TORCHSONG! Oh, the hilarity.

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Yeah, so I dip my toes back into fandom and find this whole Torchsong hilarity on Fandom Wank. There are things I could say about this particular wank but sisterelwood has already been succinct enough to sum up my thoughts in the comments:

If you don't want something talked about then don't fucking tell a convention full of strangers. It doesn't take a genius to figure that one out. Additionally, anyone who dropped that much money on an event and didn't bother to understand the refund policy or make sure they were handing over money to a reputable group deserves to have their money stolen.

This whole thing isn't so much funny as a case study in fucking stupidity.

LOL. Comment of truth FTW!

Okay, actually I do have one or two things to say on the subject of Torchsong and -WAHEY!- John Barrowman. When do I ever not?

• There's a few comments at the anonmeme about John's behaviour, but I try not to read the anonmeme too much, if indeed at all, so I only skimmed over them. There was, however, a nice comparison somewhere between John Barrowman and a pedophile. Which was loltastic and very much to the point, the point being that this attitude of JB's of "I do special personal stuff for you convention guys! Stuff I don't do for ANYONE ELSE! Please keep it to yourself or they'll make me not do that special stuff anymore, so if you love me and want to be my special friend, you won't tell anyone about the special stuff we do together!" IS FUCKING CREEPY AND MANIPULATIVE AS FUCK. Seriously. CREEPY. In fact, I'm starting to think JB has some sort of narcissistic or histrionic personality disorder. I hope I didn't type that out loud just then.
  
  Really, though. Creepy. Creepy and weird, but mostly creepy.


• If John really wants to drag his non-celebrity other half and said other half's arse into the public eye, why doesn't he just do something REALLY tasteful like Celebrity Wife Swap or All Star Mr. and Mrs. or something like that? Maybe, now that the André's are splitting up, they could do a reality thing to replace Jordan and Peter Stateside on ITV 2. Or is it 3? (I mean, it's not like there's a Torchwood Season 4. We all know this.) It's obviously the sort of thing he's aiming for. TACKY!


• GDL uses Viagra? What drug habit is he compensating for, dudes? Answers on a postcard. (I'm guessing speed? Maybe coke?)

Crazy times, people. Crazy times.

Comments

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I can't agree the fans 'deserved' to lose their money, but still it's a lesson learnt, never go to a con based around one person. Speaking of which, if there is a refund deadline on The Hub in October, they might want to give that a re-think.

I don't think John does anything 'off the cuff'. He's playing a game and it's up to the mostly adult fans whether they want to play it. If they choose to, that's their right. I'm with you though, I wouldn't play.

Being the wrong side of 50, I realise how much being a fan has changed. Then it was pure fantasy, you let your imagination fill in the gaps, now it has to be so real. Sad.

My interest this weekend was for Gareth. He's come in for some flak for his cons lately, so I'm pleased he did good. Whatever mistakes he makes, he learns and that's OK by me.

I've read your later post, but thought I'd comment to this one.

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Fans didn't deserve to lose their money, no, and they should be reimbursed for photo ops etc. that didn't take place, definitely. On the other hand, anyone willing to shell out 500 EARTH DOLLARS to an organisation with such shoddy webdesign skillz and such a hilariously cheap tv commercial really should be smart enough to read the fine print, especially as it's, as you say, a con revolving mainly around one person. Somebody actually paid 1400 dollars for a front row premiere ticket for this thing. 1400 DOLLARS. I want to feel REALLY SORRY for that person, but I can't help but laugh a little at the sheer stupid of that.