[ SECRET POST #2276 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2276 ⌋

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

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02.
[The Vikings]


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03.
[Homestuck]


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04.
[Spartacus]


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05.
[Zettai Karen Children, The Unlimited Hyoubu Kyousuke]


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06.
[From Eroica With Love]


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07.
[Naruto]


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08.
[Homestuck]


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09.
[Ava's Demon]


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10.
[Zero Escape]


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11.
[Colin John Rudd]


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12.
[Once Upon a Time]


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13.
[ASOIAF/Game of Thrones]


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14.
[Community]


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15.
[Evangelion]


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16.
[Discworld]


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17.
[FFIV (Rydia)]


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18.
[Teen Wolf/Harry Potter]


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Notes:

Sorry, late day at work.

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 050 secrets from Secret Submission Post #325.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, especially since the act of submitting a fic requires virtually NO social interaction, and way far less than having it beta read. I hope this wasn't the sort of fest where somebody was actually expecting anything from you.

Not so.

[(Anonymous)]

Not OP, but as one who also has extreme social anxiety, posting fic is huge. It involves putting your words and ideas out there not just for one or two trusted individuals, but for the whole community to judge and critique, and brings with it the burden of having to eventually respond to people who take the time to comment on it - whether they liked it or hated it.

If readers say they loved it, the polite thing to do is to respond with thanks and gratitude, but that is difficult to express when you don't feel that you have much more to offer but "thank you for reading" and "I'm happy you enjoyed it" spam all down the line - which, after the 12th time or thereabouts, is a huge flashing neon sign saying "SOCIAL AWKWARDNESS".

If they post with questions/criticisms, you must respond accordingly. Having to explain why Character A left Character B to go on the hero's quest feels like having to explain why you wrote the story THIS way instead of THAT way... or if you're feeling particularly self-conscious, why you wrote it WRONG instead of RIGHT.

And if the readers hated the fic, well, that just means you suck as a writer, and really, what were you thinking, anyway, thinking you could post fanfic on the internet? Really?

It's crippling.

Re: Not so.

[(Anonymous)]

You have no obligation to respond to anyone. None. This is a bullshit excuse.

Re: Not so.

[(Anonymous)]

Social anxiety doesn't really give you the luxury of deciding when you are and are not expected to interact with people. The fear that you must is always there.

Re: Not so.

[(Anonymous)]

The fear that you have to respond may be there, but there comes a time, if you actually want to be one of those rare flowers who deal with your anxiety, that you have to sit yourself down and say "this is how I feel, but it's not how it is," and keep fucking repeating it until you can believe it or are so tired of doing it that you move on to other things.

Re: Not so.

[(Anonymous)]

da

It's not an "excuse". This is an example of the thought process a person with an anxiety disorder can goes through (and I can attest that I myself would worry about those very same things that the other anon was talking about). You don't choose what to worry about.

Basically, shut the fuck up, you have no idea what it's like to live with severe anxiety.

Re: Not so.

[(Anonymous)]

Really? You're really going to tell a stranger to shut the fuck up because they don't know what severe anxiety is like? Hey! If you're psychic, care to fill the comm in on next week's lotto numbers?

Re: Not so.

[(Anonymous)]

It's not a bullshit excuse, and you know it.

Grats on you for finding a fulfilling career in armchair psychology. But if you actually knew anything about this shit, you'd know that it's not that easy. People like the OP and the person to whom you're replying typically need therapy and meds to be able to move beyond what they're feeling. And flippantly saying, "this is bullshit" and "just tell yourself that that's not how it is" doesn't help. In fact, it usually makes it worse.

But you don't care about that, do you? Because this is the internet, and you're anonymous, so there are no consequences for you being a giant piece of shit. You can be as dickish and ignorant as you feel, and nothing will happen to you. Well, I hope something does. I hope everyone you love realizes that you are a waste of breath and abandons you. I hope that you are fired from your job because your boss realizes that you are incapable of meaningful contribution. I hope that you are either kicked out of your home or are foreclosed upon, either because you can no longer pay or because someone (rightfully) fucks you over in retaliation for what an awful human being you are. I hope that you are driven to contemplate suicide, and that when you express such contemplation, people say to you, "that's bullshit" and "man up and tell yourself that it's not so bad."

Re: Not so.

[(Anonymous)]

umad?

Re: Not so.

[(Anonymous)]

I was with you up until you said you wished they would contemplate suicide. Not cool. I know how that is, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone, no matter how much of a dick they were.

Re: Not so.

[nan]

Wow.

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[(Anonymous)]

Well, that escalated quickly.

(Also, you are an asshole and a hypocrite :D)

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[(Anonymous)]

Wow, you are a piece of work, and I don't mean that in a good way.

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[spacebabie]

What the fuck is wrong with you?

Re: Not so.

[(Anonymous)]

whoaaaa man I was so with you until that last paragraph. YIKES.

Re: Not so.

[(Anonymous)]

Were you under any obligation to reply to this? No? Calm yo'self, anon.

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[elephantinegrace]

My cousin once told me about sending her first child off to school for the first time, and how she felt like now her heart was exposed for the whole world to damage to its heart's content, and I remember thinking about how I felt when I sent my first novel to a publisher (probably because it was around the same time, but we did share feelings of "my book/son isn't ready! It/he doesn't have enough of so-and-so! Argh! Just one more week of editing/year before school, please!" We hugged each other until we cried.)

[(Anonymous)]

You obviously do not deal with anxiety of this kind, so please stop talking.

[(Anonymous)]

And that's just a damn untruth. You don't know me.

[(Anonymous)]

How dare you? You don't know me! *flail* *tantrum*

[(Anonymous)]

DA

I'm having a hard time believing any of you deal with social anxiety, because guess what? You're interacting. Being social.

If you want to put fic out there or whatever, get a damn sock and shut the fuck up already.

[(Anonymous)]

How do you know anyone here actually deals with social anxiety? It could all be a bunch of trolls.

[(Anonymous)]

As the person who's been told I should be suicidal, jobless, and homeless and who clearly doesn't know what I'm talking about it, I do deal with some pretty ugly anxiety. I've just reached a point where it doesn't follow me to places that allow me to remain 100 percent anon or don't, actually, demand a response.

So, disagreeing with your first half, but generally with you on the second.

[(Anonymous)]

Having social anxiety does not mean you do not interact with anyone in any way at all. Some things are okay. Some days are okay. Some days are not.

Some days I post here signed in, some days when my anxiety is up I post anon, and some days when it's really bad I lurk. Everybody, everyday, every situation, is different.

And having a sock account does not get rid of the anxiety. So shut the fuck up already.

[(Anonymous)]

Notice how we're all interacting and being social....anonymously? Almost as if we have some kind of, oh, anxiety about social interaction?