more Anne Rice wankery

[rm]

So obviously, Anne Rice is a popular topic over on Fandom Wank, and well, someone emailed her about the wank, and she replied.

http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/515245.html?thread=41459373#t41459373

This is the Internet car crash I can't look away from.

Comments

[deslea.livejournal.com]

Am I the only one here thinking that somewhere along the line she's become totally unhinged? As in, genuinely mentally ill?

[ellegina.livejournal.com]

If I had just heard about this on the street and had not seen the proof--I would have not believed it. Very sad, actually.

[lllvis.livejournal.com]

wow....'unihinged' is the exact word I was thinking while reading it...

[timiathan.livejournal.com]

That's really pretty sad. She's probably got a touch of schizophrenia -- there's always been that link between that and creativity, and paranoia is often the most recognizable symptom.

Did you notice, though, how so many people turned this into an issue of money? "All that wealth must be going to her head" etc. It's sad that that's what so many people think of first. This has nothing to do with money and everything to do with self-esteem and spotlight. But those three things are so tangled up in Americans' heads.

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

God, I was hoping this was all just a particularly odd Internet hoax. That's truly unfortunate.

[delchi.livejournal.com]

I agree , it's all quite unfortunate - but it alco echoes of things that I have experienced from days not far enough behind me yet.

I can almost claim empathy. I've been there, and for frightengly similar reasons.

This makes it ven more so scary for me to read this and see her reactions, because I've been there and done that.

Wow, that really distrubs me.