Yeah, I'm a big fan of not letting it go.

Why?

I agree that TVTropes is its own established thing now, so I don't say anything (usually) when it's brought up. But I'm also not going to pretend like he wasn't shitty to us or it wasn't cruel.

I am an Olympic gold medalist in holding a grudge. So I'm good with not letting it go. I'm also not going to go decry that liar other places on the internet, because I am also lazy. Wrathful and lazy.

Hey, I am Teppy!

Or Spartacus. I really need to set up a calendar alert to remind me who I'm supposed to be on which days.

No one's saying you have to stop being pissed. Going over into his yard and kicked up a fuss, though, is a separate matter.

Connie, to give my own perspective on not letting it go: he toyed with the good will and affection of my friends and myself, for what seems to be his own entertainment. He upset people and caused them to grieve for no reason. He was deliberately deceitful and unkind, and those are things I do not forgive.

Am I ranting about this in (other) public spaces online? No. But if tvtropes comes up in conversation with friends, I do explain why I don't visit or support that site.

My only concern was someone saying they wanted to go over there and bring it all up, and that idea being seconded. Here in our yard? All feels are good.

I took that (those) statement(s) as, "Damn. That's a wound that still hurts. Man, if I had the chance to go over there and tell them what I *really* think, I would do it! Well, okay, not really. But it's nice to have that feel in a community where I'm not going to get slapped at for having that feel."

I wasn't saying to go to tv tropes. I was saying that another group of internet friends has discovered tvtropes and are talking about it, and I want to tell them so they know why I don't support it. But they aren't as close as we are, so I don't. But it just sort of brings it up again for me, in a way I would rather it not. I do tell the story in real life sometimes.

Oh, thank God, my mortgage company finally reissued my escrow surplus check. I am so relieved, I thought that money was gone for good. Now to figure out when I can get to the credit union to deposit it...