Lady Sybilla trolled Absolute Write, and posted twice before being banhammered. She sounded so ridiculous that I thought someone was impersonating and parodizing her, but she had tweeted a link to it. She also expressed intent to "visit" "Potato Mooners." She tweeted at one "Potato Mooner" and he gave precisely zero shits, as far as I can tell. [1]

Then she tried to delete both her personal page and the Russet Noon page from FanHistory, stating, "Recreating this article is in violation of my constitutional and human rights". FanHistory permabanned her (they even changed their banning policy just for her) and Tikatu tells me that they won't delete the article, but Sybilla thinks Tikatu is biased anyway [2]. Oh, also she loves talking shit about FanHistory. (Sometimes passive aggressively!) But don't worry, she still likes you, Laura! I'm sure you'll sleep better knowing that. [3]

Then Sybilla commented to my journal, linking to a new press release [a]. When I didn't jump at this news, she got sad and commented to my Youtube video. Then she tweeted about her comment to my Youtube video. And then she emailed me the link to her tweet about her comment to my Youtube video. [4] (And then she put the wolf in the boat with the goose and rowed across the river to call me a "stalkerazzo.") In the process, she outed another sockpuppet, baphometincarnate, which she'd been using to comment on Russet Doom-related videos. (This comment to this video in particular defies description.) ETA: That weird comment is no longer visible in the video's comment thread due to too many thumbs-down votes. You can still see it at baphometincarnate's page in the "recent activity" section, but I thought I would reproduce it here for convenience:

OMG, how dare that 3rd world illiterate ESL student from costa rica break US copyright law? How dare she even imply that russet skinned indians are better than the fair-skinned master race that rules the world? Didn't she see what we did to Saddam Hussein? US copyright law is the most infallible law there is in the world. How is she still standing? US copyright law is more infallible than the bible itself. How is the FBI not all over this already? Why is her website still open?

Soon after, she linked to my journal via Twitter. And then commented to the thread in my journal about it, saying "I know, c'mon don't kill the wank, we're dying for more!" The IP address of that comment matches the email she sent me. Mousetrap!

Sybilla also announced (via press release, of course) that Stephanie Lostimolo has granted permission to use her artwork for the cover of Russet Noon [b]. Controversy resolved, or so says the person who stirred up all the controversy to begin with.

That's not all! Sybilla deleted her Twitter:

Dear Friends and Twitter Followers: Effective today, June 23, 2009, I will no longer maintain an account for Russet Noon on Twitter. Twitter had the potential of helping my book grow in popularity, but there were bugs I couldn't handle. The fake tweets that appeared on my updates with spam links to deceive my followers was my main reason to close the account. The idea of Twitter is good, but it's very unsafe. I will still be on blip.fm as @DJGlorjanna in case you'd like to listen to my favorite music.

That's okay, I have some handy-dandy screencaps:

[1] tweets about AW and PN: a
[2] tweets about Tikatu: a
[3] tweets about FH and LH: a b c d e
[4] tweets about me-ish: a b
[a] Screencap of translated press release
[b] Screencap of cover art press release

But wait, there's more!

A spectre is haunting the web -- the spectre of Russet Noon. All the powers of the internet have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: attorneys, book authors, Hollywood screenwriters, fandomw*nkers, copycats, worldwide petitioners, self-proclaimed editors, self-admitted copyright infringers, amateur video editors, and the list goes on and on to include worldwide bloggers too numerous to count. Read Full Article.

You guessed it - Lady Sybilla has finally become British? realized people care more about her wank than her fanfiction, and is writing a tell-all book about her internet adventures called "Lady Sybilla's Manifesto: The Truth Behind the Russet Noon Controversy," coming out in January 2010. Oh, Sybsy. Wank on, you crazy dingbat, wank on.