[ SECRET POST #2209 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2208 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 06 pages, 121 secrets from Secret Submission Post #316.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

05. http://i45.tinypic.com/xdrosm.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

I'm a little confused...so are you still reading the fic but just not leaving kudos? like, even if you enjoy a fic that's written in first person will you still not leave kudos?

[(Anonymous)]

Not that I can't see where the sentiment comes from... But what if it's a canonical POV? O_o

[(Anonymous)]

So some people don't like first person narrative. Old news.

[(Anonymous)]

Personally I don't even bother reading first or second person POV fics. First person fics are written far too often like some therapeutic or masturbatory diary, and second person reminds me of those Choose Your Own Adventure books, where reader usually ends up dead in some grotesque manner.

And no, none of my fandoms are canonically in first person POV.

Thank goodness Dickens isn't alive ...

[silverr]

... or Faulkner, Dostoevvsky, Twain, Salinger, Bronte, Fitzgerald, or Conrad ... as it's clear they'd receive no warm fuzzies from you.

(Now SECOND person - that's worth snubbing :p)

[(Anonymous)]

I don't like first person either, but that seems like such a strange and arbitrary rule. :/

[hiyami]

Me and the fics I wrote in first person because of a narrative choice don't give a damn.

[(Anonymous)]

idg the kudos thing. Why are you even reading the story at all if you don't like first person? I usually just backbutton when I come across at

[ninety6tears]

But you still read it

?

:/

[(Anonymous)]

I'm writing a story in first person right now. For a very obscure fandom of mine.

...sorry :'D I hope you don't bump into it accidentally

[(Anonymous)]

I generally distrust first person (even in published novels), because it more often than not is used as a crutch for the author.

They speak to themselves in first person, so it's easier to put thoughts and words into paper. You can be clipped and terse and unpoetic because your mind is clipped, terse, and unpoetic.

[(Anonymous)]

First person is fucking awesome for is it? or it not? reliable narration.

Just like with anything else, it depends on how well written it is.

First person requires an extremely talented author

[(Anonymous)]

That's all I'm saying, really. Authors have to be gifted to churn out a decent first person story. Unfortunately, 95% of authors are not that talented, and so most first person fic is utter shit.

[(Anonymous)]

I write ONLY in first person, since my canon source is written this way.

IDK. :)

[intrigueing]

What an awfully tragic loss for writers to fail to acquire kudos from someone like you. Tragic, I tell you.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't like your tweed, sir.

[kaijinscendre]

I won't even read first person fic. I hate first person narrative.

[thene]

My favourite fanfic ever had three different first-person narrators, all with distinct voices. If the writer's talented enough, the text is going to show its worth in any voice.

[(Anonymous)]

I refuse to read a fic in first person. Hold true for published stuff too - I can't stand that point of view.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, you are no doubt entitled to your stupid prejudices. Meanwhile, my canon is first person, so IDGAF.

[silverau]

I do not understand why first person gets so much hate. :/ I get that inexperienced authors tend to gravitate towards it, but that doesn't mean it's always bad.

When I was a kid I used to have a huge preference for first-person stories because it made it easier for me to connect with the protagonist. Nowadays I don't really notice, but a lot of my favorite books are told in first-person and I think are better off that way.

[(Anonymous)]

Agreed. Unless the source material is written in first person, I just won't read fanfic that is. It makes my self-insertion radar tingle, and I'm usually right: it's the most easily-identifiable character that gets written that way. The rest of the time, it's just horribly awkward.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not thrilled with first person present tense, but if a story works it works. Not giving the author kudos, especially when they managed to keep me reading past my prejudices, would be incredibly petty of me.

[cloud_riven]

So what you're saying is that bookmarking is not out of the question. Yaaaaaay!