Comics fanbullies refuse to believe comics fanbullies drove Mockingbird writer offline

“The Rules” (according to the manosphere):

Rule #1: If it’s wrong, we’re not doing it.
Rule #2: If we’re doing it, it’s not wrong.
Rule #3: If we’re doing it and it is wrong, it’s someone else’s fault.

@Axecalibur

You forgot the “The” in front of The Incredibles. Nitpicky, yes, but I do like my titles named to be accurate.

/innate_twitchiness

If y’all will excuse me, I have some comics to read ?

Admittedly, I’m not involved in the comic book world at all, but they sure make it seem like a rotten, backwards community. (I’m sure they’re just bad apples) It reminds me of Brontë who felt compelled to use a male pseudonym to get her book taken seriously, is that the Victorian level of sexism that these guys reside at? What a paradox, something that should be full of creativity and original ideas is actually full of strawmen- and windmill-fighting human anachronisms, typing away on a computer while showing their severely outdated attitude. (yet sadly, still too common)

I don’t think any of them would be capable of writing anything good, they lack the humor, creativity and self-awareness.

Holy crap, her Sheridan/Lowell novels are excellent!!

What is so wrong with people that they have to do this?? I am so tired of these people. Just so weary.

I never read any of Chelsea Cain”s fiction, but the fact a bunch of entitled sexist brats threw a tantrum instead of reading something else is damned obnoxious.

I bet these same people cower when they see their school bully in the halls, but they feel so big and badass hiding behind a PC screen and harassing some writer just because she’s a feminist.

Perhaps she left Twitter NOT because she “couldn’t handle their tantrums”, but because these entitled snot noses are wasting her time.

@PeeVee:

What is so wrong with people that they have to do this??

Same thing that’s wrong with sexists in general and MRAs in particular: They see a woman doing a job that could have gone to a man, so they assume she got in only as a token, due to “feminism”, and that she “took a man’s job away from him”, and is using her hard-won clout in a very narrow industry (which has been made even narrower by a long-standing tradition of sexism, racism, etc.) to push propaganda, which in turn will result in more men losing ground to more women. The fact that she got hired on her own merits doesn’t matter doodley-squat to them. Neither does the fact that her mold-breaking characters could be more interesting than those an orthodox heterosexist male might have concocted. Or the fact that more women in the industry could expand its reach and make it less of a niche market, since half the human race is an awfully broad (pun intended) sector of society to sell more stuff to! No, she’s just a “bad writer” because TITZ ‘N’ OVARIEZ, lulz.

I haven’t yet read any Mockingbird (oblivious to the controversy I tried seeking some out at a recent sale but they were sold out except for the pre-Cain SHIELD 50th Anniversary issue) but I am nevertheless dismayed that this is happening.

The comic industry sales are in the toilet, which results in less known quantities being replaced by additional titles feature a better known character. The comic industry needs to be expanding in every way possible to attract new readers. That means new characters, a reduced dominance of superhero comics (and I say that fully aware that I mostly read superhero comics), and, yes, new creators with fresh perspectives, both in and out of superhero comics.

I think the basic rules that apply to male writers should apply to female writers (or artists, etc): constructive comments are fine, but don’t harass the creator or put venom in the comments. If you think something is poorly written, quote specific passages that prove your point. It’s a bit trickier with Twitter because character limits are l;ow but that’s what links are for.

One theory I have: there’s that saying about living long enough to become your enemy. Comic readers were disenfranchised for quite sometime. Now people are starting to take our hobby with respect. That’s creating change, which most people fear to varying degrees. And no, not all change is automatically going to be good, but I think we’re seeing to a large degree a reaction to change without giving the material a fair shake. Given time I think most people adjust, but hopefully we won’t lose too many women, etc creators while this happens. Because I honestly believe there’s room enough in the pond for traditional and newer readers alike.

@Ooglyboggles, o_o what the eff.

Acquitted? What the fuck?

Note that the Seattle Times pointed out that there was “drama in the jury,” with one of the jurors being removed for bias.

Note that almost every single quote is from a defense attorney or defendant.

Note that the article focuses on the screams of one of the defendants being tazed in the courtroom instead of the fact that a defendant was so unruly and riotous in the courtroom that he had to be tackled and tazed.

Note the focus on the cheers and whoops and waving American flags from the people outside when the verdict was announced.

Fuck those people. Sweet Allfather, it’s time for alcohol.

@Bina:

Yeah, I get that…intellectual me kind of understands this, but incredulous me is like “wtf, guys?? Grow the fuck up!! Her vag didn’t write this!”

And I am really speaking of only her novels, because I don’t know the comic world very well, (although I may buy these because they sound interesting af) but one would think that just her awful Gretchen Lowell character would be seen as showing the world that well-written serial killers are not soley men, unless they want to lay claim that the bestus, most tremendous evil killers must be male…

It boggles.

(I enjoy News Of The Restless, btw. You write exactly how I think, if that makes sense.)

In semi-but-not-really related news, did everyone know Chuck Tingle has a kickstarter for a video game?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/703752115/kickstarted-in-the-butt-a-chuck-tingle-digital-adv

Involved are Zoe Quinn, Seth Boyer of Welcome to Nightvale, and Jim Fucking Sterling Son.

I for one am beside myself with excitement for Project Tingler [True Name Concealed Until Release to Protect From Dark Magics]

@FoxKit

Well, my mood has suddenly improved dramatically. #ChocolateMilkCuties

@Scildfreja Unnýðnes

Jim Fucking “Wildcard” Sterling Son, Number One Boglin Boy.

The Boglin part is very important.