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Jeff ([info]trismegistus) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2003-09-02 17:38:00


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Current mood:stupefied

RPS meets Extraordinarily Large Hair - you decide the outcome!
So, it seems that RPF has been a busy little den of iniquity lately. No offense to you RPFers out there, some of that stuff is good enough to make an avowed anti-RPFer like me reconsider my contrary stance on the issue, but you must admit that the whole e-bay Authorized CD of Mary Sue Crap N'Sync Fanfic Debacle is pretty damn hard to beat, in terms of wanktasticity.

But wait, as if that wasn't enough of a wank to stoke the ever-lovin' fires of F_W for a good week or so (or until we all lose interest, whichever comes first), there's more from the RPF contingent - or, more specifically, one extremely coked-out member of that fandom. I give unto you all the person who sent Neil Gaiman an e-mail linking him to RPS written about him.

No, really. I'm not kidding. Though I really, really wish that I was.

Edit: I'm not sure that it was a girl who sent the link to the good sir Gaiman; I'd read through the text of what he posted, and I assumed that the sender was "Sarah," but I could be mistaken. However, given that the preponderance of people involved in fandom are female, I think it's not too far gone a conclusion. That's just my two cents, though.



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[info]oulangi
2003-09-03 01:07 am UTC (link)
Christ there needs to be a fandom wank equivalent of the Darwin Award for these people. Something to commemorate such monumental achievement in fandom stupidity, like a sidewalk of stars, so that years from now we can walk down memory lane and go:
'Oh yeah, I remember her - she gave copies of other people's firefly & Buffy vids to Josh Whedon',
or 'remember her? She wrote mary sue crap Nsync RPF, had adoring readers, sold a CD of her writing on EBAY for hundreds of dollars. Now she dead from coke'.

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[info]sorchar
2003-09-03 02:34 am UTC (link)
In FictionLyn's case, I think the ending would be more like, "Now she dead from bitchslap."

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[info]soleta
2003-09-03 01:08 am UTC (link)
...

*points at icon*

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[info]trismegistus
2003-09-03 01:53 am UTC (link)
*points at icon back*

That says it all, really.

*firm nod*

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(no subject) - [info]redmoose, 2003-09-07 09:51 am UTC

[info]eljuno
2003-09-03 01:09 am UTC (link)
At least, as per usual, Good Mr. Gaiman came off pretty damn nice about the whole thing.

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[info]teapotgirl
2003-09-03 01:16 am UTC (link)
Damn, you beat me to it.
People should have left it at the first question. I fear the ensuing wank. The people commenting in the RSS feed on LJ have been civil so far.
I'd rather hear more stories about his kitten trying to climb inside his nose.

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[info]megolas
2003-09-03 01:19 pm UTC (link)
Heh. I'm going to reply in a civil manner to the purist who's replied there, so who knows - it may just get wanky after all.

Gawds. This is just like Trisha-fucking-Vegas. Two years on and I still twitch about that.

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(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2003-09-03 04:20 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]megolas, 2003-09-03 04:56 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]eljuno, 2003-09-03 04:58 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]megolas, 2003-09-03 05:08 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]eljuno, 2003-09-03 06:19 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2003-09-03 05:00 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]megolas, 2003-09-03 05:09 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2003-09-03 06:13 pm UTC

[info]amatia
2003-09-03 01:18 am UTC (link)
Always the damn cokeheads making the rest of us look bad!

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[info]iris
2003-09-03 02:00 am UTC (link)
Ignorance is bliss.

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[info]katrina
2003-09-03 02:13 am UTC (link)
I'm an avid RPS reader. I don't mind RPS ... under the one assumption that the celebrities/singers/whatever will never read it. x_x

This person is stupid.

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[info]thewashinator
2003-09-03 02:24 am UTC (link)
Actually, that person gave the Firefly vids to Nathan Fillion (not Joss Whedon). Who has admitted publicly and loudly that he is utterly computer-inept, and thus would not have been able to see them anyways. But that's beside the point. Poor child didn't know any better, and was smacked down by every BNF with an LJ.

Hee. That never got fandom_wanked - I didn't even know people remembered that.

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[info]oulangi
2003-09-03 04:44 am UTC (link)
exactly why we need a wankaward / archive so I can keep my facts straight *g* I thought she had several CDs burned, both for Nathan, Josh and others - It did produce fantastic wank on the Firefly board if I remember correctly -

*Now I am going to have to hunt back all the threads on this*

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(no subject) - [info]snacky, 2003-09-03 05:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]oulangi, 2003-09-03 06:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]thewashinator, 2003-09-03 05:39 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]snacky, 2003-09-03 05:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]trismegistus, 2003-09-03 05:35 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]oulangi, 2003-09-03 06:18 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]thewashinator, 2003-09-03 03:37 pm UTC

[info]sorchar
2003-09-03 02:30 am UTC (link)
Did she do this thinking that he'd be happy to see it? Or because she felt it was her Civic Duty to let him know what those EVAL RPFers are doing?

If the former, she's incredibly stupid who needs to be bitchslapped. If the latter, she's a self-righteous busybody who, well, needs to be bitchslapped.

Some days, it doesn't pay to take the jumper cables off your nipples. *grumps back to bed*

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(no subject) - [info]teapotgirl, 2003-09-03 02:34 am UTC
Re: - [info]sorchar, 2003-09-03 02:38 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]crevette, 2003-09-03 06:05 am UTC
Re: - [info]sorchar, 2003-09-03 06:46 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pet, 2003-09-03 06:57 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]trismegistus, 2003-09-03 03:36 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mariagoner, 2003-09-03 08:56 am UTC

[info]msmanna
2003-09-03 02:39 am UTC (link)

Looking at the entry on Neil Gaiman's journal, the person who sent the link doesn't sound to be an RPS writer at all. They say they're doing a Masters thesis on slash, and the mail starts out 'Sadly, real person slash (Or RPS as it is generally abbreviated) does in fact exist.' Most RPS writers I know are not at all sad about its existence. The mail then goes on to some rambling, utterly unsupported 'theory of RPF', which is obviously a crock of crap as it doesn't include the phrases 'really hot porn!' or 'sparkly dancing boys!'

So in this case, it looks like it's not an RPS writer acting like a socially-inept moron, but a RPS disliking academic-wannabe acting like a socially-inept moron.

I'm not entirely sure where you got 'the girl' from, either, as I couldn't find a name given.

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(no subject) - [info]galadriel, 2003-09-03 03:01 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]trismegistus, 2003-09-03 03:35 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2003-09-03 04:53 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]trismegistus, 2003-09-03 05:39 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2003-09-03 06:22 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]trismegistus, 2003-09-03 06:40 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2003-09-04 03:13 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]combledore, 2003-09-03 09:14 pm UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2003-09-04 03:10 am UTC
Re: - [info]combledore, 2003-09-04 06:41 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2003-09-04 12:35 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]combledore, 2003-09-04 06:53 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmikhailovic, 2003-09-03 03:58 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]galadriel, 2003-09-03 08:25 am UTC
Re: - [info]cmikhailovic, 2003-09-04 05:41 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]delfeus, 2003-09-03 09:17 pm UTC
Re: - [info]cmikhailovic, 2003-09-04 05:42 am UTC
Re: - [info]delfeus, 2003-09-04 04:42 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]trismegistus, 2003-09-03 03:34 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]msmanna, 2003-09-03 03:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]musette, 2003-09-03 06:54 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]msmanna, 2003-09-03 05:32 pm UTC
Re: - [info]musette, 2003-09-04 01:43 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]farcicalsquid, 2003-09-04 11:59 pm UTC
maybe this time it'll make sense
sarahchica
2003-09-03 02:47 am UTC (link)
I'm kind of bothered that her name is Sarah. Gives the rest of the Sarahs who like Gaiman a bad name.

Reminds me of the girls who showed Dom and Billy the manip of Merry and Pippin.

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Re: maybe this time it'll make sense - [info]eljuno, 2003-09-03 02:48 am UTC
Re: maybe this time it'll make sense - [info]seventy_three, 2003-09-03 03:10 am UTC
Re: maybe this time it'll make sense - (Anonymous), 2003-09-03 03:33 am UTC
Re: maybe this time it'll make sense - [info]soleta, 2003-09-03 03:39 am UTC
Re: maybe this time it'll make sense - sarahchica, 2003-09-03 03:26 am UTC
Re: maybe this time it'll make sense - [info]only_skin_deep, 2003-09-03 05:06 am UTC
Re: maybe this time it'll make sense - sarahchica, 2003-09-03 05:08 am UTC
Re: maybe this time it'll make sense - [info]only_skin_deep, 2003-09-03 05:34 am UTC
Re: maybe this time it'll make sense - sarahchica, 2003-09-03 05:35 am UTC
Re: maybe this time it'll make sense - [info]galadriel, 2003-09-03 03:04 am UTC
Re: maybe this time it'll make sense - sarahchica, 2003-09-03 03:28 am UTC
Re: maybe this time it'll make sense - [info]resmiranda, 2003-09-03 04:48 pm UTC
Re: maybe this time it'll make sense - sarahchica, 2003-09-03 04:49 pm UTC

[info]thebratqueen
2003-09-03 03:23 am UTC (link)
Can't we create some kind of lookalike system to help use this kind of stupidity to our advantage? We hire people to imitate NG, the cast of Lord of the Rings, boybands, or frankly any member of TPTB in the fictional fandoms as well, and then when people step up to hand over their fic or the links therein we then know to weed them out of the fandom before the real people interact with them.

Lemons/lemonade, all I'm saying.

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(no subject) - [info]trismegistus, 2003-09-03 03:38 am UTC

[info]ailei
2003-09-03 04:17 am UTC (link)
I have the RSS feed of Mr. Gaiman's journal in my own LJ f-list. It's a delightful read (user name is "officialgaiman") - he's a gracious, funny, wry, brilliant man. My first thought when Sarah pointed this out to him (on the heels of some other ninny asking if he knew about it, and he said, basically, 'errr, no?') was 'oh, you poor POOR man'. Poor Neil. Really. What a fan. 'Hey, Mr. G. Love your work. Hey, here, read some pr0n starring YOU! Aren't you horrified?? Yes, I rather thought you would be. I'll be over here smirking self-righteously.' It's the fannish equivalent of holding long-past-expired dairy products under someone's nose and going 'hey, does this smell off to you?'. It's not something you do to someone you care about.

That said, I am an RPSer who used to (and will again soon) play in the Est, and out of the Est with Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal, Alfonso Cuaron etc. Hee, *points to icon*. I love me some RPS. But man...common courtesy, people.

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(no subject) - [info]trismegistus, 2003-09-03 05:38 am UTC
Re: - [info]ailei, 2003-09-03 05:47 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mpoetess, 2003-09-03 05:45 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2003-09-04 12:54 pm UTC
oops - (Anonymous), 2003-09-04 12:56 pm UTC
Unreal.
[info]dorothy1901
2003-09-03 04:35 am UTC (link)
There is real person slash out there. Most of them (sic) involve NSYNC (sic) members. Others include Putin/Bush, Stalin/Roosevelt, and most terrifying of all, God/Satan.

God/Satan is Real Person Slash? This involves some definition of "real person" of which I was not aware.

Let's hope that nobody has the bad manners to show God and Satan this stuff. Satan might be cool about it, but God has a history of throwing apocalyptic hissy-fits.

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Re: Unreal. - [info]harukami, 2003-09-03 06:11 am UTC
Re: Unreal. - [info]alden, 2003-09-03 06:34 am UTC
Re: Unreal. - [info]delfeus, 2003-09-03 09:20 pm UTC
Re: Unreal. - [info]alden, 2003-09-04 04:14 am UTC
Re: Unreal. - [info]iris, 2003-09-03 07:13 am UTC
Re: Unreal. - [info]wakkymse, 2003-09-03 09:12 pm UTC
Re: Unreal. - (Anonymous), 2003-09-04 09:17 am UTC
Re: Unreal. - [info]amand_r, 2003-09-04 10:44 am UTC
Re: Unreal. - (Anonymous), 2003-09-05 09:08 am UTC

[info]hoorofcrowley
2003-09-03 05:26 am UTC (link)
As a self-titled stalker of NEIL, I will simply have to hunt this RPS author down and administer noogies while using steel wool. Indeed.

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[info]j_crew_guy
2003-09-03 06:25 am UTC (link)
There is real person slash out there. Most of them involve NSYNC members. Others include Putin/Bush, Stalin/Roosevelt, and most terrifying of all, God/Satan. Apparently, God likes to be on top.

*points to icon*

Bush/Putin???

Bush/Blair is teh OTP!!!!!!one Blush rulez j00!

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(no subject) - [info]shoiryu, 2003-09-03 06:36 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]alden, 2003-09-03 06:36 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]eris, 2003-09-03 11:40 am UTC
Re: - [info]alden, 2003-09-03 12:26 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]eris, 2003-09-03 10:20 pm UTC
Re: - [info]alden, 2003-09-04 06:36 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]trismegistus, 2003-09-03 06:39 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]musette, 2003-09-03 07:02 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sorchar, 2003-09-03 07:14 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]eljuno, 2003-09-03 07:30 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]allyoops, 2003-09-03 11:35 am UTC
You are so wrong. - [info]alara_r, 2003-09-03 05:41 pm UTC
Re: You are so wrong. - (Anonymous), 2003-09-05 09:49 am UTC
Re: You are so wrong. - [info]thelame, 2003-09-08 12:29 pm UTC

[info]delfeus
2003-09-03 09:21 pm UTC (link)
Is it bad of me to actually want to read the fic? *grin*

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(no subject) - [info]teapotgirl, 2003-09-04 12:14 am UTC
Re: - [info]delfeus, 2003-09-04 04:45 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]laymedown, 2003-09-04 03:24 am UTC

[info]yadda
2003-09-03 11:18 pm UTC (link)
I don't have anything new to add to this... except, hey look! For once my icon is, like, totally relevant!

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[info]laymedown
2003-09-04 09:43 am UTC (link)
Apparently this happened in the American Idol fandom as well. There was a messageboard with a long thread of various slash fics, I think almost all featuring Clay Aiken. It seems that, with the consent of (I think) all or almost all of the posters, the thread was printed out by one of the members and sent to Clay's fanmail address. No idea if he ever did or will read it, but still. Poor guy.

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(no subject) - [info]mariagoner, 2003-09-04 08:40 pm UTC

[info]harukami
2003-09-05 10:29 am UTC (link)
HUH.

Well, I'm glad Gaiman received the news with the dignity and good humour that he did, but that's - er. Well. Everybody's said it already, so all I can add is...

Wow. er. Yikes.

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(Anonymous)
2004-03-17 06:41 pm UTC (link)
Poor, poor Neil. Oh well At least there is no Jhonen/Roman RPS... so far...

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