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fandomsecrets2007-10-15 04:52 pm
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[ SECRET POST #283 ]
⌈ Secret Post #283 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 07 pages, 164 secrets from Secret Submission Post #041.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, [ 1 ] not!fandom, [ 1 ] personal attack, [ 1 ] too big/not!secret.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Tuesday, October 16th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Re: 28
(Anonymous) 2007-10-15 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)See, I have some similar issues with certain characters in other fandoms that became way too popular for their personal merits. But those are characters I like. You confess to having never liked Matt to begin with. So again, I beg the question, why the butthurt?
Re: 28
(Anonymous) 2007-10-15 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)Like I said, I'm not the OP of the secret. Originally I didn't mind him; he was a nice background character, but that's what he was a background character. I liked him for that. What I don't like is how fandom raises him up on a pedestal and pretends he's some amazing character who is "just as important as everyone else, the author just doesn't show you because he doesn't get a lot of lines."
People get annoyed because a lot of the fandom focuses on him over the main characters. I feel bad for people who ship Mello/Near, because 90% of all fics involving Mello are Mello/Matt fics.
And really, when it all comes down to it, the only reason he has such a big fanbase to begin with is because he's good looking. Had he been only mildly attractive he would've been ignored just like any other short-lived character. Sure there may be people who like him for other reasons now, but even those reasons are mostly based on the fanon created for him, and that fanon sprung up because of people who thought, "HOLY SHIT A HOT GUY HANGING OUT WITH MELLO I HAVE TO CREATE A BACKSTORY AND PERSONALITY FOR HIM SO HE CAN HAVE HOT SEXXORZ WITH MELLO AND I CAN RP HIM LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL".
This mostly just goes to show how shallow the fandom is in general.
Re: 28
(Anonymous) 2007-10-15 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)DN isn't my fandom, but the ones I do play around in are comparable in size and possibly batshit insane creds. Still, I've never understood the logic behind transfer hate, i.e. hating on a character/pairing because its fans are retarded. It's this... stressing so much over what other people get up to bit that confuses me.
Here, an example. I hate Hidan of Naruto. Think he's boring, kind of annoying, don't get all the hype surrounding his presence in the manga. On my flist are some of the biggest and arguably notorious Hidan fans in the fandom. We get along famously. Pun intended.
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