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Galen
Apr 10, 2012, 5:35:35 PM4/10/12
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I flee.
It was a dark night beneath a diseased red moon
as a winged abomination swept after me from a
blotchy sky.
I have no explanation for why this horror has
befallen me, nor knowledge of the nature of
the doom that seeks me.
I flee with all my strength through the unfamiliar
streets, unrecognizable in the twisting light -
No! A dead end! Is this my final moment?
The monster has landed and approaches me.
Clearly it is futile to fight so large and powerful
a foe .... unable to fight or flee, the best answer
that remains is to shout for help, futile though it seems.
Help comes.
Against all sanity, the monster is destroyed instantly
by my rescuer. The being appears human, a young
woman, perhaps 17. Her hair moves eerily, as though
driven by a will and not the wind. She names herself,
making alien and incomprehensible gestures as she speaks:
"I'm the chaos that always crawls up to you with a smile,
Nyarlathotep!"
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san
On Crunchyroll
From Xebec.
12 half-hour episodes scheduled.
I have returned home, rescuer following. My chaotic
thoughts allow no rest, so I bury my confusion in labor,
preparing an elaborate morning repast. My peculiar
guest speaks endlessly, while somehow saying nothing.
As normalcy returns, I begin to realize that there is
more to this situation than I know, and my rescuer
may have the answers I must seek. My attempts to question
her pass unnoticed; her incessant and meaningless
chatter becoming increasingly infuriating as my frustration
mounts. I resolve to demand my answers by fork!
My guest identifies herself as Nyarlathotep, the
Crawling Chaos. I ask her if this is referenced in
the Cthulhu Mythos, and she acknowledges that
it is. Her extended explanation consists of yet
more meaningless chatter, yet I manage to mine
some nuggets of information from it. My guest claims
that she is an alien sent to defend the Earth from
other aliens. In particular, that a specific criminal
organization is targeting Earth for drugs, contraband,
and slave trade. Nyarlathotep has been assigned to
protect me from the slave-takers. She demonstrates
knowledge of my life and my family - that my parents
were not married when I was born. This offends me.
Suddenly, my protector grabs me, and declares
the house to be dangerous. We flee down the
street and into the city. Nyarlathotep takes me
to a strange place of garish lighting, where shelf
after shelf of forbidden lore hangs heavy above
the customers. She becomes intoxicated by the
peculiar tomes, as I become suspicious that there
is no real cause for us to be here. I question my
protector forkfully, and she declares that this
forbidden lore is the contraband which the
criminal organization seeks to smuggle away
from Earth and out into space.
As we leave the store, Nyarlathotep unexpectedly
becomes romantically aggressive towards me;
then suddenly, we are under attack. Nyarlathotep
is unsurprised; she knew the lore repository would
be under observation, and brought me there to
draw the enemy out. We lingered at the door
to give them time to make their move!
Nyarlathotep engages the enemy with a savage
brutality that I cannot bear to watch, laughing
with abandon as she cheerfully dismembers him.
I return to self-awareness on the following day,
knowing that I must go to school.
Nyarlathotep, now Nyarko Yasaka, enters my
class as a transfer student, claiming to be my
cousin from overseas. She instantly becomes
popular with the other students - and immediately
wields that popularity as a weapon against me.
As Nyarko is sleeping through biology class, yet
another monster appears in the air outside the
window; I gently awaken my protector and we
head to the roof for the inevitable confrontation.
She identifies the enemy as a Nightgaunt, and
again the foe is helplessly slaughtered.
What can tomorrow bring?
It was a dark night beneath a diseased red moon
as a winged abomination swept after me from a
blotchy sky.
I have no explanation for why this horror has
befallen me, nor knowledge of the nature of
the doom that seeks me.
I flee with all my strength through the unfamiliar
streets, unrecognizable in the twisting light -
No! A dead end! Is this my final moment?
The monster has landed and approaches me.
Clearly it is futile to fight so large and powerful
a foe .... unable to fight or flee, the best answer
that remains is to shout for help, futile though it seems.
Help comes.
Against all sanity, the monster is destroyed instantly
by my rescuer. The being appears human, a young
woman, perhaps 17. Her hair moves eerily, as though
driven by a will and not the wind. She names herself,
making alien and incomprehensible gestures as she speaks:
"I'm the chaos that always crawls up to you with a smile,
Nyarlathotep!"
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san
On Crunchyroll
From Xebec.
12 half-hour episodes scheduled.
I have returned home, rescuer following. My chaotic
thoughts allow no rest, so I bury my confusion in labor,
preparing an elaborate morning repast. My peculiar
guest speaks endlessly, while somehow saying nothing.
As normalcy returns, I begin to realize that there is
more to this situation than I know, and my rescuer
may have the answers I must seek. My attempts to question
her pass unnoticed; her incessant and meaningless
chatter becoming increasingly infuriating as my frustration
mounts. I resolve to demand my answers by fork!
My guest identifies herself as Nyarlathotep, the
Crawling Chaos. I ask her if this is referenced in
the Cthulhu Mythos, and she acknowledges that
it is. Her extended explanation consists of yet
more meaningless chatter, yet I manage to mine
some nuggets of information from it. My guest claims
that she is an alien sent to defend the Earth from
other aliens. In particular, that a specific criminal
organization is targeting Earth for drugs, contraband,
and slave trade. Nyarlathotep has been assigned to
protect me from the slave-takers. She demonstrates
knowledge of my life and my family - that my parents
were not married when I was born. This offends me.
Suddenly, my protector grabs me, and declares
the house to be dangerous. We flee down the
street and into the city. Nyarlathotep takes me
to a strange place of garish lighting, where shelf
after shelf of forbidden lore hangs heavy above
the customers. She becomes intoxicated by the
peculiar tomes, as I become suspicious that there
is no real cause for us to be here. I question my
protector forkfully, and she declares that this
forbidden lore is the contraband which the
criminal organization seeks to smuggle away
from Earth and out into space.
As we leave the store, Nyarlathotep unexpectedly
becomes romantically aggressive towards me;
then suddenly, we are under attack. Nyarlathotep
is unsurprised; she knew the lore repository would
be under observation, and brought me there to
draw the enemy out. We lingered at the door
to give them time to make their move!
Nyarlathotep engages the enemy with a savage
brutality that I cannot bear to watch, laughing
with abandon as she cheerfully dismembers him.
I return to self-awareness on the following day,
knowing that I must go to school.
Nyarlathotep, now Nyarko Yasaka, enters my
class as a transfer student, claiming to be my
cousin from overseas. She instantly becomes
popular with the other students - and immediately
wields that popularity as a weapon against me.
As Nyarko is sleeping through biology class, yet
another monster appears in the air outside the
window; I gently awaken my protector and we
head to the roof for the inevitable confrontation.
She identifies the enemy as a Nightgaunt, and
again the foe is helplessly slaughtered.
What can tomorrow bring?
Rob Kelk
Apr 10, 2012, 6:25:53 PM4/10/12
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On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:35:35 -0400, Galen <ga...@nekomimicon.net> wrote:
<snip>
>"I'm the chaos that always crawls up to you with a smile,
> Nyarlathotep!"
<snip>
Oh, dear Belldandy... Magical Girl Nyarlathotep???
--
Rob Kelk <http://robkelk.ottawa-anime.org/> e-mail: s/deadspam/gmail/
"I'm *not* a kid! Nyyyeaaah!" - Skuld (in "Oh My Goddess!" OAV #3)
"When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear
of childishness and the desire to be very grown-up." - C.S. Lewis
<snip>
>"I'm the chaos that always crawls up to you with a smile,
> Nyarlathotep!"
Oh, dear Belldandy... Magical Girl Nyarlathotep???
--
Rob Kelk <http://robkelk.ottawa-anime.org/> e-mail: s/deadspam/gmail/
"I'm *not* a kid! Nyyyeaaah!" - Skuld (in "Oh My Goddess!" OAV #3)
"When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear
of childishness and the desire to be very grown-up." - C.S. Lewis
Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)
Apr 10, 2012, 7:08:52 PM4/10/12
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On 4/10/12 6:25 PM, Rob Kelk wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:35:35 -0400, Galen<ga...@nekomimicon.net> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> "I'm the chaos that always crawls up to you with a smile,
>> Nyarlathotep!"
>
> <snip>
>
> Oh, dear Belldandy... Magical Girl Nyarlathotep???
>
Sweet!
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:35:35 -0400, Galen<ga...@nekomimicon.net> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> "I'm the chaos that always crawls up to you with a smile,
>> Nyarlathotep!"
>
> <snip>
>
> Oh, dear Belldandy... Magical Girl Nyarlathotep???
>
--
Sea Wasp
/^\
;;;
Website: http://www.grandcentralarena.com Blog:
http://seawasp.livejournal.com
Stainless Steel Rat
Apr 10, 2012, 8:57:55 PM4/10/12
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This... is hysterical if you've read any Lovecraft. It's just so
blatantly, unabashedly *wrong*.
--
\m/ (--) \m/
blatantly, unabashedly *wrong*.
--
\m/ (--) \m/
Galen
Apr 10, 2012, 9:03:00 PM4/10/12
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On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:57:55 +0000 (UTC), Stainless Steel Rat
<rat...@gweep.net> wrote:
>This... is hysterical if you've read any Lovecraft. It's just so
>blatantly, unabashedly *wrong*.
The anime itself, or my summation?
<rat...@gweep.net> wrote:
>This... is hysterical if you've read any Lovecraft. It's just so
>blatantly, unabashedly *wrong*.
-Galen
David Johnston
Apr 10, 2012, 9:05:28 PM4/10/12
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On 4/10/2012 4:25 PM, Rob Kelk wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:35:35 -0400, Galen<ga...@nekomimicon.net> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> "I'm the chaos that always crawls up to you with a smile,
>> Nyarlathotep!"
>
> <snip>
>
> Oh, dear Belldandy... Magical Girl Nyarlathotep???
>
Well they already did the Necronomicon as a magical girl.
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:35:35 -0400, Galen<ga...@nekomimicon.net> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> "I'm the chaos that always crawls up to you with a smile,
>> Nyarlathotep!"
>
> <snip>
>
> Oh, dear Belldandy... Magical Girl Nyarlathotep???
>
david.sh...@ymail.com
Apr 11, 2012, 10:33:06 AM4/11/12
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On Apr 10, 8:57 pm, Stainless Steel Rat <rati...@gweep.net> wrote:
> This... is hysterical if you've read any Lovecraft. It's just so
> blatantly, unabashedly *wrong*.
I looked at some of the Flash-animated shorts already on Crunchyroll.
> This... is hysterical if you've read any Lovecraft. It's just so
> blatantly, unabashedly *wrong*.
This seems to be using the post-Derleth mythos, if not just
the Call of Cthulhu roll-playing game ( a reference to loss of SAN ).
Stainless Steel Rat
Apr 11, 2012, 8:42:54 PM4/11/12
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On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:03:00 -0400, Galen wrote:
> The anime itself, or my summation?
The anime itself. The summation is spot-on.
> The anime itself, or my summation?
--
\m/ (--) \m/
Stainless Steel Rat
Apr 11, 2012, 8:53:42 PM4/11/12
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On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:33:06 -0700, david.shallcross wrote:
> I looked at some of the Flash-animated shorts already on Crunchyroll.
> This seems to be using the post-Derleth mythos, if not just the Call of
> Cthulhu roll-playing game ( a reference to loss of SAN ).
They're using Derlith (Kuko, aka Cthugha) and Smith (Atko, aka Atlach-
> I looked at some of the Flash-animated shorts already on Crunchyroll.
> This seems to be using the post-Derleth mythos, if not just the Call of
> Cthulhu roll-playing game ( a reference to loss of SAN ).
Nacha) in addition to Lovecraft's own work. I'm not partial to Derlith's
take on the Mythos which makes me all the more fond of what "Nyaruko-san"
does to it. :)
--
\m/ (--) \m/
Klyfix
Apr 24, 2012, 10:05:23 PM4/24/12
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V.S. Greene kly...@aol.com
Klyfix's Journal Thingy
A rodent with mad skills, umm, no...
Galen
Apr 25, 2012, 9:53:31 AM4/25/12
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On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:05:23 -0700 (PDT), Klyfix <kly...@aol.com>
wrote:
Not my work:
1335241328389.png
1335207991810.png
1335326795650.png
http://galensattic.nekomimicon.net/Nyarko/1335241328389.png
http://galensattic.nekomimicon.net/Nyarko/1335207991810.png
http://galensattic.nekomimicon.net/Nyarko/1335326795650.png
-Galen
wrote:
1335241328389.png
1335207991810.png
1335326795650.png
http://galensattic.nekomimicon.net/Nyarko/1335241328389.png
http://galensattic.nekomimicon.net/Nyarko/1335207991810.png
http://galensattic.nekomimicon.net/Nyarko/1335326795650.png
-Galen
Klyfix
May 1, 2012, 10:57:51 PM5/1/12
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Definitely worth looking at after one watches the episodes.
I'm probably enjoying this series way more than I really should. :)
Rob Kelk
May 2, 2012, 7:15:32 AM5/2/12
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On Tue, 1 May 2012 19:57:51 -0700 (PDT), Klyfix <kly...@aol.com> wrote:
>On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 9:53:31 AM UTC-4, Galen wrote:
<snip>
>On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 9:53:31 AM UTC-4, Galen wrote:
>> Not my work:
>> 1335241328389.png
>> 1335207991810.png
>> 1335326795650.png
>>
>> http://galensattic.nekomimicon.net/Nyarko/1335241328389.png
>> http://galensattic.nekomimicon.net/Nyarko/1335207991810.png
>> http://galensattic.nekomimicon.net/Nyarko/1335326795650.png
>>
>> -Galen
>
>Ah yes. Those are also linked at the TV Tropes page for Nyarko-san trivia.
page would have disappeared in the recent purge of anything the site's
owner didn't like...
<snip>
Ken Arromdee
May 2, 2012, 10:28:05 AM5/2/12
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In article <4fa116e...@news.individual.net>,
I nominated Tenchi and Utena on the grounds that they seemed to be covered
by the actual policy, since one (inconsistent) policy mentions a 16 year
age limit (which the characters in Utena are under), and since Tenchi has
underage fan service of Sasami turning into Pretty Sammy and Washuu (as a
12 year old) getting a sperm sample from Tenchi. It seems the people there
know that these are popular series but don't know much about them. Nobody
even seemed to know that there are 14 year olds committing incest in Utena.
--
Ken Arromdee / arromdee_AT_rahul.net / http://www.rahul.net/arromdee
Obi-wan Kenobi: "Only a Sith deals in absolutes."
Yoda: "Do or do not. There is no 'try'."
Rob Kelk <rob...@deadspam.com> wrote:
>>Ah yes. Those are also linked at the TV Tropes page for Nyarko-san trivia.
>There's still a TVTropes page for Nyarko-san? I would have thought that
>page would have disappeared in the recent purge of anything the site's
>owner didn't like...
The most recent purge is allegedly about porn and pedophilia.
>>Ah yes. Those are also linked at the TV Tropes page for Nyarko-san trivia.
>There's still a TVTropes page for Nyarko-san? I would have thought that
>page would have disappeared in the recent purge of anything the site's
>owner didn't like...
I nominated Tenchi and Utena on the grounds that they seemed to be covered
by the actual policy, since one (inconsistent) policy mentions a 16 year
age limit (which the characters in Utena are under), and since Tenchi has
underage fan service of Sasami turning into Pretty Sammy and Washuu (as a
12 year old) getting a sperm sample from Tenchi. It seems the people there
know that these are popular series but don't know much about them. Nobody
even seemed to know that there are 14 year olds committing incest in Utena.
--
Ken Arromdee / arromdee_AT_rahul.net / http://www.rahul.net/arromdee
Obi-wan Kenobi: "Only a Sith deals in absolutes."
Yoda: "Do or do not. There is no 'try'."
Rob Kelk
May 2, 2012, 6:43:04 PM5/2/12
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On Wed, 2 May 2012 14:28:05 +0000 (UTC), arro...@rahul.net (Ken
Arromdee) wrote:
>In article <4fa116e...@news.individual.net>,
>Rob Kelk <rob...@deadspam.com> wrote:
>>>Ah yes. Those are also linked at the TV Tropes page for Nyarko-san trivia.
>>There's still a TVTropes page for Nyarko-san? I would have thought that
>>page would have disappeared in the recent purge of anything the site's
>>owner didn't like...
>
>The most recent purge is allegedly about porn and pedophilia.
Allegedly. How does Fate/Stay Night fit into either of those categories?
Arromdee) wrote:
>In article <4fa116e...@news.individual.net>,
>Rob Kelk <rob...@deadspam.com> wrote:
>>>Ah yes. Those are also linked at the TV Tropes page for Nyarko-san trivia.
>>There's still a TVTropes page for Nyarko-san? I would have thought that
>>page would have disappeared in the recent purge of anything the site's
>>owner didn't like...
>
>The most recent purge is allegedly about porn and pedophilia.
I've seen credible reports from trusted sources - including one who's
been a Troper since 2004 - that they're also removing anything that
casts the site in a negative light.
>I nominated Tenchi and Utena on the grounds that they seemed to be covered
>by the actual policy, since one (inconsistent) policy mentions a 16 year
>age limit (which the characters in Utena are under), and since Tenchi has
>underage fan service of Sasami turning into Pretty Sammy and Washuu (as a
>12 year old) getting a sperm sample from Tenchi. It seems the people there
>know that these are popular series but don't know much about them. Nobody
>even seemed to know that there are 14 year olds committing incest in Utena.
--
Rob Kelk <http://robkelk.ottawa-anime.org/> e-mail: s/deadspam/gmail/
"And really, you think people who watch Japanese cartoons would be
a little more understanding of the seemingly odd hobbies of other
fringe groups." - Chris "Blade" McNeil, 20 Jan 2004
Aje.RavenStar
May 2, 2012, 7:51:32 PM5/2/12
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"Rob Kelk" wrote in message news:4fa1b6b...@news.individual.net...
On Wed, 2 May 2012 14:28:05 +0000 (UTC), arro...@rahul.net (Ken
Arromdee) wrote:
>In article <4fa116e...@news.individual.net>,
>Rob Kelk <rob...@deadspam.com> wrote:
>>>Ah yes. Those are also linked at the TV Tropes page for Nyarko-san
>>>trivia.
>>There's still a TVTropes page for Nyarko-san? I would have thought that
>>page would have disappeared in the recent purge of anything the site's
>>owner didn't like...
>
>The most recent purge is allegedly about porn and pedophilia.
>Allegedly. How does Fate/Stay Night fit into either of those categories?
>I've seen credible reports from trusted sources - including one who's
>been a Troper since 2004 - that they're also removing anything that
>casts the site in a negative light.
So, since everything is viewed negatively by somebody, they'll be a blank
site sooner or later?
If they don't want to offend me, they need to do away with anything relating
to bowdlerizing.
On Wed, 2 May 2012 14:28:05 +0000 (UTC), arro...@rahul.net (Ken
Arromdee) wrote:
>In article <4fa116e...@news.individual.net>,
>Rob Kelk <rob...@deadspam.com> wrote:
>>>Ah yes. Those are also linked at the TV Tropes page for Nyarko-san
>>>trivia.
>>There's still a TVTropes page for Nyarko-san? I would have thought that
>>page would have disappeared in the recent purge of anything the site's
>>owner didn't like...
>
>The most recent purge is allegedly about porn and pedophilia.
>Allegedly. How does Fate/Stay Night fit into either of those categories?
>I've seen credible reports from trusted sources - including one who's
>been a Troper since 2004 - that they're also removing anything that
>casts the site in a negative light.
site sooner or later?
If they don't want to offend me, they need to do away with anything relating
to bowdlerizing.
Rob Kelk
May 3, 2012, 9:03:27 AM5/3/12
to
On Wed, 02 May 2012 22:43:04 GMT, rob...@deadspam.com (Rob Kelk) wrote:
>On Wed, 2 May 2012 14:28:05 +0000 (UTC), arro...@rahul.net (Ken
>Arromdee) wrote:
>
>>In article <4fa116e...@news.individual.net>,
>>Rob Kelk <rob...@deadspam.com> wrote:
>>>>Ah yes. Those are also linked at the TV Tropes page for Nyarko-san trivia.
>>>There's still a TVTropes page for Nyarko-san? I would have thought that
>>>page would have disappeared in the recent purge of anything the site's
>>>owner didn't like...
>>
>>The most recent purge is allegedly about porn and pedophilia.
>
>Allegedly. How does Fate/Stay Night fit into either of those categories?
>
>I've seen credible reports from trusted sources - including one who's
>been a Troper since 2004 - that they're also removing anything that
>casts the site in a negative light.
Update: That particular troper put up a note on his troper page
>On Wed, 2 May 2012 14:28:05 +0000 (UTC), arro...@rahul.net (Ken
>Arromdee) wrote:
>
>>In article <4fa116e...@news.individual.net>,
>>Rob Kelk <rob...@deadspam.com> wrote:
>>>>Ah yes. Those are also linked at the TV Tropes page for Nyarko-san trivia.
>>>There's still a TVTropes page for Nyarko-san? I would have thought that
>>>page would have disappeared in the recent purge of anything the site's
>>>owner didn't like...
>>
>>The most recent purge is allegedly about porn and pedophilia.
>
>Allegedly. How does Fate/Stay Night fit into either of those categories?
>
>I've seen credible reports from trusted sources - including one who's
>been a Troper since 2004 - that they're also removing anything that
>casts the site in a negative light.
yesterday that he had removed all references to his published works from
TVTropes, and would no longer be contributing. Today, that troper page
has been deleted entirely and the troper no longer has access to PMs on
that site. (He can't edit any more, either, but that's less important
considering he already said won't be contributing any more.) Details can
be found at http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/9076
This isn't about removing porn or paedophelia from TVTropes. This is
about removing anything that the person in charge of TVTropes doesn't
like - including criticism.
I won't be using that site any more, and I suggest others follow suit.
<requoted text snipped>
--
Rob Kelk
Personal address, in ROT-13: eboxryx -ng- tznvy -qbg- pbz
Rob Kelk
May 3, 2012, 9:42:56 AM5/3/12
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On Thu, 03 May 2012 13:03:27 GMT, rob...@deadspam.com (Rob Kelk) wrote:
>On Wed, 02 May 2012 22:43:04 GMT, rob...@deadspam.com (Rob Kelk) wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 2 May 2012 14:28:05 +0000 (UTC), arro...@rahul.net (Ken
>>Arromdee) wrote:
>>
>>>In article <4fa116e...@news.individual.net>,
>>>Rob Kelk <rob...@deadspam.com> wrote:
>>>>>Ah yes. Those are also linked at the TV Tropes page for Nyarko-san trivia.
>>>>There's still a TVTropes page for Nyarko-san? I would have thought that
>>>>page would have disappeared in the recent purge of anything the site's
>>>>owner didn't like...
>>>
>>>The most recent purge is allegedly about porn and pedophilia.
>>
>>Allegedly. How does Fate/Stay Night fit into either of those categories?
>>
>>I've seen credible reports from trusted sources - including one who's
>>been a Troper since 2004 - that they're also removing anything that
>>casts the site in a negative light.
>
>Update: That particular troper put up a note on his troper page
>yesterday that he had removed all references to his published works from
>TVTropes, and would no longer be contributing. Today, that troper page
>has been deleted entirely and the troper no longer has access to PMs on
>that site. (He can't edit any more, either, but that's less important
>considering he already said won't be contributing any more.) Details can
>be found at http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/9076
Correction: The troper's page is still there, but he can't get to it
>On Wed, 02 May 2012 22:43:04 GMT, rob...@deadspam.com (Rob Kelk) wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 2 May 2012 14:28:05 +0000 (UTC), arro...@rahul.net (Ken
>>Arromdee) wrote:
>>
>>>In article <4fa116e...@news.individual.net>,
>>>Rob Kelk <rob...@deadspam.com> wrote:
>>>>>Ah yes. Those are also linked at the TV Tropes page for Nyarko-san trivia.
>>>>There's still a TVTropes page for Nyarko-san? I would have thought that
>>>>page would have disappeared in the recent purge of anything the site's
>>>>owner didn't like...
>>>
>>>The most recent purge is allegedly about porn and pedophilia.
>>
>>Allegedly. How does Fate/Stay Night fit into either of those categories?
>>
>>I've seen credible reports from trusted sources - including one who's
>>been a Troper since 2004 - that they're also removing anything that
>>casts the site in a negative light.
>
>Update: That particular troper put up a note on his troper page
>yesterday that he had removed all references to his published works from
>TVTropes, and would no longer be contributing. Today, that troper page
>has been deleted entirely and the troper no longer has access to PMs on
>that site. (He can't edit any more, either, but that's less important
>considering he already said won't be contributing any more.) Details can
>be found at http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/9076
without using a proxy server.
Ken Arromdee
May 3, 2012, 4:44:39 PM5/3/12
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In article <4fa1b6b...@news.individual.net>,
without examining each item.
Rob Kelk <rob...@deadspam.com> wrote:
>>The most recent purge is allegedly about porn and pedophilia.
>Allegedly. How does Fate/Stay Night fit into either of those categories?
It was an admitted mistake because they took everything that was in a list
>>The most recent purge is allegedly about porn and pedophilia.
>Allegedly. How does Fate/Stay Night fit into either of those categories?
without examining each item.
dbbrndll
May 4, 2012, 4:05:58 PM5/4/12
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will be missed.
DBB
Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)
May 4, 2012, 4:43:41 PM5/4/12
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On 5/4/12 4:05 PM, dbbrndll wrote:
>
> Pity. I liked the free wheeling style the site had in the past. It will
> be missed.
According to what other people have told me after I asked about it,
>
> Pity. I liked the free wheeling style the site had in the past. It will
> be missed.
it's more a matter of simply shooting oneself in the foot rather than
actually "going through and taking out anything [he] didn't like". They
got dinged twice (losing their Adsense connection, which is ALL their
revenue, basically) by people complaining to Google about Inappropriate
Content, and after that decided they were going to make the site -- as
was their original intention -- reasonably family friendly.
Klyfix
May 8, 2012, 9:01:23 PM5/8/12
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The page with the links to the "re-imagining of the events of the episodes of the anime as if they were written and narrated by Lovecraft himself" is actually on the YMMV page though, not the Trivia page as I posted.
Klyfix
May 8, 2012, 9:09:18 PM5/8/12
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I'm certainly not going to boycott the site just because some pages I wasn't even interested much in got cut. There's a saying, "Freedom of the Press belongs to the one owning the press"; the people running the place have the right to edit or delete content. Now if that leads to the site becoming too boring or useless, well, that would be a problem.
Klyfix
May 8, 2012, 9:17:34 PM5/8/12
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On Wednesday, May 2, 2012 6:43:04 PM UTC-4, Rob Kelk wrote:
> On Wed, 2 May 2012 14:28:05 +0000 (UTC), arro...@rahul.net (Ken
> Arromdee) wrote:
>
> >In article <4fa116e...@news.individual.net>,
> >Rob Kelk <rob...@deadspam.com> wrote:
> >>>Ah yes. Those are also linked at the TV Tropes page for Nyarko-san trivia.
> >>There's still a TVTropes page for Nyarko-san? I would have thought that
> >>page would have disappeared in the recent purge of anything the site's
> >>owner didn't like...
> >
> >The most recent purge is allegedly about porn and pedophilia.
>
> Allegedly. How does Fate/Stay Night fit into either of those categories?
>
> On Wed, 2 May 2012 14:28:05 +0000 (UTC), arro...@rahul.net (Ken
> Arromdee) wrote:
>
> >In article <4fa116e...@news.individual.net>,
> >Rob Kelk <rob...@deadspam.com> wrote:
> >>>Ah yes. Those are also linked at the TV Tropes page for Nyarko-san trivia.
> >>There's still a TVTropes page for Nyarko-san? I would have thought that
> >>page would have disappeared in the recent purge of anything the site's
> >>owner didn't like...
> >
> >The most recent purge is allegedly about porn and pedophilia.
>
> Allegedly. How does Fate/Stay Night fit into either of those categories?
>
> --
> Rob Kelk <http://robkelk.ottawa-anime.org/> e-mail: s/deadspam/gmail/
> "And really, you think people who watch Japanese cartoons would be
> a little more understanding of the seemingly odd hobbies of other
> fringe groups." - Chris "Blade" McNeil, 20 Jan 2004
I'm a trifle confused; the page for "Fate/Stay Night" is still there. Was it supposedly purged?
> Rob Kelk <http://robkelk.ottawa-anime.org/> e-mail: s/deadspam/gmail/
> "And really, you think people who watch Japanese cartoons would be
> a little more understanding of the seemingly odd hobbies of other
> fringe groups." - Chris "Blade" McNeil, 20 Jan 2004
Rob Kelk
May 9, 2012, 6:56:47 AM5/9/12
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Rob Kelk
May 9, 2012, 7:02:35 AM5/9/12
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On Tue, 8 May 2012 18:09:18 -0700 (PDT), Klyfix <kly...@aol.com> wrote:
>On Friday, May 4, 2012 4:43:41 PM UTC-4, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:
>> On 5/4/12 4:05 PM, dbbrndll wrote:
>>=20
>On Friday, May 4, 2012 4:43:41 PM UTC-4, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:
>> On 5/4/12 4:05 PM, dbbrndll wrote:
>> >
>> > Pity. I liked the free wheeling style the site had in the past. It will
>> > be missed.
>>=20
>> > Pity. I liked the free wheeling style the site had in the past. It will
>> > be missed.
>> According to what other people have told me after I asked about it,=20
>> it's more a matter of simply shooting oneself in the foot rather than=20
>> actually "going through and taking out anything [he] didn't like". They=
>=20
>> got dinged twice (losing their Adsense connection, which is ALL their=20
>> revenue, basically) by people complaining to Google about Inappropriate=
>=20
>> Content, and after that decided they were going to make the site -- as=20
>> was their original intention -- reasonably family friendly.
>>=20
>> =09
>>=20
>>=20
>> --=20
>> Sea Wasp
>> /^\
>> ;;;=09
>> Website: http://www.grandcentralarena.com Blog:=20
>> http://seawasp.livejournal.com
>
>That sounds reasonable, actually. I saw something to that effect on a page =
>there about removed pages, that some of the stuff created a problem with ad=
>vertisers. And if one isn't a rich person and needs some income to keep the=
> site up, yeah, that's going to be an issue.=20
>
>I'm certainly not going to boycott the site just because some pages I wasn'=
>t even interested much in got cut. There's a saying, "Freedom of the Press =
>belongs to the one owning the press"; the people running the place have the=
> right to edit or delete content. Now if that leads to the site becoming to=
>o boring or useless, well, that would be a problem.
If they keep driving away contributors, the site will become useless...
and they have driven away contributors, including at least one who was
active there for nearly a decade.
They have also stated that they will not respect an author's wishes to
not be referenced on their site. (I think that might be illegal in the
UK, but they're hosted in the USA. Even if it's legal, is it respectful
to ignore the stated wishes of the person who wrote the stories one
likes enough to want to share with others?)
"And frankly, if you consider shelling out cash to purchase the Ranma
1/2 manga too much of an expense perhaps you don't like Ranma 1/2
and thus shouldn't be writing fanfiction for it."
- Aaron "Epsilon" Peori ("Hybrid Theory" co-author), 25 Feb 2008
Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)
May 9, 2012, 11:50:37 AM5/9/12
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On 5/9/12 7:02 AM, Rob Kelk wrote:
> They have also stated that they will not respect an author's wishes to
> not be referenced on their site. (I think that might be illegal in the
> UK, but they're hosted in the USA. Even if it's legal, is it respectful
> to ignore the stated wishes of the person who wrote the stories one
> likes enough to want to share with others?)
>
An author's a public figure. if you don't want people talking about
> They have also stated that they will not respect an author's wishes to
> not be referenced on their site. (I think that might be illegal in the
> UK, but they're hosted in the USA. Even if it's legal, is it respectful
> to ignore the stated wishes of the person who wrote the stories one
> likes enough to want to share with others?)
>
your work in public, in a reference area dedicated to pretty much
everything fictional? You shouldn't be trying to get published. Once
your story is out there in the big world, it's not yours to tell people
what to DO with it unless it involves making money from your work.
Ken Arromdee
May 9, 2012, 2:40:00 PM5/9/12
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In article <joe3od$pem$1...@dont-email.me>,
you put on the Internet when you were 12 years old.
Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) <sea...@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:
> An author's a public figure. if you don't want people talking about
>your work in public, in a reference area dedicated to pretty much
>everything fictional? You shouldn't be trying to get published. Once
>your story is out there in the big world, it's not yours to tell people
>what to DO with it unless it involves making money from your work.
TV Tropes doesn't have a notability rule. They can have a page for a fanfic
> An author's a public figure. if you don't want people talking about
>your work in public, in a reference area dedicated to pretty much
>everything fictional? You shouldn't be trying to get published. Once
>your story is out there in the big world, it's not yours to tell people
>what to DO with it unless it involves making money from your work.
you put on the Internet when you were 12 years old.
Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)
May 9, 2012, 3:45:18 PM5/9/12
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On 5/9/12 2:40 PM, Ken Arromdee wrote:
> In article<joe3od$pem$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)<sea...@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:
>> An author's a public figure. if you don't want people talking about
>> your work in public, in a reference area dedicated to pretty much
>> everything fictional? You shouldn't be trying to get published. Once
>> your story is out there in the big world, it's not yours to tell people
>> what to DO with it unless it involves making money from your work.
>
> TV Tropes doesn't have a notability rule. They can have a page for a fanfic
> you put on the Internet when you were 12 years old.
Yep. It's like asking the National Enquirer not to run questionable
> In article<joe3od$pem$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)<sea...@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:
>> An author's a public figure. if you don't want people talking about
>> your work in public, in a reference area dedicated to pretty much
>> everything fictional? You shouldn't be trying to get published. Once
>> your story is out there in the big world, it's not yours to tell people
>> what to DO with it unless it involves making money from your work.
>
> TV Tropes doesn't have a notability rule. They can have a page for a fanfic
> you put on the Internet when you were 12 years old.
scandal headlines. Makes you look like a fool for asking, and doomed to
failure.
David Johnston
May 10, 2012, 10:28:59 AM5/10/12
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On 5/9/2012 5:02 AM, Rob Kelk wrote:
>
> They have also stated that they will not respect an author's wishes to
> not be referenced on their site. (I think that might be illegal in the
> UK,
I'm quite certain it isn't.
>
> They have also stated that they will not respect an author's wishes to
> not be referenced on their site. (I think that might be illegal in the
> UK,
but they're hosted in the USA. Even if it's legal, is it respectful
> to ignore the stated wishes of the person who wrote the stories one
> likes enough to want to share with others?)
>
works talked about on it are talked about for how much they are loathed
and despised, and I suspect it is those authors who are most likely to
ask the tropers to shut up.
david.sh...@ymail.com
May 10, 2012, 3:58:37 PM5/10/12
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And now Hastur has appeared, in the form
of a Kid in Yellow.
of a Kid in Yellow.
Rob Kelk
May 10, 2012, 5:56:39 PM5/10/12
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On Thu, 10 May 2012 08:28:59 -0600, David Johnston <Da...@block.net>
wrote:
>On 5/9/2012 5:02 AM, Rob Kelk wrote:
>
>>
>> They have also stated that they will not respect an author's wishes to
>> not be referenced on their site. (I think that might be illegal in the
>> UK,
>
>I'm quite certain it isn't.
Thank you. It appears I've misunderstood the "moral rights" clause of
the UK's copyright laws.
>but they're hosted in the USA. Even if it's legal, is it respectful
>> to ignore the stated wishes of the person who wrote the stories one
>> likes enough to want to share with others?)
>>
>
>TVtropes is neither a fanfiction site or a recommendation site. Some
>works talked about on it are talked about for how much they are loathed
>and despised, and I suspect it is those authors who are most likely to
>ask the tropers to shut up.
In this particular case, the story is one that garnered many positive
reviews on the site.
--
Rob Kelk Personal address (ROT-13): eboxryx -ng- tznvy -qbg- pbz
"Do I contradict myself? Very well, I contradict myself. I am large,
I contain multitudes, sometimes I require an extra seat on the bus."
- author unknown, seen on the Web
wrote:
>On 5/9/2012 5:02 AM, Rob Kelk wrote:
>
>>
>> They have also stated that they will not respect an author's wishes to
>> not be referenced on their site. (I think that might be illegal in the
>> UK,
>
>I'm quite certain it isn't.
the UK's copyright laws.
>but they're hosted in the USA. Even if it's legal, is it respectful
>> to ignore the stated wishes of the person who wrote the stories one
>> likes enough to want to share with others?)
>>
>
>TVtropes is neither a fanfiction site or a recommendation site. Some
>works talked about on it are talked about for how much they are loathed
>and despised, and I suspect it is those authors who are most likely to
>ask the tropers to shut up.
reviews on the site.
--
Rob Kelk Personal address (ROT-13): eboxryx -ng- tznvy -qbg- pbz
"Do I contradict myself? Very well, I contradict myself. I am large,
I contain multitudes, sometimes I require an extra seat on the bus."
- author unknown, seen on the Web
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