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Truly Outrageous wank
The tone of posts to the TrulyOutrageous!Jem mailing list seems a little pissier than is usual even for that place, with a rise in subject headings like "list members and their temper tantrums". (Also "Ask Christ", but that turned out to be an an unfortunate break in text rather than an appeal for divine intervention).

What could fans of a 1980s little girls' cartoon find to wank about?

It all starts with an apparently innocent suggestion: Say the Jem universe was real...IMHO, Jerrica Benton would've had several nervous breakdowns by now. Sarah, the most prominent wanker in this little mess, responds with a post evocatively entitled Jerrica going insane can u blame her!: She doesnt deserve to get slapped. Im sorry but I disagree on that. Pizzazz of the misfits is the one to get slapped!

It's all mixed up with actual on-topic posts, but here are the highlights:

* understand until another fan defends me or Jerrica I will not back off.

* Defends you? What is this, junior high school?

* After Sarah repeatedly tells people to "contact me in freakin private", it seems that someone actually does. So, who can she complain to? How about the entire list?

* When are you going to realize it is no one else but you. Stop placing blame on others and accept responsibility for yourself!!

* If we all don't agree immediately, all our posts to date will be deleted and this list closed down forever!"

* Sinister allegations that one unnamed person is behind everything

* The inevitable claims (from someone else this time) of "disgustingly obscene (and unwarranted)" off-list email together with asking what to do about it, but when sensible advice is offered Oops! I deleted the sick thing! And I can't remember who sent it, but they really did!

* Sarah appeals If anyone has any ideas please let me know. I don't want this to happen again. Really I don't. But the most polite attempt to help is immediately taken as an invitation to resume self-martrydom.

* The little train who can't shut up then comes up with a classic subject line: I need to express this

* The subject seems to be dying a natural death. But Sarah just can't let that happen! Bonus points for the tagged-on "on-topic" last sentence and the subject line apology for something which is anything but.

* Calvin takes the bait, urging people to carry on the argument and stand up for me" while at the same time entreating people to stop the "hurtfull [sic] words and hate".

* Sarah again: If the moderator doesn't do something to stop email which is happening off the list and doesn't have anything to do with her, then I'll leave!

For the record, I think both sides are being wanky here, but Sarah's desperate attention-seeking takes the rather icky prize. Besides, her posting style hurts my head.

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	sarajayechan 2004-10-04 06:20 pm UTC (link)
	Wait, the OP said nothing about Jerrica getting slapped, what's Sarah going on about with that for? =P (Reply to this)(Thread)

	charabok 2004-10-04 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	From lurking, expecting Sarah to make sense is like expecting her to figure out the correct use of the apostrophe. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	btw... romana03 2004-10-05 12:26 am UTC (link)
	That icon's simply smashing! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lovelyzelda 2004-10-04 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	Why can't Jem and Pizzazz both be crazy? That's like saying that Britney and Christina can't both be skanks (and ignores the fact that by the mid 90's the Misfits would be in rehab and the Holograms would be in therapy) But as my good deed of the day, I'd like to donate some decent syntax to the Totally Outrageous ml. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	cleolinda 2004-10-04 09:34 pm UTC (link)
	by the mid 90's the Misfits would be in rehab and the Holograms would be in therapy This is a cartoon I want to see. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	biichan 2004-10-05 12:42 am UTC (link)
	Dude, it's a fanfic I want to write. Also, Clash (the Misfits groupie) would so have come out of the closet. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

schoenschoen
2004-10-05 07:16 am UTC (link)

At some point, through watching the first two season of Jem (now on DVD from Rhino, yay! :D), I came to the following Weiß Kreuz-related conclusions:

~ At some point, the Holograms had to pawn off the Rockin' Roadster to pay their bankruptcy settlement. Youji bought it, repainted it, and now strangles chicks in the backseat nightly
~ Tot, the chick with the blue hair that says her daddy's a bad, bad man? Yeah, she's Stormer's kid. And Eric Raymond is her dad. Somehow Masafumi Takatori wound up with her, and she's better off, if you ask me.

So while Jem itself still makes no sense, at least it made Weiß Kreuz a little clearer.

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	sadisticferret 2004-10-05 03:41 am UTC (link)
	by the mid 90's the Misfits would be in rehab and the Holograms would be in therapy Except perhaps for Kimber, who might be too busy receiving treatment for her numerous STDs. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lovelyzelda 2004-10-06 04:00 am UTC (link)
	She'll have to sneak in therapy in between that and writing her tell all book then...(300 pages of bitching about how it was always all about Jem) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tempslut 2004-10-04 09:15 pm UTC (link)
	Jem wank? I've truly seen it all. (Reply to this)

	(Anonymous) 2004-10-04 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	Wow. between this and the my little ponies custom wank it's like a blast from the past. So when do She-Ra and Rainbow Brite get here for the party? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2004-10-04 09:45 pm UTC (link)
	Don't forget smurfs. Or has that been done? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sarajayechan 2004-10-05 05:30 am UTC (link)
	If it has, I wanna see it for the sheer brain-breaking value. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	windex_junkie 2004-10-05 06:20 am UTC (link)
	I missed the My Little Ponies wank? =O (Reply to this)(Parent)

	romana03 2004-10-05 12:25 am UTC (link)
	I think Sarah wins the who is more insane prize. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2004-10-05 04:01 am UTC (link)
	She's a bad pony! D: (Reply to this)(Parent)

	suzuran_sumire 2004-10-05 06:11 am UTC (link)
	Jem + wank is just a concept that I'm desperately trying to accept. Nope, nope, not gonna do it. (Reply to this)

schoenschoen
2004-10-05 07:24 am UTC (link)

Choice bits o' wank:

As for Jerrica she may have gone overboard and even at times feeling that she has to take care of every ordeal on her own is her mistake and lying to Rio yes.

Somehow, I fail to feel sorry for Rio, seeing as he thinks he's cheating on Jerrica with Jem. The strangest part, for me, was that Jerrica thought *she* was the one in the wrong for 'making' him cheat, or some other garbage like that. O_o

If Jerrica told Rio the truth during the first six months. See he hates liars and deception. Not to mention he is possessive, extremely jealous, and oh yes that short temper of his. If Jem/Jerrica had told him the truth he would have dumped her on the spot.

This person just insists upon blaming Jerrica for the whole thing, doesn't she? I mean, a guy who cheats just can't help it, right? It's like, he has no free will! Damn that Jem for tempting him! Damn, damn, damn.

On a side note... Possessive, jealous, *and* a short temper? There's a guy I'd like to date! No wonder all the chicks were hot for him!

And lastly - Pizazz might have some personality disorders, but she doesn't have the just-plain-stupid (at times) thing going on that Jerrica does. (this Sarah chick is going to hate me, isn't she?)

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	sarajayechan 2004-10-05 09:17 pm UTC (link)
	This person just insists upon blaming Jerrica for the whole thing, doesn't she? I mean, a guy who cheats just can't help it, right? It's like, he has no free will! Damn that Jem for tempting him! Damn, damn, damn. "It's NEVER the man's fault! He can't help being a big dumb idiot!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	schoenschoen 2004-10-06 12:17 am UTC (link)
	Well, this is Rio we're talking about here. :P (Don't get me wrong, Jerrica does share part of that blame, but putting the whole thing off on her is just dumb and not very progressive. That was possibly the only thing I didn't like about that show - the main character's romantic ineptitude) (Reply to this)(Parent)