I'm with Dana. He's probablyy making a shit ton of money off of ideas that he, (as I understand), at the very gleaned from b.org under an assumed name and then faked his death. At the very least, I want that effer discredited.
When we landed here you said you needed a few days to get space worthy again and is there somethin' wrong with your bunk?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
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Aims - Jun 26, 2012 5:15:19 pm PDT #5230 of 6786
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Cass - Jun 26, 2012 6:24:52 pm PDT #5231 of 6786
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I don't know what even bringing the story to light would change but it does piss me off that he's profiting. Just because I think he's a terrible person. And I don't mind people knowing that about him.
But beyond being somewhat therapeutic for those of us who still sting or just hold grudges, I don't know what changes. Unless we can make people stop going to Tropes and never speak of it again. Can we do that? That'd be awesome.
Connie Neil - Jun 26, 2012 6:51:49 pm PDT #5232 of 6786
brillig
I think we ought to just let it go already. There may be people over there who quite like him who will feel compelled to come over her and do the right thing as they see it.
bon bon - Jun 26, 2012 8:28:41 pm PDT #5233 of 6786
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
They might have their own problems with him, as we did. I would reserve getting involved until his next pseudocide.
aurelia - Jun 26, 2012 11:17:30 pm PDT #5234 of 6786
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I'd be inclined not to bother unless it becomes more directly relevant. But I like the low-profile, low-drama.
This.
I consider that bridge well and truly burned and I don't have any interest in sifting through the ashes, much less showing the ashes to anyone else.
§ ita § - Jun 27, 2012 5:59:59 am PDT #5235 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm not going to lie, the thought crosses my mind in general from time to time, but I don't know what it has to do with this.
I'm not saying I'm not gonna snap one day if no one has done so beforehand. I'm just saying that if you're sharing the information and saying you're doing it because of *that*, you might get some side-eying from the audience assembled. But there will be side-eying anyway--no doubt he has his swelling ranks of faithful.
Jessica - Jun 27, 2012 6:01:25 am PDT #5236 of 6786
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I say we sue him for copyright infringement on the basis that TV Tropes was Hec's idea in the first place. Then we use the money to buy a private island.
WindSparrow - Jun 27, 2012 6:30:41 am PDT #5237 of 6786
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
In that case I hope he makes trillions of dollars. Otherwise our share of the settlement will buy a veery small island. A one palm-tree beach, if you will.
Amy - Jun 27, 2012 6:34:09 am PDT #5238 of 6786
Because books.
If Hec hadn't actually copyrighted it, that would be a problem, but I guess you could prove it was his idea, right? With the archived threads?
Sophia Brooks - Jun 27, 2012 6:52:37 am PDT #5239 of 6786
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I still think it should be exposed on This American Life. Not just to be exposed, but that it would actually be a great story.
If Hec hadn't actually copyrighted it, that would be a problem, but I guess you could prove it was his idea, right? With the archived threads?
Not that I am serious, but don't we say somewhere that all posts are copyright of the poster who makes them?