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[tricolora]

Fandom Secrets: Read Secret # 60

Granted, I didn't really get into the fandom until around... October.  I'd spent the months in between the release of the movie and starting writing Naturalized more or less trying to talk myself out of it.

But... am I missing something?  I seem to recall those interim months being no more active than they are now.

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[calger459]

...is it sad that I don't find most of those fandom secrets either witty or funny, even the anime ones where I know what they're talking about? I dunno about #60...damn when did I actually start hunting for fic for this movie? September? Yeah. Conna's story was actually the first one I ever read and was so impressed with it, I was encouraged to actually wade through the Pit to see what else I could find, and I found a lot I liked! Including Naturalized of course :) It does seem though that it's dried up a little, I was poking through the front couple pages on ff.net last night and there wasn't a single one that I couldn't peg immediately as Mary Sue, self-insert, pointless robot romance, or just plain stupid. Many were still movieverse as opposed to G1, they just sucked. So I kind of see what they're saying, but there are still good people writing, so I have hope.

Honestly, I think this happens to every fandom when there's a gap in official material. *mourns the once-awesome Rurouni Kenshin fandom...now bastion of samurai-are-vampires-who-go-to-my-highschool fics *

The real question is, when TF2009 does come out, will its effect be positive or negative? Don't you dare let Bay kill this one, Speilberg!

[calger459]

Although I will amend, some of these secrets ARE dead-on, such as #32 for Twilight. So, so true.

[tricolora]

Well, most people who post on fandomsecrets are pathetic shutins with no life! Or trolls. Or weaboos and I have no idea what they're talking about. But I suppose that one just popped out to me because I'm like, wait, it's still pretty active! I'm still here, aren't I? Posting all diligently and once a week-like? Sometimes even twice!

And who are these BNFs who've apparently disappeared, I wonder?