There Is No Safe Word
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How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.

Warning, this story is really horrific and will be heartbreaking for any fans of his, but Neil Gaiman is a sadistic [not in the BDSM sense] sexual predator with a predilection for very young women.

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  • WhatSay@slrpnk.netEnglish
    91·
    10 days ago

    Welp, I guess if I still want to read any of his books, there will probably be a ton of them at the thrift store

    • SirSamuel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      211·
      10 days ago

      Annual vpn subscription: $75

      20 TB home server: $450

      Enjoying the art while the shitheel artist doesn’t profit: Priceless

      When you want an artist to benefit from their creative works, support them directly. For everything else, there’s piracy

      • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish
        3·
        9 days ago

        I dunno. Pirating it is still giving them attention. Talking about it, bringing them up, giving them relevance. You’re paying for it with mental space. But when you straight up shun them, they wither away.

        Like the great Terry Pratchett (rip), I see them like Small Gods: you give them power when you believe they exist.

        • SirSamuel@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          9 days ago

          GNU Terry Pratchett

          I don’t think I would introduce someone to NG’s work if they were unfamiliar with him. So in that sense, yes, talking about them gives them relevance. However, i disagree that pirating in some way benefits the artist. Promotion does.

          Where I do see an alignment with Sir Terry is from Reaper Man. Until the person’s works come to a finish, they continue to live. The thing is, will they live on loved, like Terry Pratchett, or hated, like Jimmy Saville. I didn’t believe in hell. But I think, particularly for an artist or entertainer, the knowledge that after you die your memory will be hated, well, that’s a living hell of it’s own for a certain type of person. I genuinely hope Harvey Weinstein the rapist is one of those people.

          But back to the point. I’m not paying anything in mental energy if I watch Sandman again. If NG is a cunt, it doesn’t change the fact that Morpheus, Lord of the Dreaming, is a BAMF and I’ll watch the shit out of his show