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1:41am: "What's this? Is it a map of what the hell's going on here?" - Drew Carey
"You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of stupidity and trolls, but of wankery; a journey into a boggling land whose boundaries stretch beyond that of intelligence. That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, the Twilight Zone!"

That's what happens when you find yourself on the other side of a flame war sparking by people who Malkavians would advise to seek professional help.

Our tale begins innocently enough (on a dark and stormy night!). I love a good ghost story and tales of haunted houses as much as the next person. Spooky Legends has been slow, so when I found out about Ghostly Tales, I was not only happy, but amused by the concept of the place. I join. Now, let's say it all together now, boys and girls: I don't know a single other member in the community. It was advertised in Community Promo, looked interesting, I joined.

I read a few comments. I see one that jogs a few things in my memory. I comment (and there's no longer a comment from me there), go along, and later make a post about a house I was living in 10 years ago.

All's well and good. I get a few comments from members who enjoyed reading it, and then out of the blue, Firebird replies to a post in my journal clueing me in to something being amiss in LJLand.

I was able to recover the original post from e-mails, and when I realized I was also removed from the community, I had the feeling this might turn wanky, so I started keeping tabs on stuff and posting them in my JournalFen.

I do some looking around, and apparently a spat went down while I wasn't looking and someone went on a delete spree. I wasn't associated with any of it, so I'm wondering what the hell, right?

I rejoin (with no intention of remaining once I got my answer) to make another post asking about it. It's since been deleted, but I kept saving the HTML source file with each new comment and exchange, so it's at least preserved. That link goes to my personal server.

I and another woman get pulled into it, as you can see. We're both still laughing over it.

Someone named T Zone chimes in with her charming assessment that this other woman is a troll. T Zone and I go way on back when I basically attempted to calm her down when she posted that another community member should die, and I got called a psycho for it.

Now, the dust is settling, I've been banned for apparently "not liking how the moderator was running things" all because I was peeved and wondering why a perfectly on-topic post with no flaming whatsoever was deleted, and why I was banned when the closest thing I ever did that was even remotely possibly in conflict with another member was to essentially tell her to chill out. I didn't even call her on her off-topicness.

I'm going to go back to laughing and boggling at the same time. Enjoy this accidental wankery.

ETA!: DenyEverything (the other "evil intelligent person" in this mess) just informed that the userinfo page on Ghostly Tales has been modified. It now reads: "this community is now exclusive and private and it's under new management: namely me. i am the new manager. if i like u, u stay. if i don't, ur gone.

many here are friends in private life. don't step on our turf then dis us up in here. if u do, it's adios."

11:54am: Mmm, fresh wank.
This would be my first post here, but I'm a longtime lurker. Just never found any worthy wank to post... but now I have. Oh yes. This is anime wank of the finest kind. It's the old 'legality of fansubs' debate kicked up a notch.

For those not in the know, fansubbing is when fans translate, subtitle and distribute anime, for free, no cost. It's purely a labor of fannish love. Ethical fansubbers - which make up most of the community - only sub and release series that haven't been licensed for release in North America. Once a series is licensed, the fansubbers usually stop subbing it, and stop distributing the episodes. Now, there are a few groups that keep subbing licensed stuff, in the gap between licensing and actual stateside release. Most of these groups keep very quiet about what they're doing, and will immediately stop subbing once their anime has been formally released.

However, there is a group called Anime-Junkies that's become rather infamous in anime fandom. They're 'renowned' for releasing fansubs extremely quickly, subbing an ENORMOUS number of series at the same time, and having horrific subtitle quality. They also sub a lot of licensed stuff.

Here's where the wank comes in.

Anime-Junkies is currently subbing a series called Ninja Scroll, which has been licensed since before its Japanese release. So they sub it. That happens often, true - several groups are subbing the enormously popular (and very good) Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, even though it's been licensed for a while.

However, the licensor of the title in North America, Urban Vision, discovered this. They e-mailed Anime-Junkies and asked them if they would please stop subbing and distribution of Ninja Scroll.

The response? Well, it speaks for itself. Responses from the subbers range from the ever-polite "Rot in hell" to "Who the fuck are you anyways to buy a series we were doing?" Wank of the highest caliber, here.

And the wank spreads as one of the most well-known anime news sites, Anime News Network, releases an editorial on the whole thing, slamming Anime-Junkies for their behavior.

Watch as it spreads across the community! Fun for all!

8:14pm: Hwaet!

Gabbyhope opens debate on whether Dom and Elijah are gay. On the second page of comments, everyone's favorite asshat shows up to preach the gospel. See her twist logic until it screams! Marvel at the backpedaling and denial! Gasp in awe as she has one shrieking tantrum after another and then tries to convince everyone that she's oh so superior and amused!

I'm told this is all over dl_anon too, but what the hell, I'm posting it here.