[ SECRET POST #247 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #247 ⌋

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

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Notes:

ANNOUNCEMENT: From now on, we'll be closing the secret submission posts when we hit a total of 350 comments. Hasn't happened yet so far, but we have been getting closer to it recently, so yeah. Just as a pre-emptive thing. 50 secrets a day is fine, right?

Have some more random bite links! Devilbats. ♥

Secrets Left to Post: 08 pages, 180 secrets from Secret Submission Post #036.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, [ 1 2 ] not!secrets, 0 not!fandom, [ 1 ] too big, [ 1 2 ] personal attacks.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Monday, September 10th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[ill-ame.livejournal.com]

Re: 13

You can see me agreeing above there, and Brokeback Mountain bored me as well, but do you mind if I respectfully disagree with your opinion on Rent? I've been a fan of the play since middle school, so I'm probably sentimentally biased, but I think you sort of missed the point of it. I'm not a fan of things that focus on the characters' sexualities and the problems that result from them, and I'm not a fan of AIDS constantly cropping up around gay characters. But in Rent it doesn't feel like that. You've got characters of all different sexualities and it's certainly not just the gay ones that have AIDS. I think the point was more that EVERYBODY has problems. And Angel's death was less to do with the fact that he was a gay character and more to do with the fact that he was almost too good to last. *shrugs* My two cents at least.

[callmejude.livejournal.com]

Well, no, I know, that wasn't my main reason for disliking the movie, it was just that Angel was my favourite character out of it and I was pissed that he had to go out like so many homosexual characters before him. :/

And I can understand you disagreeing with me, certainly. I'm used to it, especially with that movie, and I'm willing to bet that if I'd seen the play first I may have felt differently, because I adored the performance of Phantom of the Opera, but when I saw the movie, I felt like it was entirely lacking. Oh well.

[ill-ame.livejournal.com]

Aww, well no problems, then. Sorry if I've added myself to the ranks of people who get on your case for not liking the movie - we're all entitled to our opinions after all, just felt like voicing mine as well, haha. :)

[callmejude.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, people are usually quite nice about it, and you weren't at all judgmental or mean. :) Its the people that don't even give me a chance to finish my sentence before screaming, "HOMOPHOBIC BITCH!" that annoy me. XD

[ill-ame.livejournal.com]

Ugh, that's obnoxious. I think this would make a good addendum to the original secret - just because something has gay characters, that doesn't mean it'll be wonderful AND just because someone doesn't like something with gay characters, that doesn't mean they're homophobic. I know loads of very open people who don't like Rent, so believe me you're not alone.

[callmejude.livejournal.com]

Haha, yaay! XD

secret maker

[(Anonymous)]

"I think this would make a good addendum to the original secret - just because something has gay characters, that doesn't mean it'll be wonderful AND just because someone doesn't like something with gay characters, that doesn't mean they're homophobic"

Yes, yes, and more yes.