thedeadlyhook

In hindsight, yeah, he does come across as very sweet. His post is really quite clear about distancing himself from the dickish ideas that started the whole kerfuffle, so I hold him no ill will. I think I just had a knee-jerk reaction on seeing his post because it reminded me of the kind of thing I've seen happen in other fandoms, as per the conversation about DC Comics fandom in that Fanthropology panel - guys who suddenly appear to claim that they're not the ones othering you, although somehow it all ends up adding up to you being othered. There's this whole weird dynamic about majority views in fandom that shifts so seriously depending on where you hang out - I still can't wrap my head around what that original guy was hoping to get out of Writercon. He seems to have wanted to start trouble.