NYT has been discouraging reporters from sharing photos of luigi mangione - not due to concerns for his safety but to dissuade sympathy - and refuses to post his alleged manifesto in full. and today, they published an opinion by bret stephens about how brian thompson is the "real working class hero" of this story.
reddit deleted luigi's account, which was completely innocuous and consisted mostly of him giving out advice in health subreddits. they're also deleting any post that includes his alleged manifesto and banning users for sharing it.
luigi yelled that this was "an insult to the intelligence of the american people" while he was being dragged by police and news pundits are framing it as a deranged and violent outburst. news media are picking apart details of his life to paint him as a cold-blooded and mentally ill individual. even something as innocent as playing "among us" with friends is being framed as some insidious look into an assassin's disturbed psyche, ffs.
news media are also capitalizing on luigi's supposed "bizarre and impossible to understand" politics as an obvious way to paint him as a scary individual when the guy is... a centrist, at most. whose views are similar to those of your average college-educated white guy.
multiple news media also keep harping on about how luigi comes from a rich family. an obvious attempt to break the class solidarity that's been formed around this case by continuously trying to tell us "oh he's not like you guys" while ignoring the now pretty well-documented accounts of his multiple health struggles throughout the years.
and all this, and he hasn't even been found guilty of the crime he's allegedly committed. luigi is, as of right now, still innocent until proven guilty. and the news are trying to tear him apart because they obviously fear the symbol he's becoming for low and middle class america.
This is The Adjuster (Robin Hoodie, Guy That Shot the CEO, etc.):
And this is Luigi Mangione:
And yes, they are both super cool and hot as fuck but remember, they are two different people. The Adjuster has not been found and Luigi was never involved in the shooting.
Do not talk about them as if they are the same person and do not further spread the idea that Luigi is guilty.
God bless America, and God damn the GOP.
I want you to remember:
The fascists hate you too and they just will pretend otherwise until after they've killed the rest of us, before they turn on you.
20 questions for writers.
1: How many works do you have on AO3?
11, as of yet.
2: What's your total AO3 wordcount?
212,620. I have three WIPs that are swap AUs or other AUs that are rewrites of a show/manga's entire run, so it's gonna get even larger.
3: What fandoms do you write for?
Different ones. Demon Slayer and Fullmetal alchemist get the most attention, but there's also SCP, The Owl House, Alice and the Nightmare, and a couple others. How do you think I got a wordcount of 6 digits?
4: What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
Cleaning off the Blood (Demon Slayer), Hallow Mind (The Owl House), The Bastard and the Naukara (Hellsing manga), The Jaws that bite, the Claws that Catch (Alice and the Nightmare), Soul Armor Alchemist (Fullmetal Alchemist).
Of course, that's with the kudos bot, so once you get rid of those, it goes,
Cleaning off the Blood, Hallow Mind, The Bastard and the Naukara, Soul Armor Alchemist, Happy Hotel (Hazbin Hotel),
So about the same.
5: Do you respond to comments?
Yeah. When I comment on other fics, I like it when the author replies to my comment, So when others comment on my fic, I reply to their comments.
6: What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
I generally don't like fics with bad endings, but I'm in the process of writing The Hodgson Expedition, a fic about the Hodgson expedition, which you find the remains of, literal and otherwise, while playing House of Ashes, a videogame about vampires and the Iraq war.
7: What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
It's unfinished right now, but Soul Armor Alchemist the same ending that the manga it's based off of has, so it'll have the happiest ending.
8: Do you get hate on fics?
A few bot comments. Thankfully, that's it.
9: Do you write smut fics?
As of yet, only one, Caramel Creme. It's got a lot of tongue play and caramel sauce, as you might expect.
10: Do you write crossovers?
No.
11: Have you ever had a fic stolen?
No. I think I'd be somewhere in between flattered and livid if that happened.
12: Have you ever had a fic translated?
No. Hablo un poco de Espanol, so I've floated the idea of translating my works myself, but that's a far off project if it ever happens.
13: Have you ever co-written a fic?
No. I can get territorial with my ideas, so I don't think that I would be a good writing partner.
14: What is your all time favorite ship?
This is why you don't multiship, kids- You can't answer Tumblr questions like these.
15: What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
I don't have those, because if I don't finish a fic, the idea of it will rattle around in my head, faster and faster, like ricocheting bullets, until I give in and complete it or go mad.
16: What are your writing strengths?
I'm good at thinking ahead, so I can plan out a story well in advance.
17: What are your writing weaknesses?
I'm good at thinking ahead, which means I spend a bunch of time fantasizing about what something will look like instead of making it look like that.
18: Thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in fics?
I don't trust Google translate, y yo hablo Espanol, pero soy muy gringo, so I don't trust myself either. If I could, I might.
19: First Fandom you wrote for?
Demon Slayer.
20: Favorite fic you've written?
Cleaning off the Blood. It was horribly written when I started, because I was 14, but now, it's something I can be genuinely proud of.
Since we're going to be dealing with that motherfucker for a while longer, a lot of comedians are going to have a lot of material. I remember a bit from Stephen Colbert where he would take suggestions of nicknames for Trump, and he got enough to go without saying the man's name for two years. We're gonna need something cheerful for the next few years, so you can suggest more names here.
I'm gonna post whichever suggestions I get here onto Twitter, and if there's enough attention, maybe the bit will start up again. Don't worry about being crude or dumb- Colbert let That Fucking Lunatic be a nickname he aired on CBS and YouTube, albeit bleeped out.
I'll start us off with Tramp, Il Douche, and Donnie The Wide.
Any article or convsersation about crime or drugs or security must reference Trump's clear criminal record, clear adoration of white nationalist terrorists, clear dug addiction, and clear theft of National Security documents.
There is no security or safer communities when Trump releases the most violent, warped, and depraved offenders. These people were wicked.
Sherlock-
Elementary ➤ 1.03 - "Child Predator"
Same on AO3. I try to publish something, either a new chapter or work, twice a month.
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