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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]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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