Elfquest
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Anyone else miss the couple of ElfQuest MU*s that existed until the early 2000s?
Shpadoinkle!
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@Bossmek YES.
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YES. SO MUCH. All the things I identify as I found when I was like.... 10, reading those comics. Main story just finished, it's all online. If you're new to it... I don't know what to say other than it's great.
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@SinCerely
Well, everything but Final Quest is online, for free. There's also a new series in-progress about Skywise; three issues have been released so far, with the fourth supposedly shipping in October (it was supposed to come out earlier but pandemic).
@Thenomain was pretty involved with TwoMoons MUSH, IIRC. I think I tried playing a Sunfolk parfumier, but didn't last very long. I didn't know anyone else, and getting into actual RP seemed difficult, so it was pretty lonely and I lost interest (probably didn't help that my RL at the time also involved my being fairly isolated and alone most of the time, so it just exacerbated things).
I take it the place was actually pretty fun, if you were able to get involved?
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I enjoyed Two Moons when I was on it, and re-read some of the original comics within the past year. But I had to Death of the Author it really hard on account of some of the allegations against the Pinis.
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I didn't realize that there were any allegations floating around about them.
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@hedgehog Mostly Richard. Colleen Duran claims that when she was younger - like, a teenager, he took her to a con and got a room with only one bed. Wendy's got some issues as well about homophobia and victim blaming in the comics industry toward women who are sexually harassed.
I have a lot less guilt enjoying Elfquest, but if I will never read Marian Zimmer Bradley again. Like, I guage the merit of "death of the author" from 0 to MZB.
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@Cupcake what did Marian Zimmer Bradley do?! The Arthurian saga was my favorite thing in the whole world.
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@bear_necessities said in Elfquest:
@Cupcake what did Marian Zimmer Bradley do?! The Arthurian saga was my favorite thing in the whole world.
Allegedly molested her own kids, in addition to aiding and abetting her husband's pedophilia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Zimmer_Bradley#Child_sex_abuse_allegations
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@bear_necessities said in Elfquest:
@Cupcake what did Marian Zimmer Bradley do?! The Arthurian saga was my favorite thing in the whole world.
Allegedly molested her own kids, in addition to aiding and abetting her husband's pedophilia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Zimmer_Bradley#Child_sex_abuse_allegations
And honestly, if you read some passages of Mists of Avalon now with context, it will make you cringe and want a shower. Not surprisingly, it really fucked up her daughter in particular, who is now a card carrying, actively campaigning homophobe.
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Given the content of the books, I'm curious as to what sort of homophobia. If anything, she seems to be the sort of woman who is actually turned on by homoeroticism (and has basically said as much in 'Line of Beauty'). I am legitimately confused as to how people would find 'Masque of the Red Death' homophobic, too. Yes, gays die in it, but...it's Poe?
Her very Boomer attitude re: sexual harassment in the industry is very reminiscent of Chrissy Hynde's recent statements. And Lucia's from KMFDM. At least Chrissy and Wendy have the Boomer excuse, there. Having said that, I can't seem to find more online than what's been cataloged in this blogpost from six years ago:
https://anduinel.wordpress.com/tag/wendy-pini/
The allegations about Richard are bothersome, too, in that there's a dearth of info out there. I am seeing Julius Schwartz mentioned, though, as someone who has allegedly assaulted Colleen Doran, though, when she was at DC.
I am not arguing that they can't be problematic; I am more annoyed that I can't find more to delve into to either corroborate or refute things.
