snow on the sahara

I'm the last person who will claim that Fandom Wank is a bastion of integrity (STOP LAUGHING, Tez!), but I think those who insist the community does nothing but leap on the latest target of whoever's get a grudge this time should check out this post and the bullshit-calling of the OP that occurs within. The best snaps are on page 2.

puipui won my heart with this, to someone who claimed the JK Rowling vs. RDR Books lawsuit means she's getting 'too big for her boots': "Too big for her boots"? Okay, fine, whatever, let's just take that analogy further, shall we? THEY ARE HER FUCKING BOOTS. SHE MADE THEM. SHE CAN DO WHATEVER THE FUCK SHE WANTS WITH THEM. IF SHE WANTS TO ALLOW SOMEONE TO MAKE MONEY OFF A WEBSITE THAT TALKS ABOUT HER BOOTS, SHE CAN DO THAT. IF SHE DOES NOT WANT TO ALLOW SOMEONE TO STEAL HER BOOTS AND SELL THEM FOR SOME QUICK CASH, SHE CAN DO THAT, TOO. THEY ARE HER FUCKING BOOTS. And you are a fucking moron.

And despite the attempted grudgewank, there's some massive fail from within the posted links, too:
I'll bet a hundred galleons that any encyclopedia of JKR's would have had the same mistakes as the Lexicon. It's my guess that she intended to copy and paste right from the Lex into the encyclopedia. Not all of it, certainly, but lets face it, the Lex is one of the best resources for HP mania out there. It may not be 100% accurate, but neither is Encyclopedia Britannica.

I just. Yeah. Okay then!

Also! GIP. What can I say, I got inspired last week.

I wish I knew how to quit you.

*goes back to sifting through threads*

Remember the chick who got pissed at losing a Harry Potter costume contest and spooged all over the place?

Now she's famous on the internets!

OMFG, people, the originals have been out for decades, STOP BITCHING!

Wait, on the other hand, don't, for I am much amused.

I'm not happy to know this is true. It's a fucking awful thing. I'm horrified for the sake of all those who were hurt.

Yet at the same time...I feel oddly vindicated.

I knew. I knew she was a fucking psycho years ago. Now everyone knows.

Am now having serious belief in karma.

I knew it was a bad idea. I knew it. I have BETTER things to do, dammit. (Though, I did get all my studying done. Yay me.) But I had to go do it again.

What the hell am I talking about? Well, last night I was traipsing through ffnet and came across one of the most blatant examples of review-mongering I have EVER seen.

"****This is not the end of this chapter but I will not continue this with only four people reading it. People kept telling me that they wanted more Trigun fics from me. I started this one so I could fulfill this and because I enjoy writing Trigun fics. When I get nothing from the people who asked for it and only a few reviews per chapter(thank you to the people who did review ^.^) I suspect that no one is even reading this anymore. I take time out of my day to write this for people. I do my best and only a few people are kind enough to review it. I will not continue this if I do not get more reviews. I`m so sorry to the people who are enjoying this but I do need more support to write this.

Thank you to the people who read this. Again: I need more reviews."

I was flabbergasted, though I have no idea why. And I had people egging me on. And so I left a response. Here is the day-long "epic" of stupidity that resulted.

( Cut for the idiocy of fangirls )