*So... is there any chance of a write up on DashCon happening? Because I am hearing rumours of it being spectacular, but have been completely unable to find much because Tumblr is terrible.

Thank you FW for coming through:

DashCon is a convention run by... possibly 17 year olds that was supposed to be a celebration of all things Tumblr Fandom. Unfortunately, things got sketchy quickly when con-goers were herded into the convention ballroom and told that they needed to raise $17,000 by 10 PM or the con would be shut down.

Donations poured in, though anons reporting from DashCon appear skeptical.

Questions arose. Skepticism continues to mount despite DashCon "response".

Popcorn continues to be consumed, as ONTD gets in on the action.

There's some positive word on the street from DashCon is a bit of a mixed bag. From the curt to the effusive.

More sources in the comments since I am having trouble keeping up reading and adding them all at the moment.

Edited to add:
A statement from Welcome To Night Vale about why they dropped out.
More on WTF is Wrong with DashCon in list format.

7/14/2014 - DashCon carnage continues (Sorry if I miss something but you guys are still awesome at bringing the links):
* Baker Street Babes (who were initially curt but polite about DashCon) reveal that DashCon did not in fact "take care of" their previously comped room that became a room they had to pay for that was a computer glitch that is now again having to be paid for by the Baker Street Babes.
* The Random Act - Misha Collins' charity has disavowed all knowledge of DashCon fundraising in their name.
* Mark Reads had a pretty good time, and debunks several of the rumours re: DashCon.
* DashCon stories have hit Jezebel and io9, though given current state of Gawker sites, they're basically Tumblr/meme curators by this point, so YMMV on relevance.
* DashCon organizer cries. I guess this is supposed to be guilt-inducing? Are these people too young to remember that we eat our young around here. Not linking because not 100% sure if the rumours that they are underaged are true.
* There was NO PUBLIC MASTURBATION at the BDSM panel. The fact that I even had to say this just tells you everything, doesn't it?
* The WTNV confirm they took in Noelle Stevenson. Dammit fandom_wank, I had to figure out how to direct link to tweets for you.
* Practically nobody believes DashCon's staff saying WTNV "just walked".
* Best "masterpost" of DashCon debacle I've seen on Tumblr. Now with corrections.
* Linkdump by mindset  
* DashCon staff AMA just venting on 4Chan

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to collapse.

Avengers fandom uses the tag "science bros" on tumblr to mean Bruce and Tony. Then Pacific Rim fans started using the tag to mean Newt and Hermann. Clearly, there can be only one.

[Note: This wank was posted once before but had to be deleted when it turned out one person cited was underage. Ze has been removed and now there's new fresh wank added.]

ask-science-boyfriends collects a giant number of complaints about the shared tag and says, "So yes, this is all meant in respect. It’s just getting a little crazy, and I want us all to be friends and I want you to have one ship name to rule them all! Thanks guys. Anything we can do here to help the quest for one true ship name, just let us know. <3))"
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This just happened on Tumblr, and I think everybody involved is more confused than anything else. Our dramatis personae are Fuchsiamae, Tumblr Portal fandom's most vocal and prolific Caveline shipper, and a persistent anon.

( Cervidae of the Turquoise Persuasuion )

Remember that Misha Collins Youtube video I told you about? Obviously filmed last summer, it briefly shows the exterior of the Vancouver-area building in which the Collins family is temporarily living.

A fan used the landmarks shown in the video to locate the Collins's address, and proceeds to tape the URLs of fan Tumblrs to trees around the building.

Misha fans totally flip their shit and try to arrange for Vancouver-based fans to remove any signs before anyone sees them.

Meanwhile, a new tumblr pops up defending the actions of the rogue URL-taper because Misha Collins has killed thousands of hypothetical people. Also, one time Misha cut down a dead tree and replanted it in a traffic island with a sarcastic Latin plaque on it which shows more disrespect for trees than taping paper to them.

Interestingly, as briefly mentioned in some of the above posts, there is a fan project to hand-write dozens (or hundreds) of fan's tumblr URLs in a book and give it to MC at a fan conference. What he's supposed to do with them is unclear, especially considering that tumblr users often change their URLs, and that Misha doesn't understand what Tumblr is. Then again, neither do I, and I've been using the site for two years.

Many thanks to the anon on wank_report for this small but delightful treat. I've used much of your wording in this post.


Sherlock, Merlin and Downton Abbey all go up for the National Television Awards.

Downton Abbey wins.

The Sherlock fandom on Tumblr goes batshit.

To 'get back' at Downton Abbey for winning, some people decide to start a mass campaign for Sherlock fans to spam the Downton Abbey hashtag, thereby pissing off the Downton fans.

Except for one problem...

They incorrectly spell Downton as 'Downtown' and instead spam the mispelled hashtag of "Downtown Abbey", a hashtag no one cares about or tracks.



It seems to be mostly over but here is a selection of links:

( Angry fans )


( Amused responses )

Apparently fans of Loki (as played by Tom Hiddleston in Thor and Avengers) figure that since their favorite character is the God of Mischief, there should be a lot of mischief in their fandom.

Devoted Loki fans mostly infest tumblr, but they also closely follow relevant Twitter accounts, including one which purported to be the official Twitter of the upcoming Thor sequel Thor: The Dark World, which was @Thor2themovie. (Click here to see a screenshot of this now-deleted Twitter's tweets; thank you to this tumblr for the link.)

There should have been some warning, because a few days earlier the Twitter account linked to a photo of Christopher Eccleston from another movie, claiming that it was of him on the set of Thor 2, and a couple of days later was forced to admit it wasn't. Still, it posted plausible remarks about the various people involved in the production and links to the first set photos of Chris Hemsworth and others. But Tom Hiddleston had yet to make an appearance, much to the frustration of Loki's fangirl army. This Twitter feed announced on September 11th that later in the week, set photos of Loki would be released.

( Tumblr promptly lost its shit. )

Many thanks to the anon on wank_report for this. I’ve used your wording in this post and added a couple of things of my own.


Korean boy band SHINee announces that they're having a comeback, with a new mini-album called, for whatever reason, "Sherlock". Pictures are released.

Excited K-Pop fans take to their tumblrs! Many reblogs are made of the teaser pictures and tracks (examples here, here and here).

But lo! The Sherlock fandom is displeased! For you see, in their excitement, the Shawols have tagged their posts about obscure Korean pop bands with their tag.

Sherlockians shake their canes and yell, "Get off my lawn tag!" Shawols mostly just lol. And a tag war erupts:

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Then both fandoms blink in confusion as a random troll appears and spams the Sherlock tags with gay porn:

* Thank you, penis guy, for stopping a war. But seriously, stop with the penises.

* First..the Shawols tagged everything ”Sherlock”

then the sherlockians got mad

…

but now there’s a penis

Just another day in the SHINee World

* OMGAWD! MAKE THE RANDOM PENISES STOP! I just saw one with a watch on it. o.O?

* Just so the Sherlockians know, it isn’t SHINee fans spamming penises, okay?

* lol awks when the SHINee fandom and Sherlock fandom are having a war over the Sherlock tag then some random bitch starts posting penis in the tag.

TaemintWaffle sums up the conflict pretty succinctly in GIF form here (very image heavy post).

And of course kyuhynsass does the logical thing and writes crossover porn.

And manips crop up, too.


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ETA: Beware of the embedded music in many of the Tumblrs linked.

ETAx2: Great manip or greatest manip?

ETAx3: Some of the links were doubles. Sorry about that! They should all be fixed now.

ETAx4: Here, have a glorious icon (thanks, mcity!).