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[ SECRET POST #2355 ]

⌈ Secret Post #2355 ⌋

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

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[dangan ronpa]

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[Star Trek: Into Darkness]

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(Les Miserables, The House of Spirits)

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(The Scarlet Pimpernel)

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[Coupling]

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[Norma Bates from Bates Motel]

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[ ----- SPOILERY SECRETS AHEAD ----- ]

31. [SPOILERS for Naruto]

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32. [SPOILERS for Defiance, Episode 7]

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33. [SPOILERS for Game of Thrones]

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35. [SPOILERS for OFF]

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[ ----- TRIGGERY SECRETS AHEAD ----- ]

36. [WARNING for rape]

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37. [WARNING for sexual abuse]

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39. [WARNING for self harm, suicide]

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41. [WARNING for RL shootings, death]

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Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #336.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 2 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Thank you, gay man, for letting us silly females know how you feel about our romantic fantasies.

Thank you. I came here to say this. Men can use women for their fantasies and view even real women as objects all they want, but heaven forbid women dare to have sexual fantasies where two guys are together.

Came here to say this. "Wah, people are attracted to sexy!"

Either shut the fuck up, or join in the squee. Don't pull an 'I'm offended' card out of your ass to make teenage girls feel bad about something that doesn't hurt you or have anything to do with you anyway.

I mostly agree with your comment except for the teenage girls bit. That's equally insulting to the slash/Sterek fans of all sexual orientations who are neither teenagers nor girls.

Really? That's insulting? I referenced a group of fans that, given what I've seen on tumblr, the network and it's typical audience, and the subject matter, seem to be the target demographic (or at least one demographic), and are what the secret maker mentioned, and you're insulted by this?

Really? Was it really insulting? Really?

Yes, it was insulting. Because when slash is reduced to something "teenage girls" enjoy, the unfortunate underlying implication is that it's silly and juvenile and less than something that men or even adult women enjoy. You're belittling a large group of people in a rather misogynistic manner, which is odd considering you took exception to the OP doing the exact same thing.

Sooooo mentioning teenage girls is now belittling people and misogynistic? And did I really imply that slash (something that I enjoy and write) is silly and juvenile? 'Cause I don't think I did. And just because teenage girls like something doesn't make it 'less.' Nowhere did I say it did.

I think what's really going on here is that you're a special little snowflake looking for an excuse to be offended.

You're going to pretend you don't recognize the negative connotations that go along with people associating something with teenage girls, whether that's your intention or not (it definitely was with the OP, IMO)? Okaaaaaay. See I can be condescending in my response too!

If you choose to engage in an online debate, prepare for responses that disagree with you. You're allowed to critique the OP but then take it so personally when someone comments on your choice of words? Who's the special little snowflake now?

You. The special little snowflake is you. You can disagree with me all you want. Just don't try to make me out to be the big bad misogynistic wolf when I reference a demographic in a show that, from what I can tell, was designed to appeal to that demographic. Don't put words in my mouth and be insulted by what I didn't say.

If there are negative connotations associated with stuff teenage girls like that's not my fault. If someone sees teenage girls as universally silly and juvenile then that's their problem and they should work on it.

If someone sees teenage girls as universally silly and juvenile then that's their problem and they should work on it.

You could say the same thing about this entire thread. Why are you even commenting on something that you see as bothersome then? Why not just ignore the OP and say that's something they should work on?

I can't believe you're being so ignorant and angry about this. Your reaction is so baffling.

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iceyred - 2013-06-15 20:58 (UTC) - Expand

I think maybe you should do some reading. It's a pretty widely accepting idea that there are negative connotations that go hand in hand with reducing a hobby or topic to something "teenage girls" do. I'm actually really surprised you haven't heard of this before and that you're replying with such vitriol.

I don't care if it's a widely accepted idea; it's not an idea I accept. Most people I know, when confronted with a piece of media they don't care to consume, shrug their shoulders and move on. They have better shit to do than stand around and mock at the people who do consume that media. *I* have better shit to do than stand around worrying about the supposed negative connotations of teenager girls enjoying a piece of media that was designed with them in mind.

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iceyred - 2013-06-15 23:37 (UTC) - Expand

Re: DA

(Anonymous) - 2013-06-16 12:15 (UTC) - Expand

You do realize implying that anything teenage girls like, or that teenage girls themselves, are all inherently silly and somehow "not adult" is misogynistic and kind of an asshole thing to say, right? I agree that people shouldn't act like everyone who likes slash is a teenage girl, since it's patently untrue, but implying that teenage girls are bad or lesser than men or adult women is shitty in its own right.

I didn't say that I agree with that implication. I said that it existed in society and that people shouldn't perpetuate that stereotype if they're trying to argue against people like the OP. Even if it WERE true that only teenage girls like slash, it still wouldn't be appropriate to dismiss it as a "teenage girl" activity (as long as such activities are unfortunately treated as silly, etc.).

Don't pull an 'I'm offended' card out of your ass to make teenage girls feel bad about something...

Really? Teenage girls? That implies only teenage girls squee about it. All of my fandom friends who care about this are way over 20 and 30 (or older).

I went out on a wild and crazy limb and mentioned the demographic that probably does the majority of the squeeing.

If you squee about it, then whoop-de-doo for you.

Man, this. I was just bogging at that, going - so, wait, should all women be offended that men fantasize about them?

Constantly?

Everyfuckingwhere?

Against their will sometimes, even?

Fuck off.

This rubbed me the wrong way too. (And what's with the whole "females" thing? Why not just say women?) Besides, OP, I don't think slash fans are getting off on your sexuality per se - just the visual of two guys together.

The "females" is the only thing that makes me think this could actually be written by a dude.

Or a Ferengi.

This secret does just scream Quark, doesn't it?

Yesss, THIS. If my lesbian self can deal with sexuality satisfaction, so can magical gay man OP learn to deal with it. At least his is mostly confined to just the internet. It's just a but of fun too, jfc *frowns at OP*

*woah satisfaction? wth spellcheck. Fetishization! I mean same result, but different words

This, thank you, ma'm!

God forbid us "females" have sex drives.

Thank god I wasn't alone in taking the secret this way, ugh. It really pissed me off.

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