I know a secret

[scarfman]

Through my flist I discovered fandomsecrets. It's a community for anonymous postings of graphics that anonymously confess what you can't bring yourself to tell your fandom. I'm addicted. I'd love to contribute, but I don't keep any secrets. (I draw fanfiction cartoons for grownups I only circulate privately, but I don't keep secret that I do it.)

So here's a composite sampling of things people post there; in other words, I'm making up representative samples. Maybe you'll enjoy it too.

Everyone in this fandom 'ships these two characters. I don't know why, the actors have no chemistry and/or no/little common screentime. I 'ship these other two characters. If anyone in my fandom found out I'd be run off.

Why do there have to be 'ship wars? Can't we all just get along?

I started to do this rp/'ship/fandom/fic with you because it was fun then. It's actually crap, but I can't tell you because you'd probably never speak to me again.

I'd hit that [pictured character/actor].

I 'ship it like the burning of a thousand suns [pictured two or three characters/actors, not always from the same work or even medium]. [Optional: specify which character is "on top".]

Castiel the angel on Supernatural gave me back my faith.

I used to think real people fic was creepy. I still think it's creepy, but these two drive me to write it.

I 'ship it even though it's incest.

I 'ship it even though it's pedo.

I 'ship it even though it's incestuous pedo.

I 'ship it because it's incest/pedo/incestuous pedo.

I couldn't keep 'shipping it when it became canon.

I just want to hold him/her [pictured character] and tell him/her everything's going to be all right. Secret because wtf self, psycho serial killer would gut me and rape the wound.

This character/work/fandom gets me through my mental health issues better than therapy or meds ever did.

This character/work/fandom makes my mental health issues worse, and I don't care.

These two cartoon characters were my first slash when I was six.

This fandom treats newbies like lepers and runs them off.

If you [don't treat my character/fandom the way I think it ought to be treated], I judge you.

I dread the influx of fangirls into my fandom when the revival in progress comes out.

I dread the season finale because it'll be crap.

When this character had the moment pictured, I orgasmed.

When I'm having sex with my bf/gf I can't orgasm unless I imagine s/he's Rorschach/Edmund/some anime character/some game character/etc. Secret because s/he'd probably leave me. And the character is the same gender as me, and I'm straight!

I 'ship members of my forum.

Stephen Fry is so cool.