Cult of Mean
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Who is the Cult of Mean?
We are, apparently.
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Go, purebloods, go!
December 16, 2005: Onlyinfatuated posts an essay in her journal in support of the pureblooded wizards in Harry Potter. They are, after all, clearly superior to half-bloods and Muggleborns. Pureblood wizards are much more powerful, and they have much more organized and sedate family lives. (Just look at the contrast between the Malfoys and the Weasleys! Oh, wait a sec...)
Overall, however, Fandom Wank was most interested in her invention of the word "prejudism", which appeared with astounding regularity in her essay. Fortunately, she provided multiple examples to aid the lost in determining the correct definition.
Cult of Mean
December 26, 2005: Inspired by Onlyinfatuated's essay, gun posts a mocking poll [1] in her journal (including a choice to describe "Malfoy apologists and sympathizers" as "pet fuckers"). Former wanka Ataniell runs across the poll. Being a devout fan of the Slytherins and purebloods in general, and the Malfoys in particular, she promptly proceeds to take it personally. She writes an essay decrying the "Cult of Mean" in Harry Potter fandom, declaring herself "The High Priestess of the Cult of Nice." (Where does the "Cult of Nice" come from, you ask? This post will explain it.)
Gun promptly posts an apology, the sentiments of which she later rescinds in part after learning that an apology posted to Ataniell's journal was screened from the public.
Some consider the essay itself wanky, some don't. Others claim that it's wanky because Ataniell demanded apologies from anyone on her friends list who voted in the poll, and because she deleted or screened comments that disagreed with her.
Ataniell was long known as an enemy of anonymice on Fandom Wank. In this wank, they came out in force to defend her.
Quotes
- "And prejudism isn't always heinous. Prejudism is not letting a ten year old near a stove; it's not letting your fourteen year old daughter date an eighteen year old boy; it's teaching your child not to talk to strangers." - Onlyinfatuated, quoted in the wank report
- "But, no, seriously, in more detail, it's now got little to actually do with mudbloods (muggleborns? Who coined that name, anyway? I got used to saying 'mudblood' because it was shorter than 'people of muggle descent' and after it had become a habit to call them that, all of a sudden there's actually an equally short nickname for them, except now I'm too lazy to go and change it all)..." - ibid
- "It's all about giving and taking which is what I personally think is the main problem with mudbloods for Purebloods, and even squibs. Squibs take but never give, because they are completely incapable of giving anything to wizarding society. Mudbloods give but never take. And that's not a good thing in the sense that I'm referring to, which is culture and society. And that's why I can understand why Purebloods think that they really will prove the downfall of wizarding society, in their own clumsy ignorance." - ibid
- "She has a nickname. And one like Bella no less.
She's a wife. She's a sister. She's an aunt. Yet I would have thought that titles like that would be a tad too human for sadistic, murdering Bellatrix Lestrange." - Onlyinfatuated, in a previous essay
- "This is the last post I'm going to make about this poll. I asked members of my friendslist who had participated to apologise to me, and for the most part, they did, and I accepted their apologies and forgave them." - Ataniell [2]
- "Social interaction online is real. If you believe that it isn't, then stay far away from my journal, my friendslist, and my buddylist, because I'm not just a collection of pixels and I don't want to be treated like one." - ibid
- "I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that there are certain things that just aren't funny ever. Saying that a group of people with whom you disagree over a fannish issue needs to be imprisoned, sterilised and stripped of the right to vote is not funny." - ibid
- "And yes, Fandom Wank is pouring gasoline on the fire because that's what they do. Don't engage with them. Walk away." - ibid
- "I hope the Nice-Mean Summit Conference is catered with Chinese food. I'm really craving General Tso's about now." - nlb_muffin [3]
- "I know my original poll was mean and bitchy and more than a little generalising. (Hence the apology post.) I also know that I apologised to both parties, which alas was deleted from ataniell's journal, for which I did shed an emo tear for.
But what I know, above and beyond all other things, is that you're all just jealous that I've been elected leader of the Cult of Mean." - gun [4]
- "She's trying to bring kindness and civility into the HP fandom?
There has never been a cause more doomed." - aerobot [5]
- "It's like Fandom_Love is back, but this time they mean it." - ashenmote [6]
I want to see this movie
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Ataniell "Missouri" Jones and the Cult of Mean Plot synopsis: Ataniell, famed autoerotic archaeologist and collection of pixels, has discovered the current whereabouts of Draco's shrivelled dick, long thought lost when the Harmonians sacked the sacred Temple of Dumb and burned it to the ground in a barbaric frenzy of confused canon Also starring: faceless sockpuppet anonymice as "defenders of the faith" and a badly-miscast Snacky as "the greedy Frenchman." | ” |
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- The Cult of Mean - Soviet Version by Tekenduis
- The Cult of Mean - Nazi Version by Tekenduis
