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I really want to see this.

I’m sorry for sounding like whatever jerk is reporting you. I’m glad I was able clear this up. And I don’t blame you for getting upset.

—Ls

It was uncomfortable, but it wasn’t very extensive. I’m going to avoid talking about it any more here; I’m not the best equipped to discuss it. I’m also not sure how to get the screenshots up here, and it’s very late where I am.

I was something like 50% sure it was a mistake of some kind, so no hard feelings.

I was concerned though, since I’ve been getting a lot of threatening messages from someone over on Fanfiction over a riff I did on the Library. A few of my stories were mass reported and taken down for false reasons (a sockpupper user then messaged me and gloated that he’d reported me for paedophilia and that my stories would be taken down, and other juvenile nonsense like that) . I got a review lambasting my work while attacking me for riffing badfics. I was rather worried you were possibly involved in that.

I apologise for jumping to the worst (and ultimately wrong) conclusion, Linstar. Again, no harm done, it’s all good

I really don’t like people talking behind my back.

Also, Minh, I’d like to say again that I’m sorry.

—Ls

That email address was one that I wouldn’t care about censoring, (you can find it by clicking my name), but thank you for doing so anyway.

Still sorry,

—Ls

Because I’m rather curious as to what you mean.

That said, full explanation:

I was wandering on the PPC wiki, when I found Herr Wozzeck’s userpage, which had a link to the Library. I went down the rabbit hole, read a lot of the sporkings, including Herr’s of Harry Potter becomes a Communist, which, as you can see, I reported to the Board.

Anyway, I saw that someone else had commented a couple days ago about whether the Library was active. I decided to do so too. I then saw that you were the latest registered commenter, so I decided to contact you to ask if you were around. Unfortunately, I didn’t proofread what I sent...and here we are.

Hope that explains everything.

Still Sorry,

—Ls

And I was the one who commented on the Library as well.

As I have said elsewhere, I am very sorry. I did not mean to say that.

—Ls

And had I seen this earlier, I would have responded sooner.

I’m so sorry, Minh.

—Ls

That was not what I meant. I did not mean to say “not”, I meant to say “so”.

I am very, very, sorry for that. I did not meant say that. I want to interact with you both here and at the Library.

I did not mean to type that. It was a very unintentional mistake.

Many apologies,

—Ls

Especially if the message was sent in error, as doc suggests above, it would be quite premature to start treating him like a troll.

That said, we HAVE had trolls impersonate Board members in attempts to stir up trouble before, so if Linstar says he didn't send that message (knowing it would be pointless to lie), we will certainly want to see if we can ID whoever did.

~Neshomeh

...then again, I was a bit of a butt when I first joined. I'd like to think I've gotten over that whole sordid business.

If that message was typed on mobile, Linstar may have been using the . . . I don't know the term, but the suggested words that appear above the keyboard? Typing in "I really hope" might have brought up both "not" and "so" as suggestions for the next word. "I really hope so" would make a lot more sense in context. If they were next to each other, Linstar may have hit the wrong one and not realized before hitting post. Which, this is a writing community, we should always be reading back before we post (I initially wrote "siggested" up above), but it's a simple mistake. That feels more likely to me than random aggression with no further explanation.

—doctorlit

So, little known fact about Wordpress is that comments have the IP address logged for site admins to look at. The email I screenshotted included an IP address for Linstar that he used when he supposedly posted on my blog. There are two ways we can check to see if it really is him:

1. No idea about the board's backend, but if the mods are able to view IP addesses, I'd be happy to privately message over the one recorded in the email so it can be checked against Linstar's. I censored it out of a desire to not dox Linstar, as that would be significantly worse than making an aggressive comment. If there is doubt, though, I would be happy to send it over.

2. The Library also has a post from a user by the name of Linstar who claims to be part of the PPC community. It is a simple task to ask Bats, or one of the other mods there to check the IP address. If it matches, then it is probable that both users are the same individual, and that there is evidence that it is indeed Linstar.

IP addresses are as good as fingerprints when it comes to identifying users. The only way it could be someone else is if Linstar was coincidentally using the same network as the offending party, and therefore was routing all traffic through a single shared address. This is also suspect, because that implies that Linstar just so happened to be in the same place as the person using his username to attack a member of a community with ties to the community Linstar regularly participates in.

...

Apologies if that was confusing, I've had four hours of sleep, currently functioning solely on the power of caffeine.

Here it is:

(Discord is handy in that you can link to images you upload there.)

So, Linstar: Was this, in fact, you?

~Neshomeh

Hey guys, gals, and assorted others. I'm Crazy Minh, and while some of you may not remember me, I've been in the community for a fair few years. I've just gotten back from a lengthy hiatus, and I'm ready to get back to being part of this community.

Unfortunately, the subject matter of this post is not as savoury as a "welcome back". I've been a part of the Library of the Damned riffing community for about as long as I've been in the PPC. I've gotten a fair few guest riffs published over there, and I've been a regular commentator there for at least five or six years. I also operate a blog where I occasionally post content, but often forget about for months on end.

One of the users here, Linstar, decided- not two hours ago- to post a rather aggressively phrased comment on my blog, the screencap of which can be found in the Generic Salt channel on the PPC Discord (I'm not sure how to upload images here, and my image hosting accounts are kinda dead in the water). To quote his message word for word:

"Say, are you still around, either here, or at the Library? I really hope not."

If it wasn't for the fact that he also commented on the Library and mentioned he was in the PPC, I would not have payed any attention to this rather aggressive remark.

Linstar, mate, I don't know you. I have no beef with you, and I have no clue what your issue with me is. I'm willing to be diplomatic about this, as I'm more confused than offended. I would however like to raise this issue with the community, as this is very unacceptable behavior.

Regards,

Crazy Minh

I think that the belief you're referring to is not just a fascist tendency, but a human one. People often engage in us-vs-them.

Wordnik defines fascism as “A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls, violent suppression of the opposition, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.”

So...not quite the same thing? I mean, it does involve what you said, but with a ton of other qualifiers.

—Ls loves dictionaries

Here is Harry Potter becomes a Communist. It is insane.

Aside from the obvious premise (Harry is communist), it’s executed horribly. Harry doesn’t seem to understand communism at all, he just YELLS BUZZWORDS IN ALL CAPS. Everyone has political ideologies—Hagrid is a monarchist, there’s a consumerist Professor Pepsi. There’s also some really squicky stuff where Harry talks about how (girl)’s (body part) is really attractive, but he’s too busy with (communist buzzword) to notice! Yeah, and everybody strips a lot, the f-word is thrown around, (seriously, there’s a LOT of profanity) and...nothing is plausible at all. Oh, and it’s 190 chapters long.

On the plus side, Ebony Dark’ness Dementia Raven Way shows up in Chapter 117. She’s probably the most in-character character in the entire fic.

Almost positive this is a troll, but what a troll it is! (Did I mention that only the author’s notes are misspelled? Because the are. “Workers of the world urinate”, to give an example.)

TvTropes page here. Herr Wozzeck riffed it on LotD.

—Ls

Didn't do the math for myself. I am 35. By that rule I would be able to date a 24-year old. Which... no. Nuh-uh. Absolutely not. Tiny babies. must protecc

I agree, the formula I think exists for that sort of teenager/young adult sort of gap, and gets less and less applicable the older you get.

/Ekwy, who tends to adopt anyone under 30 that stands still long enough and has what some would call aggressive Mom Energy

The root of any specific fascist ideology is the belief that in-groups and out-groups exist, and that there is safety both in conforming to the in-group and in excluding the out-group. That's pretty explicitly a major part of Sheen's mindset, and that's all I was commenting on; I didn't mean to accuse Sheen of adhering to any specific Earth-based fascist movement. (And to be even more clear, I like reading deconstructions of that kind of ideology! I wasn't upset to read it in this story.

—doctorlit