[ SECRET POST #1832 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1832 ⌋


Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 06 pages, 139 secrets from Secret Submission Post #262.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeats ]
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Ummm, Harry Potter isn't immune to this shit, it's just that the fandom has been around long enough that people are starting to forget the worst examples. Most revolve around Cassie Clare, with Heidi her pet Internet lawyer being sicced on anyone who disagreed with Cassie or anyone from their inner circle.

One of the most infamous examples is when Cassie had her and her friends' laptops stolen and her fans jumped at the chance to donate money, some literally offering their last dollar. Heidi was threatening defamation suits against anyone who dared question the legitimacy of the theft or the ethics of giving money to somebody because you enjoy their fanfic. A woman who was struggling with the medical payments for her cancer treatment saw how effortlessly Cassie was raising money, and asked if Cassie would mind posting a link to this woman's own fundraising page. She was dragged over the coals for it, by Cassie's inner circle and her fans (Cassie had a very savvy knack of mongering this hatred in people but rarely leaving her own vitirol where it could be publically seen). Seriously, the woman's only crime was suffering from cancer, and she was harrassed and driven out of fandom.

There are other examples, although I don't remember them so well now. If you look up Cassie Clare or Heidi on the Fandom Wank Wiki, you'll find lots. There was one person who was a former member of their circle that they tried to run out of fandom, I think Ivy/Khirsah. Also, if you check the Ms Scribe saga, she basically turned an entire section of the fandom against each other by spreading rumours to both sides that the other was, ironically, spreading rumours. She bought down an entire website of Harry/Ginny shippers and turned them into the black sheep of fandom, just because she could.

[inboots.livejournal.com]

lol i actually happened to be around for most of those, commented of the f_w posts before they got transferred to cornfield and everything. i've been doing the fandom shit for a while, but thanks for the walk down memory lane.

i have never heard a story like the one the op is telling in the secret happen there, tho. plenty of people left concrit (and worse) for the likes of claire or jaida (hell, one of the biggest OBHWF sites was openly critical and derisive of claire's work in their forums). plenty of people thought their work wasn't all that. concrit was never reason enough to turn anyone into a pariah, but then again, it was a ginormous fandom.