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forevagreeneart ([info]forevagreeneart) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2013-12-31 13:55:00


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Entry tags:cons, fandom: supernatural, person: victoria bitter

Victoria Bitter: The Embittering
Oh, how nice, someone's creating a little convention for the Supernatural fandom, and they're looking for staff members. Looks like the position of Event Director has already been filled, though, by one...

Andrew Blake. AKA thanfiction. AKA Victoria Bitter.

The event hasn't received much attention thus far, but everyone who's responded to the original post looks enthusiastic and willing to throw money at the idea.

Unsurprisingly, people from other corners of the fandom have begun to speak up, sharing stories of past exploits and linking to the book written by a previous VB/AB/TF victim.

Andy, aware of his reputation in fandom, has made several posts on his most recent Tumblr in the past few months, saying that the past is behind him and refuting the claims of people who are preemptively warning the SPN fandom about his exploits.

Only time will tell if he has really changed his ways, but all signs point to no.

One final note: misgendering is not cool. There are about 10 million reasons to mock Andrew Blake, but his gender identity is not one of them.

ETA: Now matured from "having just finished his 20s" to "30 with a lot of job experience", our hero has posted more details about the application process, explaining that everything might go wrong and that's just the way that cons work, and that pretty much all of the cool stuff mentioned thus far might be too expensive if they don't get enough participants. (thanks luxshine!)



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[info]luxshine
2014-01-12 11:46 pm UTC (link)
And now we've got a tumblr for the event, in which anyone who has followed the wank so far (Especially the Project Eleanor/Tentmoot thing) can see the red flags coming up...

http://momentstomidnightlarp.tumblr.com/

Especially this two paragraphs:

"No, we’re not talking about “actually, we’re just going to hang out and watch zombie flicks if there’s not enough people.” This is more like “Ok, with 65, 3 hot meals a day aren’t gonna be feasible, but we can do one hot meal, sandwiches, and MREs. We’ll only need one picnic shelter, but that’ll cut down how many workshops available, and we’ll do a group event at the paintball range rather than renting it outright for the afternoon.” That sort of thing. The 10 days between the 20th and the 30th, the staff will be spending so much time planning and arguing that you’d think we were choosing the next pope, and then we’ll send everyone who put in an application an offer/proposal (which will also be published online) detailing EXACTLY what’s on the table and then - and only then - will they be asked for money, which will go directly to the Treasurer who will use it to pay only pre-budgeted expenses.

As far as what if something goes wrong…it will. That’s the nature of life. Hell, with the 1958 LARP, we had people get lost and come in late, props go missing, and I wound up running around so much pulling things together that I didn’t have time to cook and the day wound up being saved by the amazing Aliyah, among others. It was still a blast because I had an amazing staff, and it still actually went really, really, really well, but I also learned a lot, and in the end, I’m where the buck stops on all the mistakes, whether that was not realizing that I wouldn’t have time to be in the kitchen on the day of or simply not giving good enough directions to my house. Hopefully, though, I’ve learned a lot - I’m 30, and have had experience now working everything from a summer camp’s kitchen to a major catering company in the Napa Valley, as well as several jobs in the hospitality and tourism industry, so I’m not coming into this blind - and it’ll be nothing insurmountable. "

Seriously, why people still trust this guy enough to give him money? He just basically said that he has no idea what they're going to do with the money!

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[info]themadscientist
2014-01-13 01:11 am UTC (link)
to a major catering company in the Napa Valle

citation needed

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[info]themadscientist
2014-01-13 01:14 am UTC (link)
eta: I imagine part of the reason for the blog posts there is to keep the heat off his main blog.

The thing is - I hope this goes well. I actually DO. There are plenty of people who might have fun with it and there are probably enough community people that they have a sort-of support network in case things go south.

But everyone that attends really really needs to understand that this guy is untrustworthy, "I've changed and am on medication!" or no. THAT's what terrifies me.

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[info]lanas_archive
2014-01-15 06:49 pm UTC (link)
To be honest, I hope it fails - I'd feel bad for the people who got burned, but if it succeeds he'll use it as proof that he's changed, build on that, and the next time around it'll be bigger and potentially more damaging. I'd rather him bomb when it's relatively small.

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[info]taterbird
2014-01-15 12:16 am UTC (link)
Truth. Cooking hot dogs on a camp-out in the same state as Napa doesn't count, Andy.

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[info]ekaterinv
2014-01-13 05:03 am UTC (link)
This sounds like a perfect way to inflict sleep deprivation on people, and food deprivation is being added to that.

There is no way I will believe Andy has good intentions here.

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[info]luxshine
2014-01-13 07:53 pm UTC (link)
This. Especially as he is already covering his own ass. ("Oh, we might not get enough money to do all the things we promised, so we're going to cancel the +20 workshops we have planned" Seriously? So the people who will pay $100 will get a lot less than advertized?)

I have never had direct contact with him, but just reading his tumblr I want to barf.

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[info]iamnotyourmuse
2014-01-14 03:01 pm UTC (link)
I can just see how it could go: The workshops get canceled cause they just don't have the resources to run them! But however will they all spend their time on this retreat without the workshops that were promised? I know! LARPing! But without any of the pesky structure or guidance that could keep things from being a total clusterfuck.

Bit of a reach, maybe, but it wouldn't shock me.

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[info]thoms
2014-01-14 08:44 pm UTC (link)
Oh, no. He plans on scripting this LARPing! So it's not actually LARPing at all, it's him writing a play, basically.

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[info]iamnotyourmuse
2014-01-15 04:45 am UTC (link)
Even better!

I mean worse. Much worse. I wouldn't let him control a wooden train set, let alone a scripted weekend apocalyptic fantasy retreat.

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[info]bienegold
2014-01-13 08:09 am UTC (link)
Hey, look at all those pretty red flags.

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[info]themadscientist
2014-01-15 02:21 am UTC (link)
Come to think of it (and this may just be my inexperience) -
Why can't you get $650.00 worth of food for 65 people?

I mean - yes, group discounts, but group discounts apply to catering. Which given that this is supposed to be a LARP-style retreat I'd believe they'd be purchasing from the store or... something. Which wouldn't give bulk discounts the way a catering company would.

If they're at a campground they could buy charcoal and make hot dogs + hamburgers without too much fuss. You buy enough water and supplies from like, Sam's Club to have on hand and Bob's your uncle.

Unless there is something I'm not seeing which I fully acknowledge might e true, I'd think the cost of food IN THIS CASE would be proportional to the amount of people eating said food.

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[info]luthe
2014-01-15 04:55 am UTC (link)
If you're going to Costco anyway, you do kinda get a discount on food because you're buying in bulk. There is no way they couldn't get enough mac'n'cheese and hot dogs to feed everyone for a weekend.

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[info]themadscientist
2014-01-15 02:29 pm UTC (link)
Yeah but is the discount more for 100 "hot means" versus 65? (Defining whatever Andrew is trying to pass off as hot meals of course) I wouldn't think he'd be calling Papa John's or Panera's out in the middle of the woods

And this is an honest question from me - the last time I was in Sam's Club was when the special Gone With the Wind VHS set came out

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