[ SECRET POST #2563 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2563 ⌋

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

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02.
[ao no exorcist]


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03.
[Leverage]


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04.
[Doctor Who, Sherlock]

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05.
[Star Trek: The Next Generation]


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06.
[Frozen]


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07. http://i.imgur.com/NKDHxDP.png?1?4348
[Big Bang Theory; warning for suicide/depression]


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08.
[Amy Poehler]


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09.
[Deep Space Nine/Babylon 5]















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 035 secrets from Secret Submission Post #366.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

To clarify, I can appreciate (and greatly enjoy) black comedy. I'll even think a suicide joke if funny as long as it's done in an extremely absurd, over the top way.
But simply having a character mention that they have depression or they want to kill themselves is A. lazy as fuck B. not a fucking joke

Sure you can have a character try to kill themselves with a bungee cord, a jar of peanut butter and a kangaroo because it's so ridiculous and no one actually do that

But having mental illness be a 'punchline' is seriously fucking disrespectful to the MILLIONS of people who suffer some serious problems that aren't 'funny' at all

***And on a side note, if their intended audience is supposed to be 'fellow nerds' (not that we should expect the writers to be consistent about anything at all) a character that exists mostly to make fun of people who are depressed is kinda imprudent due to the sheer number of people in fandom who have some degree of mental illnesses...

[(Anonymous)]

The show is aimed at nerds, not fandom. There's a difference - an important one, in this case.

[(Anonymous)]

At first, I thought it was aimed at nerds, considering there actually were a few inside jokes that were easier to get if you were a nerd yourself. But the last seasons actually turned the series from "look, it's funny because some of us are silly that way, in an OTT way! Let's laugh at ourselves and at the people who think we really are like that." into the usual "target audience is 'normal' people who want to laugh at those silly nerdy guys - look how pathetic they are. Also: drunk, stupid slut!".