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gusty ([info]gusty) wrote in [info]unfunny_fandom,
@ 2010-10-03 16:23:00


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Starblade of "Fuck you, I'm a dragon!" fame stabbed to death.
Some of you may recall the furry Starblade (real name Mathew Finnigan) from this wank in which he was lamenting that nobody wanted to eat him. Starblade was known for various eccentric exploits in the fandom, and recently was apparently afraid that someone was going to kill him. This was mostly dismissed as Starblade being delusional, as was common.

In a chilling turn of events, it has been confirmed through obituaries and Facebook that last week he was stabbed to death by his friend, James Torrey Hill.

To make this post even unfunnier, shortly after the news broke Arcturus posted the following journal to FurAffinity:

"and I can't help but be every so slightly amused.

Starblade, aka Matthew Finnegan, was murdered by a friend, according to news.

Being as someone who gave me a lot of shit, I can't help being a little happy. Even if they're dead, I can't say that I'm sad.

*gets more dewatches ooo*


The responses vary from 'Not cool, dude' to pats on the back for being the only person with 'balls'. He has been suspended for making the journal, but the moderators decided not to remove it as they felt the amount of his watchers giving him the third degree for his statement was a good thing.

Arcturus is no stranger to wank. Previously he was the owner of website that collected furry art and recieved flak for not removing pieces at the request of the original artists. He became known for his nasty attitude towards artists, as well as his epic tantrums when the site was shut down by its host for having 'cub porn'.


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[info]rosehiptea
2010-10-03 10:55 pm UTC (link)
Wow... what a massive douchebag. (Arcturus, I mean of course.)

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[info]risha
2010-10-03 11:01 pm UTC (link)
Oh my god.

Now I really feel bad about being skeeved out by Starblade.

He definitely had problems, but to be stabbed to death by a friend... Horrible.

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[info]jupiterpluvius
2010-10-04 05:48 am UTC (link)
Now I really feel bad about being skeeved out by Starblade.

Why? He was pretty abusive and inappropriate in a lot of online interactions; his having been the victim of murder, completely tragic as that is for his family and friends, doesn't mean that he didn't do some inappropriate and hurtful things to others while he was alive. I wouldn't feel guilty in retrospect about reactions to things he did or said, even though you have sympathy about his sudden death.

I mean, there's a huge difference between "I'm glad this asshole is dead" gloating like the stuff pointed to here, which I agree is heartless in the extreme, and "I'm sorry to hear this person is dead, regardless of how I felt about his actions when he was alive." The former, in my opinion, is being an asshole; the latter, in my opinion, is being realistic.

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(no subject) - [info]risha, 2010-10-04 12:38 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kita0610, 2010-10-05 08:09 am UTC

[info]atdrake
2010-10-03 11:35 pm UTC (link)
That Arcturus sounds like a real piece of work, and it's probably just as well that the mods are leaving his journal up so that everyone can see exactly what kind of person he is. Good that the responses were more weighted towards calling him out for being a poor excuse for a human being than anything else. Even if you do a secret dance of joy at the death of a hated rival, you should have the bare decency not to admit it in public, ever.

As for Starblade, that's a very sad end for a guy who seems to have had rather complicated issues, and I hope his killer is brought to justice and his family and loved ones get some form of closure from that.

Also, what the hell is wrong with the stabber's left ear? It looks like it's desperately trying to ooze down the side of his face and escape.

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[info]cygnia
2010-10-04 01:06 am UTC (link)
Also, what the hell is wrong with the stabber's left ear? It looks like it's desperately trying to ooze down the side of his face and escape.

Maybe Finnegan fought back?

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(no subject) - [info]miraba, 2010-10-04 01:19 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]alexa, 2010-10-04 01:42 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]catmoran, 2010-10-04 02:23 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]gusty, 2010-10-04 03:55 am UTC
Tangent ahoy! - [info]queencallipygos, 2010-10-04 07:14 pm UTC
*and now, the POST-Googling comment* - [info]queencallipygos, 2010-10-04 07:16 pm UTC
Re: *and now, the POST-Googling comment* - [info]catmoran, 2010-10-04 07:34 pm UTC

[info]alexa
2010-10-03 11:44 pm UTC (link)
As jerkish as Arcturus' response is, it almost makes me feel sorry for him. This sorry little basement-dweller must be really detached from reality if it finds the murder of a troubled person "amusing", just because they butted heads in an online furry community.

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(no subject) - [info]emily_goddess, 2010-10-04 02:10 am UTC

[info]ekaterinv
2010-10-03 11:50 pm UTC (link)
Starblade's whole story is just really depressing.

Arcturus isn't the only douche there, by a long shot. But all the people trying to argue in a reasonable tone with Arcturus and the other assorted douches really surprise me. I just don't expect that level of naivete on the internet any more.

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(no subject) - [info]spawn_of_kong, 2010-10-03 11:56 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ekaterinv, 2010-10-04 02:08 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]spawn_of_kong, 2010-10-04 02:23 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ekaterinv, 2010-10-04 02:35 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]persona, 2010-10-04 05:47 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]spawn_of_kong, 2010-10-04 01:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sepiamagpie, 2010-10-03 11:57 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sandglass, 2010-10-04 02:04 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2010-10-09 07:28 pm UTC

[info]sepiamagpie
2010-10-03 11:58 pm UTC (link)
Lordy. Especially with the fact he was afraid of it beofrehand, too.

Poor guy.

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(no subject) - [info]sepiamagpie, 2010-10-03 11:59 pm UTC

[info]spawn_of_kong
2010-10-04 12:01 am UTC (link)
*re-reads the writeup*

...Geez, the one time he wasn't being delusional, and no one listened... That's just horrible.

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(no subject) - [info]emily_goddess, 2010-10-04 01:11 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]lostmahmarbles, 2010-10-04 01:35 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]emily_goddess, 2010-10-04 04:14 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]jupiterpluvius, 2010-10-04 05:42 am UTC

[info]sisterelwood
2010-10-04 12:35 am UTC (link)
.....

Words really do fail me. Starblade was nuts but he didn't deserve this - no one does.

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[info]ilinana
2010-10-04 12:42 am UTC (link)
I read the newspaper article and my face went through various shades of D:, culminating when they mentioned he was arrested for killing his girlfriend's baby.

God nobody deserves what happened to Starblade. I really hope his fandom life doesn't come out to the public because I worry it would affect his murderer's trial. :( that or just ruin public opinion of him/be forever remembered as "that guy who got killed and drew furryporn."

:(

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(no subject) - [info]sepiamagpie, 2010-10-04 12:43 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ilinana, 2010-10-04 12:52 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kosaginolegion, 2010-10-04 04:48 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sepiamagpie, 2010-10-04 04:54 am UTC
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[info]catmoran
2010-10-04 01:05 am UTC (link)
Holy fucking shit, poor guy.

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[info]pyrrah
2010-10-04 01:09 am UTC (link)
I think I'm going to be sick.

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[info]staroverthebay
2010-10-04 02:05 am UTC (link)
someone needs to tell that one dude that under no circumstances is it okay to be amused that someone was MURDERED, no matter how much you despised him.

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(no subject) - [info]tehrin, 2010-10-04 02:10 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]agent_hyatt, 2010-10-04 02:13 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]staroverthebay, 2010-10-04 02:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ekaterinv, 2010-10-04 02:36 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2010-10-09 07:18 pm UTC

[info]agent_hyatt
2010-10-04 02:19 am UTC (link)
I'm kinda wondering why Hill is pleading not guilty. Does he mean he didn't do it, or that it wasn't murder? Probably doesn't make much difference, but if it's the latter, well, he's already gone beyond "asshole", yet that's the one word that keeps coming to me.

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(no subject) - [info]risha, 2010-10-04 02:25 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]nights_mistress, 2010-10-05 11:42 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]derryderrydown, 2010-10-06 04:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]catmoran, 2010-10-04 02:34 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]atdrake, 2010-10-04 02:35 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]alexa, 2010-10-04 02:52 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]issendai, 2010-10-04 03:56 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]alexa, 2010-10-04 04:02 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]pfeffermuse, 2010-10-04 05:10 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]jat_sapphire, 2010-10-04 09:05 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]theelusiven, 2010-10-05 06:23 am UTC
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[info]deliciouschaos
2010-10-04 02:52 am UTC (link)
Jesus Christ.

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[info]sadisticferret
2010-10-04 03:34 am UTC (link)
Dear gods that's horrible.

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(no subject) - [info]issendai, 2010-10-04 03:58 am UTC

[info]t_boy
2010-10-04 03:34 am UTC (link)

Being as someone who gave me a lot of shit, I can’t help being a little happy. Even if they’re dead, I can’t say that I’m sad.

I… wow.

You know what? There are people I dislike on the Internet. There are people I dislike in real life. Enough to on occasion wish them dead, even.

But murder is a terrible way to go. And I wouldn’t be happy if someone I knew (even if I disliked them) was murdered.

I actually have a hard time figuring out why Arcturus could actually think like this.

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(no subject) - [info]duraniedrama, 2010-10-04 03:48 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]silrana, 2010-10-05 01:04 am UTC

[info]eiviiaru
2010-10-04 05:11 am UTC (link)
God, I feel awful for Starblade and his family, and I feel guilty for having chuckled at "fuck you, I'm a dragon!" in my time -- I had no idea the guy really had problems (beyond the usual "I am a person on the Internet who could probably use a good therapist" problems) or that he'd expected this to happen. Unspeakable.

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(no subject) - [info]rosehiptea, 2010-10-04 05:32 am UTC
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[info]bobafeis
2010-10-04 06:41 am UTC (link)
D:

This is just. Wow. That poor man.

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[info]cyndra_falin
2010-10-04 07:59 am UTC (link)
:(

My thoughts and prayers are with his family.

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[info]silrana
2010-10-04 04:18 pm UTC (link)
Wow. Just... wow.

There's a website where another member and I have a roughly ten-year-long history of, ah, let's say hostile interactions. But if I discovered that she had been murdered, I'd be horrified, not smug. What a complete asshole that guy is.

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[info]sakanagi
2010-10-04 10:12 pm UTC (link)
How very sad. That poor man.

I can't see the journal. The moderators must have decided to remove it after all.

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[info]snarkhunter
2010-10-05 05:07 pm UTC (link)
Wow. Just wow.

It takes a whole special level of wretchedness to rejoice in some poor guy's murder, no matter how unpleasant he was.*

*I do make exceptions for genocidal maniacs and others of that ilk. But they're not unpleasant so much as evil.

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[info]brennalarose
2010-10-10 12:57 am UTC (link)
Oh, god. I mean, yes, I giggled at his antics, but... Shit. Poor guy.

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