Careless Monday

[crypto]

Today's philosophical conundrum: at first glance I assumed that the Fan Secrets tumblelog was a parody of fandom_secrets. At second glance I wasn't sure. Now I'm wondering whether it's even possible to effectively parody fandom_secrets or whether it's always been a self-parody.

Today's fan fiction craving: I caught up with recent episodes of The Young and the Restless last night, which has been teetering on the brink of the Rich and the Vapid lately. But! They've just launched a new storyline modeled after Rebecca, complete with a Mrs. Danvers figure, a prominently-displayed pencil drawing and life-size marble sculpture of the dead wife, plus a sinister son faking blindness and, in the role of the new Mrs. de Winter, a pregnant woman with a history of miscarriages and mental breakdowns haunted by the sound of a baby crying in the night. And let me tell you, so far it's awesome! So I'm wondering if anybody has recs for any gothic-style Rebecca-themed stories in any fandom -- or for that matter, Gaslight plots to make a character believe they're going insane? Bonus points if they're not complete AUs but rather grounded in canon.

Today's short film: Philip Bloom's Alone in Tokyo (via Jean Snow)

Comments

[laurashapiro]

I've only skimmed it, but all the secrets I saw on Fan Secrets just now were ones I recognized from fandom_secrets, so I don't think Fan Secrets is a parody.

But I'm never sure about fandom_secrets. It's pretty clear that some people take it seriously, but I strongly suspect a hefty percentage of the secrets posted there are made up, for the lulz.

[sara]

I strongly suspect a hefty percentage of the secrets posted there are made up, for the lulz.

I will be fairly appalled if this is not the case. *G*

[crypto]

That makes sense. I guess that's the thing about fandom_secrets -- you never know which ones are jokes vs. true confessions because they all start to blur together.

[laurashapiro]

*nod* I've been reading it for a while, but I'm considering unsubscribing. It gets kind of monotonous, and it's not like most of them are particularly interesting. "I ship it." Big deal.

It's a shame, because Postsecret is really wonderful, and a fandom version of it could be really cool.

[crypto]

"I ship it." Big deal.

Yeah, exactly. But so much potential!

I remember that sga_flashfic did an in-character Post Secret challenge a while back. I was mostly underwhelmed by the results, but it seemed like a cool idea at the time.

[laurashapiro]

Oh, see, now that would be ultra-nifty!

IMO it'd be best to have it be cross-fandom, so you could have secrets from Hardison and Hiro as well as Rodney. (:

[crypto]

The SGA ones are all here.

Hardison, Hiro, and Rodney? That sounds like GeekboySecret! ;)

[laurashapiro]

I was thinking it'd be a multi-fandom Fandom Secrets, not Postsecret. Though either would be cool.

Thanks for the link!

[thistleingrey]

They've just launched a new storyline modeled after Rebecca

Good lord. I used to watch Y&R during summer vacation--back when I had summer vac--with a book on my lap because it was a nice way to impose structure on days when they didn't otherwise have any. No idea who Adam is (aside from a quick glance at the CBS website--Victor's son with Hope, but I remember Hope only a little). I take it he's the blind son? Who's the new Mrs. de Winter?

[crypto]

I've only been watching for about 8 months, but here's what I've got:

Adam is the blind son, unless he's faking it to get out of prison for trying to frame his father for murder. Ashley Abbott is the new Mrs. de Winter -- cohabitating with Victor, so not married yet, but pregnant with his child. They reunited after Victor's ill-fated marriage to a character introduced last year, Sabrina, who was pregnant when she was killed in a car accident that Victor blames Nikki for.

[thistleingrey]

Oh, interesting. Thanks. Ashley was formerly (like, ten years ago in realtime) with Brad Carlton, who went back and forth between her and her sister, Traci; and Ashley was formerly married to? (certainly attached to) Victor, somewhere in there. Abby is his biological child--there was something about grabbing his sperm for artificial insemination.

I salute Nikki's actress (Melody Thomas Scott) and Katherine Chancellor's (Jeanne Cooper) for helping to keep that show going. Oh, Victor Newman and Jack Abbott (played by Braeden and Bergman) have done their share, but I read the two women as the anchors. Katherine much less now, of course.