Episode 118: My Little Podcast: Fandom Is Tragic

[Runic]

I'm just going to say that I am absolutely terrified by the thought of someone wanting to jerk it to a piece of Portaxx art. Because your art is stylish, adorable, and completely unsuitable for any form of pornography. Like, I can not even comprehend someone looking at your DA page and thinking, "wow, this stuff is good but it needs more pictures of fat furries having their giant sand-filled tits crushed by steam rollers." It's just fucking creepy. I know some of you old PoE folks will recall Kit 'n Kayboodle, a horrifying furry comic with cutesy Disney style art. Same principle.

[Zsa Zsa]

I missed your rants.

[eatenmyeyes]

That said, OMG ART TRADE ANYONE? XD

Wilhelm and Zee playing dice with a sea anemone and a fourth character of your choosing.

What would you like me to draw?

[Boots Raingear]

Wilhelm and Zee playing dice with a sea anemone and a fourth character of your choosing.

What would you like me to draw?

Nice try. Everyone here knows about your fetish for things that sorta sound like "enema"

[Goose Goose Honk At Me Now]

- *fucking asterisk actions*: or *FLUFFLES YOUR HAIR AND POUNCEHUGGLES YOU MEEP MEW MEW O_O :3c*: It's never a teenager. The person will be at least 20 years old.

Just the right age to have discovered the internet in some degree of its current weirdness during their formative years! And probably at that peri- or post-college stage where they haven't quite figured out their fully three-dimensional personality yet!

(As a side note, Portaxx, "fat sheep falling off a cliff" always makes me think of the claymation sheep from the Wallace and Gromit shorts.)

[Triggerhappy938]

Jesus Slamdancing Christ.

[Isfahan]

I gave my bulb to Cyberventurer before Portaxx's post was up, but Portaxx's post needs all remaining bulbs.

[Odd]

Hey Portaxx could I commission a picture for my little sister?

She is really into Pokémon Y, she really likes F+ (Her favorite commenter is Toast) and your short animations so she may be thrilled by having a picture done by you. Since she is into Pokémon Y I was thinking that she would like a picture of Mareep trying to use the Move "Fly" but failing. Oh and make it really chubby, because she also likes Snorlax! What do you think would be the best way to illustrate that Mareep can't fly? Maybe using a cliff?

[Emperor Jack Chick]

Ah, it's good to be back!

I am going to send you so much shitty metal!

- People trying to trick you into drawing porn: or "Can you draw a fat sheep falling off a cliff... AS A JOKE??": Holy fucking mother of fucking fuck-hell, I fucking can not stand this. It's creepy as shit. And this happens all the goddamned time. Popular excuses are "oh I'm just fascinated by this stuff!", "I just think it would be fun!", and yes "It's just a funny joke!" Really? REALLY? A cat-man inflating like a balloon is a joke?? What the fuck, do you think I'm going to buy that?! Even if I wasn't in this podcast, my god, a human being can tell the difference between "JOKE" and "NOT A JOKE." What, do you go to open mic night and say "so yeah... WOMEN BEING TURNED INTO SHARKS AND THEY REALLY DON'T LIKE IT!... Amirite??"? Fuck off, you sick bastards. There's something to be said about the kind of person who tries to coyly trick you into participating in their masturbation sessions. Especially if they're doing it because they assume you'd decline if you knew what the situation really was. And ESPECIALLY if they're that goddamned inept at it. Oh, you won't draw their SFW porn? That's cool! They'll just track down your friends and try to trick them instead! Oh, and they'll namedrop you when they do it, too! Even though you turned them away!

Without going into too much detail, at my current job we get requests like this on a daily basis, except its photos. Some rando trying to tell me how innocuous his fetish pics are, and I'm just like "Do you even KNOW who I am?"

[Goose Goose Honk At Me Now]

Without going into too much detail, at my current job we get requests like this on a daily basis, except its photos.

Are you metal enough to actually work at a for-real nightmare factory?

[Baldr]

- People demanding porn: or "IF YOU DON'T DRAW THIS I'M GOING TO MAKE YOUR LIFE MISERABLE, BITCH!"

Wow, I didn't think the internet had any more shock value left in it, but that's one of the most fucked up things I've ever heard of.  I now understand why you thought it was ridiculous that I prefaced every commission request for my PowerPoint slides with, "I really hope I'm not bothering you."

You deserve all the bulbs.

[Emperor Jack Chick]

Without going into too much detail, at my current job we get requests like this on a daily basis, except its photos.

Are you metal enough to actually work at a for-real nightmare factory?

Are you actually questioning how metal I am?

[Goose Goose Honk At Me Now]

Are you actually questioning how metal I am?

I was, but then I imagined you saying that in the Death Metal Voice and now I'm not.

[PurpleXVI]

Ok I'm kinda curious about de Lancie's reaction to the fandom. Do they show this in the documentary or are you referencing some after the fact interviews?

Apparently my information is out of date as John de Lancie is still making appearances at Bronycons. He may not have been as disturbed as I was led to believe after the documentary backlash. Ponies must write really good checks.

His character's also in the latest season so either A) really good paychecks, B) really solid contract or C) the VA's and other people working on MLP are actually not going to throw a shitfit and run away screaming just because of crazy fans.

And besides, de Lancie used to be on Star Trek, which for a long time pretty much set the gold standard for "insane fandom," if crazy fans were enough to scare him away, dude would be living a Unabomber-like existence in a hut on the fringes of nowhere right now.

[eatenmyeyes]

His character's also in the latest season so either A) really good paychecks, B) really solid contract or C) the VA's and other people working on MLP are actually not going to throw a shitfit and run away screaming just because of crazy fans.

And besides, de Lancie used to be on Star Trek, which for a long time pretty much set the gold standard for "insane fandom," if crazy fans were enough to scare him away, dude would be living a Unabomber-like existence in a hut on the fringes of nowhere right now.

Relevant:
https://twitter.com/johndelancie/status/115311071409082368