[ 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

1, 14, 17

[(Anonymous)]

1: You don't the character, you love fandom's interpretation of the character. As for what's wrong with it? Well, on one hand, nothing. Love what you love and be happy.

On the other? Fans like you are the reason writers are encouraged to ignore canon in favor of fanon. Eventually, this leads to either characterization typified by "in character" meaning "spouts catchphrases", or one trait taken to such extremes the character is a one dimensional shadow of his/her former self. Often these are combined to deadly and awful effect. (I offer Emo!Suicidal!"..."!Cloud and SugarBuzz!Hyper!Can Only Say "Hoi" or "Nya"!Eiiji as proof.)

14: If you want to save your friendship, you need to tell your secret to this person. Seriously. If s/he still won't give back in equal measure then it's time to cut him/her off.

17: To me, AC was like a love letter to the fans. The new canon, the little touches (the victory fanfare on Loz's cell phone!), the music, it was all good. So, why the hate, OP?

Re: 1, 14, 17

[panksters.livejournal.com]

17) It was a love letter full of Tetsuya and suck. The "new canon" made Cloud into the huge cliche he so cleverly fell short of in the game, and like... idk, I just really didn't give a shit about the remnants or anything they did.

Also, the outfits were pretty gay.

Re: 1, 14, 17

[(Anonymous)]

1 - I agree 100%.

14 - I disagree. That sounds too much like reciprocal reviewing in general and that bugs me. We can only be friends if I'm reviewing your fics like you review mine?

I'd agree it'd be nice but I'm not sure it's worth cutting off a friendship over. Doesn't sound like much of a friendship on the secret!OP's part, either.

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[(Anonymous)]

We can only be friends if I'm reviewing your fics like you review mine?

Not at all. I don't think the person the OP reviews is being much of a friend at all. In fact, I think the OP is being taken advantage of.

But if I'm wrong, and there is a friendship there worth saving, I don't think there's anything wrong with saying, "Hey, it hurts my feelings when it seems like you don't take an interest in my writing like I do in yours." I just think getting it out in the open is best.

Re: 14

[(Anonymous)]

I do agree there. Saying that it hurts their feelings is probably best because I'm willing to bet the other person doesn't know. Getting it out in the open really is best.