Holy Crusaders to End Ghost Slash, Part Two
"Danny Phantom" is a weird fandom in that a significant portion of the fandom (the slashers and the not-slashers-but-slash-friendly, known as the "anti-fans") is actively discriminated against by the shows creator, Butch Hartman. Or, at least, its actively discriminated against by Hartman's mod squad and other rabid fangirls who claim that slashers are why the show is getting canceled- Nickelodean has to yank the plug on the p0rn!

I would fall into the category of anti-fan (I don't just slash, baby- I write, draw, and apparently inspire "Danny Phantom" MPreg) if I bothered to give a shit. I've managed to avoid the wank entirely with little effort because I've never bothered with Hartman's forums and am mostly unknown on deviantArt. However, I seem to be the only person on the LiveJournal "Danny Phantom" community that also has a JournalFen account, so consider me an acting liaison for the anti-fans. The rest of this entry was written by happy_coffetea. I merely pass it along to you and gleefully accept any splooge that may splash onto me for doing so.

As most of this wank takes place on DeviantART, the links provided will either be to individual wanky comments or photobucket pictures of longer threads.

Brevity may be the soul of wit, but the sheer amount of wank here makes a short recap impossible.



Links missed from the first round:
Kitty006's very first comment, which, by devART policies, could have gotten her banned alone: she admits to creating that account purposefully to harass other deviants.
Kitty006's deviation that borders on a bannable offense.
Another "true fan" journal, where Kitty006 and WhiteGryphon encourage others to harass deviants in order to take down certain journals and deviations. It was both this poster and Kitty herself who brought religion into this whole thing, not the first F_W entry. You don't use phrases like "blasphemy on Butch's property" and not imply some sort of desecration of holy relics, nor "Go straight to hell," "You're brave enough to stay on the light side," or "if you do have friends who are stick on the dark side, please try to bring them back. They are not lost."
An allegorical journal, wherein Kitty absolutely mangles a lotta people's histories, and yet refuses figure out why, exactly, she's pissing people off.


So Far, as Told by Illucian
"Anti-fan" was a pejorative label applied to those who draw/write slash, like slash, support slash or simply found nothing wrong with slash, so given by the self-titled "true fans" who insist that it is wrong and disrespectful and obscene and should not exist as related to Butch Hartman’s fandoms, especially Danny Phantom. Showing the evidence of a sense of humor, said "anti-fans" embraced the title, since they found what the "true fans" stood for to be rather ridiculous.

In a rewrite of history that would make the current American administration proud, outspoken members of the "true fan" coalition now insist that "anti-fan" was a label created and proudly utilized by the slash-promoters as part of their campaign to undermine the fandom and bring about the end of Danny Phantom, since "obviously" indulging in DP slash despite the creator's disapproval of it proves that the slasher actually hates the show and wants it ded. These outspoken members insist that they never came up with such labels.

Among the slash proponents in the "anti-fan" group are lumped the innocents of this war, those poor souls with a "live and let live" ideology, who may not necessarily agree with actions of the fandom but understand that it isn't their place to outlaw them. Because they did not stand out and speak out against the perceived evils of slash and distance themselves completely from anyone who was a slasher, or any group that included slashers or had no stance on the slash controversy, they were deemed just as guilty as the slashers themselves and similarly banished from certain core gatherings of the fandom, merely due to these affiliations. This credo of "you're either with us or against us" as demonstrated by the "true fans" served only to drive many of these non-aligned and tolerant individuals further into the "anti-fan" camp, rather than the assumed outcome that the "true fans" may have hoped for--which would be the non-aligned individuals' denouncement of all slash-related ties and shameful petition to be re-admitted into these core gatherings now that they had seen the error of their "I really don't care what you do in your spare time" ways.



From where we left off in the last installment, there have been a few developments in the fandom.

Both Kitty006 and WhiteGryphon appear on White-Wolfen's journal accusing her of being the one to start everything, especially with her resisting assimilation with Hartman's opinion. Kitty006 makes one comment and flees the oncoming horde of polite disagreement, but Whitegryphon exhibits clear misunderstanding of what is meant by twisting someone's words. Multiple times.

But most notorious is Kitty006's astounding leaps of logic that slash fans must be responsible for the acts of a corporation, and a most devilishly, cunningly moronic proclamation that All Slash Artists Must Have Someone Near And Dear To Them Raped – followed, after a solid block of boggling and WTF-ing and mocking and lesbian action from various devART members, by Kitty006 herself demanding "slashers" to "keep their muck off her front page." Then the mods come in with violation notices and things quiet down.

She pops up a month later, proclaiming once again that, yes, contrary to what anyone with sense might think, anti-fans are indeed responsible for Danny's death, closely followed by WhiteGryphon. Except now it carries the following addendum: if an "anti-fan" wants to participate in the efforts to keep the show running, they are obviously just pedophiles looking for easy prey, and so must be further shunned for having plans of evol cunningry.

For April Fool's Day, WhiteGryphon apologizes for all her actions and extends peace offerings to everyone she's offended in this fanwar. It's been deleted, but you can still view the comments here.

Meanwhile, over on Butch Hartman’s forum, WhiteGryphon announces that there will, surprise surprise! be a performance review on whether or not fans are eligible to be fans, seeing how drawing "inappropriate artworks" (please notice all exclusion of adult-rated literature in this hissy fit; the children are obviously and uniformly illiterate, and definitely cannot be infected by the written word) is a direct insult!!1!omg to Butch Hartman's name. Also, you can’t simultaneously be friends with "people who indulge in this degrading crud" and a fan of Butch Hartman. You just can't. It's physically, mentally, and emotionally impossible.

When a deviant member submits a request to stop the wank, WhiteGryphon demands that people stop doing what she does on a regular basis, making reactionary, inflammatory art, and insists that "everyone fucking hates [her] for calling out those people who use Danny's image for self-gratification," instead of how she acts.

Another deviant asks about the state of the fandom war on DPTruth, and they are lied to and attacked by "true fans", claiming they "are not trying to eliminate DP slash" and that "some [anti-fans] even threatened to kill [them]."

Kitty006 makes another appearance on an "anti-fan" journal, apparently pissed off that this one has the sheer, unmitigated gall to hope for a signed poster from Butch Hartman for her birthday, citing Romeo and Juliet as the purest form love can take, including lust, underage sex, and suicide, accidentally calling WhiteGryphon a pedophile and making a general ass of herself over the rights of a fictional cartoon character in the process. Also, there are no sexual situations in Adult Swim cartoons. Ever. Did you know.

And after all her complaints of "anti-fans" trolling her journals and twisting her words, WhiteGryphon goes and does the same thing to a fan ranting about her bannination from Hartman's Forums. She has trouble forming coherent arguments out of ad hominems, faulty logic, "bad karma mojo", and hypocritical statements, getting pwned multiple times in a comment thread as she attempts to get the last word in. Another moderator for Hartman's Forums tries to defend herself for banning members for actions outside the forum and insists there’s no such thing as G-rated slash. Kitty006 also wants everyone know they're all filthy slashers and slasher apologists using useless, baseless arguments, like court cases.

Afterwards, WhiteGryphon attempts to win more favor by posting a humorously petty comic and complains about the meeeen "people" twisting her words around when arguing with her.

A few weeks later, Kitty006 submits another piece: the ONLY people who use Danny as a puppet for their own ends and bastardize his character are those delusional, misguided filth artists. "True fans" making fanworks don’t count, because they play by the rules! Hartman selling Danny to Viacom doesn’t count, because he created him! :O
Unfortunately for her, it was removed. You can view the comments here if you are not logged in.

On Hartman's Forum, some poor sap tries to make a thread about the Ember/Danny pairing. However, the moderators don't like it, as Ember died. Oh sorry, "departed." Thirty years ago. And despite how she appears and acts in the series, she was as old as Danny’s mom when she died. And anyway, no one writes her complex enough to have character development because she’s a pop star. And even if this is a show about ghosts, "remember that ghosts in the Danny series are "monsters", not the souls of deceased people." Then, in a mind-numbing display of better judgement, the OP brings up the Jazz/Danny pairing, and the mods are ded from incest and lock the thread. But not before they say that "people who support these kinds of outrageous ships only do so because they fail to take Danny into account as a character instead of just a pretty image" and they'll "be happy to terminate your account here in accordance with the rules of the forum regarding members who choose to follow negatively-impacting, lewd, or illegal activities with Mr. Hartman's/ Nickelodeon's properties."
It's locked to all but members, but was reposted halfway down a Gaia Forum thread.

Finally, WhiteGryphon proves just how much of a serious offence it is when she sees fans being fans and using Danny for their own ends by writing a "story" where Danny is thrown into a dungeon and brutally tortured before being "liberated"</a>, with a visual addendum.

That's not Danny, because Danny wouldn't smoke pot! And stop mocking all those poor recovering addicts!
And stop insulting my cancer-riddled grandmother! >:(

Your picture may be beautiful, but it’s filth because it has the word pr0n in your notes and it insults my morals which you don’t have!
You’re ruining your reputation as an artist by insulting my friends, even if it was a joke! And there are no other art sites beyond DeviantART!

For added lulz, WhiteGryphon shows us the light tells us all how much she hates slash (and makes a passing comparison of homosexuality to bestiality in response to the idea of Real Person Fanfic), everyone who breaks down her arguments are evil shadowy non-beings destined to be vanquished or killed, I AM NOT BRINGING RELIGION INTO THIS EVEN THOUGH I USE PROMENANT RELIGIOUS QUOTES ZOMFGSTOPIT, all who draw kinks she hates are morally bankrupt, and that she doesn’t like it when fans draw what they want.

However, WhiteGryphon would like you to keep in mind that, despite repeated insistence that no "true fan" is forcing any other fan to do anything, if a fan does not make a decision, a decision will be made for them. But no one is forcing anyone to do anything, you understand. This is all quite voluntary on the part of all being sucked into this hissy fit.




Also For Your Entertainment:

"Don't Wanna Be a Hartmanian Idiot"
A Danny Phantom Fanwars filk based on Green Day's "American Idiot"

Don't wanna be a Hartmanian idiot
Don't want a fandom of anti-slash mania
Can you hear the sound of hysteria
The subliminal mind-fuck Hartmania

Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the fandom-nation
Everything isn't meant to be their way
We've got slashy dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones inclined to follow
Even though true fans sure like to argue

Well maybe I'm an anti-fan, Hartmania
I'm not a part of a true fan agenda
I laugh at anti-slash propaganda
And Butchpocalyptic paranoia

Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the fandom-nation
Everything isn't meant to be their way
We've got slashy dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones inclined to follow
Even though true fans sure like to argue

Don't wanna be a Hartmanian idiot
One fandom controlled by mod-mafia
Internet forums of hysteria
It's calling out to idiot Hartmania

Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the fandom-nation
Everything isn't meant to be their way
They say there's a Butchpocalypse tomorrow
We're not the ones inclined to follow
Even though true fans sure like to argue

And the inevitable "All Your Base" parody:

Narrator: In A.D. 2005, war was beginning.

"Anti-fan" Forum Mod: What happen ?
Fan1: Somebody set up us the drama.
Fan2: We get e-mail.
"Anti-fan" Forum Mod: What !
Fan2: Main screen turn on.
"Anti-fan" Forum Mod: It's you !!
ZCAT: How are you anti-fans !!
ZCAT: All your forum bans are belong to us.
ZCAT: You are on the way to destruction.
"Anti-fan" Forum Mod: What you say !!
ZCAT: You have no right to fandom repent your slash.
ZCAT: Ha Ha Ha Ha ....
Fan2: Oh no !!
"Anti-fan" Forum Mod: Upload every 'Slash'!!
"Anti-fan" Forum Mod: You know what you doing.
"Anti-fan" Forum Mod: Make more 'Slash'.
"Anti-fan" Forum Mod: For great hilarity.



At this point, anyone joining can only raise the fandom's average IQ. You don't even have to go beyond the LJ community to ignore the wankers. If canon attempted adultery, obsessive threats of trophy mounting and taxidermy, implied prison rape, cross-dressing, sexually confusing European customs, ancient conqueror-kings, reality-bending authors, botched clones, chainsaw-wielding teddy bears, fun similarities between the hero and the main villain, and an alternate evil future version of the main character who's really the result of splicing gone horribly wrong between the aforementioned hero and villain being kept in a thermos outside of time by the closest thing to an omnipotent, morally ambiguous god in a children’s cartoon EVAR doesn't cut it for you, how about an mpreg fic with more thought behind it than half the Pit of Voles combined? Or a Gary Stu so well written, the resident Mary-Sue eater had a hard time masticating it twice? A music video to Avenue Q? An RP game of "Call of Cthulhu" to demonstrate the main character's descent into madness? And did I mention the awesome artists?