I knew this piece about Neil Gaiman was in the works, and still, I felt sick reading it.
TW: rape, abuse, coercion, and child sex abuse.
TW: rape, abuse, coercion, and child sex abuse.
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He's NOT unique, he's very, very typical is the whole problem on Earth
I read Sandman and few years later the incredible American Gods.
I'd purchased every movie he ever made that could be purchased. An entire album full of dvds, and some titles that were available only on VHS. I can watch them for the other contributors to those films who are blameless, but my response to him is forever changed.
Thank you Kendra.
Thank you Caroline.
Thank you Rachel.
Thank you Brenda.
Thank you Katherine.
Thank you.
*HUGS*
No industry is safe
His episodes:
2011 - The Doctor's Wife (I have an action figure of Idris from that)
2013 - Nightmare in Silver
Nor are his other comics.
The surprise at the Sandman series (and the subsequent surptise it was even connwcted to DC) was typical.
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Having written a couple of Dr Who episodes doesn’t make you a household name in US comics *yet*.
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I fixed that.
I imagine the numbers are somewhat inflated by people like me.
I never got into any of his stuff. I always found him a little off, too.
Thanks for sharing, I knew of this but not where to read it.
From the article -resonated from my time in books
Guess.
https://www.tortoisemedia.com/listen/the-slow-newscast/master-the-allegations-against-neil-gaiman-episode-one
https://arstechnica.com/science/2015/03/childhood-abuse-victims-dont-always-grow-up-to-be-abusers/
It isn’t meant to discount your experience, but rather say that there’s a diverse range of outcomes.
I am sorry you experienced that.
I hope that you’re able to make peace with what happened and heal in a way that is beneficial to you.
"There Is No Safe Word How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades"
"Editor’s note: This story contains content that readers may find disturbing, including graphic allegations of sexual assault."
https://archive.is/2025.01.13-144917/https://www.vulture.com/article/neil-gaiman-allegations-controversy-amanda-palmer-sandman-madoc.html
https://12ft.io/
This link is already free to read.
https://bsky.app/profile/jneill.bsky.social/post/3lfmynigqek2w
Just helping people access this truly grim account.
What to make of Palmer in it all? I can’t figure that out.
“He’s done this to 14 women” she says at one point.
But, despite that, she still introduced the two of them…
You’d think she’d refrain after the first…?
Anaru felt Palmer bore a share of the blame. Replying to Palmer, she wrote that “the majority of my rage is directed at Neil.” But she couldn’t understand why, with all Palmer knew about Gaiman, she had sent Scarlett into that situation. “Did you not see this coming a mile away?”
She was facilitating this and knowingly doing so.
https://archive.ph/79BtW
I've read it, I believe ABSOLUTELY these brave souls, and in a move I never thought I'd make, I've contacted the BBC to ask them to remove his Doctor Who episodes from iPlayer.
So I sense some proper nefariousness going on there.
But how could they possibly think it would not get out sooner or later? Insane people.
(I’m going rip out each page of American Gods and put it in the cats’ litter box, except for the parts when Wednesday seduces a young woman; those pages I will set on fire)
and this mfer is a prime example
I really hope she isn’t, but I’m giving the benefit of the doubt and thinking if she maintained contact it was probably really casual and not deep.
I’m worried too. Lucy has a reputation for environmental activism and feminism, but AFP also had a (albeit Faux) feminist reputation herself. So it really makes it hard not to worry!
Then I’m going to try to scrub any memory of any story he has ever written.
Why are ppl w wealth and time the LAST ones to get therapy? They can afford it. Have the time to go. Oh, right...they lack self awareness and a desire to change.
Force and courage to the victims.
https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.vulture.com/article/neil-gaiman-allegations-controversy-amanda-palmer-sandman-madoc.html
I might just... Not read this. I hate the guy enough.
Why can’t these men go to therapy ?!
How can they call themselves "feminists" ?!
These acts and this hypocrisy make me sick, I can’t read anything from him anymore.
ta-daaa!
If so, you can load the page and switch to "Reader View", which is either at the end of the search box or F9, you get a simplified version of the page with no adds or popups and blockage by that firewall.
*gags*
.............
i hope terry prachett had no idea.
We just don’t know either way.
I was thinking of getting a ahnk morpork tattoo..
But I was a little leary after ....
Pratchett was a young man and wrote like it in his early books..
But..
If he didn't have anything to do with any of this...
A tat is fine
would have been godknows how long before i ran into this on my own, so...
glad i crossed paths w/you today...
Thank you though, I personally cannot read that article, too triggering 🌸
If anything, it means someone needs to be an advocate for that little boy so we can stop this cycle from continuing.
(i can only imagine, given one *specific* short story of his i recall 🤮)