it's about how she is such a good wee fan, so I dub it fandom
I am a Johnny Depp fan. Instead of just saying this, I will explain it to you. In detail. Also, new fans suxxors.

I actually confess this isn't the first place I saw her little piece. It was in the depp_daily community, which I subscribe to for the picspam, obviously. I found the johnny_depp one from someone else's rant. Ahem.

Her disclaimer:

"A paragraph or so of opinions concerning Mr. Depp and his fandom. Caution- it is unadvisable for you to continue if you do not appreciate the right of someone to a personal opinion. Please do not read if you are easily offended and not a loyal fan, for I can bide no inane chatter aka flames in response. Perhaps some will find it harsh, but reality often is."

Second verse, same as the first. I only noticed this because the first time I saw it, it was breaking community rules. And this little exchange in the comments:

elite: "PS: The movie was doomed to be mainstream from the beginning, you know. It was a big-budget Disney film with a Lord Of The Rings actor starring."
judas_iscariot: "Response to P.S. Yeah, I know, I know... but somehow it still saddens me that it attracted so many of the faithless sheep."

Man, fuck Elijah Wood. Depp's our new wacky Jesus. I am way too amused at the comments in relation to the usernames.

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	silverthoughts 2003-10-08 07:26 pm UTC (link)
	haha! I love the anonymous one in Depp Daily that said "This is a picture posting community". That is something I write all the time when I'm modding at RightClickLick. I don't care if you lick the ground he walks on...I'm only here for the pic spam. (Reply to this)

(Anonymous) 2003-10-08 07:35 pm UTC (link)

Wow, and I thought that *I* sometimes sound long winded and pretentious...*blink* I understand older, long term fans getting frustrated when there's a sudden influx of newbies to their particular fandom/actors, but it's to be expected. I happen to be one of those annoying newly turned Depp fans, though it was OUATIM that turned me rather than PotC, though I was very impressed by his performance in that. And whoever said in that thread that squealing fangirls can mature into longterm fans is totally right - I started off as a squealing Ewan McGregor fan at 12/13, I'm now 19 and still a fan though I squeal less, or at any rate, perhaps more eloquently. *g* Anyway...I just...Hmm. Blimey. (Kay-Elf, LJ) (Reply to this)(Thread)

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Amen! - banal_o_rama, 2003-10-09 12:00 am UTC

	shoiryu 2003-10-08 08:04 pm UTC (link)
	The girl writes every little post like she's writing a best selling novel. Have you heard rumor of them yet? I simply can not abide the wait. You know, there's a line between intelligent and pretentious. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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Re: - dafnap, 2003-10-08 09:34 pm UTC

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memorycharm 2003-10-08 08:08 pm UTC (link)

Man, fuck Elijah Wood. Depp's our new wacky Jesus. He's always been my wacky Jesus! No, instead I fear I will only get to see the waves of endless and ultimately insipid teeny-boppers and so called 'fans' which emerged after Pirates of the Caribbean. Oh, Lord. As opposed to the waves of endless and teeny-boppers (myself included) who emerged after A Nightmare on Elm Street and "21 Jump Street"? (Officer Tom Hanson!!!1 I wish that narc would come to my school!!! eeeeeee!) These sheep- these driveling nitwits simply pervert and pollute all of which I believe in- not to mention that which I am almost certain Mr. Depp himself stands for. Yes, way to suggest you know Mr. Depp's mind. That's why he signed on for the Pirates sequel. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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cough. dafnap 2003-10-08 08:20 pm UTC (link)

The sheer amount of talent muchless anything else which went into his portrayal of one Hunter S. Thompson was astounding, simply astounding. After a brief contemplation regarding his role and the subsequent rating of his success, I realized he was simply brilliant. You said the same thing. The SAME THING. Twice, in two different sentences, one after the other -in the same GODDAMN PARAGRAPH. They will step forth intent upon publicizing the aberrant nature of my deviant notions as well as the disgraceful manner in which I expressed them. There, right there, she got mauled by a thesaurus, poor girl never stood a chance. And the adjectives! Think of the adjectives! ::SOB:: Look, I can do it too! "After reading the above-referenced website I have come to an inordinate conclusion that the person responsible for this insipid drivel not only ignores the basic tenets of concise essay discourse but fails to respond responsibly to percieved slights. The writer's inability to write clearly and succinctly ultimately damages her own attempts at elevating herself above the precieved 'sheep' she so acutely expressed discontent concerning. She, as I judge based soley on her singular, badly worded essay, is not only bombastic and deficient in the ways of deliberation, she reveals herself to be little but a doo-doo head with ca-ca for brains." Wee! That was fun! I should be pretentious more often! (Reply to this)(Thread)

Re: cough. - sepiamagpie, 2003-10-08 08:22 pm UTC

Re: cough. - seldomnaughty, 2003-10-08 09:18 pm UTC

Re: cough. - mare, 2003-10-09 02:33 am UTC

Re: cough. - (Anonymous), 2003-10-09 05:55 am UTC

Re: cough. - seldomnaughty, 2003-10-10 03:41 am UTC

Re: cough. - mare, 2003-10-10 03:46 am UTC

Re: cough. - heyoka, 2003-10-09 02:11 am UTC

Re: cough. - cimorene111, 2003-10-09 04:32 am UTC

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Wow - (Anonymous), 2003-10-09 07:54 am UTC

Re: cough. - romanesque, 2003-10-09 10:34 am UTC

onetrickpony 2003-10-08 08:27 pm UTC (link)

Enamored in the sense that I speak of his talent and personal character, not of his appearance. Which, when I come across someone who judges him solely upon this, feel quite disgusted and deep loathing for the shallow and vapid individual of who decided they needed to become both his judge and jury without prior knowledge of him as a person nor of his acting skills. Talent which should not and can not be ignored if one simply attempts to understand and view his work. Hey, Iscariot, Victor Hugo called and said he wants his writing style back. Dude, talk about long-winded pretentious crap. You may be writing the most eloquent fanbitch out there but it's still basically the same old "newbies suck and Johnny is the best actor EVAH!!!" shit that goes around practically every fandom. I mean, we can all play holier-than-thou fans when we feel like it but not all of us feel the need to write unnecesarily verbose rants that essentially boil down to nothing. Personally I think I prefer the fangirls. At least they're honest about the fact that it's possible to be a fan of some one based on (shock! horror!) physical appearance. [/wank] [re=posted 'cause I suddenly noticed I'd posted the quote twice *nervous laugh*] (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	phosfate 2003-10-08 08:38 pm UTC (link)
	Next use of any variant on the word "manner" will earn you a forcible coupling with a Benny and Joon laserdisc. (Reply to this)

	biichan 2003-10-08 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	I am so all a-giggle over this, having started liking Depp as a teeny-bopper myself. You know, back when he did a cute little Tim Rice flick called Edward Scissorhands. Such a pretentious bitch who won't admit her own fandom roots. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	virago 2003-10-08 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	Big words !necessarily= big thoughts. Kthxbye. (That said, this sort does amuse me.) (Reply to this)

iamtheenemy 2003-10-08 09:12 pm UTC (link)

A lesson in proper English grammar for one Ms. Veresti Tristian: 1. (which, is my own and I have a right to that, given to me by the constitution of the United States of America.) (which is my own, and I have a right to that given to me by the Constitution of the United States of America.)--'is my own and I have a right to that' is not a clause, and therefore should not be separated by commas. Constitution is capitalized, as that is the proper name for it. 2. Yes, I realize that a few true fans WILL immerge Yes, I realize that a few true fans WILL emerge. Immerge: To submerge or disappear in or as if in a liquid. Emerge: To rise from or as if from immersion. 3. I in point of fact had decided to view Pirates of the Caribbean because of Depp, not Bloom. I, in point of fact, had decided to view Pirates of the Caribbean because of Depp, not Bloom.--'in point of fact' IS a clause, as it is not needed in the sentence for it to make sense, so commas SHOULD separate it from the rest of the sentence. 4. And sadly enough, it is mostly followers aka 'sheeps' which make up a large percentage of the numbers. And sadly enough, it is mostly followers aka 'sheep' which make up a large percentage of the numbers.--There is no plural form of sheep, it is one sheep, two sheep. You don't say mooses or deers, and you don't say sheeps. In conclusion, before you make yourself out to be a pretentious scholar (of one Mr. Depp, whatever), please try to do more than right click words on your Microsoft Word document page and randomly pick synonyms for them. It makes you look ridiculous, and it makes your mistakes even more glaring. Not mention that you sound like an essayist out of the 1900s. While those big words sure do have more than two syllables, that is simply not how people talk anymore. Not only fandom/internet people, but authors, poets, essayists and critics as well. You're making a fool of yourself to anyone not blinded by your use of three syllable words, and not moved by your ardent plea for the purification of the fandom. Steph (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	(Anonymous) 2003-10-08 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	There should really be some law, ala Godwin's or Snacky's, regarding people who call other people sheep. It's like the "aren't I so much more enlightened than you!" brand of jerkface's favorite "insult". -Entelodont (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	bartle_by on LJ, again (Anonymous) 2003-10-08 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	So I ask, why is it that is some one uses the dictionary and/or the thesarus to write a pretentious, misspelled bag of idol worship that people will bow down to them like they are God? It's like big words are suddenly the new PhD or something. =p (Reply to this)

	fandom_bitch 2003-10-08 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	You know, if I handed in something that read like that to one of my old university profs, they would have laughed themselves sick and given me a great big fat "F". I don't even think they would have read beyond the first sentence at any rate. Sheesh. "sheeps" made me laugh...it really did. I'm still chuckling here. (Reply to this)

	dawnswalker 2003-10-09 12:01 am UTC (link)
	Hey judas_iscariot? Brevity is the soul of wit. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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(Anonymous) 2003-10-09 12:44 am UTC (link)

Hmmmm...are we *sure* this judas_iscariot isn't Anne Rice? It rather smacks of her style. (Also, honey, if you're going to try to be pretentious, do it all the way, and don't stick in random vernacular constructions: Especially once I saw a few short films in which Mr. Hunter S. Thompson his-self was present, indeed percieving just how closely Mr. Depp managed to come to actually acting precisely like him.) (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	guardian_writer 2003-10-09 12:57 am UTC (link)
	I saw this thing posted in one of the communities I'm a member of. I didn't bother to read it, but the disclamer screamed "WANK" to me. Glad to see that it is as bad as I thought! (Reply to this)

sorchar 2003-10-09 01:01 am UTC (link)

And the really scary/annoying/amusing thing is how many people are not only agreeing with her self-righteous, pretentious bullshit, but are applauding the way she wrote it. Sorry, judas_iscariot, but it's been said before you, in many fandoms, by many people...and whether it's written like a grocery list or a master's thesis, the "Fux0r! N00bs sux0r!" line of thought, is, was, and always will be classic wank. When you write as if your parents conceived you on top of the Oxford English Dictionary, the wank factor rises exponentially. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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trintrin 2003-10-09 01:24 am UTC (link)

I'm used to the huge flood of fans when it comes to movie sand actors and such. I was one of the old Matrix fans. I knew everything before most people gave a damn. I can understand someone getting upset over that but if you are a fan, you shouldn't give a shit. That just means security that your favorite whatever will get a new role/addition. *shakes head* Johnny Depp, be warned, you have crazy insane fans. Tighten your security now. (Reply to this)

amakath 2003-10-09 01:31 am UTC (link)

I hope I said it in a style somewhat worthy of the emotions which inspired it. *sporfle* Let's check. Emotions = wanky. Style = megawanky. Overall effect? Wanktastic! Your hopes are fulfilled! I hereby crown you Pretty Pretty Princess of all Thesaurus Land! I couldn't even read the whole thing. I got to the bit about "Mr. Depp" (who is she, the New York Times?) "actually acting" and skimmed the rest because I knew it would hurt me. And it did. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	lulinda 2003-10-09 02:51 am UTC (link)
	Eheheheheheh... Did anyone follow the links in the comments to that anti_fangirl comm? I did. They *snort!* posted my Naked Legolas Petition. Heeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee! (Reply to this)(Thread)

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rum_tum_tum 2003-10-09 05:14 am UTC (link)

To me, this seems to be nothing except a long stream of uneffective synonyms for one-syllable adjectives that were listed in a thesarus. And I suppose that we should all have great respect for her, b/c she basically portrays her status as a Johnny Depp fan as being well above the rest of others... somehow. Even though she didn't come out and actually say that she believes that she's right or that everyone should agree, there's an always an underlying motive or reason for out-of-nowhere arguments or two-cents. Whether it be subconscious or not. I believe that we're all on the same level. A fan is a fan, isn't it? To me, it doesn't matter how long you've admired him, how many times you've seen all of his movies, or even how much you think you know about him. Exactly how does a person gain the status as being a "better" fan? And if one believes that he is a better fan, then that doesn't necessarily or even automatically make him a better person than everyone else or more worthy of Johnny Depp's attention if he were to give it to a fan. It would seem as if fans would be in it together, b/c of their love and admiration for the same thing even if it be for different reasons. But since she's such a true and sophisticated fan of Johnny Depp's, I can only expect her to not be among the fangirls who are squealing, crying, and screaming as they all watch him walk down the red carpet in actual person if she were to ever be blessed with such an opportunity. I seriously doubt thinking "Look at the rest of these insipid teeny-boppers." and not being taken by the moment would get his attention among a crowd of loud and excited people cheering his name. Yet... I don't would expect her to fall into the same unworthiness or succumb to such a lowly status as that being of a fangirl's. Yes, we're all cool, calm, collected, and full of big, intelligent words... until we actually meet the object of our admiration. And that's when the script is flipped. So, her "essay" left me unimpressed. And it's not "reality" as she puts it. In her own, little world it is. But who the hell cares? Johnny Depp is fucking hot, right? Neither are his looks all of what he is nor are talents all of what he is. Besides, isn't that a picture-posting community anyway? But I suppose all opinions and rants are acceptable since she has the "right to personal opinion", especially the "Fuck you" bit when there was no actual person arguing with her. Defensive over absolutely nothing and for no given reason. So, why should anyone respect her opinion when she says something like that? I am able to respect opinions even if I may not agree with them or "like" them. But being told "fuck you" if I don't like them? That doesn't settle well with me. Obviously, since she said that in advance, she simply cannot take the heat of the only-inevitable controversy in the fandom world, lol. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	parlance 2003-10-09 05:48 am UTC (link)
	If you don't like that, then... well, for lack of better wording and with all due respect- FUCK YOU. Sadly, this is the closest to a grammatically correct sentence in the entire post. (Reply to this)

	And it goes on! darthtall 2003-10-09 06:20 am UTC (link)
	And judas_iscariot responds to her critics! Surely more big words and lots of </b>bolding</b> will convince the terrible flamers! I think this calls for my Johnny LJ icon. (Reply to this)(Thread)

Re: And it goes on! - darthtall, 2003-10-09 06:28 am UTC

Re: And it goes on! - littlekitsch, 2003-10-09 04:25 pm UTC

	(Anonymous) 2003-10-09 09:40 am UTC (link)
	This annoys me. Purely because whenever I've been a fan of something forever, do I choose to berate people for it? GAH. no. Yes, I've been a fan of Elijah Wood for 11 years... Am I berating people for it? NO. Does it MATTER that I just finally became a fan of Johnny Depp because of a bloody character in a movie? MEH! no. - laizeohbeets on lj (Reply to this)

rebeccasama 2003-10-09 12:14 pm UTC (link)

That was a splendid wank. And that "paragraph" seemed more like a page to me. :P It makes me angry when "oldbies" and "newbies" fight, especially when they're all supposed to like the same things. (This comes up rather often in LOTR where you have the people that have been reading the book since before most of the fanbase was born.) My favorite part had to be the 'wah, I posted my megawhine to 80 different communities and you peons expect ME to respond to YOUR pithy comments. Why don't y'all go read everyone else's comments so you don't repeat yourselves.' Riiiiight *pat pat* (Reply to this)(Thread)

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