I can't look away...

[lizardbeth]

I can't stop following the Sockpuppet Saga. I don't even know any of these people. I follow enough HP meta to recognize the names, but that's all, and it's still fascinating, in a sort of slimy, political way.

But now we all have a recipe for moving to the top of Fandom:
Make two sockpuppets to fangirl you. Make still MORE sockpuppets to troll you and earn sympathy from the big fans. Make up shit to get more sympathy. Set fandom factions against each other. And watch it all boil. All to win a seat at the "Popular Table" where the truly vicious play.

AMAZING

Now I've seen some fandom stuff in my time, flame wars and all-round nastiness, and that's why I prefer the fringes. But this wins, no question.

Among all the various comments and all, I especially like this different take on it:
mikkeneko : MsScribe, the Fandom Mary Sue .

In yet more wanky news, M. Night Shymalan's book about his break with Disney just hit the front page of the LA Times. Yes, the LA Times actually has what we would consider wank on the front page. But it's funny, because it's seems pretty clear from the article that the whole break would never have happened if he'd actually had someone read the first draft of 'Lady in the water' before the execs did, so they didn't have to be the ones to tell him it sucked. Or in other words, he needs a beta reader who is not his wife.

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