[ SECRET POST #2610 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2610 ⌋

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

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02.
[Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies]


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03.
[Twin Peaks]


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04.
[DC Comics, Strix and Batgirl]


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05.
[my mad fat diary]


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06.
[Sekai Seifuku]


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07.
[Lindsey Stirling]


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08.
[Star Trek: The Next Generation]


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09.
[Attack on Titan]


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10.
[How to Train Your Dragon]


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11.
[Figure Skating]


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12.
[A Wild Endeavour]


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13.
[American Horror Story]


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14.
[The Americans]

















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 061 secrets from Secret Submission Post #372.
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

[blunderbuss]

We toooooooold yooooooouuuuu.

But honestly I fell into the same trap, OP. I was in small-but-mature fandoms and while I knew that getting into a popular fandom meant there'd be a lot of crap, I thought there'd be enough good stuff to keep me happy.

Hahahaha NOPE.

Now don't get me wrong, there's a few amazing gems out there, but 99% of fic is stupid fluff AUs that are either college/coffee shop/some other stupid banal shit or whatever 'hot' or 'cool' profession the writer likes.

For fuck's sake they have a tumblr dedicated to shitty Jean/Marco AUs. Go have a look, I dare you. It's the most boring and shallow nonsense ever. There might be one or two interesting ideas but I will bet that the author won't do anything interesting with it and just use it as window-dressing for anime boys kissing.

Goddamn it this was an anime with one of the most amazing premises ever with a bunch of really good characters, WHY IS ALL THE FIC SO BORING AND CLICHE.

[(Anonymous)]

"Boring and shallow," "window-dressing for anime boys kissing". I think you just summed up the Jean/Marco pairing perfectly. And most of what I've seen of the Shingeki fandom.

[blunderbuss]

Yep. I've seen some AUs that come up with really REALLY good concepts that they could even make an entire original story out of if they just used different characters. And what do they do with it? Just use it as an excuse for Jean and Marco to fuck.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh. OH. THE COLLEGE AUs! In fandoms that are not American. That irks me as someone not from US. I understand that authors want to write relatable stuff. But. Too much. Never understood the appeal of "Coffee Shop AUs" - yes, I thought they meant Amsterdam ones.

Then there's more problematic AUs. Mentioned the one about a mental ward above, but I've seen sex worker ones as well, disability ones and so on. It would be grand if they've been well researched but nooooopeeee.

[blunderbuss]

OH THANK GOD IT'S NOT JUST ME. I've never really gotten into college or highschool movies because as a fellow non-American I never understood the American school structure/culture. (See: Monsters Inc) Seeing a fandom full of that stuff just annoys the hell out of me.

It gets even worse when it seems pretty obvious that SNK is set in a germanic country but perhaps maybe 3-5% of all AUs are actually set there. Because that would take research and apparently that would take too long, cheap and easy feels come first!

And oh god, I've seen sex worker/stripper AUs but a mental ward? Disabilities? Gaaaaaahhh.

[(Anonymous)]

Also not American, and that whole worship of high school just puzzles me.

Perhaps it's because American teens have more disposable income than in other countries. I mean, do they actually give their kids cars, or is that just an unbelieveable movie cliche that we foreigners don't understand?

The Germanic background to SNK seems to be ignored in most fic. I've even seen one tumblr post that placed the walled city somewhere in the US midwest.

[(Anonymous)]

Amsterdam coffee shop SNK AU!?

Now I want.

[(Anonymous)]

Goddamn it this was an anime with one of the most amazing premises ever with a bunch of really good characters, WHY IS ALL THE FIC SO BORING AND CLICHE.

MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY.

Fuck, I had so much hope for this fandom.