The most recent 20 comments posted to Making Light by Kat:

Miss Brite's final comments were basically the last straw after fans of her horror/vampire works (I think she insists they are not that, or it might be that she resents being called a horror/vamp author. Genre check, anyone?) were often referred to a baby bats, a favourite phrase of hers.
Really, Miss Brite represents many fan's secret fear - that really the person you admire (be it a writer, actor, director, or what have you) doesn't actually like you!

...A moot point really, because if I haven't made it completely clear, what many people are not taking into account was the name was a JOKE, and the comm was NOT for discussing Miss Brite. Looking at the comm description (as it was then, at least) would really have helped, and avoided all this nonsense!

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Finally, as you may well have guessed, Kwobtchan is a friend of mine and it upsets me that some people here are intent on psychoanalyzing her. So her journal's self-absorbed? Basically, there are two types of journal. Ones like this which anticipate an anonymous audience and write to that audience, and the other 90% which are written for friends and for yourself.
And playground bully? No. Miss Brite turns up in a tiny comm which names itself after her books because they are easier to hit people over the head with(!), singles out her friend who had said she didn't like certain aspects of her books, after having a history of snide remarks about fans, then whines about being told off because it means she isn't one of the 'Cool Kids', and THEN whines about it in her journal encouraging everyone to visit the link (which obviously led to flames). It was only after a prolonged 'discussion', that she was banned. The post was deleted, and we are only left with Miss Brite's account.

Yeah, the reasoning behind the community name has certainly changed/been edited, Jason! It had to really, after that piece of drama! :)

Hello, member of the forum here! The funny thing is, the forum isn't actually about Poppy Z. Brite at all. If you read the description, you'll see that it's a joke, based on the fact that her books are somewhat heavier than yaoi manga.

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