[ SECRET POST #2136 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2136 ⌋

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

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02.
[Psych]


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03.
[Karl Urban]


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04.
[pokemon: best wishes]


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05.
[Bleach]


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06.
[Elementary/X-Files]


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07.
[Fievel Goes West]


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08.
[Potap & Nastya Kamenskih]


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09.
[Smallville]


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10.
[Fairy Tail]


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11.
[The Lorax]


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12.
[Robot Chicken]


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13.
[Downton Abbey]


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14.
[Pauly Perette]


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15.
[TVXQ]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 032 secrets from Secret Submission Post #305.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Why does being a genius make one a Mary Sue?

This is part of why I don't think the term means much of anything anymore. Basically, if someone is at all special in any way (or, god forbid, drives the plot)*, then they are now a Mary Sue. And I don't get it, because I don't know about you, but I don't want to watch or read about a bunch of average people who look average and only do average things and are completely lacking in any characteristics that might make them occasionally stand out.

*(And that's another thing: most people aren't going to write about characters who don't have anything to do with the plot progression, because that just doesn't make any damn sense. For example, of course Robert Jordan wrote about Rand and Friends and not a bunch of random people on another continent where nothing much was happening. Why? Because no one wants to read about a bunch of random people who are neither impacted by nor have any influence over the major events of a story. But apparently, there's a Problem now if you write about the movers and the shakers, because it's Too Convenient that they Just Happen to be Where Things Are Going Down and that they Just Happen to be Involved with the Things that are Going Down. OF COURSE THEY'RE INVOLVED. THAT'S WHAT THE FUCKING STORY IS ABOUT. IT'S NOT CONVENIENCE; IT'S THE NARRATIVE. Christ, it's like saying, "isn't it rather convenient that Winston Churchill just happened to be alive and in a position of political power when World War II broke out? Something's not right there, clearly.")

Okay apparently I have a lot of feelings on this and I need to chill.

[b_dangerous]

Why does being a genius make one a Mary Sue?

In the first few seasons, it felt believable. She was very intelligent, sincere, and willing to help others within her power. It was like once she graduated high school, she became his MacGuffin brain who could do ANYTHING regardless of training. I know they tried to cover it up with Oliver eventually becoming her financier, but it seemed a little ridiculous that she knew her way out of EVERY situation. Didn't she even start reading Kryptonian at one point?