Pumpkin Wank!
Recently, the Pumpkinheads community on LJ has been gradually exploding into wankery/useless adulation. It starts when Tragicforces posts a link to Billy Corgan.com, where their bald messiah has posted a pretty whiny accusation toward the Pumpkins guitarist, James Iha, stating that he broke up the band. Someone else posts the full text of said message in another thread. People wank. Some threads aren't very wanky, but they might turn wanky, so I'm including them anyway.



Wank 1: Sudden outpourings of hate.
- We shouldn't support the band James recently joined that's been together for years because he is teh evil!
- A Perfect Circle sucks now anyways.
- Screw you, A Perfect Circle is awesome!!!1!1!
- Sad divorce analogies.
- A Perfect Circle doesn't suck, *Zwan* sucks!
- Do not!
- Yeah!
- You're all lame hypocrites. I didn't see you bitching when we all thought *Billy* broke up the band.

Wank 2: Moping and accusations.
- My, that's petty.
- Billy Corgan's a fucking asshole anyway. Bald psycho.
- Billy has crushed all hope from our empty lives. ;_;
- It hurts... oh so very much... *mope*mope*mope*

Wank 3: A Few People Who Actually Make Sense, with a guest appearance by Pseudo-Psychoanalysts.
- Guess what? They broke up. It was 4 years ago. Get over it.
- Word! But my life is a dismal shadow if I don't see the Pumpkins live. Now I'm depressed.
- I feel that I understand Billy's intentions. He just wanted to help.
- He wanted us to know the truth! He's like Mulder, only balder!

Not-So-Wanky Wank 4: More of the above, with less Psychobabble.
- It's all about the music. A song can be like a picture in the way that it captures a moment in time. Aren't I deep and meaningful?
- Yes.
- Billy's still an asshole, though.

Semi-Pending Wank 5: But James is Nice!
- Billy's an evil tyrant and James is much nicer.
- And besides, James never quit like everyone else.
- But... he kinda did. Remember that whole "the band ended because James wanted to quit" part? Guys? Helloooo?