ScalziAug 15, 2024

Apropos to recent events in the literary world, I have written a long essay on why a) you should not idolize creative people, b) come to think of it, you shouldn't idolize anyone, c) holy fuck you really should not idolize ME.

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2024/08/15/please-dont-idolize-me-or-anyone-really/

Please Don’t Idolize Me (or Anyone, Really)

In the wake of the various recent allegations involving Neil Gaiman, people have been both very sad that someone who they looked up to as an inspiration has, allegedly, turned out to be something l…

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Show threadMichael PorterAug 15, 2024
@scalzi Ooookay, Grandpa’s dead, so I guess it’s time to buy a church and some weird-ass guitars 😄
Show threadAlan Langford 🇨🇦🧤🧊摏Aug 15, 2024

@MichaelPorter @scalzi That's it, I'm starting the Sacred Church of Scalzi, except I'm gonna spell it SkalZ; the SkalZ icon will look nothing like John; the backstory will be an electrician turned successful writer (of textbooks) and it's going to involve Fusilli.

Oh and bad "now do you Fusilli?" jokes.

Show threadMichael Porter
@alan @scalzi Make sure there are some lighting bolts and superfluous umlauts in that logo 😄🤟⚡️
Aug 15, 2024 at 11:01pmWeb
Show threadMichael PorterAug 15, 2024
@alan @scalzi (In case anyone asks about the guitars 😉)