So the final episode of LOST aired, and the one thing that went off as expected is the fandom is in absolute insane shambles; and also huge.

( Do not click on this cut if you care about the ending of LOST but haven't already seen it )

Lost: Tunnel of Fail: The Meetup Thread has been unlocked. Sit back for a tale of con wank, including drug induced comas, and an oranizer who single handedly pulled off doing all the electricity for the Superbowl:

Yanked from several wank reports:


Carrie, one of the assistant organizers of the NYC Lost meet up had "big plans" for the Lost series finale on May 23. A "huge event guaranteed to get worldwide press," and take all kinds of planning, as per the e-mails she sent the group's organizer.

The big huge event turns out to be a BYOB in the Atlantic Avenue tunnel in Brooklyn, an abandoned subway tunnel. $40.00 for regular people, and $60.00 for VIP access. There will be a red carpet and paparazzi. Tickets are sold quickly because Carrie convinces the group that these are going to go like a concert on ticketmaster, and the group is encouraged to buy tickets now, worry about the questions later. What kind of questions might people have? Um, who will the "paparazzi" be? How will she get electricity into the tunnel? Stream lost into the tunnel? Permits from the fire department?

Two inquire about this, and they are accused of of being "out of control," "EXTREMELY JEALOUS OF MY 100+ SUCCESSFUL EVENTS THAT I RAN LAST YEAR."She goes on to say that she will be talking to her "lawyer about getting restraining orders against both of them." And that they have to prove that they are fans of Lost by:

...writing a thesis on what their personal beliefs are regarding the show and all of it's main characters. The thesis will be run through my high-tech "plagarism" software that was developed at M.I.T. in which I am requested to use on my student's papers.

Bit of an over reaction don't you think? And would any attorney take this one on? Or would it get laughed out of court? If an organizer acts like this two months before the con, ( Imagine the Fun They are in For )

ETA Here is a screencap of the google cache of the NYC Lost Finale Webpage

ETA 2 Another Carrie Update:
This whole problem started because of two PSYCHO women that were fighting with other members in another group (which they had to get restraining orders against). I removed them and they retaliated by joing the group and causing trouble. Also the tunnel needs the money and the press, Mayor Bloomberg is involved! Guys the problem is not because this is implausible, it is because of two psycho women!

ETA 3: As per onyxnoir Obvious Sock is Obvious

WARNING: THERE ARE POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR LOST (IF YOU CARE ABOUT THAT SORT OF THING) HERE. DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU.

ladylavinia aka ashmh posts a far, far too long essay in two LOST communities (each under a different username) about how Kate is evil and wrong for saying Aaron was her child and he should have ended up with his grandmother blah blah blah I am WAY too overinvested in Kate and her "eviltude" blah blah blah why did you post in two communities with two different usernames, troll?.

Dearest, beloved, Fandom Wank.

I know you were looking forward to great excitement today. Some of you said words to me that indicated you anticipated fiery 'judgement' upon those who remained fresh and dewey white, those you call n00bs.

Anyway, you got today instead.

Stop anticipating things, we'll just break your hearts.

Sincerely,

Sepia P. Magpie, Esq.



PS: Use this post to reflect on how you could be better people. Or just fuck around in the comments.

Warning: This wank features disappearing corpses polar bears Harold Perrineaus comments. I will do my best to reconstruct, having only discovered it post-baleetion.

lost_tv is usually a pretty dull comm in a surprisingly unwanky fandom. You'd think that if trouble did pop up, it would be about shipping, since this season has offered so many delicious developments in the Skate-or-Jate drama that has gripped absolutely no one familiar with the concept of the OT3. Er, I mean, that has gripped the nation. But oh, you'd be wrong! The Skaters and Jaters have been living side-by-side peaceably, refraining from kidnapping each other, throwing each other into bear cages, or giving each other exploding pacemakers. The problem is with ( those damn execs... )

Snagged from wank_report

http://mru-forum.com/index.php?showtopic=698&st=0

Leigh apparently has super special inside contacts to the show Lost.  Possible Lost spoilers in the link so click at your own risk.

 

 

Over on the Naveen Andrews boards at IMDB, forza_azori is very angry that an Indian is playing a Iraqi. Naturally, people are angered by his anger, and aquamarinebeach in particular wants forza_azori to "go watch your own Al Jazeera versions of "Lost"".

Things go downhill from there, and I find myself wondering why we can't all just ogle the pretty, pretty men without worrying about the actors' race; all I really want is some decent Sawyer/Sayid... *Sings "We Are the World"*

ETA: Some choice quotes in which both forza_azori and aquamarinebeach demonstrate their masterful wankery, courtesy of sairobi


Forza_azori (OP): it dosnt make sense , i watched that ep where the americans take him in iraq
he's arabic SUX , and he dosnt look like one plus he's manners isnt like arab
he's a total indian :S
the producers are really stupid for this , there is alot of middle eastern ppl that are better then him in acting for this role

Aquamarinebeach replies: He is English but even then he manages to play an Arab convincingly - to his credit he got a golden globe and an emmy nomination for this role - so just give him a break. If they chose him over the arabs that auditioned - may be it's just that arabs have no talent - that's all. If it's not about race, you muslims are always fighting about religion - so if you are not happy watching him - just go watch your own Al Jazeera versions of "Lost". Aren't movies like Lost against your religion by the way - so just keep away - it's bad influence for you buddy!

Forza_azori gets defensive: who said that i didnt like it
and btw i find your post a little offensive .. why attacking my religion ?
i just find that he's not the right person for this role
and i think there is alot better actors then him for this role !

Aquamarinebeach makes crass generalities: Coz it's true - only muslims have a problem with non-muslims playing muslim characters! If not so how come the title of your discussion is "why the hell is an indian playing an iraqi" - may be you should have auditioned for the role - I doubt that you would have acted better than him though - next thing you will probably ask is why did they make the caricatures in Denmark, right?

And so on and such forth! Later, the discussion turns on poor Hugh Grant (and Britain's continuing exportation of Hugh Grant Doofishness (TM)), who never did anything to anyone but is apparently guilty of something by association of being British.

Really big font? Check.

Inability to use a filter? Check.

Inability to stay off the internet for more than 5 minutes? Check.

"Spoilers ruined my life!!1!!" Check.

Ayuh.

P.S. Please note the words "LOST" and "spoiler" in the title of this post.

ETA: We now have a mod post that includes a whiny "I'm leaving" reply! Yay!