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    Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
    fandom_wank
    [ dogbite12 ]
         		12:54p
    So Transfan, I Herd U Liek Pedo Bear?
    Transformers comic book fandom wank.. Early this morning, it was about pedophilia.

    My doppelgänger from the IDW fan forum Skwege learned that he had been accused of having sex with children by the IDW forum fantards on Transfans.net. Sprunkner is a real internet tough guy. Unfortunately, he made it quite easy to find his dox.

    Skwege was not happy to find he'd been slandered as a pedo. So he calls (yes, as in calls     Sprunkner's landline) to tell him to take it down. No yelling, just something along the lines of "call me whatever you want but accusing me of child fucking is not cool."

    What does Spencer (    Sprunkner's IRL name) do? He freaks out and hangs up!

    That's right-he's a coward. So Skwege leaves him a voicemail:

    "    Hi Spencer :

    You like to make libelous accusations about people having sex with kids? That is really grown up of you. Oh wow, you live in Washington State as well? What a coincidence! Bellingham is only an hour from here.

    It's not funny! I know little punks like you think they can run around all anonymous on the internet and think nothing can bite them in their ass. However let me tell you little man, you are going to retract your statement, and then apologize. Talking shit about someone is one thing, but making a disgusting and FOUL comment like that is libelous. I have the time, money, resources, and most importantly the fucking patience to see this through so don't toy with me little man    ."

    Then     Sprunkner has his wife (yes, someone actually agreed to marry him) respond. He doesn't have the balls to answer Skwege himself-he makes his wife call him back and tell him not to call. Unfortunately, Spencer posted her phone number and email as his contact information.

    Some PMs get exchanged on the IDW forum and Sprunkner accuses Skwege of threatening him (although I doubt the police consider being asked to take down a post or telling someone you're suing them for slander are violations of any particular laws). He makes an announcement on Transfans.net, crying that Skwege is harassing his family and that he called the po-po on him.

    Sprunkner did call the police and they in turn contact Skwege.

    The result? The police are highly pissed off-at Sprunkner. Because this is much ado about comic books.

    All this name calling and wank is over whether or not the comic book series All Hail Megatron is in continuity.

    The police were not too happy about being called to mediate a dispute over Starscream's alt mode.

    They lecture     Sprunkner and felt Skwege was somewhat justified. Skwege apologizes for dragging the wife into the mess because being accused of fucking children is serious business that involves the IRL banhammer.

    The wank continues on Tranfan.net where     Sprunkner whines some more (I guess his wife made him sleep on the couch) and Skwege threatens to post a scan of the police report.

    These fine examples of male adulthood continue to fight about giant robots. I believe Sprunkner's wife summed it up succinctly in an email to Skwege:     "This is a fight over made up robots-let it go."

    Unfortunately, everyone ignores her.

    Edit: I accept this is total fail. Need more recipes and fail macros, please.
    fandom_rant
    [ jrandomlurker ]
         		12:25a
    Astro Boy's Caucasian Makeover
    Note: This rant and the linked article refer to the upcoming Astro Boy CGI movie. If you are at all familiar with the source material, you will probably be offended by this article. Also, I hope none of you out there are big on Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, as Imagi promises that since "it is not as well known as Astro Boy, the project, about five super-powered teens fighting monsters, is open to interpretation. 'We’re kind of making up our own version based on the original 1970s cartoon.' "

    http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/4/movies/2871865&sec=movies

    At the risk of pushing this into i_wank territory, WHAT THE FUCK. I mean, seriously. WHAT THE FUCK are you people thinking?

    You did not just seriously say that you want to make Astro 'less feminine' because he has large eyes and, oh no, EYELASHES? He's a FREAKING 6-year-old-analogue ROBOT. What, are you worried about robo-pedophiles or something? It's not like he has tiny little robot-boy nipples to put pasties over, or a tiny little robot e-peen to cover up.

    You did not just seriously argue with the goddamn Tezuka estate about the size of his ASS.

    You did not just seriously say that you didn't MEAN to make a legendary Japanese iconic character look "American" but that it just kinda happened.

    Just plain fucking NO. A huge bag of no.

    (edit to fix URL)
    Monday, January 5th, 2009
    fandom_rant
    [ aeka ]
         		1:57a
    Bad placement of subtitles
    Dear Fansubbers,

    I appreciate all the hard work that you put into subbing anime and other international titles not available in the English language.

    But for the love of god! Please use common sense when you decide to get creative and place text on random spots of the fucking screen. While I don't have a problem with a line of text appearing occasionally on top to translate signs or to briefly explain certain phrases unique to that language, I don't however want a whole freaken paragraph that covers up half of the characters' faces, while at the same time translating their dialogue at the bottom of the screen.

    If you must write a full explanation for a particular idiom, or a particular event in the story, please DO so at the beginning of the episode before the actual opening credits start. Do you have ANY idea how it annoying it is to see a paragraph of text over a character's face JUST to be able explain a reference that you noticed early on? It's not only distracting, but if I'm reading a paragraph of text on the screen, I'm not seeing the action that's taking place, nor reading the dialogue that's being said. I can notice events for myself without you having to point them out to me, and if I missed a reference to something, it's very unlikely that I'll give a damn. I just want to watch the damned show.

    Another thing bothers me: please, please, PLEASE! Keep the subtitles at the bottom of the screen? I don't think it's asking too much to not want my eyes to have to follow a trail of text appearing on different sides of the screen at random times. That's also really annoying and really distracting. I'd like to be able to focus as much on the action as possible rather than the actual text thank you.

    Sincerely,

    A Lover of Foreign Entertainment
    Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
    fandom_wank
    [ aeka ]
         		3:26p
    Thursday, January 1st, 2009
    fandom_wank
    [ hypno_jango ]
         		9:21a
    The grammar! My eyes!
    I'm just C&P'ing a mousie's post from wank_report. I can't pass up entitlement wank.

    Crunchyroll is going legit. The site owner, Shinji, has been wheeling and dealing to have anime air subbed only days after it airs in Japan.

    OK, users are pleased, the Naruto fans look on in anticipation, everything seems hunky-dory.

    Then, Shinji introduces Anime memberships for the site. Did not read all of the benefits but the gist seems to be higher quality videos and quicker access to the anime from Japan.

    That happened in the past few weeks. Now queue the new year!

    Oops, did he just say that he was removing all fan uploaded content and getting permission from the publishers?

    Queue the butthurt, angst, and I will kill for my anime!!!!Z!!!!!!ZOMG~!!!! Along with people eagerly trading links for other sites to feed their addiction.

    The dramas, anime, and music sections now look like ghost towns, with the exception of stuff Shinji has wheeled and dealed for.

    People are predicting the death of the site, but for now, it's fun seeing the entitlement angst going on over there.
    Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
    snacky
         		9:37p
    Hey, sports fans!

    Sometimes [info]sepiamagpie and I host an online game of the board game Balderdash, which is a game of filthy lies.

    The way the game plays: A question is picked from five categories (acronyms, names, words, laws, and movies) and you make up an answer to try and fool the other players into picking yours when they're all read outloud. The real answer is always slipped in during the final reading and points are determined by whether you voted for the right one and who voted for your answer.

    Example:

    WACKY WORDS: Bobbyalla

    And then the answers are read out of order, without the real writers revealed:

    player 2: An african animal
    player 1: The real term for the laughtrack you hear on sitcoms
    real answer: A stubby Tasmanian tree
    player 3: An ancient Wicca incantation.

    And then the voting and so on.



    If you're interested in playing, please leave a message here or drop by on aim. Talk to me: Snacky8 or [info]sepiamagpie voodoohamster.


    The game will take place on: FRIDAY AT 7 PM CENTRAL
    Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
    fandom_wank
    [ kalloway ]
         		4:02p
    At the intersection of FFVII and FFR...
    When [info]shezoo reposts hir Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children fanfic, "Flower Face", to [info]ffvii_yaoi (locked, comm is open membership), the response is seemingly underwhelming - that is until [info]eternalwings posts to [info]fanficrants about the story.

    The first few comments are pretty tame and agreeable, until some of the author's friends and the author hirself show up.

    It's called AU, twit.

    Apparently, the story title comes from Welsh mythology, something [info]renos_rude AND [info]screamersgirl explain in the comments using the exact same text (with a tiny error likely because the entire lump wouldn't fit in AIM).

    And then the author appears, complete with capslock, insults and exclamation point abuse.

    AND YOUR RUINING THE PRETEND!

    Not to mention the entire thread devolving into something to do with coconut.

    All's well that wanks well, right? Except that a quick check back to see when "Flower Face" was originally posted reveals that [info]shezoo is [info]sepherotica is [info]ssgallery is [info]annataria (that Annataria), because ze changes usernames as often as ze changes URLS. And while some of those journals have been deleted, Annataria's is still there, listing many of the 'random' defenders (including the one so taken by the story) on FFR as friends. ...whoops?
    Monday, December 29th, 2008
    fandom_wank
    [ bishounenhideto ]
         		9:58a
    Vintage Update
    Does anyone remember this wank from awhile back? http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/1157179.html

    I know Taral Wayne from the above article, personally, and while it took awhile for him to get around to seeing the article, he did finally see it. He felt it was well-written, as factual as could be, and had few problems with it. He did feel people might like to hear more directly from him, so provided me with a brief article. I'll include it below.

    use
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