this is ridiculous

[aria]

I think I have contracted some sort of disease of polyfannishness. I mean, I'm not actually complaining, but ... my usual fandom mode is total immersion. I am currently writing a ridiculously epic Highlander fic, simmering some due South, White Collar, Doctor Who, Dark is Rising, and possibly Avatar fics on the backburner, still meaning to go through that Babylon 5 rewatch because I love that show like mad, and, at the moment, tearing joyfully through Star Trek TOS. And this is leaving aside how I have to clean all the things, remember to feed myself, act like someone capable of normal human interaction with real live other people, and do the reading for my job. There is no way I can do total immersion in all the fandoms I actually want to. Maybe I could give up sleep?

I'm sure I'll figure it out. (I can stop watching TOS anytime I want to!!) In the meantime, I was seized with the sudden urge to make Post Secrets for characters, possibly because I am awful at having any fandom secrets myself. So I broke out Paint and Googleimages, and I made twelve secrets! I thought it might be fun to guess what character made any given secret; I think some of these are painfully obvious and some of them are weirdly unobvious, but I figure enough of you know how my brain works anyway.


01.
[Delenn, guessed by eruthros]


02.
[Methos, guessed by nextian]


03.
[G'Kar, guessed by eruthros]


04.
[Ray Kowalski, guessed by china_shop]


05.
[Susan Ivanova, guessed by polarisnorth]


06.
[Spock, guessed by mockingbird]


07.
[Neal Caffrey, guessed by china_shop]


08.
[Fraser, guessed by nextian]


09.
[Martha Jones, guessed by polarisnorth]


10.
[Ray Vecchio, guessed by china_shop]


11.
[Amanda, guessed by polarisnorth]


12.
[Elizabeth Burke, guessed by nextian]

Comments

[nextian]

8 is Fraser, obviously. 12 is Elizabeth from White Collar or Amy from Doctor Who. OR BOTH. (Sixsome??) Is 1 Mai and 2 Methos? And 7 Rory?

[aria]

8 is of course Fraser! And 12 was supposed to be Elizabeth but CLEARLY IT IS ALSO AMY. 1 is not Mai, but I love that it COULD BE, and now I want the person it actually is and Mai to be BFFs. 2 is Methos! 7 is not Rory but it kind of breaks my heart that that is a good guess, because he could totally make that secret.

[nextian]

Aw, actually I'm delighted 7 isn't Rory because it's both true and untrue and it's not the deep dark secret I'd pick for him and I'm glad it isn't the one you would!

Hmmm. 1 requires much rumination.

Also I am pretending that 4 is Ursa but honestly now I'm cracking up at the thought that it's Spock.

[nextian]

... Oh wait, that's a white picket fence, not an open door. I GET IT NOW. EARLIER COMMENT REDACTED.

[nextian]

Also #3 could be One. But it probably isn't. OKAY I'LL STOP COMMENTSPAMMING NOW.

[mockingbird]

11. NEAL CAFFREY

[mockingbird]

6. Spock??

[aria]

Absolutely Spock. :D

[aria]

*DIES* Oh my god, Neal is actually a completely different secret, but I LOVE THAT 11 COULD BE NEAL.

[(Anonymous)]

Then Neal is #7!!!!

(too lazy to sign in again)

[china_shop]

Hee! I read most of them as White Collar -- 5, 7, 10 and 11 could all be Neal. (And, okay, 10 could be Peter. Hee!) Apparently I have fannish blinkers on.

[aria]

7 is in fact the actual Neal one! And HEE, 10 is not either of them, but it is from a fandom you also know.

[china_shop]

10 is Vecchio? Ha!

[eruthros]

03: G'Kar? and 10 could be Peter, or Elizabeth, or Neal, depending. :)

And I kind of want 01 to be Delenn.

[aria]

3 is indeed G'Kar! And 1 is Delenn. :D Also, I love that everyone thinks 10 is White Collar, because it is not.

[colourofsaying]

Well, is 10 Doctor/Master? And is one Dark is Rising, from the POV of Guinevere (it could also be from the POV of Merriman re: Arthur)?

...I totally read all of them as Doctor/Master, apart from 08 because it could be nothing but Fraser. Especially 09! and 11! and 07! oh good heavens, 02 could be the Doctor OR the Master, which is... true of almost everything at various points in their lives.

[feverbeats]

Okay, guesses without reading the comments:

NUMBER 6 MADE ME TEAR UP AND GAVE ME CHILLS, OH MY ACTUAL GOD. And of course I know what it is. jfc, you may make me ship it after all.

7. DITTO TO 7 WITH THE TEARING UP AND CHILLS. OH, NEAL.

10. I genuinely don't know if this is dS or WC. AHAHAHA.

12. . . . I don't actually know it's it's Elizabeth or Amy. But I think it's Elizabeth, because of the aesthetic.

Fannish post secrets will remain one of my favorite things about fandom. Now I want to make some!

[aria]

AHAHAHA OH MY GOD YES. I think I will make making you ship Kirk/Spock my new mission! (Just as long as it is not a five-year mission. I do not have that kind of attention span.)

I LOVE THAT YOU KNEW IT WAS NEAL. <333

I didn't realize that 10 COULD be White Collar! Now I want Peter and Vecchio to have a mustache-off. Or something.

YES it is Elizabeth! Although it can also be Amy. They can ~plot together~.

MAKE SOME. <3

[feverbeats]

AHAHA. Well, I've known and loved ST since I was about eleven, and I've never shipped it much yet. YOU MAY BE OUT OF LUCK.

:D :D I know your WC tendencies! And mine! OF COURSE IT WAS NEAL, OH, bb.

[polarisnorth]

Is 11 Mozzie? I'm having a hard time figuring who else it could be. I'm really confused by 5 and 9; I suppose 5 could be Victoria?

These are really fun; I love the Post Secret concept as applied to fandom.

[aria]

5 and 11 are both fandoms that you don't know very well (Babylon 5 and Highlander, in fact); 9 is one you do, though.

If you want to waste time in a fun way, you should do some too!

[polarisnorth]

Based on what you've told me of Highlander, is 11 Alexa?

[alpheratz]

Aw, all the ones I knew have been guessed.

I really hope 9 is Rose Tyler but it seems unlikely.

[aria]

9 is not Rose, but you are getting very close. :D

[spuffyduds]

THESE ARE GREAT!!!!