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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]ekaterinv
2014-01-13 09:01 pm UTC (link)
Well, LRH's main motivation, at least starting out, was money (though he liked the worship), and Andy's seems to be worship (though he likes the money). I don't think he's capable of going outside fandom, tbh; all his "channeling" and writing and manipulations are directly tied to fandom. As far as I know, he hasn't even mentioned starting an original novel. I think/hope Andy's need for one-on-one adoration, and his parasitical dependence on the work of others*, is going to keep him in the little leagues forever.

*I don't think fanfic or fandom are parasitical by nature, but Andy Blake sure is.

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[info]rhiannonmr
2014-01-14 01:45 am UTC (link)
LRH was always about the money but plenty of these cult leaders aren't. What they DO tend to be about, is the hero worship in teh cult of personality thing. This guy could run a cult if he got into religion or something. That he stays in fandom is a choice on his part, but sheesh he could ruin lives easily, he already has I know. This guy hits all my 'oh shit, RUN!' buttons here.

I've seen cults up close and too damned personal here. I lost friends in Jonestown back in 1978, and I'd met Jim Jones who really creeped me the fuck out. So Andy? Really creeps me the fuck out and he's relatively speaking small change by the standards of someone like Jones. So while I wish he'd turn off his computer, back away and shut off his cell phone, I really, really, really hope he never gets the idea of starting a religion, because that would make TentMoot look sane and safe.

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