I've been wondering about the most recent major female death in Criminal Minds. Technically it fits all the criteria of a fridging--it's definitely an escalation of the Hotchangst for him to hear his wife killed over the phone by his nemesis. But somehow I think his pain resists the label manpain and her death resists the label fridging. Perhaps I'm biased because it's one of the shows I'm the most into, perhaps it was actually well handled. I'm not sure.
But not all male pain is manpain, and even though Hotch has a fanon bad childhood, I wouldn't offer him up as fodder for that list. It just has a different tenor. Same with Morgan, really. Reid--maybe.
Has anyone else been following the fandom return of Amy Player (creator of the Victoria Bitter, Jordan Wood, MrFrodo [and probably other] personas that scammed the LotR fandom through the site Bit Of Earth)? Player claimed to channel hobbits, the actors who played them, engaged in pseudicide, drew actor Sean Astin into a convention con "for charity," and heaven knows what else.
A couple of years ago, Player came out as a trans-male (I hope that term is correct; I mean Player came out as a person who identifies as male, but was born with female sexual characteristics) on Turimel's LJ. Turimel was one of the people who lost the most (financially) to Player. After announcing he was FTM, Player then seemed to fade into obscurity.
Player is back as LJer "thanfiction." Thanfiction is the author of a novel-length Harry Potter fic: "Dumbledore's Army and the Year of Darkness" -- often referred to as DAYD, which has spawned its own little fandom. Of course thanfiction didn't advertise that he was Amy Player. Instead, he used the name Andrew (Something-Not-Player) who is on the run from the IRA. Someone who had seen pictures of Amy Player made the connection, I think. Since this has all hit fandomwank again, it's only gotten more surreal. The latest is that Player is claiming that he really is Andrew Player and Amy Player is his Actual Evil Twin.
My summary is doing none of this the slightest bit of justice, so please tell me someone else has been following along at home. The latest Fandomwank entry is here: [link]
edited for clarity
Evil twin! A "son" who is actually a bird!
The latest is that Player is claiming that he really is Adam Player and Amy Player is his Actual Evil Twin.
SHUT UP. I had missed that update. The last bit I saw was where the "son" was a bird.
I met him when he was still Victoria Bitter!
Evil twin! A "son" who is actually a bird!
SHUT UP. I had missed that update. The last bit I saw was where the "son" was a bird.
Right? I mean I have to say though, the bird thing just pales next to the Evil Twin claim. This is truly the wank that keeps on giving. Here's a direct link to the source of the "Evil Twin" intel. [link] That link has been edited onto the latest fandomwank entry, as well.
shrift, I searched the thread for "Victoria Bitter" before I posted this, because although I hadn't seen it mentioned in the past 100 posts, I thought I could have missed something. I found your original post where you mention meeting VB at a con.
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Have any of our Harry Potter fic readers read this DAYD fic or come into contact with Andrew Blake/Thanfiction through the Potterverse?
From my original post:
The latest is that Player is claiming that he really is Adam Player and Amy Player is his Actual Evil Twin.
Adam should read Andrew. Sorry about that. I keep thinking he was an Adam somewhere along the way and then mixing that up with Andrew. It's Andrew Blake aka Andrew Player.
Unrelated to the fandomwank brouhaha, can someone explain what "female characters getting fridged" means for me please?
