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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
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5:02 am - MECHA IS SERIOUS BUSINESS (Or, "Spiral Power? I liked it better when it was Getter Rays")
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clawshrimpy
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Well, I wasn't sure if this was better suited at Fandom_Rant or not, but at it's core is me wondering if I'm a bad fan or not, so there.
I am having a hard time discussing the fandoms I like because I do, admittedly, have a tendency to get defensive and hostile. (I am a autistic male in his early twenties.) but, when you get attacked and flamed on discussion forums like I do, it's some
times hard to deal with. I am a fan of Mecha, some Real Robot, but mostly of the Super Robot variety.
I know I should worry what people say about me on the internet, but am I really being the jerk here? and I fully admit I have problems with adapting to new things.
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| Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
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11:06 pm
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So this is a very long and complicated story. BUT, since I doubt anyone actually cares about that, here's the summary.
Once upon a time, there was an RP game on Livejournal. It was fun. I was promoted to mod there by ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif) ankhutenshi, creator and dictator head mod of the game. It was even more fun. However, soon, I started to not like being a mod because I had no power. I was to do the core posts, but had little to no real say in the going ons of the game. I had the mod status simply because I could log into the mod journal. So I quit modding there. Me doing so caused a snowball effect. ankhutenshi said a lot of hateful hurtful things to me, former friend and mod. Likewise, I did some stupid shit, too. So I ended up leaving the game entirely and ignoring she lived.
So the other night, her name spams my f-list with an icon post. In one of them in the Jigoku Shoujo community (a fan comm for an anime series with the same name) she asks for credit for a certain icon. The icon in question, she originally took from me before our fallout. At the time, I had not credited the icon. Several days ago, however, I came across it. So despite better judgment, I commented with this helpful piece of credit info I had.
And was attacked. I knew I should've left it alone right then, but, of course, I didn't.
I ranted about it in my journal and linked it--bad move. My crazy friends--I love them so--decided to WTF at her. However THEN she went way too far with a friend of mine by insulting his gender and sexuality, which causes the post to be linked all over the place and people FLOCK to it to hate on her. Lastly she offers a very insincere apology to me that is practically forced out of her. And the wank is still going, though I've long since stopped caring.
Basically I need to learn to stop commenting at her. I always get dragged into wank when I do.
Edit: ANHKI HAS DELETED IT! Give me a moment and I'll upload some screenshots.
Edit1: Still working on the screenshots, but we have THIS for now. Thanks damien!
Edit2: OKAY! Here they all are. There's a lot, sorry.
The original icon credit wank.
1, 2, 3, 4 5 6 7 8
And then she gets personal and people call her out on it.
1 (missing text is "learn 2 gender, idiot") 2 3
More people getting involved. Oh dear.
1 2 3 4 5
And that's it before it was deleted!
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| Friday, July 18th, 2008
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10:36 pm - Little wank. Little like Starscream.
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seiberwing
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smart_blonde223 posts a reasonable rant to ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif) fanficrants regarding a rather awful example of surprise Transformer buttsex. Her response to the surprise was courteous, the author's response was less so. Lols are had by all.
Then the author shows up, and boy is she upset.
You, smartblonde223, are the biggest bitch in the world. I hope you burn in Hell and the rest of your family burn, too. You are a disgrace. Did you actually think you could come on here and RANT about MY story without me finding out? You're a fucking bitch, I hate you, and I hope you get run over by a truck. Youre a cocksucking motherfucking cunt, I hope you know. And your little friend sieberwing better not try to link anything, either.
Like I said in my previous post, I've changed it so that youre now banned and that you cant link back. have fun in hell, asshat.
She's so mad, in fact, that she deletes not only the fic but the entire Yahoo comm. More lols are had, while helena1234 tries desperately to make people take her seriously.
You "lol'd"? Laughing is the last thing youll be doing once i find out who you are bitch
you better take those photos down now or else i'll tell everyone your information
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no the worst thing that can happen to her is the fact that i know where she lives and if she doesnt take it down im going to send all of my friends to kick her ass
she lives in argentina and i know exactly wehere, too.
and mind your own damn business, slut (Not that the info will do her much good...)
Mere hours later, in a personality shift to rival Blitzwing's, she apologizes! So perhaps this is the last of that, or perhaps she shall return to us being mean. Or lead an invasion of Argentina to avenge her maligned fic.
It also seems to have landed at sf_drama, to much bogglement but no actual wank.
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| Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
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10:49 am
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| Sunday, June 8th, 2008
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11:39 am - Pokemons are SRSBSNSS.
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kittikattie
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On the Pokemons community, myuutsuuman posts a video about SSBB tiers, then goes comparing Pokemon tiers to SSBB tiers. The main bit?
While the video's basically regarding Smash Bros. (and parodies using the logic tournament players use), you can apply the same to competitive Pokemon players. Apparently, you become a "noob" or an idiot for not playing a video game that's built around customizing YOUR team with the way YOU want to play. Sure, there's some stupid choices that can be made (like a team of six Water-types or using a Fire-type with only Fire-type moves or having a Pokemon with Thunder, Blizzard, Fire Blast, and Hyper Beam), but really. Am I the only one who thinks the whole "competitive" aspect ruins the point of the games? They're called "games" for a reason; they provide entertainment and are meant to be fun. Not to be treated as a contest of who has the bigger e-peen in battling Pogeymanz.
People agree, disagree, complain about tiers, and fuss. Not major, but a touch wanky.
On iWank because I wanked. Competitive Gamers Creed my fucking ass.
--Neth
current mood: wanky
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| Sunday, May 25th, 2008
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10:12 pm
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| Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
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4:08 pm - zines are not meant for money - EVER
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| Saturday, January 12th, 2008
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11:37 pm - Should I Be Ashamed...
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pocketfox
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That my very first post to any wank community is i_wank? I hope not, 'cause I'm not, 'cause it's too amusing.
*cough* Anyway.
In a day that will go down in World of Warcraft history -- at least as far as Moon Guard server is concerned -- the Horde staged an epic retaliatory set of raids on every Alliance capital city at once. Six racial leaders were brought down in 23 minutes (we're all very proud of that 23, you understand *sage nod*), with over a dozen guilds and more than 120 people involved.
As you might expect, the official Moon Guard forums are flooded with threads about the event, the vast majority of them being kudos from both sides for what went down. But of course, this couldn't be wank if it wasn't for one guy who insists on getting butthurt about the entire deal.
Galavis repeatedly informs us all that "It was not an accomplishment".
Why, may you ask? Well, because in Galavis' world, 8PM central time on a Saturday night isn't "peak hours". And we shouldn't be so proud of "[patting ourselves] on the back for waiting til no ones around and then [stealing] from the cookie jar," because apparently peak hours are "[between] 12:00 pm and 4:00pm EST." What follows is four five pages of people telling him to shut the hell up and sit the hell down (including one of his own guildmates), with him gleefully repeating himself and happily refusing to get the point. (ETA: I'm the blood elf rogue named Noishe who poked him first. *cough*)
Small, but tasty in the sense that WoW players really are experts when it comes to grasping at straws while telling the enemy faction just how hard they suck and why.
current mood: Candy-Coated
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| Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
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11:27 am - Knotty wanka!
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brennalarose
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So, due to my wedding in three years, I joined "The Knot". It's a great website and my fiance and I have gotten a lot of good advice about weddings and budgeting and how not to kill each other on the big day.
We wanted a Browncoat wedding, to embrace our love of Firefly, my family's Asian influences (Granddaddy worked in the Foreign Service) and our love of weird tech. Now, I'm thinking, "I'm Captain of my own Firefly-class! I am only a pretty, pretty princess on the outside!" So, I wanted to try a bit of spiff I found in a book on handfastings: a mock duel.
Here's my post to "The Knot" forums.
My fiance and I are a couple of nerds. He's Wiccan, I'm Oddball Christian, so I picked up a book on handfastings that had tips on Interfaith marriages. While flipping through, I came across the concept of mock abductions and duels. Seeing as our wedding is as much a theatrical production as it is a ceremony of commitment, I was thinking of having a mock duel between the bridal party and the groom's party, in disguise as the villains of our favorite TV series. There will be a warning in the programs and we certainly won't use live steel (no firearms, but that goes without saying). Yet, a few problems have cropped up.
1) My dress will most likely have a hoopskirt/crinoline. I can work around the corset.
2) Fight Choreography could get tricky.
3) Where do we hide the weapons?
Any ideas? Or should I save the duel for the reception and wear a pant suit?
At first, I get a intrigued response. But then, this shows up.
Skip it.
This is a wedding, not some kind of funky theatrical production. It's also a lot of work.
I disagree, having been involved in my mother's Sci-Fi convention wedding and my best friend's perfectly mundane nuptuals. Others point out that "It's her wedding, she should do as she pleases". Others insist it's crazy and in poor taste.
I respond:
I think that, while my family might be surprised, they understand that my fiance and I are oddballs with our own interests. This is symbolic of the fact that neither of us is going to be submitting to anyone but will compromise and be partners and equals, rather than macho man and damsel in distress.
Does this sound more acceptable: the groom comes in, masked and disguised as a bad guy from the show (blue gloves and all, for those who get the reference. I process in like a good girl, but--hey!--who's this schmuck at the altar? I demand to know who he is and where's my boy, three times for symbolic sake. Finally, he removes his gloves and mask, and puts on his Browncoat and the ceremony proceeds as planned.
Is that better?
The next response?
No.
Admittedly this might not be wank. If it doesn't belong, delete it by all means.
Here's a link to the whole dog-and-pony show.
http://talk.theknot.com/boards/main_frame.aspx?page=ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=10
EDIT: Hi! WOW. Thanks for all the input. I was honestly expecting more "LOLZ Stupid Wanka!".
To those who think I'm looking for validation: I apologize. If I had been seeking validation, I wouldn't have come here. I came here to laugh at myself for going to a fairly mainstream place with my fandom schtick and to share the joke. Thanks for laughing. You were laughing, right? Would a pie to my face have helped at all?
To those with advice: Thank you. I'm taking copious notes. The reason I'm waiting three years is a) after a six-year engagement, starting my senior year, three more won't kill us and b) it gives us time to save up, plan and do this right.
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| Sunday, December 9th, 2007
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10:23 pm - For god's sake someone nail my hands down.
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3:53 am - Small but entertaining.
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bardicsidhe
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I wanked about pony colors. Well, sort of? Does bear-baiting count as wanking? I'd expected this sort of response, and yet I still did it. I couldn't help myself? Bear in mind that I'm about as mild-mannered a person as they come. I presented proof that someone else didn't steal her character idea and...well... ta-da. Insta-word-vomit.
There's some prime-grade crazy over there, watch yo'selves.
Edit: %*!# RTF Formatting. Didn't even notice the formatting bar; I should be shot.
Son of Edit: Why we're talking about peacocks in the first place. Wait. Weren't we? Brief comment about what spurred this whole thing in the first place. As far as how I knew she even existed... well... that's a long story, and I'd been happily avoiding her until I saw her id on my dA account's list of watchers.
current mood: Flippant
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| Monday, November 12th, 2007
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9:08 pm - Make me stop...please
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| Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
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8:24 pm - Everyone's a Little Bit Racist
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kylenne
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*Rod Serling Voice*
Witness the General Discussion board on Democratic Underground, a liberal message board I frequent often. GD wanks like nobody's business; I've wanked it before on political_wank, but this wank I dove headfirst into, thus it's here.
Someone posts an article on Dog Chapman, aka Dog the Bounty Hunter, being caught on tape using racial epithets about his son's black girlfriend. People express outrage, and generally cheer A&E's decision to suspend production of Chapman's show.
Except one Sukie1941, who thinks everyone's being a big ol' meanie head because hey, who hasn't called someone a N*****?
( LOL. )
current mood: OMGWTF
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| Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
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6:31 pm - I promise this is the last Maple Story wank I'll ever post.
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gusty
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... maybe.
So this is going in i_wank because I had to put my two cents in. The stupid was just too intense.
In the MMO Maple Story, there are lots of pop culture references. Little nods to anime/TV/movies/books/etc. that geeks tend to get a big kick out of. Sometimes these references are found in character's names, sometimes in the accessories you can dress your pixel person in, sometimes in quotes said by NPCs, and so on and so forth. Common sense would dictate these are harmless parodies of the 'nudge nudge wink wink' variety...
Zap feels differently. Clearly Nexon is 'ripping off' things and must be stopped! Others chime in to help him/her/it compile a list of what the sneaky sneaky company is trying to steal! Voices of reason are mostly ignored.
It all hurt me very much to read. Now it can hurt you too.
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| Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
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3:02 pm - From Kotaku: Fall Out Boy playing Halo3 on October 12th.
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| Saturday, October 6th, 2007
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12:15 pm - Forgive me, mockers...
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la_beste
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... for I have gravely sinned. It all starts off when Harpsi Fizz pops up in one of peachespig’s posts and everyone starts to get a bit riled up, with the usual pattern of “JKR sucks” – “Oh no you didn’t” – “I can’t understand why you won’t accept my valid criticism” – “ STFU” – “Have at it, cult-heads!” But things get really ugly when one of Harpsi Fizz’s pals from anti_hg, Sexehsmirk, shows up to defend her. I reply. She replies. We both wank like fiends and manage to bring the venom to a dizzying pinnacle in an already hostile environment.
As for me, I'm left feeling very sheepish at having flooded peachespig's inbox with crap and quite embarrassed to have posted a picture of porcupines having sex in his journal. And for that, I will fully accept a good flogging.
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| Thursday, September 27th, 2007
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11:15 am - Even I can't believe myself
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esclaramonde
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(I'll come back and add more links after class, sorry.)
There have been several essays on hp_essays lately that were about How JKR Ruined DH. I was sassy in the comments, which led to many getting frozen in the latest one.
Then the mods made a post about the guidelines, and I (chocolatepot) proceeded to wank alllll over the place. I was replying to every comment. I threw a tantrum and went crazy.
Bonus: I promised inthread never to come back, so you have a flounce - and there's no telling whether I'll hold true to that.
ETA: back!
( The whole sordid story )
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| Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
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12:38 pm - I care enough to copy them but GOSH, you're a loser for pointing it out!
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vzg
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Relatively small, but big for the fandom.
Several days ago — the fifteenth, to be exact — LJ user tifsuz found a copycat amongst us in Scrubs fandom (specifically, in the JD/Cox section of it). It seems that the Fanfiction.net author "Xce-ntrix," who had a whole slew of stories (all rated M and containing sex scenes, all JD/Cox), was actually copying the stories from other fandoms. (You'll notice, if you click, that she is no longer Xce-ntrix. We'll get to that in a moment.) tifsuz, being a good Fandom Citizen, put an alert out on three LiveJournal communities: jd_cox, scrubs_slash, and scrubsfic.
The first one found was actually an original slash story called Pay Close Attention on AdultFanfiction.net. She called it XceAnything Butt. (At the time, every single one of her titles began with "Xce".) All she did was do a find-and-replace with the character names and shuffle around some lines, maybe adding one or two of her own in. The story was quickly removed from the copy-author's page, but everything else remained up.
And already, I come into the picture (as gixi; it's my writing journal). I started running lines from the other stories through Google. Some of them came up with results, and I notified the original authors. One of the ones I found was a CSI het story found right there on Fanfiction.net; the other was an off-site Firefly het story. Yes, she took the het, too. I guess it's not so surprising that Xce-ntrix's stories started getting a lot of angry reviews. Some were from the original authors, some were from their friends, and some were from Scrubs fandom. Then a fourth original story was found: this one was original slash, too.
Then Xce-ntrix found the scrubs_slash post, changed her name to sexihardworker, removed all but six of the stories, and came to whine at us. A lot.
( oh no, i've been caught.. ugh. )
Of course, she's anonymous; we can't be one hundred percent sure it's her. It always could just be a troll.
Either way, I'll admit that we didn't handle it as well as we could have and maybe I took it a little too personally (or a lot). Also, a macro! ETA: Oh, and also, there is some... overreaction.
It sat for a few days. sexihardworker's name changed to pain that i'm used to, private666, and Tequila-Gurl. Her age jumped from eighteen to forty-eight and back to eighteen. Her location skipped around a bit, too, going from London to Iraq. Two more stories were taken down. I pretty much figured she was done and that I wouldn't be succumbing to my inner wanker any more, but she reappeared today to call us names and laugh at us because apparently she's very funny. And she's in all three community posts this time. We're all illiterate idiots for our typos and mistakes and we don't know anything about English. She even pointed out that people who haven't seen the masterpiece Little Nicky are sad and tifsuz is a know-it-all and a Smart Allic without a life.
...God, someone stop me before I reply to her again. :[ I hate it when my inner wanker gets out.
And, uh, sorry for the tl;dr. I have trouble saying things concisely.
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| Monday, September 17th, 2007
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7:07 pm - Botsecks is serious business, guys!
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| Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
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7:20 pm - *sigh* Here to report my shame...
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