations (like "Megatron has to want some downtime where he loses control") that aren't actually shown in canon. And why?

So we can write the stuff we fap to!

That's why I don't see getting terribly upset. In some cases people severely warp characters and write badly, but in quite a lot of other cases, writers tweak -- even the amazingly good ones, in my opinion -- because they're writing their version of things.

And if it's porn, their version is very often what gets them off. Or what gets their friends off.

I don't see a reason to get bent out of shape about that. That's what I meant by "I don't see why that's annoying."

Was it a misuse of the term annoying? Yeah, I can see where it might have been. I didn't mean to imply that having any kind of irritated reaction is somehow not okay. I meant "I don't see why this warrants sustained annoyance."

Because I don't. I used to see red about Bottom!tron no matter what.

And while I do think I had reasons, I also realized it was, shocker of shockers, a complete waste of energy.