OMFG!
UNACCEPTABLE!
SOMEBODY BURN THAT WITCH!
LIVEJOURNAL, World Wide Web. -- In a recent distinctly bitter and snotty post by the Twilight Lexicon, fans Twilighters were absolutely stunned and outraged to hear some pirating unprofessional juvenile delinquent who allegedly works for a movie theater has leaked screencaps and a description of the not-yet released Twilight trailer on her friends-locked MySpace page.
When asked why they were not linking to the content in question (actually no one asked them, according to sources that happen to be the half of the fandom who doesn't particularly care about the motives and ethics of a preaching "news" fansite), the Twilight Lexicon had this to say: "Because we don’t link to stolen merchandise. Because we don’t reward people on this site for illegal activity like breaking into sets, employers offices, and posting the pictures they take."
The Lexicon went on to say that "the comments are off because there really isn't anything more to add" which can be roughly translated to: "we don't care what you think."
Thankfully the Twilight fandom responded anyway and as usual, the real absurdity rested with their take on this startling revelation.
At lion_lamb, user deathcab_formae had this to say in an aggravated post response: "She broke the law. What she didn't wasn't stupid, dumb, sneaky or helpful to the fandom in any way. IT WAS ILLEGAL."
It's clear that the majority of the fandom believes this is the case. As supporters of the law circa the Spanish Inquisition, public opinion urges that this girl be sent to death by the purgation of fire.
xxserendipityx commented with slight speculation, however:
"You know, it could be possible that she wasn't a fan of the book. I mean, she has to know just how big the movie is, so she could've gotten curious. Eh, who really knows. Oh well, nobody's perfect, things happen. It's not like she released a super secret document about like the president or something o___o"
Yes, because the president surely has nothing to hide that might be beneficial to public knowledge. We must discourage the disclosure of federal documents that might shed light on certain issues related to say, an extremely unpopular war and the reasons given to go to said war. And also, these serious topics are ~totally~ comparable to the early release of a movie trailer.
Luckily nybornsilence brought the Twilight fandom back from the brink of some sanity: "That is definitely pitiful that the girl went as far as to comitting an illegal act just to get that. She should be caught and have some punishment."
And the fandom cried back: Hear, hear!
However, veggiesub_86 shot those cries down: "people need to calm the fuck down, it's not like we haven't done anything illegal ourselves."
sleepall_day also had some lingering doubts on such a rash response. "This is getting out of hand. Think I'll just go on mp3_share and download some songs."
It's at this point forks_it takes its own moment to stand on a decided moral high ground, since it seems to be the "in" thing to do these days, and that high ground promotes pointing the finger from an innocent pirating victim to the Twilight Moms.
Creepy stalkers>releasing movie trailer prematurely.
Source: the Twilight Lexicon; lion_lamb entry
SOMEBODY BURN THAT WITCH!
LIVEJOURNAL, World Wide Web. -- In a recent distinctly bitter and snotty post by the Twilight Lexicon, fans Twilighters were absolutely stunned and outraged to hear some pirating unprofessional juvenile delinquent who allegedly works for a movie theater has leaked screencaps and a description of the not-yet released Twilight trailer on her friends-locked MySpace page.
When asked why they were not linking to the content in question (actually no one asked them, according to sources that happen to be the half of the fandom who doesn't particularly care about the motives and ethics of a preaching "news" fansite), the Twilight Lexicon had this to say: "Because we don’t link to stolen merchandise. Because we don’t reward people on this site for illegal activity like breaking into sets, employers offices, and posting the pictures they take."
The Lexicon went on to say that "the comments are off because there really isn't anything more to add" which can be roughly translated to: "we don't care what you think."
Thankfully the Twilight fandom responded anyway and as usual, the real absurdity rested with their take on this startling revelation.
At lion_lamb, user deathcab_formae had this to say in an aggravated post response: "She broke the law. What she didn't wasn't stupid, dumb, sneaky or helpful to the fandom in any way. IT WAS ILLEGAL."
It's clear that the majority of the fandom believes this is the case. As supporters of the law circa the Spanish Inquisition, public opinion urges that this girl be sent to death by the purgation of fire.
xxserendipityx commented with slight speculation, however:
"You know, it could be possible that she wasn't a fan of the book. I mean, she has to know just how big the movie is, so she could've gotten curious. Eh, who really knows. Oh well, nobody's perfect, things happen. It's not like she released a super secret document about like the president or something o___o"
Yes, because the president surely has nothing to hide that might be beneficial to public knowledge. We must discourage the disclosure of federal documents that might shed light on certain issues related to say, an extremely unpopular war and the reasons given to go to said war. And also, these serious topics are ~totally~ comparable to the early release of a movie trailer.
Luckily nybornsilence brought the Twilight fandom back from the brink of some sanity: "That is definitely pitiful that the girl went as far as to comitting an illegal act just to get that. She should be caught and have some punishment."
And the fandom cried back: Hear, hear!
However, veggiesub_86 shot those cries down: "people need to calm the fuck down, it's not like we haven't done anything illegal ourselves."
sleepall_day also had some lingering doubts on such a rash response. "This is getting out of hand. Think I'll just go on mp3_share and download some songs."
It's at this point forks_it takes its own moment to stand on a decided moral high ground, since it seems to be the "in" thing to do these days, and that high ground promotes pointing the finger from an innocent pirating victim to the Twilight Moms.
Creepy stalkers>releasing movie trailer prematurely.
Source: the Twilight Lexicon; lion_lamb entry