Ayo: specifically disappointed in Neil Gaiman — Subium • Bluesky web client

specifically disappointed in Neil Gaiman

I am absolutely not surprised. Not like I expected it but also I’m not surprised.

Yeah, I feel the same way. I just sighed

A lot of guys use “kindness” as a brand either to run cover or because they’re just… absolutely out of touch. Anyway when people start fawning over how incredibly kind and patient and wonderful a famous guy is when he interacts with his fan base my feelers kind of go up.

Maybe just because having that many interactions with fans makes it easier to act in a predatory manner, idk.

I don’t think that anybody should have that kind of power :-/

There’s gotta be better balance/boundaries.

mmm hmmm yup

“I’m a NICE GUY how can you possibly think I did a wrong thing when I [description of doing a wrong thing I don’t think is wrong bc I’m the one who did it]?”

The people who adopt "don't be a dick" as a motto, in my experience, turn out to be the largest dicks IRL

Like it’s a brand, a lifestyle.

You’re exactly right. E.g., his attitude about this back in 2019. I just know he’s going to do the right thing and help these women get “their days in court”.

yeahhh. esp after that whole debacle with his .. ex? wife a bit ago. still, jesus.

That he had a relationship with her at all but also that he abandoned her and their toddler during early Covid, choosing to live literally half the world away from them.

Yup, plus she's a pretty awful person who treats others like shit

Agreed, but even terrible people can be victimised, esp in intimate relationships. I dislike Kim K, too, because she's rich and useless, but I still feel bad reading how Kanye acted Re her and their kids

Yep not saying that isn't true

Oh, she's terrible, y eah.

Hard same. Kinda like Joss Whedon, my dude took lots of credit for being a major feminist ally and, like, he wasn’t.

And now so am I. They was a time in my 20s when I happily claimed Gaiman and Whedon as my favourite writers and... boy can I pick 'em, I guess.

This one stung

oh jeeze just looked this up, can't trust anybody i guess

He's been disappointing a very long time

This one hit hard. In the end it’s hard to get surprised about anything these days. But still.

same, and also disappointed in the people refusing to believe the allegations because of where they were published

Me when I read the news last night:

Yeah, massively so

Same

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