[ SECRET POST #2183 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2183 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Sorry for late, overslept.

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 067 secrets from Secret Submission Post #312.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - 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

[darth_eldritch]

This so hard, OP. I swear, it's a trope, take a popular character, story, or game, hire third rate writers and make the shittiest retcon cuz *BAD THINGS HAPPEN*

[(Anonymous)]

BUT BAD THINGS ARE TOTALLY DEEP AND MAKE THINGS ALL EDGY. AND EDGY IS INHERENTLY BETTER THAN NON-EDGY, RIGHT? RIGHT?

*sigh*

[darth_eldritch]

YES!!! EDGY AND DEEP ARE PROFOUND AND I NEED MY LIFE LESSONS IN TRAGEDY IN MY VIDEO GAMES AND MOVIES AND BOOKS!!!

*sigh is right*

[(Anonymous)]

AND YOU KNOW KILLING A CHARACTER OFF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN TO SHOCK PEOPLE IS ALWAYS A GOOD MOOD AND STRENGTHENS THE STORY OVERALL OMG!!1

Sometimes I just want to shake some sense into these people.

[darth_eldritch]

OH YES!!! CHARACTER DEATH! DESTROYING A ENTIRE PART OF THE FANDOM! RETCON FOR RETCON'S SAKE! ALWAYS ENHANCES THE STORY! ALWAYS!!!! BECAUSE TRAGEDY!

Writers who do this, grimdark for grimdark's sake only, are insulting with this attitude because we experience the bad things in life as it is.

[(Anonymous)]

BUT DON'T YOU KNOW THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO MOVE THE PLOT ALONG? KILL SOMEONE OR RETCON SOMETHING MAJOR OUT OF EXISTENCE! IT NEVER BACKFIRES EVER! AND IF THE FANS GET UPSET, WELL, OBVIOUSLY THEY JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE GENIUS BEHIND IT!!

Ugh, for real. Every time I see a writer talk about how it's boring to write about happy people I just want to shake them and point out that it's not very fucking interesting to watch/read about people who are constantly miserable, either.

[darth_eldritch]

OH, I AM SO IGNORANT!!! YES, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE GENIUS BEHIND THE X'TH NUMBER OF DEATHS, DESPAIR, DESTRUCTION, ROCKS FALL DOWN, EVERYONE DIES!!!! HOW COULD I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS?????????

So damn true. Angsty emo edgy shit for it's own sake bores me to tears. If a developing character turns out to be happy, let that character be happy, geez! It doesn't even have to be about happy people, it has to be about interesting people and constantly miserable people or situations are not interesting. Teh grimdarks is just another device to be used with care in writing, like any other. Overuse it, and the writing will suck.