[ SECRET POST #2511 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2511 ⌋

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

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02.
[The Hobbit]


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03.
[The Fly 1986]


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04.
[Slightly Damned]


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05.
[Game Of Thrones]


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06.
[DC Comics]


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07.
[NCIS]


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08.
[Roosterteeth]


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09.
[Mass Effect]
[Art: The Shepard Siblings, by bigcman321]


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10.
[Easy A]


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11.
[Sleepy Hollow]


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12.
[Sir David Attenborough]


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13.
[New Tricks]


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14.
[Hannibal (NBC)]









Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 078 secrets from Secret Submission Post #359.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm inclined to let people identify as they want. The "over"-labelling feels like something very young people need to do to get a grip on their identity and to connect with others and get a sense of community and a place in the world. If I'd have been coming to terms with myself with those online communities around, I might have totally identified as a lot of things that don't appeal to me with the history of self that I have now. Applying as many labels as possible looks like an easy way to explain yourself away.
The problems with some of the self-applied labels start when they carry implicit homophobia, transphobia, or general dickishness, e.g. saying that there are categories of people you would fuck but not have relationships with, or calling yourself attracted to specific genitals, both of which are creepy and dehumanising, but in ways that a 15 year old with minimal relationship experience might not immediately see.
Now I'm not saying that everyone who identifies as whatever is an ignorant child, and I would definitely NOT draw a line as to what identities are acceptable and which are unnecessary, but I would definitely encourage some reflection beyond "ooh this sounds like me".
Like, labels are really important to me, in as much as they apply to my life and allow me to connect to people, which is precisely why I think that people should be more careful as to what labels they claim for themselves.

[(Anonymous)]

OP here. Yeah, that's more or less what I mean. I have no problem with people identifying as ace or trans or anywhere else on the sexual or gender spectrum. I get that this is a complicated and personal topic and, if like, someone wants to headcanon a character as trans because they find it comforting or inspiring or whatever, they're free to knock themselves out. But the problem is that these are a) actual things that exist but also b) kind of a fad, so often you arrive at things that read like checklists, or contain gross fetishization, or are writte by people who're talking out of their ass. And there's SO MUCH of it. And it's simultaneously grating and ridiculous.