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Sep (lord of all I survey) ([info]sepiamagpie) wrote in [info]unfunny_fandom,
@ 2012-07-18 03:49:00


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Entry tags:an eye for a light poke, have some fucking decorum!, publishing, sep's last known post

Stalking jackassery! The cure for bullying
Hello, everyone.

There's a site called Goodreads which is a bit like a library, a book review service, and fountain of wank.

This particular sordid tale starts out like promising wank, until the instigators fall off the deep end of wanky into the depths of the pool of 'you are all horrible assholes'.

Summary: Getting a bad review on Goodreads is like being bullied, so the solution these poor beleagured bullying victims come up with is simple: Stalk and terrorize anyone who leaves them a bad review under the guise of 'stopping bullying'.

Here's the links:

Summary of the situation as well as the history which is much more indepth and accurate than what I just said.

Link collection

One of the 'Anti-Bullies' bullying victims. As a reminder, this is all triggered by giving a book a bad review.

QUOTE:

This week, shortly after writing a status update about feeling stalked, I received a call. A woman said, "We can find you, bitch" and then hung up.

Excellent response from one of the targets (see the first link) where she reveals her part pirate heritage and great parenting tips.

Anyway, so that's what's happening in professional publishing this week.

I'm sorry if this loses coherency in parts, I haven't eaten for twelve hours and there's a carpet of slippery comicbooks between me and the fridge. I have to clean, organize, and write down issues before I can eat.

This will be my last known post.


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[info]mirhanda
2012-07-19 08:00 pm UTC (link)
OH sorry, I thought that first link was your blog.

Is there any way to disseminate the names of these so-called authors so that people won't buy their books by mistake? I know I'd like to avoid them.

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[info]sepiamagpie
2012-07-19 08:02 pm UTC (link)
Ahh. No, no. My stuff is infinitely more shallow.

And I have no idea. You'll have to investigate, I only skimmed until I got distracted looking up photos of historical/mythological women for my mom's homework.

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[info]mirhanda
2012-07-19 08:04 pm UTC (link)
Yes, I've been digging with no luck so far, but I've only just started. I don't have a "Do Not Read" shelf on GR yet, but as soon as I find who these monsters are, I will create one.

Good luck on your mom's homework!

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[info]sepiamagpie
2012-07-19 08:06 pm UTC (link)
It went well! There's some AMAZING Andromeda paintings out there.

Good luck finding and shunning!

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[info]mirhanda
2012-07-19 08:08 pm UTC (link)
:D

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[info]full_metal_ox
2012-07-19 11:03 pm UTC (link)
There's some AMAZING Andromeda paintings out there.

Out of curiosity, ave you found any whose artist--like Milton in the poem "Il Penseroso"(1)--remembered that she was supposed to be Ethiopian, and portrayed her accordingly? (My own experience has been that the search "Andromeda" + "black" will yield craploads of Harry Potter and Saint Seiya material.)

(1)Strictly speaking, Milton is alluding to Andromeda's mother Cassiopeia--but the Ethnography Win still holds.)

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[info]sepiamagpie
2012-07-19 11:11 pm UTC (link)
No, but about the Ethiopian thing - I had to read the Perseus legend for a mythology class, and it had her whole genealogy in it and it made a point of mentioning all her black relatives that her ancestors shacked up with/produced as they formed their kingdoms, and (please don't quote me, this was a three am OH MY GOD WHAT PART DOES SHE NEED TO KNOW WHY DO I GET SICK SO OFTEN cramming session) I didn't see any of those mentioned in her particular line.

She WAS an Ethiopian princess, but she was not native to the land, so I dunno how dark she actually was.

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[info]sepiamagpie
2012-07-19 11:59 pm UTC (link)
Okay, so [info]sandglass took pity on me (I've been awake nearly twenty four hours) and reread Apollodorus for me to get to the bottom of Andromeda's ancestry!

Sandglass sez: It looks like Andromeda's dad is 3/4 Egyptian (1/2 God 1/2 Greek grandfather, Egyptian grandmother, 1/2 Egyptian 1/4 Greek 1/4 God father, Egyptian mother).

We couldn't find anything really on her mom who was kind of a non-entity besides pissing Poseidon the fuck off, so she could be anything.

So I guess the short answer on Andromeda is 'kinda brown probably, could be black if her mom was'.

I also found an ancient greek urn with a picture of a white Andromeda being tied up by two black Ethiopians, but while that's as close to the source as you can get, it's about the same as how some people draw Gambit big and muscular and others draw him as fragile as a cherryblossom, so you can choose to incorporate that or disregard how you please.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

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[info]sandglass
2012-07-20 12:03 am UTC (link)
Yes, everyone, admire my awesome reading and Google skillz! I think Cassiopeia is probably daughter of the former Ethiopian king, as that'd explain why someone who is mostly Egyptian is the king. And that would make Andromeda likely quite black, and only called a Greek queen because she married Perseus.

Although this really has nothing to do with the post.

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[info]full_metal_ox
2012-07-20 01:03 am UTC (link)
Ah, there you are; thank you for enlightening me.

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[info]sepiamagpie
2012-07-20 01:14 am UTC (link)
She's useful. I was slowly losing all coherency and we were arguing and I suddenly screamed 'APOLLODORUS!' at her and she didn't run away but instead read for me.

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[info]cmdr_zoom
2012-07-20 12:15 am UTC (link)
Makes sense to me, but I'm really commenting because "Gambit" and "as fragile as a cherryblossom" makes me giggle. Even though I'm sure it's true.

And that, in turn, makes me think of all the variation in how Rogue has been drawn over the years...

Are we completely off topic yet?

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[info]sepiamagpie
2012-07-20 01:18 am UTC (link)
Gambit tends to be the X-man you're most likely to see as a delicate bishounen. When I was kid just starting in fandom, it was easier to count the slash fics where the poor bastard wasn't raped/uked.

Rogue has had some great costumes. I love her hoodies and the times she has a little shirt overtop her tights. And the bomber jacket.

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[info]cmdr_zoom
2012-07-21 03:07 am UTC (link)
I love her hoodies and the times she has a little shirt overtop her tights. And the bomber jacket.

Yes, this!
Anyone can draw naked figures (well, except Liefeld) and put paint on 'em. Break up the body line a little. Accessorize! Be daring and try drawing folds and drapes!

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[info]full_metal_ox
2012-07-20 12:19 am UTC (link)
And pass my thanks along to Sandglass as well.

(Agreed that Burne-Jones's image of Perseus entangled with the sea monster desperately needs to be an Art-Nouveau brooch?)

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[info]rosehiptea
2012-07-20 01:43 am UTC (link)
Wow. It looks like he's kind of turning into the sea monster because of the color of his armor. I don't know if that's deliberate but it's very cool either way.

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[info]sepiamagpie
2012-07-20 01:48 am UTC (link)
Yeah, I liked that one too and sent it along to mom. I also included dialogue for Andromeda's butt because it seems to have a lot of personality.

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[info]puipui
2012-07-20 05:18 am UTC (link)
And now I'm desperately curious as to what you told your mom Andromeda's butt was saying.

Also, I'm proud to say that I've never written or even read a sentence like that one ever before in my life. Awesome.

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