[ SECRET POST #2144 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2144 ⌋

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

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Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 023 secrets from Secret Submission Post #306.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

01. http://i47.tinypic.com/4rp4xd.jpg

[elaminator]

I don't really get why you feel this way... More fic and art sounds better to me, and you have more people to gush over your pairing with. Is there a specific reason? Just curious.

[(Anonymous)]

I guess it has to do with something about being ~different~ and ~not like those other shippers~. People like to feel special and complain about not having enough fanworks.

[elaminator]

Oh man, I've been in that situation and I would always take more fanworks. Always! That can't be the real reason...right?

[(Anonymous)]

They probably just like the feeling of being in a smaller, more intimate subsection of fandom.

[elaminator]

Maybe, yea. I think having more fanworks would be worth losing that more intimate feel, but that's just me.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I dunno how I feel about it cause I'm kind of in the middle but I guess the OP can't really help it. They're probably just not used to liking something so popular and feel nostalgic about it.

[(Anonymous)]

Seconding the above anon about liking the intimate feel.

Another thing, is that in some fandoms, the mainstream fans get bad reps because the loudest ones tend to also be the most obnoxious ones. It gets a little embarrassing to say you like that ship, because others will assume you're just as crazy. That and, the extreme fans scare you too, which is odd if you're used to bonding with everyone that ships your rarepair. Then again, I'm not sure how much this would apply in this case, since I'm not in the fandom.

[elaminator]

This answer makes the most sense to me, especially since you mentioned mainstream fans; in larger fandoms that would be completely understandable. Even in the cases that I have shipped rare pairings, I don't think I've ever bonded with all the other rarepair fans, so that might be why I have difficulty imagining that making such a big difference. I can see it now, though.

[(Anonymous)]

I can't speak for the OP, but I know in my case I would hate if any of my pairings were one of the popular ones in my fandom. I develop very specific headcanons for the pairings I enjoy and the more people I run up against who have different and conflicting headcanons the more aggravated I get.

[(Anonymous)]

As someone who likes both really popular stuff and rarepairs, I MUCH prefer the former. I'm kind of an OTP person (few ships per fandom and don't ship those characters with others), so I feel out of place in a fandom if I'm the only one who likes a ship. I'd rather have a lot of fanworks to choose from, both good and bad (and I love the abundance of Kagami/Kuroko).

[illiadandoddity]

Having shipped both the popular ships and rarepairs, I kind of understand this. Popular ships have a lot of fic and art for you to enjoy, but when your ship is a rarepair, you and the other shippers form a close-knit circle. I definitely can see the appeal in that.

[(Anonymous)]

Dude, the ship between the show's two main leads is never going to be a rarepair.

[(Anonymous)]

Unless it's Teen Wolf and the lead is Scott... /she says bitterly, because she actually likes Scott

[(Anonymous)]

YANA. ;_;

[(Anonymous)]

Um, Shawn and Gus on Psych would beg to differ.

[(Anonymous)]

I read that you ship rape-pairs, and now my mind's in the gutter.

[sky_queen3]

I don't know, I can see some of the appeal as I do have some rare/non-existant ships that I wish were more popular but at the same time feel a strange sense of closeness with anyone who ships them and I kind of like that too. (Or anyone who at least can put up with me sometimes going on about my pairs...)

[al28894]

Too bad most of my rair!pairs are UNBELIEVABLY rare! Thank goodness I had some mainstream pairings to counterbalance my mind.

As for the rare!pair being only yours and a couple of others, I think its because it's your pairing and you feel like you own it; you and you alone. So when others like your pairing, all that ownership disappears, leaving you nothing more than just a statistic; a number.

Of course, just my two cents.

[(Anonymous)]

Um... if you're finding good fic for them would you mind pointing me in a direction for it? I've been looking everywhere, I swear, but just about all I've found is OOC crack.

Thanks!

[(Anonymous)]

Isnt this a repeat? I could swear that I've read this before just different background.

[(Anonymous)]

At least you don't ship AoKise, that one's freaking everywhere :/

*butthurt shipper of Kasamatsu/Kise*