Turimel

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Bit of Earth and Tentmoot

Turimel was involved in Bit of Earth charity efforts, and volunteered to work alongside Sean Astin on the Project Elanor community garden. Through BoE, Turimel met Victoria Bitter and OrangeBlossom, who talked up big plans to expand BoE's operations, and to stage a huge LOTR "Tentmoot" convention. Turimel helped out these bright young go-getters with loans and support.

VB and OB managed to get several New Zealand actors from the LOTR films to agree to attend Tentmoot, but at the last minute, they claimed a deal with Air New Zealand fell through, stranding the actors at the NZ airport. Turimel charged thousands of dollars in ticket fares to a credit card. But Tentmoot was canceled and most of the actors never made the flight. Turimel was threatened with liability and lawsuits for the plane ticket fares on her credit card, an ordeal which dragged on for months/years, but ultimately the travel agent working for Tentmoot wound up eating the cost of the tickets.[1] The sum of money that Turimel did lose to VB, OB, and their cronies came to around $6,000 [2]; some portions of that were paid back over time.[3] As late as November 2008, Turimel said she was being charged for bills run up by VB and/or OB. [4]

For a while, Turimel was mostly regarded as a sympathetic figure on FW. Still more wank gradually brewed, however, this time around Turimel rather than VB.

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When A Fan Hits The Shit

Turimel began to write a book about the fraud. Questions about the book project sometimes grew heated: was it for profit, who owned the story, was Turimel obsessed? Meanwhile, Turimel wrote LJ posts appearing to blame Sean Astin for some of the fallout of VB and OB's con.

“	You take Sean out of a sea of adoring, complimentary fans, and put him in a difficult real-life situation, and you know what? Mr. Concern For Others can't be bothered to say "Thanks." Or, God forbid, offer to help resolve the situation. Or even own up publicly to the fact that he supported Those Two and thereby gave them and their phony charity a great deal of undeserved credibility. Nothing. Indifference.	”
	— Turimel, previously here, archived here

This set the stage for a wankstorm that began when anons on a FW post pestered Turimel about her attitude toward Sean Astin. Turimel explained,

“	That's why I've had my publicist call his publicist on this. Even going through official channels, Sean's not had much to say, although he does know how to get in touch with "My People" if he wants...	”
	— Turimel, in a FW thread

This prompted MrBimble to ask, among other things, why Turimel had a publicist. Turimel replied,

“	Not many people know this, but I write for a living. I've written two episodes of the Xfiles, two of ST-Voyager, and one feature film, Blade Runner II. All of these were submitted to studios through proper channels, namely my literary agent ... do you understand that I'm not talking fanfic, here?	”
	— Turimel, in a FW thread

In response to further questions, though, Turimel said that none of the aforementioned scripts were ever produced, and

“	As for how I make (not made) a living, I analyze medical malpractice and personal injury lawsuits for attorneys ...	”
	— Turimel, in a FW thread

Later Turimel tracked down VB and OB in LA and interfered with them while they were working as costumed characters taking photos with tourists. Turimel also spoke of getting VB fired from a job doing appearances as Harry Potter. [5] For some reason that gave rise to more accusations of obsession and stalking.

Maybe it was the misleading "professional writer" claim, maybe it was something about the book project, maybe it was blaming Sean Astin, maybe it was dogging VB and OB in LA, maybe it's allegations of transphobia, maybe it's because wankas were raised by hyenas, but wankas have come to regard Turimel as fair game for mockery.

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