[ SECRET POST #242 ]

[shahni.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #242 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Back to school time! ♥ Please do forgive my early or late posts. ♥ And, er. Have an early today~! 'causeIgottarun!

Secrets Left to Post: 05 pages, 102 secrets from Secret Submission Post #035.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, 0 not!fandom
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 5th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[crackjaw.livejournal.com]

7. I've sat like L since I was twelve years old.

24. YOU'RE NOT ALONE. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND OMG.

Re: 18

[karel]

Seriously. As soon as he said that my mind went "oh fuck he's GOING TO DIE. D:" And she should have, except it would have traumatized poor Simon for life. ^^'

[enjolras.livejournal.com]

3. ;_____; The scene that made me interested in Naruto. So good~

10. Is it cool to dislike Haruhi now or something? :\ What exactly is people's problem with it? (Not directed at secret, by the way.)

12. Hehe, I want more Jade + Nephry moments. Not as a pairing, but just more moments in general! :3 (TOTALLY OT4 LOVE THOUGH.)

17. Awww. :(((( It's such a good game too!

20. EMA!!!! ♥♥♥ Don't worry about it~ There's no way you'll be able to tell if something like that happens. Unless you don't work hard or something. |D

Re: [ NAME THE FANDOMS! ]

[galerian-ash.livejournal.com]

Whoooops. I'm stupid, sorry -_-; Could've been worse though; I would have said Yu Yu Hakusho if it hadn't been for the gender pronoun!

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[alexander.livejournal.com]

RP secrets always make me wonder what RP and what RPer.

[(Anonymous)]

The Silver Snakes were always the awesome ones. I root for them every time. (And yes, I still watch it on YouTube.)

Re: 24

[crackjaw.livejournal.com]

Watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind if you want more serious films of his.

Do it. Now.

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[rktikfox.livejournal.com]

*lost it* YES.

[crackjaw.livejournal.com]

I read somewhere that he didn't exactly have a very easy childhood, so maybe that's where that's coming from.

Re: 24

[luna-kitsu-blu.livejournal.com]

-Salutes- Plan to!

Oh, the joys of having a video rental place RIGHT DOWN THE STREET :D

#24

[merboo.livejournal.com]

Hell no, you're not the only one. I absolutely *loved* The Majestic.

Re: 18

[orchida.livejournal.com]

I got spoiled and still hoped after he survived that first little bit and kept going, that he would live. D: Oh God! He'd have been worse than he actually was! That's really why he was so distracted, he was imagining the ten times afterwards. ;D

Re: 24

[crackjaw.livejournal.com]

GIANT ENVY. :(

[galerian-ash.livejournal.com]

I actually haven't seen any dickgirl ones -- and I'm glad (oooooh boy, it hadn't even dawned on me that that'd be more or less canon). The ones I have (four or five, I think?) are cutesy gag, mainly centered around Neviril and Aaeru.

Oh, really? I never managed to find an actual fandom for Simoun, so I didn't know male fans liked them! That's surprising indeed, but really nice to hear.

[luna-kitsu-blu.livejournal.com]

He mentions his childhood SUCKED in a documentary (special features of 23, actually. I WATCHED IT THE OTHER DAY I'M NOT OBSESSED >_>) He's a deep person, which really doesn't describe him well enough, because that phrasing is just kicked around so much.

[runic-binary.livejournal.com]

24. You're not the only one. (Clearly.)

27. Oh god Mori and Honey. Their relationship is seriously my favorite one in anime, like, ever. They're so cuuuute.

28. I have that problem too. My dad will be like "Hey, you wanna watch this slasher flick I rented?" and I'll be like "Watch a WHAT with you? O_o"

[i-heart-cameron.livejournal.com]

22 KIGO KIGO KIGO

Re: 18

[karel]

I think that'd be kind of close to imagining your older brother having sex with the girl you're in love with -- oh wait, it's exactly like that *dies* Poor Simon. Honestly, the entire cast gets put through a lot for a crack anime. But I love it so :D

[sevendials.livejournal.com]

1. At the risk of being labeled an elitist, my own fandom has, a serious problem with fans who think they understand the series perfectly courtesy of secondhand knowledge like that. It's a running joke in fandom circles that it sometimes seems like at least a third of people who claim to be 'fans' have no acquaintance with it beyond screenshots, webpages, and other people's fanfiction. Generally speaking, those of us who have firsthand knowledge of the canon can spot fans like this a mile off by the things they produce.

The sad fact of the matter is that a lot of the time the things they produce are riddled with inaccuracies and don't betray any real understanding of what the show was trying to do. I've seen fans in this position try and write fic. It seldom, if ever, works.

I was a fan like that myself for some time, though I never called myself one, and all the secondhand knowledge really did was make me keener on seeing the show (and isn't that really the point of summaries and screencaps? They're not intended to replace seeing the series, just to help people know what they're getting themselves into). I mention this only because my current favorite character is someone who, in all my days going on secondhand knowledge, I did not even notice. I knew everything about him: what he did, how he had got there, what happened to him. I knew all his story arcs. I did not notice him as a character until I watched the show and saw him in action.

It wasn't until I watched the show and really understood the canon, either, that I was able to call out some of the fannish consensus I had been working with as total nonsense. Every fandom I've been in there's been a fair amount of bad fanon flying about the place. The only way for a new fan to tell what's canon fact and what's the product of conjecture, misreading or fangirl favoritism is to go to source. My own favorite character is often portrayed as clumsy, and an orphan. One of those traits is canon. The other is fanon. There's no way to know which is which unless you know the source.

Knowing a series secondhand doesn't make you a lesser fan. What it makes you is considerably less informed than someone who's actually sat down and watched the show. (And, all too often, considerably less fun to talk to.) It's not for me to say how you enjoy a show, but if you've never actually seen it, how do you know that your views on the storyline or characters stand up to even cursory scrutiny from someone who has? I've seen my favorite character slammed as a 'Wolverine reject' by someone who called herself a fan yet freely admitted she hadn't watched the show, simply because of his choice of weapon. That's not an informed reason for disliking a character who has precisely one thing in common with Wolverine - well, two if you count gender.

If that's elitism. I guess that makes me elitist. But if you really like a show, why should it be such a hardship to sit down and watch it?

[enfeebledchi.livejournal.com]

18 - OMG me too! It's shallow to think that, I guess. But man do I feel bad if they never bang and one of them dies.

21 - LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE FOR THE FREAKING WIN. YOU ARE AMAZING. I WATCH THAT SHOW ALL THE TIME ON NICK GAS.

24 - His comedic work is fun and all, but you get such a feel for what a GREAT ACTOR he is when you see his serious movies. I've been watching some of his films and I'm sort of like, "Why do I have a crush on Ace Ventura?" He's amazing though. Eternal Sunshine rocks.

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[ex-parle.livejournal.com]

Oh god, I agree. ;_;

Another is Episode 25 in FMA. :/ Gngh, EVERY TIME.

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[ex-parle.livejournal.com]

That scene made me interested in Naruto, too. ;_;

[orphen.livejournal.com]

8. Xenosaga love! It does have some seriously hot characters. XD
I want Albedo. <3

11. I love Hakuryuu! But I'll take Hakkai, instead. :D

12. I'd ship that.

21. I love watching reruns and just laughing at those kids. XD

[ivory-illusions.livejournal.com]

22. Ahhh seriously! I always think that about disney/nickelodeon shows, like why can't the best guy and girlfriend (Kim Possible, Lizzie McGuire,etc.) just STAY best friends? Why do they always have to get together?! D;

[albijuli]

8.lmao omg D:

17. I don't blame you, but Ireally recommend the game anyway. So, you know, you won't get confusedat the plot. Or something.

That sounds really moot.

22. This sounds suspiciously like the Sonic/Sally debate. (OK, I'm only half-joking.)

24. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind FTW.

28. Did anyone ever take goblins seriously?