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	faultypremise 2010-01-16 04:25 pm UTC (link)
	OK! So, now that he's abandoning this identity. Let's play a game. Which fandom will he show up in next? What terminal illness or horrible situation will he fit into his background and what horrible accent will he attempt to mimic next? GO! (Reply to this)(Thread)

brennalarose 2010-01-16 05:44 pm UTC (link)

If he shows up in Sailor Moon, Pern, Star Wars or Firefly, I'm gonna go live under a rock. Unfortunately, my money is on Firefly, because, if the whole "I am a badass Irishman" was any indication, "badass Cowboy" will be next. Or Highlander, because that's badasses with kilts and katanas. In short, my money on any fandom that will make him look like an even bigger Gary Stu. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ardath_rekha 2010-01-16 06:01 pm UTC (link)

I'd cross off Firefly. Aside from hardcore devotees, it's an aging fandom because there's not a whole lot of new stuff to it. Plus people wouldn't be as receptive to his wildly Stuish AUs unless they centered around something like Wash or Book not dying. And both men are too old for him to want to turn them into his central BAMF characters (tragically, since Book as a BAMF rocks and is, essentially, canon). It's too small for his tastes, his imagination can't compete with the canon comics that have still been coming out, and devotion to Whedon vs. the characters has a much higher ratio than, say, Tolkien or Rowling had, so people aren't going to be as nice to him about him "fixing" Whedon's "mistakes." He's going to pick a fandom that's wildly popular and has a high concentration of teenage girls in it, and where there's enough WTF about its ending to make AUs popular, too. One where a lot of the fans are known for going to financial excess in their attempts to immerse themselves. Since he's got this whole Tragic Hero thing almost to a creepy art, my money is on Twilight. He's even started up the fan art for it (egad) and his style is inconsistent enough that if he changes his name, nobody's going to go "hey, this stuff looks just like Thanfiction's work..." because that's kinda true for half the crappy drawings on the Internet. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lady_ganesh 2010-01-16 06:21 pm UTC (link)
	This. Frankly, the fandom needs to be big enough to peel off a substantial number of gullible people. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	blue_penguin 2010-01-17 07:09 am UTC (link)
	I think those are all too small/too old/possessed of too high a fan age average to be of interest to him. (Though there were a surprising number of dumb teenage girls in the Pern fandom some ten years ago when I was in it...) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

(no subject) - brennalarose, 2010-01-18 03:37 am UTC

	duraniedrama 2010-01-16 05:50 pm UTC (link)
	My bet is on Twilight. He's already done fan art and cosplay for it, and it wouldn't take much for him to gather a legion of fangirls just by being a bloke. Will probably try to mimic RP's accent. Can't predict what new stuff he'll come up with, but expect references to the IRA and some crazy chick named Amy Player who keeps getting mixed up with him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jade_curtiss 2010-01-16 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	Seconding Twilight. Not sure on the new shit he'll dream up, tho... I think we all just have to sit back and wait for that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

(no subject) - seanchaigirl, 2010-01-17 12:03 am UTC

	sarracenia 2010-01-16 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	I suspect VB, in the Twilight fandom, with Spanish influenza and a Scottish accent! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	asparagirl 2010-01-21 09:43 am UTC (link)
	Miss Scarlett in the Conservatory with the Lead Pipe! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	biichan 2010-01-16 08:53 pm UTC (link)
	I'm scared he's going to go for Doctor Who next. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	airborne_rodent 2010-01-16 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	New Doctor. New companion. Big fandom. Noooooooooo!!! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

(no subject) - seanchaigirl, 2010-01-17 12:11 am UTC

	twinno 2010-01-16 09:46 pm UTC (link)
	Colonel Mustard, in the study, with the rope! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	jupiterpluvius 2010-01-16 11:50 pm UTC (link)
	Twilight. And he is going to say that he's a real vampire, for reals, and some number of dopes are going to believe him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mrbimble 2010-01-17 12:47 am UTC (link)
	a real Irish vampire, as he seems to have a fondness for ye olde Irish accent.... sure an' begorrah! (Reply to this)(Parent)

trinka 2010-01-17 01:42 am UTC (link)

This, a thousand times this, I was just about to post something to the same effect. I've poked my head in the door of countless vampire-based fandoms over the years and while I make a point to avoid Twilight, I can only imagine it's more of the same: lonely kids with big imaginations who desperately want vampires (or magic/elves/undead shaman wizards) to be real. If he shows up with his RPatz hair, attention grabbing fanfiction and some rumors that he might be a real vampire for realsies... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

(no subject) - dico, 2010-01-17 04:13 pm UTC

amy_wolf 2010-01-17 02:19 am UTC (link)

I can completely see that. Also, Edward Cullen is such an easy target for his "I'm more hard-core than the hero!" bit. He can be all "I don't sparkle" and pull the vigilante-vampire "I kill the really bad people!" routine, and he'll be the Vampire God of Twilight fandom. Expect many imaginary dead child molesters. Vigilante-vampires always go for the child molesters. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

(no subject) - enrythe8th, 2010-01-17 01:30 pm UTC

	eilisliana 2010-01-17 04:58 am UTC (link)
	Not just that but if he is an older vampire (at least a couple hundred years old) he could have done so much more badass stuff than even now. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	moonjaguar 2010-01-18 12:00 am UTC (link)
	Thing is, I can imagine that happening. So would VB be a sanguinarian vegetarian psyvamp? (Reply to this)(Parent)

myluckyseven 2010-01-17 03:07 am UTC (link)

I vote his next initials are VP. Ignoring the Jordan Wood outlier, he's already done combined VB and AP to make AB, so next he'll pop up writing some long posts that sort of imply "GEE, I'm an awful lot like [character] aren't I" and posting horrible porn, under the name "Vernon Poptarts" or something. MY LOGIC IS PERFECT BECAUSE IT IS CRAZY. I sort of hope a little bit that he moves to Washington and is surprised to find that SMeyer did little to no proper research. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mrbimble 2010-01-17 08:24 am UTC (link)
	NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO NOT WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (plus, we're probably too close to Portland and his victims memories of Tentmoot) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

(no subject) - myluckyseven, 2010-01-17 01:48 pm UTC

puipui 2010-01-17 10:10 am UTC (link)

I sort of hope a little bit that he moves to Washington and is surprised to find that SMeyer did little to no proper research. I kind of want him to claim to have moved to Washington, and yet still have the same IP, and also all his little asides about local culture would either be entirely wrong or so superficial as to clearly be the product of about five seconds of googling. That would awesome! Hee! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

(no subject) - myluckyseven, 2010-01-17 01:31 pm UTC

	themadscientist 2010-01-17 05:25 pm UTC (link)
	Supernatural fandom implodes just about every other week so it is potentially too wanky. However, I'd pay money to see him go toe to toe with ckll. The egoes would cause a small explosion heard all around JF. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	eilisliana 2010-01-18 01:28 am UTC (link)
	Ooooooo epic cage match. *gets snacks* (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lab 2010-01-17 06:24 pm UTC (link)
	Avatar, hands down. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ihateyouall 2010-01-21 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	word! Avatara and he'll have just recovered from, been struggling with paralyzed legs. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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