[ SECRET POST #2526 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #2526 ⌋

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

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02.
[Doctor Who]


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03.
[Disney]


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04.
[TMNT]


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05.
[Thor: The Dark World]


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06.
[As Told By Ginger]


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07.
[daughter, purity ring]


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08.
[Sleepy Hollow]


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09.
[Attack on Titan/Shingeki No Kyojin]


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10.
[The Producers]











Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 053 secrets from Secret Submission Post #361.
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: Is having a mental disorder or no life a requirement for fandom, now?

[nyxelestia]

My question is, why the discomfort? I mean, I get that fandom tends to attract people with various 'ailments' and such, but it's chock full of people ranging from high school kids to grandparents. Why the fixation on being 'ill' or having a certain amount of time? Am I really that old that I don't notice those types of things in fandom?

Re: Is having a mental disorder or no life a requirement for fandom, now?

[(Anonymous)]

Just speculating: one thing that's at work may be a sort of variant on the geek social fallacies--the assumption that people who like the same things I like must be just like me. And perhaps, when she found out that you were very much not like her, some resentment entered into it. A distressing number of people seem to console themselves, when their lives aren't going as they wish, by convincing themselves that the people who seem to be managing a little better are bound to be "paying" for it in some way, or will pay, in the future, with some sort of spectacular failure or burnout or other comeuppance. Because otherwise it wouldn't be "fair."

Re: Is having a mental disorder or no life a requirement for fandom, now?

[nyxelestia]

That is...very disconcerting. I mean, I can understand a bit of resentment when someone seems more successful than you - hell, I feel it, too - but the idea that they must be paying for it somehow is kind of strange. But then, my response to seeing people more successful than me is, "How do you do it? No, really, I could use some tips, here." Ironically, some of my best time-management skills came people in fandom whose schedules are even crazier than mine.