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    » "12 years later, I'm still pissed [Invasion America] never got a proper ending." - a) Whoa, has it been 12 years already? and b) OMG ME TOO TIMES LIKE A THOUSAND. I went through the requisite obsessive period with that series and I am forever bummed that we didn't get a proper ending for it, not even as a series of books or something. So bummed. At least I'm not the only one.
    » "What's so horrible about having a female healer? It should be about the personality, not the gender!" - I was surprised by the comments, that most people agreed or else the point was that too often female healers suck. Which is close to my issue with them, but not precisely it--I don't mind female healers, I often enjoy them and you will NEVER catch me going into a fight without a dedicated healer who will save my ass time and again. But it gets tiring to have the female characters always be the healers, that they hardly got to do anything else. And that there weren't a lot of male healers for a long time, which was sadface-making.
        It's a different kettle of fish to say that only an offensive (rather than defensive/healing) female is a a "strong" female, which isn't my issue with all the female healers. To make this further complicated, I'm not sure what context the OP is saying this in. Tired of fandom giving the exisiting female healers crap solely for being healers? Or are they ignoring that the trope of a female healer has become a stereotype? (Though, after awhile, the comments reflect this two-pronged problem, so I'm vaguely satisfied with the discussion. Vaguely satisfied with a discussion on fandomsecrets, what is this world coming to!)

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    » "[Gambit/Rogue] are my only OTP and they always will be!" - I have nothing to add to this, really, but neither do most of the comments, it's just a love-fest for the ship. THEY WILL ALWAYS BE OTP. Especially if Carey writes them forever. ♥
    » "I think Joss Whedon proves that men just can't be feminists." - Plus the comments on the secret, which are (as expected) long and plentiful. I don't agree with the blanket statement that all men can't be feminists, but I do agree that I don't think Joss Whedon is a great example of it. One of the first comments is to this post on Firefly and I don't go to quite the same level of horror as the OP there and don't have nearly the same baggage/anger she does, I agree with some of it and the problems it brings up with Firefly. Because it's such an angry extreme analyzation of Firefly (though, a very thorough one and the poster clearly did her research), and while I can't say I agree with it, but the mocking of it on fandomsecrets? *brr* Okay, swinging back to being creeped right the fuck out by a lot of these people. However? Worth it for the comment on Whedon's "well-intentioned but extremely flawed feminism" that says: he's trying so hard, like a turtle running into a screen door but pushing on so determinedly and there's a cat inside watching him angrily because he's doing it wrong. the cat is feminism Lolling pretty much forever. (The later comments on the secret itself are much more reasonable and remind me, oh, thank christ, I don't have to carpetbomb all of fandom and start from scratch.)
    » "I liked [Takumi from NANA] better than Nobu and I don't think he's a bad person. Try expressing that in NANA fandom." - IT WAS LIKE I WROTE THIS SECRET IN MY SLEEP. ;___; Reading through the comments on the secret, there's more support for this opinion than I thought there would be. I especially liked the point about how Takumi sees Hachi for who she really is and it's not necessarily a perfect match, but at least it's something real. But, man, every time the topic of Takumi comes up, I just want to rage about how he's a 23 year old dude who's basically had to be the only one with his shit together in that band of his (because, seriously, YOU try dealing with Reira and Ren's total fucked up personalities and trying to keep their shit together along with your own at twenty-three), even if that doesn't excuse that, yeah, sometimes he's a total bastard. Not to mention, he actually gets Hachi to grow up in a lot of ways that other characters wouldn't. And Aizawa doesn't flinch away from the darker sides of Takumi, they're absolutely intended, and I think that makes him one of the most interesting characters in the manga. And the rest of the haters can Suck It/Exit Stage Left. :|
    » "FINALLY OMG! [discovers het_reccers]" - I am really glad to see more people discovering the comm, especially since it's (as the secret says) so well organized and active. I've been watching it for a few weeks now and it really is all kinds of fabulous.

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    ღ - In Celebration of Mary Sue is an awesome idea. I absolutely think Mary Sues should be celebrated for what they are and where they come from--namely, the drive to have awesome women in fiction, to have more strong female voices in fiction. They are not the end goal, but they're an important step and I love the happiness they bring to their creators.
AND ONTO THE RECS:
    ARASHI - 1 Fanfic
    Durarara!! - 1 Fanfic
    Glee - 3 Fanfics
    Gundam 00 - 1 Fanfic
    One Piece - 1 Fanfic
    Katekyou Hitman REBORN! - 3 Doujinshi
    Tales of the Abyss - 1 Doujinshi
    VOCALOID - 1 Doujinshi
    Bleach - 1 Fanart
    Dragonball - 1 Fanart
    One Piece - 4 Fanart
    Sailor Moon - 4 Fanart


( ARASHI, Bleach, Dragonball, DRRR!!, Glee, Gundam00, OP, Sailor Moon, REBORN!, TOA, VOCALOID )