[ SECRET POST #2452 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2452 ⌋

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

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02.
[Giles Coren and Sue Perkins, The Supersizers Eat… The Eighties]


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03.
[Jeff Davis/Teen Wolf]


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04.
[Django Unchained]


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05.
[Valiant Hearts: The Great War]


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06.
[Child of Light]

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07.
[Jurassic Park]


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08.
[Hate Plus]


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09.
[The Three Investigators]


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10.
[Charlie Hunnam]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 011 secrets from Secret Submission Post #350.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Am I the only who thinks this secret is being misread?

[(Anonymous)]

This is exactly what I took from this as well, so I was confused why everyone was getting angry at the OP. If the reviewers are demanding more updates, yes, that's irritating and rude. But if they're expressing excitement that a fic updated after a long hiatus, that's not worth getting upset over? The reviewer is basically saying "after such a long period of time I'm very happy that you still have interest in the fandom and this project" which also likely means that the reviewer has been a fan for some time and still enjoys the fic. Fandom tastes fade and change, the quality of writing can degrade over time. If you have a lingering fanbase that stays with you regardless of gaps between chapters when they could have lost interest and bailed for another fandom, that's actually pretty awesome.

There's a definite need for review etiquette, but in the same means that no one should be rude and demanding of their free entertainment, it's ridiculous for writers to expect reviewers to follow a very specific set of feedback rules. You're a fanfic writer, not a NY Times Booklist Bestseller.

Re: Am I the only who thinks this secret is being misread?

[(Anonymous)]

This, both of these comments. THIS.

Re: Am I the only who thinks this secret is being misread?

[herongale]

Yeah, sometimes I think writers expect any long hiatus to be some kind of verboten, never to be mentioned thing, but IMHO that just helps fuel the culture of shame around long-hiatused fics. I personally have some stories I have all but abandoned, and do from time to time get pleading/wondering messages about them, but in general I take them as compliments and rarely respond to them at all, so in turn I don't find it upsetting and it stresses me out a lot less than if I treated them as guilt trips... so those rare times they actually ARE guilt trips, I don't take it personally at all.