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8:10am: Small KAT-TUN wank or You Killed Kame, You Bastards!
Another wank found on wank_report. A bit mild but it has fangirls full of rage.

Over on the Akame LJ community frythe_egg decided to translate some news for the English fandom as they were just furious that a Shanghai TV drama used an altered image of Japanese pop idol, Kazuya Kamenashi from the popular boy band KAT-TUN, for a funeral photo.

In the news report that is translated the blame for it is passed off to a props man where a lot of the fangirl rage is directed at. The props man did issue an apology but that is not enough for some fangirls as they cry over 'poor Kame', who they are sure is also crying over this as using his photo for this is like 'implying he is dead'. And none believe that the props man would have just grabbed any photo off the net to use and used Kame's picture with full knowledge of who he was.

A handful of quotes from the comments as people express their rage:

kat_tunatic said:

what the fuck is the problem in his brian?..
well sure now that kame is SOOOO popular almost all over in Asia..
how can they not know him?..

I seriously hate the guy who used is pic..
when I read this one it shocked me..

grr..
they better apologize because its all their fault first..

futari_love said:

WHAT THE ...
such crap.
i don't think an apology is enough!
that is one of my fav kame pic.
poor kame :(

katrinasacay said:

that guy better go and hang himself..

its like he killed kame already on peoples mind in china..darn..

and his apology is kind of fake..he wants to get sympathy from people by saying he loves his work.. *well, we love kame more than how much u love your work!*

ilukame said:

I HATE THIS!!!!!!!!!!! I want to kill that guy who prepared that!!!!!
but good thing that he apologize!!! but I haven't forgive him yet!!!!!!
I want him to RESIGN!!!! Yeah, you are truly working hard in the job that you love. But the person you used as a props in a funeral is working hard too!!! I hate this!!! I was really hurt by this... it was like "KAME DIED in that scene..." COME ON!!!!!!!

There's also a mix of sane fans that aren't flipping out and some finding it rather amusing.

1:25pm: Lexicongate is over... for certain values of "over"
Breaking: Judge rules for Rowling in 'Lexicon' book case.


Note: My understanding is that SVA will not be appealing anything, because SVA is not the one named in the suit. RDR is. No word as to what he'll do.

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ETA 7: JKR's agents want to see SVA's new book, with bonus comment wank at Mugglenet (OH GOD NO PLEASE DON'T BE INFRINGING I CAN'T GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN); Dear Author comment wank, with bonus Nora Roberts; NPR's audio coverage; clearly, Diane Duane is using the Leaky Lounge lawsuit thread for her own nefarious purposes.

ETA 8: And the appeals begin. Also of note: "Rapoport said the legal tangle has boosted business for his company."