[ SECRET POST #243 ]

[shahni.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #243 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 074 secrets from Secret Submission Post #035.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, 0 not!fandom
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Thursday, September 6th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: 16

[lavinialavender.livejournal.com]

For the win.

[iamadoughnut.livejournal.com]

LOL, in my (limited) experience, it's teenage girls in general. An overwhelming number of girls I've talked to have confided in me that this one time, in high school, omg they thought they might be bi.

It's cute how they think it's shocking or something, I don't know.

Re: 18

[runic-binary.livejournal.com]

Oh? I guess I read it wrong. It's just that the poster became a Kankuro fan because of his voice, and they seem to be saying that this is less fanbratty than being a fan of him because he's hot...just what it looked like to me. *shrug*

Oh and SIXTEEN

[sparklemagpie.livejournal.com]

While I don't think being an anime and fandom embroilled hermit that has no outside life is neccessarily something to be proud of... some people LITERALLY have NOTHING ELSE in this world that they call home except for the internet and common fandoms.

I'm sure lots of them would like to have the outside life you talk about, but many don't have that and never will.

Perhaps they should aspire to more, but for those of them that have no way out, comments like yours just make them ashamed of what happiness and friendship they've managed to find, as if it's something less worthy than what you might have IRL.

It's not. It's just different. So don't act so superior about it, please?

Re: 18

[norrowa.livejournal.com]

Mm. I interpreted it more as them just being irked at purist Kankurou fans for looking down on any other fans. So XD INTERPRETATIONZ FTW?

[xenoglossy]

Drive-by icon love!

[chronophobe.livejournal.com]

I like your screen name.

And yes, I of course, once thought I was bi. Heaven forbid, right? Well yeah anyways I think it's just a thing a lot of girls go though. Of course some of them really do turn out to be a lesbian but I think the majority are just sexually experimenting.

Re: Oh and SIXTEEN

[iamadoughnut.livejournal.com]

Wow, who are all these people who can't go to the library occasionally and check out something not fandom-related? Or otherwise do something inexpensive and low-impact? I'm willing to bet that the number of people who are truly housebound or otherwise incapable isn't all that high.

Re: 16

[iamadoughnut.livejournal.com]

That it isn't funny anymore.

[lexicalcrow]

Or they turn out discovering they're bi, like I did. There are real bisexuals out there, you know. It's the fake poser bis that give real bis a bad name. Biphobia stinks. There's nothing like being told your sexuality doesn't exist to put a real shine on your day. *sighs*

Re: 16

[sparklemagpie.livejournal.com]

Ugh WORD! I tried to reply to 16 on my own but I seem to have failed spectacularly at saying what I wanted to. You said it better. Should not have been anon indeed. ♥

[(Anonymous)]

well it's like this. everyone seems to be thinking that it's because I don't understand the cultural references, but it's not that I don't understand them, it's that I don't find it funny. of course the circle will continue and they will then say, "well if you don't find it funny, then you don't really understand it." But think about it. There are things in American culture that you understand, and just don't find funny. Like oh...American Dad. It's in the same vein of comedy as The Simpsons, Futurama, and Family Guy but it's incredibly UNfunny.

as for anime shows *I* think are funny: Ouran, FMP Fumoffu, Jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu, Gurren Lagann, Damekko Doubutsu, Descendants of Darkness (even though this doesn't really parody, I love doing it myself, especially while watching it in English lol), and Papuwa. What does that say about me? Hmmm, probably that I have a damn awesome sense of humor. ;P

[iamadoughnut.livejournal.com]

Danke.

I think the majority are just sexually experimenting

Right, and there's no law against that. I think part of the problem is that we're pressured to know (boys and girls and others alike) our sexual identities at an age when a lot of people are terribly confused. I kind of wish there was less emphasis on picking a label, particularly for teenagers. Like, people, it's totally okay to say, "Hey, I'm trying some stuff out right now to figure out what's right for me."

[lexicalcrow]

13. I know what that's like. It's a good feeling, isn't it, when you discover someone's printed off something you wrote to read offline.

15. Most of fandom IS in it for the porn. That doesn't mean fandom is only for porn, just that a lot of those in fandom are there for that. I admit to being one of them. XD

Look, if you're not into porn, who cares? I don't care. Just accept that most of fandom is about porn. It's the nature of the beast, I'm afraid. That shouldn't stop you from being part of fandom though.

17. I wouldn't be ashamed of that. At least you're trying to make sure your sex scenes are good. How you practice writing sex scenes doesn't matter to me. If the finished product is good, who cares how you got there?

28. Please, I knew I was bi (pansexual really, but that's a long story) long before I ever knew what fandom was.

[sparklemagpie.livejournal.com]

[chronophobe.livejournal.com]

You wanna know a secret? I'm bi, too. :] I fell in love with a girl for a few years but I am dating a boy now. I think love is love regardless of their gender. Because physical appearances isn't supposed to matter, right? Boys and girls are equally beautiful.

Re: 18

[(Anonymous)]

Ummmm, that's not what I meant. At all.

But since it seems like you interpenetrated it differently, I'll sum it up. :D

Elitist Kankuro fans that hiss at regular Kankuro fans suck. I liked him BEFORE his "shirt off yey!" scene. Just because I didn't show up RIGHT WHEN Kishimoto introduced the character doesn't mean I am one of the "shirt off yey!" fans.

I also luff his dub voice, and in most elitist fan eyes dub = HOMG FROTHING EBIL.

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[avianthropy.livejournal.com]

I love Haruhi and I'm not even much of an Ouran fan.

But I'm getting tired of the assumption that certain female characters would get so much less flack if they were guys. From what I've seen/understand of the fandom, Haruhi is a fairly popular character who some people happen to think is boring? I can think of lots of male characters that applies to.

[chronophobe.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, definitely. I rolled around with girls and guys for a few years, I just told people I didn't know. But honestly so many people were asking if I was BI OR LESBIAN OR STRAIGHT it was ridiculous.

[lexicalcrow]

You're all human. Anything beyond that doesn't matter. Love is love. SHouldn't we be celebrating love wherever it is rather than trying to limit who's allowed to have it, as if love is a tangible object they make in China or something? Surely love is a thing of worth we should value in society, not shut it out and turn it into an exclusivity club.

Re: 18

[(Anonymous)]

Bingo! You win the prize! :3

Basically, I'm not to verbal about my favorites in fandom. But just because I started to say how much Kankuro needs love and that I'm a fan I'm suddenly one of the "OMG SHIRTLESS MAKEUP LESS BISH KANKY!!!" fans? D:

It's kinda unfair to assume that.

[chronophobe.livejournal.com]

Very well put. I wish more people shared that view. But I suppose all great movements take time, right?

[xenoglossy]

7. Without the anorexia? I've seen at least three "Fandom made me anorexic!" secrets here since I joined, and that was less than a month ago.

22. For what it's worth, I like your taste in music. I prefer music that has an actual tune, too. And that doesn't make you wince on behalf of the vocal cords of the singer.

27. Storytime! A long, long time ago when I was an anime n00b, I met a guy who was wiser in the ways of anime than I. He asked me what my thoughts on Excel Saga were, and I said I'd never heard of it. To which he replied (something along the lines of) "Good, never watch it -- it's horrible. I can't understand why anyone likes it." Curious as to what could inspire such hate, I did watch it -- and I really enjoyed it. So the moral of this story is... actually, it hasn't got one. But I might have to check out Gintama now.

[xfwee.livejournal.com]

5. There was that movie on VHS... but I don't believe that fared well.

At all.

16. Some people have social ineptitudes. It's much easier for them to bond over things they're interested in without any real life confrontation. Just because you enjoy other more accepted and productive activities doesn't make the people that spend their time in forums any lesser than you, honestly. Let people do what makes them happy.

[lexicalcrow]

Yeah, I suppose they do. And by the looks of things, we've still got a long way to go. *sighs*