Re: wank containment area

(Anonymous) 2018-08-13 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I try to be a little generous with her because I myself joined fandom as a clueless 19-year-old with very low emotional/social intelligence and I think fandom in general tends to attract a lot of weirdos, geeks, nerds, and outcasts, so I guess I can get kinda geek social fallacy about it?

NA: Aja's pushing 40. She's been at this shit for years now. And, yes, if you're defending someone who's written a flattering portrait of Thanfiction, or who's sicced a fandom on someone for changing their Tumblr URL, you are engaging in Geek Social Fallacies and you need to stop.

/was never in HP fandom, didn't know about her until long after the CC thing, and can't stand the woman

Re: wank containment area

(Anonymous) 2018-08-13 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
DA "written a flattering portrait of Thanfiction"

It was worse than that. She interviewed some of Thanfiction's victims and then threw out most of what they told her to give him a chance or whatever.

https://fanlore.org/wiki/The_strange_lives_of_Andrew_Blake

Re: wank containment area

(Anonymous) 2018-08-13 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
DA

Oh gosh, I had forgotten about that. Yeah, there is no "oh well she put her foot in her mouth back when" about that. That is legitimately harmful.