[ SECRET POST #272 ]

[degrees.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #272 ⌋

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

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Notes:

The F!S Friending Meme! Still going on!!

Also, I'm back and made of fail because I completely forgot that it was my day. I'M SORRY EVERYONE.

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 46 secrets from Secret Submission Post #039.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!fandom, [ 1 2 3 ] repeats, 0 not!secrets.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Friday, October 5th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

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[(Anonymous)]

OP here. I meant we are lonely as in people. I know there are a lot of slash fans out there that have working relationships. It's not like I will assume you are lonely because you like slash.

But I see a lot of lonely in a lot of everyone, even people who don't even know what fandom is. And a lot of lonely in people who are in relationships, too.

I would've elaborated, but I wanted my secret readable and not tl;dr.

Re: 41

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, lord. I replied to the wrong comment that is replying to my secret.

Good thing I am anonymous...

Re: 41

[kinneas.livejournal.com]

Here's the thing, Anonymous. I know I said leave the psycholanalysis to the professionals, but here's a better educated guess: people in FANDOM are lonely, that much is evident when reading their comments on various secrets here. Fuck, I can personally attest to coming here (my only serious fandom outlet) when I'm bored and lonely myself.

But to single out slash? Is a stupid generalization to the exclusion of many. People seek fandom and frequently ship, but this loneliness is not limited to slash by any means nor is slash the direct result.

Again, fandom.

Re: 41

[(Anonymous)]

This is why this a secret. Because it's an innocent speculation, but everyone thinks that I'm assuming that everyone in fandom is lonely or that you can only ever like slash because you are lonely. I don't think people in fandom are any more lonely than people outside of it. And yeah, you can like the dynamics between characters, but it's still an escapism fantasy. Why not just read genfic instead of pairings?

And by "any sort of slash" I meant slash, femmeslash and het as well.

Sometimes characters don't have to be in love. Or fucking. Or anything like that. But it pops up constantly within fandom.