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Very weird timing.

Im assuming at least one of you is the ceo of Image.

I'll take the small wins when they come.

Iran wants 1%.  Trump has decided HE wants to bill everyone 20%, which means the strait is still closed.

You're right, theres no hope of the negotiations getting sorted, even if these points are met, he will have sticking points on the merchandising and film adaptation rights.

That attack on the water was the first time I have seen Iran successfully target infrastructure with cyber attacks.
Remember they had it done to them with the enrichment with stuxnet that messed up all the PLC's.

And what do you think about negotiations? Similar to the Brexit side we see the same posturing on both sides but a "shape" of a deal appearing in the common list of demands. The 300Bn reparations seems to be agreed on both side.

Tolls have become "fees", its the exact amount that's the sticking point.

Is it possible to get Israel to drop its colonial ambitions in Lebanon if not Palestine? I can't see how the US would get that without completely defunding them and waiting for them to fall into line.

They gave him weapons again, despite our petition





Lola Montez the serial courtesan?
I'm picturing a drone doing the bug bunny in a wig and heels for the supreme leader

He skirted the line by plugging people on his news letter some of which were his victims, none have ever said he made any suggestion that this was reciprocal arrangement, rather it was they were "the favourite" until they weren't. Its scummy, and I wont diminish that as a successful writer, plugging anyone can give them a kick start.
That's the professional murkiness. 

The emotional damage is real, but for me that has to be part of the personal/professional divide.

If sleeping with fans (or camming whatever he was doing) and ghosting them is the red line that will get people to vote with their wallets, then I would expect the music industry to collapse* imminently.




*It may have already done this, I have not checked recently

Politicians were able to adapt, and are courted by that loathsome group that say

"We will take care of you" like the human trafficking tate brothers and multiple others who get "cancelled" then become part of the a-team of the far rright. Conor Mcgregor in Ireland is the most blatant example we have here. Loses a civil case on rape, immediately runs for president on anti immigration policies

Its such a nasty insidious pipeline and rendered movements for social change vulnerable.

I hate using this comparison with Ellis. His behavior was scummy but nothing compared to these guys

We dont, but writers are easier targets. They do it to deserving billionairs who just laugh and spit in their face

Yep, people have voted with their wallets.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, we got him"

The problem is I dont agree with the court of public opinion on this, and think the end result is stupid, and shit.

Yeah, its not great, I dont think him going into semi retirement helps anything. If what he had done was worse like gaiman, or say if he was like someone in a position of authority over people like a publisher I wouldn't want to see them work again, but is just miserable

What is it? Because ive been looking out for new work from him, hes had the department of midnight podcast but the last serialised comic I can see is the batman's grave from 2020.

I wouldn't have followed any diamond supply lines, I just search for new stuff from him and others every few months.

I've seen reprints and collections, but no new series

As someone I admire a lot I am going to wait for his statement on this.

A writer being a sleeze with his fans is gross, and its possible. but some of the things being said on that thread dont add up.
While Ellis was a literary artistic success in the field of comic books he could never "make or break an aspiring career", he has made a modest living on his career as a writer but...
Just from reading around he has operated on the commercial perifery of the comics industry with a lot of indy work, the big two have always maintained contracts which mean the writer does not get rich, the first time that has happened for him ironically (despite an awesome catalogue of work) is when he made castlevenia a year ago.
He was not a publisher, and has had run ins with publishers like hellblazer ending because of the school shooting issue, he is not an industry darling like many other writers.

At best he could offer recommendation for writers and artists, but he was never in a position of control,  Not the equivalent of a producer like the others seen in #metoo.
Not a reciprocal arrangement where any of the womens careers depended on his opinion of them. This is not #metoo.

Seperately, if the allegations are true, what im seeing is a man who exploited his fanbase  cashing in on their admiration of him, but many of whom also happen to be his social group. It sucks if he did that, and sad they were devastated when he dropped them and moved on.
That would be disgusting and selfish and would lower my opinion of him as a person

I will wait and see what other stories come out and I want his side of the story too before I have an opinion one way or another

quick question, what the fuck do any of these women have to gain by lying about their experiences? because if you, admins on a forum that takes pride in rational thought, are going to fucking say well it's not the same because he doesn't have as much pull and therefore it's all possibly bullshit and i'll wait until ONE PERSON says something against ALL THESE WOMEN HE FUCKING VICTIMIZED, then you can damn well be sure the rabid fanboys are coming out of the woodwork to make rape threats, death threats, offer mockery and victim blaming, tell them to kill themselves, call them liars, and who knows what else. how fucking dare you fall into this trap of "i love this person's work so i don't want to believe it and i'll let his one privileged voice make an attempt to Make It Better somehow" when there are possibly dozens of victimized and traumatized young women coming forward in a culture where victim shaming and blaming is still disgustingly rampant? how dare you, when you're so much better than that? it doesn't matter that he's not as rich or famous or influential as movie producers or politicians, he still used his platform to take advantage of people, it's still Not Oh-Fucking-Kay.

No. Im going to be blunt about this:
I do not suppport him
I do not support them
I am not dismissing what they have said
I will not be making a judgement call on a person because of a twitter post
I will not be making a judgement of a person without hearing thier side of the story.

If that seems callous, tough. I expect more before I'm going to write someone off. I will not support an accusation without evidence or a chance for  both parties to respond, nor do I ignore it.

If you are asking for more you are asking for a leap of faith. Faith is something I have short supply of

What is being asked demanded is a conviction without trial.

Six years on, I've been watching to see what the outcome of this is, they claim he only went so far with the "work" they expected him to do, but regardless if he had continued I suspect the outcome would be the same. Now I dont know the details of what the group asked of him, and its possible there were things he either:

• Didn't agree with
• Wasn't ready personally to confront things about his own personality
• His lawyer told him to shut the fuck up.

Probably a combination of all three.

I still think what he did was shitty, but shouldn't have destroyed him. From the testimonies there is a repeated pattern:
Latch onto a fan, lavish her with praise telling her she is his sweetheart, sex-camming, and then ghosting them.

Nothing I saw in the testimonies implied anything like quid quo pro ("do this and I will elevate your career"), though he did occasionally plug some their work (without being asked), which while crossing the line was skirting it.

In contrast I read the revolting stories about Neil Gaiman, the parts he admitted to broke my heart and horrified me, and there a lot more of that. I dont really have much more to say about that, I just never want to see or hear from him again.


But then back to the current state of Warren Ellis
I have not see any new projects at the major comic publishers or even smaller ones in years, he may have a novel in the works but from what I can see his comic career has dried up, I hope I am wrong about this and its just he has something long form or new work in the backlog.

I thought the finest moment in British politics was Teresa May having to take the stage with Lord BucketHead


If Farage loses to Count Binface, the entirety of reform should resign in disgrace.

Im struggling for what to say, perhaps nothing is best, but I dont want to leave what you've said unmarked.

This is the phrase we use, everything else is redundant and deminishes. Its formal, but I mean this truly.

I'm sorry for your loss.

This has been building for a while they have had rolling power outages, two black starts, due to fuel blockades by the US in recent months. Trump wants to expand the country as part of his legacy, and this would make sense.

Its really sad to see, the people there are incredible, seeing them keeping 60 year old Lada's on the road mad max style and all taking pride in their country, really welcoming and kind people, they dont have much but they live well and take care of each other.

On a campus of a few thousand eligible, they probably would have had at least some who would be interested, however when they are choosing electives they will choose modules more relevant to their career path. It wasnt just that its a stupid course, it also got kicked in the teeth by capitalism.