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rusty_halo) wrote2006-06-21 05:48 pm
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I know this already making the rounds within fandom, but for anyone who's managed to miss it, you really must read this: apparently a huge amount of the wank that's gone on in Harry Potter fandom for the past few years was all caused by one batshit insane fan and her zillion sockpuppets. I was over here (barely) participating in Spike fandom, yet even I remember a bunch of this stuff happening. Crazy to see that it all ties together like this.
It's quite a fascinating study in human social interaction--almost a guide on how to manipulate people and play on their biases in order to gain social power. Very much worth reading, even just to recognize the signs and avoid such people in the future.
10zlaine, you'll find it quite interesting.
(Personal/TMI:)
This is also just such an interesting documentation because it captures this personality type so well. Everything she did reminds me of someone I knew, the same thing--the lies to gain social power, the thrill of causing drama, and the utter lack of qualms about hurting those who called her a friend.
This "friend" of mine, among other things, lied that her boyfriend had killed himself in front of her, that she was variously suffering from AIDS and/or cancer, that she was working full time to support her insane mother, that she had cut her wrist and was bleeding right there over the keyboard while IMing me, that she was best friends with the band Orgy, and that she was a gorgeous model and musicial genius (while in fact being overweight, ugly, and musically mediocre). She had a million and one fake names with a string of lies and alienated former friends behind them, and she nearly destroyed my friendship with my best friend by playing us against each other, creating fake emails and IMs, and lying to each of us about what the other had said. And it was all part of her attempt to get close to the lead singer of a certain band, and also just because she loved the thrill of starting shit, playing people against each other, and casting herself as heroine/victim.
So, yeah, this msscribe person could be her twin. It's scary.
In other news, now that I've had a good night's sleep and washed off the ickiness of the Hartford train station, I've decided that going to Hartford wasn't a mistake after all. I mean, you know, it was PIG. And ... yeah.
Now I'm trying to decide--should I go to San Francisco and LA, or should I try for the three Texas dates, Austin, Dallas, and Houston? I want to go to the ones that'll have better crowds. I'm leaning toward SF and LA, but those guys I hung with in Florida might be going to the Texas ones, in which case it would be fun to have traveling partners. And then, should I go to the final show in Nashville, too? I'm tempted, but it's on a Thursday, meaning I'd have to take two vacation days. Argh. I'm going to wait and see.
It's quite a fascinating study in human social interaction--almost a guide on how to manipulate people and play on their biases in order to gain social power. Very much worth reading, even just to recognize the signs and avoid such people in the future.
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(Personal/TMI:)
This is also just such an interesting documentation because it captures this personality type so well. Everything she did reminds me of someone I knew, the same thing--the lies to gain social power, the thrill of causing drama, and the utter lack of qualms about hurting those who called her a friend.
This "friend" of mine, among other things, lied that her boyfriend had killed himself in front of her, that she was variously suffering from AIDS and/or cancer, that she was working full time to support her insane mother, that she had cut her wrist and was bleeding right there over the keyboard while IMing me, that she was best friends with the band Orgy, and that she was a gorgeous model and musicial genius (while in fact being overweight, ugly, and musically mediocre). She had a million and one fake names with a string of lies and alienated former friends behind them, and she nearly destroyed my friendship with my best friend by playing us against each other, creating fake emails and IMs, and lying to each of us about what the other had said. And it was all part of her attempt to get close to the lead singer of a certain band, and also just because she loved the thrill of starting shit, playing people against each other, and casting herself as heroine/victim.
So, yeah, this msscribe person could be her twin. It's scary.
In other news, now that I've had a good night's sleep and washed off the ickiness of the Hartford train station, I've decided that going to Hartford wasn't a mistake after all. I mean, you know, it was PIG. And ... yeah.
Now I'm trying to decide--should I go to San Francisco and LA, or should I try for the three Texas dates, Austin, Dallas, and Houston? I want to go to the ones that'll have better crowds. I'm leaning toward SF and LA, but those guys I hung with in Florida might be going to the Texas ones, in which case it would be fun to have traveling partners. And then, should I go to the final show in Nashville, too? I'm tempted, but it's on a Thursday, meaning I'd have to take two vacation days. Argh. I'm going to wait and see.
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He was the last of several kids from the same mother but different fathers, his mother had died recently (his father years earlier) so he was at times very confused. He was in custody of his (much) older bother (insert "awww" from other members here).
I know that at least 2 people got him on the phone, but for me I only exchanged emails with him and IMed once or twice. Also exchanged a few emails with his brother.
A couple of times he was supposed to meet other fans, or put up his photos online, but each time he had a major freakout afterwise, saying his brother was pissed and recommanded to be more careful.
He also disappeared without a trace for months. He kept taking more importance on the board, and when we moved from Yahoo to a custom-built one, helped the tech to set it up and beta it. Interesting enough, he is the one who insisted we had a feature to detect multiple posters with the same IP... And who identified a few crazies like that and designed the tools to keep them at bay.
When he was too busy, he gave some work to a school friend of his, who annoyed me a lot with his posts in AOLspeak...
He was trusted and loved by nearly every one. So it came out as a shock when it was revealed that in fact, him, his brother and his highschool pal were one and the same, a guy in his 50es with diagnosed schizophrenia.
In fact, it tore the board in two, as half of the mods were lenient about the issue and supportive of him, others had considered him a good friend and felt betrayed by his lies - and didn't want him to keep posting on the board.
Hm, re-telling the story, I know wonder if some of them weren't his sockpuppets, too... How convenient he was the only one who was given the possibility to check multiple-IPs by the board tech?...
Less intrusive, there's this insane chick who did admit having been in a mental asylum a few times for "depression", and when she posts, she always have some exciting news about having met and chat with a co-star or relative of the celebrity that fandom is about (a U.S. actor).
Could happen, of course. Except she doesn't live in L.A. or has any connection explaining frequent celebrity meetings. She's French or Swiss and lives in Paris, and doesn't work in the business...
I live in Paris too, and though I do occasionally see a famous face, it's never the people I'm interested in, and it's never in circumstances we could talk (then again, when I cross by Roman Polanski or someone going out of a shop, I leave them alone. I don't ask for autographs unless the celebs are "at work" in public events).
Hmmmmyeah...
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