Between Dashcon and now this, it's a crappy week to work on Welcome to Night Vale.

(tw: mentions of rape)



Sodomquake is best known to WTNV fans as the co-writer of "Summer Reading Program", the episode that introduced fan-favorite character Tamika Flynn. She is also known among Persona 4 fans as the writer of "Sympathy Crime", a fanfic that features rape. Tumblr user teethforlunch points this out, and is quite critical about Sodomquake being a writer of "underage rape porn".

Then Persona fans who've read the fic speak up, pointing out the fic is victim-focused and doesn't fetishize rape at all

Sodomquake's tumblr is now password protected. Teethforlunch has gutted their blog. (CORRECTION: Tumblr support actually did their job, teethforlunch's account was deleted, and a friend of sodomquake's has taken the URL to prevent them from getting it back) Cecilbaldwin-fan, the fan blogger that popularized the original post, has expressed her remorse over the matter. The creators of Night Vale are not happy, and Cecil Baldwin has decided to take a break from social media.

So, um...do your research, kids.