[ SECRET POST #236 ]

[shahni.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #236 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 08 pages, 110 secrets from Secret Submission Post #034.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, 0 not!fandom
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Thursday, August 29th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
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Comments

[soaker87.livejournal.com]

4- It's possible to like lolicon with out being a pedo.

20. So do I. I write the kind of thing I'd enjoy reading myself.

22. What's wrong with 13 year-olds at cons? I was around that age at my first con.

[liltigre.livejournal.com]

I think the issue stems from the fact that there's now a growing generation gap in anime/manga fandom. Personally, I don't mind 13-year-olds at a con as long as they have parents around, and as long as they don't run around madly squeeing at the tops of their lungs or trying to sneak into the adult panels. Younger fans seem to look at fandom differently than us old farts, and it clashes at times.

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[(Anonymous)]

You've nailed it, there. I mean, I would have killed to go to a con at 13--surrounded by fellow nerds, omghooray!--but now that I'm an older fan, my tastes have changed, my ideas about series have changed, I like to talk about different stuff. I'm glad that anime and manga have become more popular, but I'm also a little saddened that it's getting harder for me to connect with people my own age face-to-face, you know?

I haven't run into too many "fanbrats", thank goodness, and I love to talk to the con moms and dads I run into. I just don't want to have to rely solely on the interwebs for meeting people in my age bracket who like the things I like. :/