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Oh my God, y'all, it is seriously stressing me out that Ryland has a LiveJournal. He's over at

ry_black_attack replying to people's cat macros with "best thread ever srsly." He FRIENDED A JOURNAL THAT IS ROLEPLAYING HIM. It's flocked, and as of this morning it hasn't friended him back, but oh my GOD. GUYS. Remember all those iterations of the RPS debate where people would say "I'm terrified of them finding out it exists?" Yeah. This is a whole new ballgame.

shoemaster, when you write that Guy Ripley/Michael Guy Chislett for

band_princesses, you could, like. Drop him a link.

WTF.

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I'm very old, so you'll have to humor me: who is this person?

That said, HA! I love it. That is exactly what I'll do when I'm famous. *g*

He's Ryland Blackinton, a member of Cobra Starship (http://www.cobrastarship.com/). Guy Ripley is this character he created for a ridiculous internet video, a BBC reporter, and you know, honestly, I think he would be OVERJOYED by the prospect of a slashy Aladdin AU starring Guy. That said, OH MY GOD GO AWAY.

Dude, honestly, ME TOO. Or I'd be like Don McKellar and make a sockpuppet to encourage people to slash me. I'm such a hypocrite!

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Remember all those iterations of the RPS debate where people would say "I'm terrified of them finding out it exists?" Yeah. This is a whole new ballgame.

OH MY GOD THIS TERRIFIES ME.

DEAR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE BANDS WE ARE SLASHING: GO AWAY! SERIOUSLY!

(If anyone from any band ever comments on any journal on my f-list I am going to have to yank the whole thing under f-lock, I swear to you.)

OMG I MIGHT PUT A "GO AWAY" SIGN IN MY USERINFO, NO JOKE. DD:

What terrifies ME is that the only Ryland or Guy Ripley slash I know of is being written for a challenge I am running. WHAT. DO NOT WANT.

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calathea.livejournal.com

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Oh, BOYS. I thought we had a DEAL.

:/

Oh man, you thought WRONG. I've never been so grateful that RyRo thinks pornfiction is kind of sick, and Mikeyway doesn't Google himself. At least we have SOME sanctuary!

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I have NEVER BEEN SO GLAD TO BE FLOCKED. *curls in ball, rocks back and forth*

Which is also to say that I had an entire conversation via email at work yesterday which consisted of me muttering "They're crossing the streams!" and an awful lot of "!!!" and "..."

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OMG, it makes me feel so awkward. I'm not going to flock stuff, but I might, you know, freak out mildly for a while!

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It's at once filling me with terror and making me want to friend him. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO.

DUDE I KNOW ME TOOOOO. D:

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I WANT TO FRIEND HIM BUT THEN MY PORN! WHATEVER WILL I DO ABOUT MY PORN! But he seems to update almost every twelve HOURS and there are shenanigans in the comments. SHENANIGANS.

This is like WSJ 2.0, only slightly further away.

Methinks it is time for a sock journal.

OH MAN THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE BEEN THINKING. SHENANIGANS! HOW CAN I RESIST "BEST THREAD EVER SRSLY"????

...oh man, you are so right! Sockpuppet time!

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Is there Ryland porn???

But back to the topic at hand.

I'm mildly freaked out right now, but as long as C&D letters aren't sent out, I figure everything will be alright, you know?

NOT THAT I KNOW OF. But there is Guy Ripley being written for the challenge I am running! D:

Actually, HONESTLY, I'm pretty sure Ryland would react to slash about him (or, especially, his BBC reporter persona) with GLEE. He would show his whole band and do a dramatic reading.

WHICH IS KIND OF AWFUL AND AMAZING AND AWFUL.

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He's a member of an Adventures of Pete and Pete comm - I think I love him. (Although, god, I saw the name

peteandpete and was like, what, is it about the adventures of Pete Wentz and his cock?)

I KNOW OH MANS, that was my first thought TOO. I just. I don't even know if the RP journal is slashy, but WHATTTT

I do kind of adore him. PETE AND PETE. Best show EVER Y/Y

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At least it's a funny LJ. And he can spell, which makes him, like, the only person in bandom who can.

No, it's making me totally love him even more than I used to! But my default response to adoring a band boy is to write stories about him having gay sex. I just. This is so WEIRD.

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His bio says 'never let the truth stand in the way of a good story'. I think ya'll will be okay and his post seem really cool. I think sock journal is the way to go.

My emotions about this are so conflicting omg.

1) Was that there last night??
2) Dude. That could be addressed to us FOR REALZ.
3) Oh, RYLAND, how are you so awesome? That is so awesome. I love you.
4) AAAAAAAAAAGH THIS IS FREAKY.

I think I'm going to go lie down.

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Okay, so I'm kind of flipping out because on the one hand, DUDE GO AWAY DON'T READ OUR PORN PLEASE OH MY GOD and on the other, DUDE OH MY GOD YOU'RE ONE OF US SO MUCH LOVE.

Although, nosy person that I am, I also poked at his list of mutual friends and discovered that one of them lives in the small Southern city I grew up in and that my family still lives in so now I'm also like...DUDE STOP WITH THE CROSSOVER INTO REAL LIFE.

Weirdness. Serious weirdness.

I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW. It's making me love him SO MUCH, okay, SO MUCH, and yet what I tend to do when I love a bandmember is write stories about him sexing his friends, and I just, this is so, I need to stop thinking about this!!

OMG, dude, the real life crossovers are FREAKING ME OUT. I MEAN. I KNOW IT'S REAL PERSON SLASH, BUT COME ON, THIS IS ABOVE AND BEYOND

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This reminds me of this time I was at this con and a TV writer kept asking, "BUT WHY DO YOU MAKE THEM ALL GAY?" And I just put my head down on the bar and said, "AUGH AUGH WHO TOLD YOU THAT? I'M NOT TELLING YOU CAN'T MAKE ME." And he went, "DRINK MORE BEER." And I said, "OKAY I WILL." And he said, "I'LL JUST GET YOU DRUNK AND ASK YOU AGAIN." And I said, "AH HA HA HA HA HA OH GOD. /o\."

In conclusion: AH HA HA HA HA HA OH GOD. /o\

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. OH MAN, I LOVE YOU. I LOVE THAT STORY.

In conclusion: AH HA HA HA HA HA OH GOD. /o\

I CANNOT IMAGINE A BETTER WAY OF PUTTING IT, SRSLY. /o\

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DON'T TEMPT ME. BUT OH MAN, I SHOULD REALLY GET ON THAT. AND I FEAR THAT IF I WERE TO MEET HIM AT ANY POINT AND SAY "I LOVE THE GUY RIPLEY THING" HE'D BE ABLE TO PUT IT TOGETHER FAR TOO EASILY BECAUSE I AM SUBTLE LIKE NOTHING.

AT THE SAME TIME, I'M TOTALLY IN THE KIND OF WANT TO FRIEND HIM BOAT, BUT DUDE. I WROTE GABE TURNED INTO A TAMPON MINIFIC.

I TOTES NEED A RYLAND ICON.

I KNOW, RIGHT? I KNOW. I'M COMPLETELY KIDDING, BECAUSE IT WOULD FREAK ME OUT BEYOND ALL COMPREHENSION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME HE WOULD LOVE IT, HE ACTUALLY WOULD, AND I JUST, OH MY GOD, HOLD ME.

LOL I FORGOT ABOUT THAT ONE, AHAHAHA, YOU FTW. OHHH MAN.

WORD TO THAT.

(BDEN DOES NOT KNOW HOW HE FEELS ABOUT THIS EITHER)

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It's funny, and maybe it's just because I'm new and there's not much band content in my lj yet, (hopefully to be corrected soon. I have recs multiplying and at least one picspammy thing in the works) but of all the fandoms I've been in bandfic is the one I'm the least bothered by the idea of the guys finding it/knowing I read and rec it.

Part of it is because they're all so young, most of them younger than me, and I'm not that old. Young and geeky and internet-savvy. I think of all the slash subjects out there, these guys are the most likely to get it, to at least somewhat understand the reality/fantasy divide and the way we can be fans of them as reality and at the same time seperately and distinctly also fans of the fantasy versions we play with together.

With the number of geeks and fanboys and internet addicts in this fandom, if the first they ever heard of slash was when it was being written about them? They weren't paying attention.

Oh, no, totally! If CALLUM KEITH RENNIE found the slash about him, I would honestly cry, because I think it might actually upset him. But these boys? A) They know about it, B) they know about it, C) they think acting gay all the time is hilarious antics, D) yeah, I'm pretty sure they do get it. Even if it weirds them out, or if they think it's "kind of sick", they still completely GET it - they're not, like, looking for restraining orders. They're just going to Google themselves less often, or whatever.

The thing with Ryland, too, is that - oh, MAN. He's one of US. Geeks and fanboys and internet addicts! This fandom is the closest to fandom out of all the ones I can think of.

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OMG. *scared and fascinated all at once*

I mean, it's one thing to know they could be lurking but are most likely not, but it's another thing to KNOW one of them is there.

I think my icon says it all.

I know, right? I know. It's insane.

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Do you know for sure that it's not a fake journal? Also, OMGWTF. Even though I'm not even in this fandom and don't know who this guy is.

Yup! I think he maybe mentioned it on his myspace? But regardless, he's posted pictures that weren't anywhere else on the internet, so it's pretty much got to be him.

WHICH IS SO WEIRD AAAAGH

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UGH, BOYS, STOP IT!
Am so tempted to friend his journal ahahahahahah

Dude, join the frickin' club. I think I might need to sockpuppet...

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Dear Ryland,

OMG ♥

Your ability to spell is SO HOT. Also your sense of humor. And musical prowess. HI.

That said, plis to not click on any of the links in my journal. Really. SRSLY.

OMG.

He FRIENDED A JOURNAL THAT IS ROLEPLAYING HIM.

THAT'S JUST WRONG.

*sets fire to internets*

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

I've actually had a band members discover a slashy roleplay journal of him that I did. At least I think it was him- it was an anon comment but the guy typed like he did and who else would ask what the person did? Thing was that by the time he found it I wasn't even using it anymore. I think he found it because although the journal itself was ungooglable, the larger RP that it was part of wasn't, and they had a list of all the taken PBs and he was there. As he's not that famous it of course turned up fairly high in search results. I had a total lockdown after that.

Seriously, the best thing you can do is block search robots on your LJ and encourage community maintainers to do so with comms. Most people don't really go beyond googling themselves so if you can keep yourself off that first step, it's all good. And yeah, sockpuppets is the way to go. I know I'm getting one for reading ryland.

Oh, and it wasn't anyone in what is commonly called bandslash now, I've been a bandslasher for ages in various fandoms, some of which were tiny.

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