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seiberwing ([info]seiberwing) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2012-07-22 12:47:00


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Entry tags:community: bad_rpers_suck, fandom: doctor who, rp

How I love me some RP wank.
The Master's been a naughty boy recently.

[info]ofdrumsthesound is an RP journal for the Master from Doctor Who that appears to have gained some measure of notoriety around my local RP meme comms. I can't personally comment on their IC conduct since I've never interacted with them but I've gathered from a few of my colleagues that they tend to be both out-of-character and not an easy character to deal with.


[info]memebells seems to agree. Last month a How's My Driving post went sour as people came in to critique [info]ofdrumsthesound's characterization, particularly their refusal to expand the character and their fascination with cannibalism. [info]ofdrumsthesound takes it badly.

Can you just stop? I've spent the whole day being attacked, so just SHUT UP ALREADY!

If you don't want me to do something tell me in the damn play thread and I'll try to change it, but don't pretend to like me and then attack me!

I never complain about anything, have you noticed? I don't bash people, I don't start stupid dramas and I let people go further then I shoud, but that doesn't mean you can fuck with me forever.


Today in the OOC Rant post they pop up again as an anon and are easily unmasked by another anon. [info]ofdrumsthesound continues to be angry that people are criticizing them and continually demands to know what specifically they're doing wrong, despite many commenters pointing out exactly what they're doing wrong.

But apparently it's because autism?

No, it's not enough. I'm autistic, half the time I can't understand when I'm told explicitly, being ignored makes me try harder.

Or because they need to identify with (their version of) the Master so hard because it's the only thing they can do.

I don't know how to not upset them, I guess. I'm doing my best to be nice, but I'm not good with theory of mind. I've spent much of my life stubbornly talking about subjects no one else is interested in, because it's the only kind of communication I know. And currently my interest is 'being the Master'. Before that my interests included 'being Medusa' and 'being a spider'.

Some plucky girl detective work turned up a screened comment thread that appears to have been replicated over here, though of course I can't speak to its authenticity completely. It seems to have gone about the same way.

It's just that I don't deserve this, so I forget the trolls are all out to get me.

Silly of me, I know.


So why are you here, [info]ofdrumsthesound?

Because I have an opinion, and an anonymous comment saying I don't want anonymous comments would be silly.

I guess I didn't think the whole damn place would jump on me.


Apparently you thought wrong.


EDIT: Apparently this has been going on for several years, in different incarnations. A BRPS post explains the player's time at [info]dear_multiverse, which includes conduct like this and driving off multiple players through their behavior. This eventually resulted in a ban for being a general godmoding squeeharshing buzzkill.

I don't think autism and social awkwardness are going to explain a multiyear fetish for creeping people out.



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[info]skarrow
2012-07-22 08:16 pm UTC (link)
Completely grudgy of me, but seeing a particular animorphs player who I know to be a complete tool about OOC triggers and feelings pop up to defend this player ... just tells me everything I need to know.

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[info]seiberwing
2012-07-22 09:15 pm UTC (link)
Oh? I've seen them 'around' but don't recall any particular issues.

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(no subject) - [info]skarrow, 2012-07-22 09:16 pm UTC

[info]redcoast
2012-07-22 08:48 pm UTC (link)
Cannibalism? What?

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[info]ghostmaster
2012-07-23 04:53 pm UTC (link)
Well, there was that one episode...

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(no subject) - [info]moljn, 2012-07-23 07:47 pm UTC
TW: Brief description of cannibalism - [info]moljn, 2012-07-23 08:31 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2012-07-23 08:59 pm UTC

[info]aaron_agonistes
2012-07-22 08:58 pm UTC (link)
Eh... this whole situation just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Pointing and laughing at somebody with autism for not understanding social cues is pretty damn unfunny to me.

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[info]seiberwing
2012-07-22 09:14 pm UTC (link)
Given how many times they get told directly and blatantly what the problem is and the refusal to acknowledge other people need their fun too, I don't think social cues are the issue.

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(no subject) - [info]aaron_agonistes, 2012-07-22 09:34 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]snacky, 2012-07-22 11:11 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]aaron_agonistes, 2012-07-23 12:04 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kannaophelia, 2012-07-24 03:05 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sandglass, 2012-07-23 12:29 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]iczer6, 2012-07-23 12:38 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]dontgiveahoot, 2012-07-23 02:38 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]brennalarose, 2012-07-24 09:54 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sisterelwood, 2012-07-29 09:49 am UTC

[info]iczer6
2012-07-23 12:08 am UTC (link)
I don't think anyone is doing that. Many people seem to want to help but the RPer just won't listen.

And honestly at this point I think it would be best to ban them until they get some kind of professional help. They seem to have issues that cannot be worked out with RP.

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[info]anthologia
2012-07-23 03:36 am UTC (link)
Don't waste your sympathy on her. She's been using autism for years as an excuse when she's called out on bullshit. I had to have mods at two different RP comms tell her to stop tagging me because she just kept trying with new journals.

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[info]ekaterinv
2012-07-23 07:01 am UTC (link)
Reading the threads, I'm seeing a lot of people saying, "you're hurting us in these specific ways. Stop hurting us in these specific ways."

And ofdrumsthesound's answer is, "no. And you're all mean for complaining. I'm the only person whose feelings are of any importance."

That's not autism; that's being a complete and utter asshole.

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(no subject) - [info]iczer6, 2012-07-24 03:20 pm UTC

[info]anthologia
2012-07-23 03:35 am UTC (link)
...FUCK.

Brb banning this person from everywhere because not only was she obnoxious enough to get banned from GODDAMN DEAR MULTIVERSE, but I also had to have mods at two sort-of related comms tell her to stop bugging me for threads/trying to trick me into threads by commenting with new journals.

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[info]seiberwing
2012-07-23 03:37 am UTC (link)
1. That place is still running?
2. DAMN.

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[info]karmaschild
2012-07-23 10:09 pm UTC (link)
Wait, is this the same player on dear_multiverse who had that pair of cannibal characters from some Gaiman or Pratchett novel and EVERY. SINGLE. POST. they made was "Oh look, I'm eating human fingers, aren't you frightened of me?"

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(no subject) - [info]anthologia, 2012-07-23 10:11 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]karmaschild, 2012-07-23 10:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]iczer6, 2012-07-23 11:21 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]karmaschild, 2012-07-23 11:22 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]eleutheria, 2012-07-24 05:43 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mcity, 2012-07-24 04:47 pm UTC

[info]kumquat_of_doom
2012-07-25 02:44 am UTC (link)
Oh my God, it's THAT player???

This all makes so much more sense now.

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(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2012-07-25 02:55 am UTC

[info]takhys
2012-07-28 03:45 pm UTC (link)
I'm just going to quietly sob into my coffee.

I remember banhammering them and, uh, as a bad mod, can totally dig up the old posts if it's needed/requested?

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(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2012-07-28 03:48 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]takhys, 2012-07-28 04:01 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2012-07-28 04:35 pm UTC

[info]blue_penguin
2012-07-23 05:40 am UTC (link)
Is it sad that the biggest thing I got out of this post was "... people still RP on LJ?"

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[info]violetsquirrel
2012-07-23 05:33 pm UTC (link)
No, that's exactly what I was thinking too. I'm even more surprised that apparently enough people are still on LJ to still have memes.

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[info]seiberwing
2012-07-23 07:11 pm UTC (link)
I RP both there and on dreamwidth, the format just works for me. But LJ is definitely less populated ever since subject lines went away.

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[info]agent_hyatt
2012-07-23 07:31 pm UTC (link)
There are still some holdouts who really don't want to change sites.

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(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2012-07-24 04:02 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]bienegold, 2012-07-24 05:05 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]amadi, 2012-07-24 04:14 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]amadi, 2012-07-24 04:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kookaburra, 2012-07-31 05:56 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]enrythe8th, 2012-07-28 05:55 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]moljn, 2012-07-23 07:57 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]violetsquirrel, 2012-07-24 05:53 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]napalmnacey, 2012-07-26 09:22 pm UTC

[info]argylespy
2012-07-23 06:08 am UTC (link)
So ... can someone more in the know explain what the deal with the cannibalism is? I mean, everyone involved seems to be harping on that particular detail but, as someone who doesn't actually watch Who, I can't quite gather whether it's because it's completely out of left field for the character or because the others think the player is overblowing a canon trait.

THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, I'M JUST SO CONFUSED.

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(no subject) - [info]seriousbusiness, 2012-07-23 06:21 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]argylespy, 2012-07-23 06:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]keiji_miashin, 2012-07-23 06:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ekaterinv, 2012-07-23 06:38 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lied_ohne_worte, 2012-07-23 10:44 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tez, 2012-07-24 09:53 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]bubosquared, 2012-07-24 01:18 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]iczer6, 2012-07-24 09:01 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]taterbird, 2012-07-25 05:43 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]argylespy, 2012-07-23 06:39 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]cinnamonical, 2012-07-23 10:17 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]argylespy, 2012-07-23 12:23 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]keiji_miashin, 2012-07-23 02:37 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]argylespy, 2012-07-23 05:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]robinterrae, 2012-07-23 11:54 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]argylespy, 2012-07-24 01:18 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]moljn, 2012-07-23 08:17 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]argylespy, 2012-07-23 09:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]moljn, 2012-07-23 10:19 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]honorh, 2012-07-23 11:54 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]moljn, 2012-07-24 06:23 am UTC

[info]seriousbusiness
2012-07-23 06:27 am UTC (link)
Misunderstanding The Master like whoa. The Master was hellbent on domination and (to an extent) the destruction of the Doctor, and anyone who stood in his path. There is no way that The Master would resort to cannabilism in order to achieve that purpose, in fact, it would contravene his attempts to get people to side with him (see the latter half of Tennant's season; in Classic Who, the Master worked independently of Earth/Gallifrey/everything) so that he could have the power that he wanted.

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(no subject) - [info]doyle, 2012-07-23 02:44 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]dontgiveahoot, 2012-07-23 03:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]seriousbusiness, 2012-07-24 05:27 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]iczer6, 2012-07-24 10:30 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]anthologia, 2012-07-23 10:13 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]seriousbusiness, 2012-07-24 05:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2012-07-23 10:34 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]deliciouschaos, 2012-07-24 01:52 pm UTC

[info]cmdr_zoom
2012-07-23 02:21 pm UTC (link)
I see someone who desperately, desperately needs professional help. Self-medicating with RP (on LJ or otherwise) is not cutting it.

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(no subject) - [info]anthologia, 2012-07-24 07:46 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2012-07-24 09:17 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]anthologia, 2012-07-24 10:08 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ekaterinv, 2012-07-25 12:27 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2012-07-25 03:09 am UTC

[info]atalantapendrag
2012-07-24 12:44 am UTC (link)
Oh dear, I've encountered this person. A very frustrating individual.

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[info]tez
2012-07-24 09:58 am UTC (link)
...

...I am suddenly quite glad that I no longer RP on LJ.

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[info]hosta
2012-07-25 02:24 am UTC (link)
This person has been my only contact with this character, and I'm sad to say that I've been avoiding all the others I've seen. I had no idea there was anything to the character beyond om nom nom eat the world gnar scary.

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(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2012-07-25 02:33 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]hosta, 2012-07-25 02:37 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kaesa, 2012-07-25 06:13 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]brennalarose, 2012-07-25 04:25 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kaesa, 2012-07-26 12:52 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]brennalarose, 2012-07-26 04:48 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kaesa, 2012-07-27 10:52 pm UTC

[info]aewgliriel
2012-07-26 03:17 am UTC (link)
I have a River Song, and I played her with this Master for a short thread. I haven't seen any of this wank, but I don't go into memebells often, mostly as it's usually porn or torture related when I see the memes. But I can tell you that a short interaction was enough to keep my River away from this Master from here on out.

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