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Little Valkyrie (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} waltraute) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} fandom_wank,@ 2006-07-07 23:33:00 |
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HP fandom: throwing vitriol in your face
What would f_w be without the occasional HP meta argument that becomes so batshit as to cross the line into wank?
sistermagpie writes a post about the issues regarding Marietta and Hermione. A little tl;dr as always, but all is fine and dandy and the OP isn't wanky, until newbie marionros (who was dragged into the fandom and is going to be very disappointed if the books don't live up to her specific expectations) enters the scene and proceeds to make some very enlightening comparisons:
Now, I'm Dutch. My English is usually good enough to get my thoughts across (though barely) but my cultural 'style' of debate often clashes with the American one.
There should be a square on Wanker Bingo for invoking your own nationality as an excuse. Is there a law about this one?
Amnesty International fights - amongst other things - against the facial disfigurement of women (throwing acid in a womans face is a popular 'punishment' of 'bad' women in countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh)
If MsScribe had written it, I think it would go something like Dear Msscribe,
My vry domnant husband, he reads Harry Potter and the Orders of the Phonix and he is get an idea to throws acid on my face. But your porn is empowering the acid a way.
Attack of thefpbesque capitalization!
I'm committed to Reason, you see. Emotion, sympathy, passion, these are all wonderful things, but Reason is the structure of life that keeps us sane between all these conflicting emotions.
No, never an appeal to emotions, as shown by:
What's next? Pansy Parkinson shoots her mouth off and Harry, Ron and Nevill decide to 'shut her up' by group raping her? Hey, it shut her up, didn't it? And she was a slag anyway, so she *deserved* it, right?
No. Not even counting the fact that there are other ways to deal with the problem, rape is simply not a way to 'punish' (quite apart from the fact that the right to punish lies in the hands of those in authority - in Pansy's case this would be her parents, her teachers or the law, NOT Potter and co.) No good person would ever rape. No good person would ever disfigure another person. It's as simple as that, to me.
Elsewhere, the batshit really flourishes with her angry reaction to someone's comments about their own fic:
Who knows what you'd do, if permanent facial disfigurement of a sixteen year old girl by another sixteen year old girl is your idea of justice. You'd throw vitriol in my face (popular with vindictive women in the 19th century. "Hey, bitch! I loved the man you're gonna marry! I'll make sure you'll be a blushing bride!" *splash* *augh!* *whimper* *mad howling laughter*)
Something about the actions in asterisks just brings the whole overreaction to life. Remember, Harry Potter is Serious Ethical Business!
ETA: If someone posts this towankitywank, I know I'm seriously to blame.
ETA2: Does anyone know a way, besides counting, to tell how many comments one user has made on a single post? I thinkfpb is pushing 33% here by now.
ETA3: Thank you rotten_fish for making the best possible summary on wankitywank, but you'll have to keep updating, it's still going.
Also, the wiki has been updated for your browsing convenience.
ETA4: Sincefpb has been banned, he can't respond to your witty comments, either. All hail Snacky.
What would f_w be without the occasional HP meta argument that becomes so batshit as to cross the line into wank?
sistermagpie writes a post about the issues regarding Marietta and Hermione. A little tl;dr as always, but all is fine and dandy and the OP isn't wanky, until newbie marionros (who was dragged into the fandom and is going to be very disappointed if the books don't live up to her specific expectations) enters the scene and proceeds to make some very enlightening comparisons:Now, I'm Dutch. My English is usually good enough to get my thoughts across (though barely) but my cultural 'style' of debate often clashes with the American one.
There should be a square on Wanker Bingo for invoking your own nationality as an excuse. Is there a law about this one?
Amnesty International fights - amongst other things - against the facial disfigurement of women (throwing acid in a womans face is a popular 'punishment' of 'bad' women in countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh)
If MsScribe had written it, I think it would go something like Dear Msscribe,
My vry domnant husband, he reads Harry Potter and the Orders of the Phonix and he is get an idea to throws acid on my face. But your porn is empowering the acid a way.
Attack of the
fpbesque capitalization!I'm committed to Reason, you see. Emotion, sympathy, passion, these are all wonderful things, but Reason is the structure of life that keeps us sane between all these conflicting emotions.
No, never an appeal to emotions, as shown by:
What's next? Pansy Parkinson shoots her mouth off and Harry, Ron and Nevill decide to 'shut her up' by group raping her? Hey, it shut her up, didn't it? And she was a slag anyway, so she *deserved* it, right?
No. Not even counting the fact that there are other ways to deal with the problem, rape is simply not a way to 'punish' (quite apart from the fact that the right to punish lies in the hands of those in authority - in Pansy's case this would be her parents, her teachers or the law, NOT Potter and co.) No good person would ever rape. No good person would ever disfigure another person. It's as simple as that, to me.
Elsewhere, the batshit really flourishes with her angry reaction to someone's comments about their own fic:
Who knows what you'd do, if permanent facial disfigurement of a sixteen year old girl by another sixteen year old girl is your idea of justice. You'd throw vitriol in my face (popular with vindictive women in the 19th century. "Hey, bitch! I loved the man you're gonna marry! I'll make sure you'll be a blushing bride!" *splash* *augh!* *whimper* *mad howling laughter*)
Something about the actions in asterisks just brings the whole overreaction to life. Remember, Harry Potter is Serious Ethical Business!
ETA: If someone posts this to
wankitywank, I know I'm seriously to blame.ETA2: Does anyone know a way, besides counting, to tell how many comments one user has made on a single post? I think
fpb is pushing 33% here by now.ETA3: Thank you rotten_fish for making the best possible summary on wankitywank, but you'll have to keep updating, it's still going.
Also, the wiki has been updated for your browsing convenience.
ETA4: Since
fpb has been banned, he can't respond to your witty comments, either. All hail Snacky.Post a comment in response:
