As an outside observer (not that it hasn't been said before but) I think it's the pain of not knowing that is driving the quest.
Buffy: Where are the burgers? Riley: Yeah man, I'm starving. Cow me. Xander: I'd love to make with the moo but the fire's not cooperating.
'Lessons'
Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Laga - Jan 03, 2007 8:43:11 am PST #7901 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Jon B. - Jan 03, 2007 8:44:01 am PST #7902 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
working ourselves into a kind of nasty mental place with it.
I\'m not seeing that. I\'m seeing a bunch of curious people wanting to know if their friend has died.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 03, 2007 8:44:14 am PST #7903 of 10001
What is even happening?
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Steph L. - Jan 03, 2007 8:51:34 am PST #7904 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Someone has been posting in his name, and when called on it, says, "I'm not the guy who doesn't tell the truth."
Right; he said "I've been posting under his name just because Gus really wanted to keep the TV tropes thing going." The implication being that, without his name attached to it, all interest in the wiki would fade, I guess.
But that's a flimsy and lame excuse for posting in someone's name, and, frankly, sounds like a load of crap to me.
Sean K - Jan 03, 2007 8:54:18 am PST #7905 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'm really not sure why.
For my part, it's because there's enough reasonable doubt about everything else, I find myself doubting the veracity of the death claim.
I've had several very close friends IRL die on me, and I take it seriously. If this Gus person has in fact died, despite the fact that he's fabricated some elements of his life*, I want to know so I can mourn.
If he's not dead, I have a bajillion better things to do with that emotional energy.
None of that is to mention the fact that there was some talk of a donation, which, while still generous, if done under false pretenses would make me very upset, and wanting my money back.
(*Gus almost certainly was not a PhD. Nilly shows up on Google Scholar. Papers my dad, who is a PhD, published long before the Internet was commonplace, show up on Google. If Gus was a PhD, he had to publish. He would show up somewhere on the Internet.)
Allyson - Jan 03, 2007 8:56:06 am PST #7906 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I don't know if it would be at all helpful, but I can post a link to the Penlind story. Unsure if my publisher would have a fit, but I think it's a small enough group that it wouldn't be much more than my beta-reader list.
tommyrot - Jan 03, 2007 8:56:52 am PST #7907 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Right; he said "I've been posting under his name just because Gus really wanted to keep the TV tropes thing going."
Do we know it was a 'he'? I was assuming it was ostensibly Gus's GF.
Sean K - Jan 03, 2007 8:59:00 am PST #7908 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
When does your book hit the shelves, Allyson?
Steph L. - Jan 03, 2007 8:59:45 am PST #7909 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Do we know it was a 'he'?
We don't, and you're right. I was just falling into the default-to-"he" trap.
Allyson - Jan 03, 2007 9:01:10 am PST #7910 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
August.