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.

You know how most communities and forums dedicated to Real People will usually have the 'will we allow fanfic based on the real person on the boards' discussion when it's just been established?

Well, Hammond Heaven, a MSN group dedicated to Richard Hammond, the short one from Top Gear, decides to have it three years after it's been put up.

It all starts when one poster says all the sexual fics are disturbing her, because people should keep their fantasies about real people to themselves.

( And then there is a rehash of pretty much every other RPF discussion, ever, I expect. )

And I know that it might look like a board made up of minors, but the people who had their ages up on their profiles were all in their 20s and 30s.

So, Richard Hammond, Top Gear presenter, is critically ill in hospital after crashing while trying to break the British land speed record for the new series of Top Gear.

Tragic, right?

Well, things start to get wanky on livejournal_uk. Fairly one-sided for now, as possible troll nyecamden gets shot down by pretty much everyone. Watch at how the conversation goes from 'all car drivers deserve to die', 'computers are modern and unnecessary too' to 'why should we care about celebrities?'

Then, like trolls are wont to do, here comes the obligatory one liner with disabled comments to stir things up a bit.

And, predictably, the community reacts.

Get well soon, hamster. ♥