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fandomsecrets2014-02-10 06:55 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2014-02-10 06:55 pm
[ SECRET POST #2596 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2596 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
01.
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02.
[Star Trek: The Next Generation]
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03.
[The Croods]
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04.
[Elementary]
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05.
[Final Fantasy XIII]
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06.
[SCP Foundation]
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07.
[Philip Seymour Hoffman]
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08.
[Twin Peaks]
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09.
[Richard Armitage]
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10.
[Reign]
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11.
[The Hobbit]
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12.
[Hunger Games]
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13.
[Don't Hug Me I'm Scared]
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14.
[Teen Wolf]
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15.
[Panic! at The Disco/Dallon Weekes]
Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 063 secrets from Secret Submission Post #371.
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.
Re: Secret #1: Manic Pixie Girl
There are a lot of usually-flat characters out there. Valiant heroes of pure pureness! Gritty anti-heros! Princesses! Hell, the unassuming dudes that fall for MPDGs qualify, too. But the complaints about those types are more along the lines of "write it better and give them unique traits beyond the obvious!" When people complain about MPDGs, there's this weird sense that they want them wiped off the map completely. It's weird!
And you know, I even think there's a correct way to write the relationships that MPDGs often become part of. Hell, I've seen it done! (...Carl and Ellie from UP!)
Re: Secret #1: Manic Pixie Girl
(Anonymous) 2014-02-11 05:03 am (UTC)(link)Ya know, I think that might be the crux of my problem. There are a lot of "types," and they cut across genders, but it's this one particular type that seems to get singled out (of late, anyway. It certainly hasn't always been, nor will it always be). There's a reason these types exist, and it's not necessarily bad or wrong, and people can actually relate to some of those types (if they couldn't, then they wouldn't pop up so often and be so compelling).
Re: Secret #1: Manic Pixie Girl
(Anonymous) 2014-02-11 05:10 am (UTC)(link)