History Trivia / MarkDoesStuff

* OldShame:
** Going into ''Literature/HarryPotter'', he expected a disposable series of books, and was basically pretty condescending of the series. In his re-read review of the first chapter he said:
--->"Did most of you think that I was going to tear this series apart back then? Because I can sort of see why I thought what I did at the time, but now I want to vehemently defend this. YOU DON'T GET IT, JUST WAIT SHIT WILL GET REAL. I've become all of you. And it is wonderful."
** His read of ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'' was a disaster in which some unfortunate timing issues caused him to fall squarely into the same problematic areas he usually rails against. In short, the new demands on his time after becoming a novelist himself caused him to read the site's comments far less, and thus he didn't see the fans' increasingly frustrated responses to a basic misunderstanding regarding the book's use of gender roles and came off like he was bullying them into accepting his own point of view, in some cases over women or transgender people who would naturally have a much more personal view of this stuff. After catching on, he felt driven to make a whole separate post apologizing for everything, including permanently banning one poster who he'd been vigorously defending without a full understanding of what they'd been saying. He also immediately set himself up to do a second read of the book where he could better understand what was actually going on in it.

** They are also a huge fan of ''Literature/CampHalfBlood'', particularly Nico di Angelo and they were overjoyed when he was revealed as gay. Years later, they're co-writing a book with Rick Riordan.

** Many ''Manga/DeathNote'' fans were disappointed that he opted to watch the sub, meaning he misses out on Brad Swaile's legendarily hammy performance and the chance to recognize the voice of Alessandro Juliani after seeing him in [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 two]] [[Series/{{The100}} other]] shows.

* PromotedFanboy: Kind of. He's a big fan of {{Creator/Tamora Pierce}}'s work, and he got to write the foreword to ''The Queen's Readers'', a collection of essays written by fans on her work.

* FanNickname: Commenters use [[http://rot13.com rot13]] to discuss spoilers. Sometimes, a character's name in rot13 will be amusing enough to become one of these. For instance: Wbanguna for [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Jonathan]], Ybear for [[Series/{{Angel}} Lorne]] and Furybo for [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Shelob]].
** And while he stopped doing Mark Plays before it got to be used, many were anticipating the fun of calling [[Franchise/MassEffect Wrex]] "Jerk."
** "Byvivre" for Olivier in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Given the character's badass nature, this led to "By Vivre!" taking on the meaning "that's awesome!"
** Literature/{{Discworld}} fans were rather pleased to discover that 'Nanny Ogg' in rot13 becomes "Anaal Btt". The HehHehYouSaidX is made all the sweeter by the knowledge that Nanny would have the ''exact'' [[DirtyOldWoman same reaction]].
*** Plus, Greebo is "Terrob." It's noted that it's a shame he wasn't named Greebe just to make it perfect.
** Before he read them, he could never quite remember the name of Literature/BekaCooper, so he started calling them the 'Doggy Books'- especially funny considering the series' [[DarkerAndEdgier darker tone]]. The name is now used throughout the Tamora Pierce fandom.
*** Ditto calling the four protagonists of ''Literature/CircleOfMagic'' "the goats".
** Benny from ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', who happens to be half of a popular HoYay couple, translates to "Oraal."
** Lexa from ''Series/{{The 100}}'' is "Yrkn," with notes about how appropriate it is to pronounce it "your kin."
** "Funzfury" for the Angel Shamshel from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

* CreatorBreakdown: He put everything on hiatus after the shocking death of his former boyfriend Baize at just 28 years old, with no idea when he'd be able to come back.

* BigNameFan:
** The site was brought to Creator/NeilGaiman's attention while Mark was reviewing ''Literature/AmericanGods'', and Gaiman read through a few pages and loved them. To quote Mr. Gaiman, "I enjoyed your ''American Gods'' read so much. It was like getting to look through a reader's eyes & find out what worked."
*** And then he warned Mark on Website/{{Twitter}} that he didn't think ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' really got good until volume 2.
** J. August Richards Tweeted that of course [[Series/{{Angel}} Gunn]] would marry him.
** Creator/SeananMcGuire alerted her Twitter followers in record time when he started reading ''Literature/{{Newsflesh}}''.
** NK Jemison managed to find him and become a fan before he even started reviewing her own work.
** Diane Duane is another who started posting before he got to her work (though he'd already announced he would be doing it). She even offered a special discount on ''Literature/YoungWizards'' to members of the community who didn't yet own copies.
** Creator/TonyTodd started following him on Twitter the very same day he raved about the ''Deep Space Nine'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E03TheVisitor The Visitor]]".
** John Rogers found his ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' reviews a while later, and asked people at the con Mark was going to next to buy him a beer.

** ''WesterbAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' was on the list for a while, until he got fed up with the Bronies constantly pestering him to watch it ''right now'', often accompanied by a lot of racist and sexist stuff, plus huge spoilers. He ended up declaring he would ''never'' watch the show, even on his own time.

** It happened again with the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' Season 1 finale "Jail Break", in which a ton of people naturally wanted to see his thoughts on one of the most shamelessly blatant homosexual relationships in western animation history.

* MissingEpisode: His very first video review, for the ''Buffy'' episode The Gift, was taken off Youtube due to the episode's sound being audible. Since he doesn't have the original file, there's no chance of it being posted anywhere else.

** He's said that he wishes he'd done the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse on the site, since he has a ton of thoughts about it (mostly good ones). He had to settle for doing liveblogs on Twitter. Though he did give the full treatment to ''Agent Carter''.
*** ''Jessica Jones'' will not be reviewed after several warnings that, as a rape victim and PTSD sufferer, the show's subject matter would be too personally upsetting to make the process any fun for anyone. However, he's still going to watch the show, leaving the door open for the other Netflix shows being covered.
** You have to sigh at some particularly twisty and shocking shows that we won't get to see him do because he's already seen all or part of them. This includes ''The X-Files'', ''Twin Peaks'', ''The Wire'', ''Breaking Bad'', ''Lost'', and ''Gravity Falls''.
** ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' was on the list for a while, until he got fed up with the Bronies constantly pestering him to watch it ''right now'', often accompanied by a lot of racist and sexist stuff, plus huge spoilers. He ended up declaring he would ''never'' watch the show, even on his own time.

** His read of ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment'' was a disaster in which some unfortunate timing issues caused him to fall squarely into the same problematic areas he usually rails against. In short, the new demands on his time after becoming a novelist himself caused him to read the site's comments far less, and thus he didn't see the fans' increasingly frustrated responses to a basic misunderstanding regarding the book's use of gender roles and came off like he was bullying them into accepting his own point of view, in some cases over women or transgender people who would naturally have a much more personal view of this stuff. After catching on, he felt driven to make a whole separate post apologizing for everything, including permanently banning one poster who he'd been vigorously defending without a full understanding of what they'd been saying. He also immediately set himself up to do a second read of the book where he could better understand what was actually going on in it.

* CreatorBreakdown: He put everything on hiatus after the shocking death of his former boyfriend Baize at just 29 years old, with no idea when he'd be able to come back.

** It happened again with the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' Season 1 finale "Jail Break," in which a ton of people naturally wanted to see his thoughts on one of the most shamelessly blatant homosexual relationships in western animation history.

** Before he read them, he could never quite remember the name of Literature/ProvostsDog, so he started calling them the 'Doggy Books'- especially funny considering the series' [[DarkerAndEdgier darker tone]]. The name is now used throughout the Tamora Pierce fandom.
*** Ditto calling the four protagonists of ''Circle of Magic'' "the goats."

--> "Did most of you think that I was going to tear this series apart back then? Because I can sort of see why I thought what I did at the time, but now I want to vehemently defend this. YOU DON’T GET IT, JUST WAIT SHIT WILL GET REAL. I’ve become all of you. And it is wonderful."

** Baize couldn't join the ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' videos due to having watched the show as a kid.

* OneOfUs: He has linked to Wiki/TVTropes on at least [[http://markreads.net/reviews/2011/01/mark-reads-catching-fire-chapter-11/ one occasion]]. He also mentions us quite a bit.
** He apparently is quite fond of this site -- which makes [[Administrivia/SelfFulfillingSpoiler very]] [[SpoilAtYourOwnRisk little]] [[BerserkButton sense]].

* OldShame: Going into Literature/HarryPotter, he expected a disposable series of books, and was basically pretty condescending of the series. In his re-read review of the first chapter he said: