[ SECRET POST #2555 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2555 ⌋

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

01.


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02.
[Attack on Titan/Shingeki No Kyojin]


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03.
[The Muppet Movie]


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04.
[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]


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05.
[Frozen]


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06.
[Once Upon a Time]


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07.
[Dissonance]


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08.
[Zooey Deschanel]


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09.
[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]


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10.
[Eona: The Last Dragoneye]














Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 038 secrets from Secret Submission Post #364.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 1 2 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[loracarol]

Agreed.

Was Walter totally dependent on his brother though? Or were the two brothers so used to being codependent that they didn't even stop to think that maybe Walter could find his own place in the world? I mean, there are other muppets around, so it's not like the world doesn't know what they are at all, and we see that happen at the end, when Walter joins The Muppets, Gary isn't needed. (And yes, I know that it happens because the Muppets get back together, but I don't buy it that there was no other place for Walter prior to the Muppets getting back together.)

I feel like a better analogy would be starting to date someone with a teenage kid; at first, you understand why they need to stick around, but as time goes on, you're just left wondering: they're an adult now, why are they still coming with us on vacations, why can't they be left home alone for a couple of days? Why do they have to go everywhere with us, why can't we have some alone time? You know?

[(Anonymous)]

I don't remember the movie as well as I could, but I think Walter reacted to the Muppets as the first time he'd seen people like him being successful?

Disclosure time -- I have a sibling with some persistent mental/emotional issues, who effectively can't live on their own. Right now they live with our parents, but eventually... Dependence doesn't always go away. The push-pull of I want my own life/they need me and I love them felt... really un-comedic.

[loracarol]

I think that may have been the case when he was really young, and he was first watching the Muppet show, but even after they disbanded, they were really all successful in their own ways: Gonzo had a successful factory, Miss Piggy ran a fashion magazine, Sam the Eagle was a on a news show (a parody of Fox, but whatever your beliefs about how good that show is, it is successful), Beaker and Bunson were working on the Large Hadron collider, etc.

So, yeah, I can see it as being something that was good for him when he was young, but as he got older, the Muppets in the Muppet show were not the only way that muppets were successful.

Completely understandable, and I can see why you didn't think it was funny. I just don't think that what you've described, and the movie, are completely comparable situations, you know? If that had been the situation in the movie, I would be able to sympathize with the secret maker more, but I don't think it was.

Sending you all the best wishes.

[ex_mek82]

RE: that last sentence...

I'm in a similar situation with a sibling (make that two, actually), and I completely agree. As funny as the movie was at times, the Walter-Gary dynamic in particular hit way too close to home for me to find it as funny as other people did, since I live the role of Gary day in/out. ._.;;