[ SECRET POST #257 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #257 ⌋

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 #037.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, 0 not!fandom, [ 1 2 ] repeats.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Thursday, September 20th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

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[icemilk.livejournal.com]

You seem like one of the good ones. I like you. The problem is that Advent Children is almost a completely new invention of characterization and plot, so it gets frustrating when there is no differentiation between the two and people completely disregard the original game. Really, if the creators had done a better job with their own canon there'd be far fewer problems. All of my frustration with new canon can be directly traced back to the fuckers who started it, i.e. Squeenix. :I

Even if sometimes I think I sound like I'm shitting on new fans ... really, can I blame them for thinking Reno is a bumbling comic relief good guy after what Advent Children presented? Playing the game will give you different interpretations, but the definition of "new fan" implies that it's going to take some time to trace back to the roots of a source and really integrate yourself in it fully. Everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt.

Re: 12

[kinneas.livejournal.com]

Lordy lordy, you speak truth.

My roommate just finished the game a couple of weeks ago for the first time, and she'd already seen Compilation crap. Her reactions to the differences in not just characterization, but sheer atmosphere and environment really drove it home for me how shitty Squeenix is.

You know what it really comes down to? All these new fans could have enjoyed something of genuine quality and gotten into a fandom worth having if Nomura wasn't a total cockbag sellout.

Re: 12 by OP

[(Anonymous)]

Even though I haven't played through the entire game yet, I can still see OC characterizations and WTFery in fic and it makes me cringe. Reno does seem to get the worst of it, doesn't he? I knew a lot about the game going into it, and yet I must say that Reno dropping the plate was a total surprise. All that reading I did online, and no one ever thought to mention it.

Then again, like someone else said, you've got people who've played the game and still couldn't write their way out of a paper bag. :/ Lately I've stopped lurking around the fic comms on LJ and switched to haunting the journals of people who I know write well, because badfic hurts my brain and it's everywhere.