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rogueslayer452++ For those few who aren't aware of the explosive news, the Roseanne revival was cancelled yesterday after its star made a racist tweet, which then started a rapid chain of events of everyone and everything no longer supporting the actress and the show, new and old, completely disappearing from television schedules. It started off as the highest rated series premieres which granted an immediate renewal and ended up becoming quickly cancelled after a mindless act of stupidity. All I can say is, good riddance. As someone who enjoyed the original series (the later seasons not so much, though), this revival was completely unnecessary from the very start, especially the more I read about the changes made which contradicted a lot about the original and the messages made there, the less inclined I was to even bother checking it out.
This is probably one of the best examples why not all revivals/reboots are always needed or necessary, and why relying entirely on nostalgia will often lead to disappointment.
++ Remember last year when Photobucket done fucked up with their abrupt policy change out of nowhere? Apparently now everything has been restored underneath new management. Granted, I think it's too little, too late because people were rightfully pissed off at the abrupt horrible business decision and have since moved onto other free image-hosting platforms. However, all images that were broken from that decision have been restored, which is definitely good since many sites were affected. I doubt people will go back to PB, though, since even with this statement it has gone relatively unnoticed by most since I don't think many care anymore. I'm happy that images have since been restored, but that's the only good thing about this.
++ I've been following what has been referred to as Cockygate for a while now. For those who don't know, here is a basic rundown of everything happening with it to date. The shorthand version, essentially an author is trying to trademark and claim the word "cocky" as her own, defending it as trying to protect her "brand", and is going after various romance authors demanding them to take away the word from their titles/descriptions/etc or else she'll sue them. With her level of unbelievable arrogance and entitlement, it has since escalated into something much bigger than it needs to be, as her latest antics has her wanting to take this non-issue to court. This entire situation is both ridiculously entertaining akin to old school fandom wanks, but is also equally frustrating especially for the authors unfortunately caught in the middle of this nonsense. Although I have to admit, the way the authors are uniting together to fight against this is remarkable (including creating a limited book that is basically a middle finger to the entire situation), even though this isn't a fight that they needed to be having anyway. This entire kerfuffle is still ongoing, so I'll be keeping my eye on how things progress.
This is probably one of the best examples why not all revivals/reboots are always needed or necessary, and why relying entirely on nostalgia will often lead to disappointment.
++ Remember last year when Photobucket done fucked up with their abrupt policy change out of nowhere? Apparently now everything has been restored underneath new management. Granted, I think it's too little, too late because people were rightfully pissed off at the abrupt horrible business decision and have since moved onto other free image-hosting platforms. However, all images that were broken from that decision have been restored, which is definitely good since many sites were affected. I doubt people will go back to PB, though, since even with this statement it has gone relatively unnoticed by most since I don't think many care anymore. I'm happy that images have since been restored, but that's the only good thing about this.
++ I've been following what has been referred to as Cockygate for a while now. For those who don't know, here is a basic rundown of everything happening with it to date. The shorthand version, essentially an author is trying to trademark and claim the word "cocky" as her own, defending it as trying to protect her "brand", and is going after various romance authors demanding them to take away the word from their titles/descriptions/etc or else she'll sue them. With her level of unbelievable arrogance and entitlement, it has since escalated into something much bigger than it needs to be, as her latest antics has her wanting to take this non-issue to court. This entire situation is both ridiculously entertaining akin to old school fandom wanks, but is also equally frustrating especially for the authors unfortunately caught in the middle of this nonsense. Although I have to admit, the way the authors are uniting together to fight against this is remarkable (including creating a limited book that is basically a middle finger to the entire situation), even though this isn't a fight that they needed to be having anyway. This entire kerfuffle is still ongoing, so I'll be keeping my eye on how things progress.
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Date: 2018-05-31 02:11 am (UTC)Exactly, especially since she's made it no secret that this is how she's been for the last several years. Acting so "shocked" about her latest antics isn't gonna fly. I mean, I knew from the moment this revival was announced that this was gonna be a trainwreck.
Is that what photobucket was e-mailing everyone about?
Yeah, I suppose it is. I don't think I received that message yet, but I guess they're trying to reach out to those still signed up since aside from a couple of places I haven't seen any kind of huge announcement from sites, unlike the previous incident last year where they broke the Internet and it was being reported everywhere.
I still can't believe it even happened in the first place and that she even tried having people whose books have been around before any of hers change the names if "cocky" was in the title. I can't.
My favorite thing is that she tries to claim it's to protect her "brand" or whatever, and after authors are fighting back she is claiming that they're bullying her, despite the fact that she was the one who harassed them first. Then she did a livestream crying victim and acting like this is a grand crusade that she's doing, and just recently she insulted the readers of the romance genre. Like, what even is happening with this woman? IDGI, and as much as it is entertaining I do feel horrible for the authors caught in the crossfire.
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Date: 2018-05-31 04:51 am (UTC)after authors are fighting back she is claiming that they're bullying her, despite the fact that she was the one who harassed them first.
Exactly! She started the fire and now she can't handle the heat. She obviously thought no one would fight back but she really went all out to piss everyone and their mama back. I love seeing the book community uniting to face off with her. I feel bad for the authors she targeted, especially the ones who are smaller authors. It all makes me want to compile a list of all the authors she went after so I can slowly buy their books as I can afford them.
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Date: 2018-06-01 06:24 pm (UTC)I feel bad for the authors she targeted, especially the ones who are smaller authors.
Same. :/ It's really upsetting that so many author are getting hurt in this really ridiculous situation, when this woman honestly doesn't care who she steps on in the process. Also, that's such a sweet idea, compiling a list of the smaller authors who are being affected by this in order to support them. :)
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Date: 2018-06-01 11:06 pm (UTC)Yesssss. The audacity of this woman is outstanding and she hasn't even realized that she's burned herself. Instead she's trying to play the victim when she started it all. I can't.
It really is! I want to support them and who knows. We all might become new fans! I do love romance novels so I will most likely become a new fan to any that I haven't read books from before lol.
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Date: 2018-06-05 09:06 am (UTC)Apparently all the stuff with the court has happened/still happening. She lost, thankfully, at least the first wave of the court hearing (read about it here (https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/06/freedom-to-publish-authors-guild-wins-cockygate-court-ruling/)). I think there are still court dates to deal with this, though. These things aren't easily settled in one go, especially with everything that has been piled up with her ridiculous claims.
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Date: 2018-06-05 05:00 pm (UTC)That's interesting. Yeah I would imagine it wouldn't be over after one go, especially with all the crap she pulled lmao.