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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-03-03 02:47 pm

[ SECRET POST #2252 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2252 ⌋

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

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[Billie Piper - Doctor Who/Secret Diary of a Call Girl]


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03.
[Steam Powered Giraffe]


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04.
[Teen Wolf]


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05.
[Kuroko no Basket]


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06.
[Princess Tutu]


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07.
[Kuroshitsuji]


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08.
[Queer as Folk]


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09.
[The Reward]


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10.
[Spartacus: War of the Damned]


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11.
[The Following]


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12.
[Les dossiers du Professeur Bell]


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13.
[Misfits]


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14.
[Saint's Row The Third]


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15.
[Penn and Teller]


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[Harry Potter]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 093 secrets from Secret Submission Post #322.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - posted twice ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

(Anonymous) 2013-03-04 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
I think it comes down to this:

These are just children's books. A lot of us either grew up with them and became adults while reading them; or, we read them as adults after getting pulled in by the hype. We have fooled ourselves, therefore, into thinking that they are not just children's books. We think that they must have some deeper meaning, and that if we can just uncover that meaning, all of the plot holes and logical inconsistencies and silly bits will vanish.

Well, folks, there isn't some deeper meaning. It's just a silly story, and a flawed one, at that.

All of this hand-wringing reminds me of all of the literary critiques of Joy Luck Club. Amy Tan has said that it's just a story, and that it doesn't mean anything, but English professors everywhere still desperately want to believe that it does, so they analyze the fuck out of it anyway.
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[personal profile] celestinenox 2013-03-04 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Literary nihilism. Nice.

(Anonymous) 2013-03-04 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
All of this. Say it again louder this time. I grew tired of Harry Potter wank a long time age for this very reason - the whole fandom consisted of idiots taking a simple story way too seriously. People who dig too far into HP deserve to have their illusions shattered.

HP fandom - proof that grown ups really do ruin everything.