[ SECRET POST #2469 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2469 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 055 secrets from Secret Submission Post #353.
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

[fscom]

01. http://i.imgur.com/4rJB9nI.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

I think that people will find other ways to produce it. I suspect that'll happen anyway. But it is worrying.

[(Anonymous)]

Something is better than nothing.

[(Anonymous)]

Will someone explain this TPP thing with more than a link to a graphic talking about Sherlock Holmes fanfic?

[feathercircle]

Isn't Sherlock Holmes (mostly) public domain, anyway? You might face problems trying to write Elementary or BBC Sherlock fic, but even the most stringent copyright law won't affect you if you're playing with a canon whose copyright has expired.

[(Anonymous)]

So no one bought this when you posted it as a thread the last two days, so you decided to submit it as a secret?

[(Anonymous)]

The way submissions work, it could've been submitted days ago. Plus do we really know it's the same person?

[elaminator]

I'm still unsure if this is an actual thing, but if it is, yes, it's worrying. What would I even do without fanfic, I wonder...

(I wish I was being sarcastic. I spend way too much time reading fanfiction.)

[(Anonymous)]

It is. I get emails daily on it. The one thing that's 'saving us' right now is literally the U.S.A. government shutdown.

[badass_tiger]

I think some people are more dedicated to causes that resonate more deeply with them than other causes might, and that's fine. It doesn't mean there aren't going to be other people who get as worried about political movements as you do fanfiction. I myself rarely contribute to charities (mostly because Malaysia is made up of more scams than a fishy website) unless its something I really worry about a lot.

[pantswarrior]

Eh, we all have our causes. Those of us who are devoted to the little causes rather than the big causes are not throwing our efforts away - because if everyone was devoted wholeheartedly to the big causes, who would take care of the little ones?

Like my thing is rabbit rescue. All right, people say, so there are a lot of rabbits who are not properly cared for and a ton get abandoned, especially after Easter. Even those who don't scornfully go "They're just RABBITS" and understand why I care sometimes don't know why I'm not supporting dog and cat rescues, since there are so many MORE dogs and cats that are mistreated in the US. That doesn't mean there are NO rabbits being mistreated, and if a few of us who have that passion don't help them "because there are more dogs and cats in need", who will help them?

So go with what your passion tells you. All causes are in need of someone, whether big or small.

[diet_poison]

This!!

It's also possible to care about more than one thing at once, and it's a very GOOD thing in my opinion to follow through with those issues that really move you and worry you on an emotional level. Doesn't mean you can't understand the importance of greater social issues that affect more people, but nobody said you are required to devote a certain level of emotional energy into them.

[crunchysunrises]

You're kind of awesome, rabbit-rescuer!

[michelel72]

Hey, rabbits need protecting and I'm too busy with cats to do it. (And I suspect there are people out there looking at both of us and saying, "But there are HUMAN CHILDREN who need help, how can you waste your time and resources on mere animals?!") So it's cool with me that you're focusing on rabbits. :)

[corvigryph]

I feel ya man, my thing is rattlesnakes/insects/arachnids because I ADORE them and let's face it, it's hard to get support for critters that fail the heartstring test because they're dangerous/"gross"/"ugly"

It's still irritating when people dismiss a living thing just because it isn't a common house pet, or a panda bear :/

[(Anonymous)]

Oh gosh, I agree with you so much! I remember being in a room with my parents when a "save the polar bears" commercial came on. Their reaction was to complain about how we should be focusing on more important issues like the war in Afghanistan. I got annoyed because it's not like the polar bears can just stop being in need of help just because America is at war. It's this idea that my cause is important and yours isn't that really gets under my skin.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

Now you have me thinking about the possible issues of abandoned rabbits in Australia. Australia has problems with feral rabbits. We have problems with feral cats too, but feral cats haven't quite the coverage that the rabbit plagues did.

Feral animals (non-native animals that have gone wild) are a common problem down here, and I it probably doesn't count any less for rabbits than it does for cats, camels or cane toads.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm committed to anti-SOPA campaigns because I've been on the internet for 20 years, and damn if I don't want a free internet. Fanfiction's got nothing to do with it. The internet is our way to getting information, and I don't appreciate anyone who keeps trying to cut off information, in favor of corporate interests.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I want both - a free internet and easy access to fanfiction.

This is how you explain what something is

[(Anonymous)]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Strategic_Economic_Partnership#Intellectual_property_provisions

You post a link to something which actually describes it, rather than a fucking GRAPHIC talking about SHERLOCK FIC. Jeez.

Okay, yes, this looks like yet another bad and stupid IP law written with no comprehension of how the interwebz operates. What a surprise. But I'm really annoyed with your vague alarmism, OP, especially if you're also the person being vaguely alarmist in the GC.

Re: This is how you explain what something is

[(Anonymous)]

Not Sherlock Fic, Sherlock Holmes fic. A very different animal.

...eh, don't worry about it

[nyxelestia]

There are a LOT of political, social, and environmental causes around the world, and even within a given nation. No one can be invested in all of them, and we need each one to have a group of highly invested, passionate proponents building the help of peripheral supporters, who in turn are working with the support of people who agree with a cause or policy without necessarily doing much else, all to overpower those who oppose it.

And honestly, not everyone is consistently or completely altruistic in everything they do or every cause they support. And honestly? That's okay. We all have the right to be a little selfish - it's when that selfishness hurts other people that it becomes a problem, but yours is helping others. So carry on. :)

[(Anonymous)]

people honestly think that stuff like that will have any impact on fanfic?

newsflash, guys. fanfic is already technically illegal as it is. the majority of creators either don't care or actively encourage fandom because they aren't stupid and know that cracking down on fanworks will hurt them more than any potential gain they would possibly get from doing so.

stop panicking like sheep and use your brains for a moment.

[corvigryph]

That's because people generally take action when they are being effected by something personally. That's not a terrible thing, at least it spurred you into action! Just take the time to listen to other causes too

[(Anonymous)]

Caring about the fanfic aspect of this isn't bad. Most people don't want to see freedom of expression on the internet curtailed, so that's nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, you should be proud that you care. You should also be proud of being aware of TPP at all. The media has done a very good job keeping it quiet so a lot of people aren't even aware it exists, much less how much of a threat it poses on a variety of fronts.

Opposition to SOPA/TPP and similar measures comes from a source of not wanting to surrender individual freedoms to unaccountable corporate entities who, many believe, have too much control over people and nations as it is. Whether that means being free to write & read fanfic, or free to form a union, or free from some multinational telling your state or country you can't pass an environmental law they don't like, it all comes from the same place. So you shouldn't consider yourself separate from or lesser than other opponents of the law. Whatever the primary issue is for each person, those who oppose it are all on the same side and given the powerful interests who are pushing TPP and similar measures, the more people out there saying no and raising awareness, the better.