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The article:  https://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/61fps/archive/2008/10/01/a-long-scorned-sonic-fanfic-writer-seeks-redemption.aspx

My Response, since I can’t seem to put in any comments.  Whatever or not they would let anyone except me do them is up in the air.  As always, comment in the message board, if you have any balls.

While the article can be described as neutral, I’m very glad that
you given me at least the shadow of a doubt.  While I’m sure that
turning that Sonic fanfict into a more traditional series of novels
(Novels, instead of comic books or crappy fanficts; and let’s be
honest, fanfiction and crappiness kinda goes together, don’t you
think?  I’m just the buzzing fly on that pile of hedgehog doo.) will
raise a lot of stink from parts of the internet community, especially
those who only know about me from sites like the Encyclopedia
Dramatica and the like but thinks that logging onto my own site
would give their computers the Ebola Virus and cause their monitors
to bleed.  My only request is that you hold off any judgment about
the new BAM series until you actually get the book in your hands,
and not go “I don’t have to read the God Damned Book to tell you
how much I want to see Gonterfaggot become an hero!!!11!!,” just
as I sent the thing to a publisher.  You may be completely surprised
how much I’ve progressed from my not-so-humble beginnings.

I am very well aware that naming this project after my fanfiction would give it a lot of built-in publicity…or rather noteriety..and that there’s a bunch of people who would claim that the entire book is a waste of time and effort and that the writer should just forget about even considering having a normal reputation for the next several lifetimes, but that might also put the new book out there in the open, have other people who have never heard me want to actually read the book with new eyes, and find out for themselves whatever or not I deserve to live as a human, much less a writer.

I mean, someone gave me good reviews for “Murder in Main Street USA” and people are praying to God that Disney sues my ass.  Just so they can have their recomended daily allotment of LULs on their life.

Just because someone told me that they’d buy them, I made “Gonter Nation” T-shirts:

http://www.cafepress.com/GonterNation

I got this review of “Murder in Main Street USA” by Futaba2 @ DeviantARTs. The first of many, I hope:

I just finished the first Scarlet P.I novel and think that it was even better than i could of imagined.

The story deals with a living micro chip costume who like the black Spider-man suit is like a living symbiot. Though while Venom became a super villian, Scarlet became a super cop. While Daveykins refer to her as a furry Daisy Duke I personally see her more as a Fox version of Bunny Rabbot from Sonic the Hedgehog [SatAM] what with the way she speak, her sweet manner and kick buck attitude when push comes to shove.

The story itself is a roller coaster ride of drama and comedy as besides her host side enjoy doing police business her costume sides enjoy having fun with the costume characters she meet in the park on assigment like trying to arrest Captain Jack Sparrow for being drunk.

The book itself actually consists of two or three plots depending on how you look at it. The first plot of the book being the murder that the Vixen detective is trying to solve. The second plot being Scarlet and her bunny boyfriend Pippin trying to track down HFL (Happy Fun Land) who created the costumes and turn human beings into mindless amusement park dolls instead of real cast members. It would be up to the reader if you consider the part of story dealing with new lives of Princess Aria and the others who escape HFL a third plot and merely part of the second. Especially if you consider the fact that the castle and the possible start of new park that the escapees are living in might be just park of HFL over all goal that Scarlet and Pippin aren’t even aware they’re helping with.

The book is fast paced with well described details and character and plot development.  The way it ends the mystery of HFL has grown even larger and makes one hope for more books to continue Scarlet fight against their creators.

Last post I told you about my plan for a NaNoWriMo book (Book 1 of the Blood and Metal series, to be precise.  QUIT YER FSKING GROANING YOU /B/CHES I CAN’T TAKE YOUR BUTTHURT!!!111!!!) for next month, and over this week I found out that they have Kick off parties for the event, one for St. Louis and one for Southern Illinois.  So I made plans for both, for nothing else but for networking and the rare social contact.  (It’s easier for one to be sociable over something that he’s interested in, right?) Here’s a list of the parties I’ll be going to:

Sat October 25 (NaNoWriMo St. Louis)
Saint Louis Bread Company in Clayton
3-5pm

Sat November 1  (NaNoWriMo Southern Illinois)
Riley’s Coffee and Fudge in Belleville
12-4:15pm

I’ve been keeping myself busy over the past month, although most of the work consisted of compiling notes in my ’skines (Moleskine Notebooks; keeping them offline for safe keeping.  I’ve also got a couple paying commissions.  Special thanks go for ZeroZero and Mdowns for buying them.  Zerozero’s commission is already in the DA page, and expect to see “Ballet Mice” this month.

And in November, I’m finally going to get into the National Novel Writing Month.  You seen me use NaNoWriMo as a term I use for hunkering down and hammering a draft of a book within a given timeline, but I haven’t actually mustered the courage to get into the official program until this year.  The reason is the lack of a plan; I can’t do that “No Plot No Problem” approach.  I need a chart of my course before I do the keyboard Cannonball Run, and for November I’ve constructed a 58 card Plot Deck that will be used for writing the first draft of the first Blood and Metal book.

I’ll kindly ignore the facepalming I’m hearing from some people, and now that I got ED’s server to dump their page on me I can get on with my fricking life thank you so much.  I’ve done a lot of research on the world building and the plotline, and I can proudly say that this series will be very different from what I wrote back in the day.  All I need is enough people to withhold their judgement until the book is actually released, and I’m sure that the majority of you all will do so.  You’ll be quite surprised in what I’m tenatively titled “Messenger.”

Today’s paycheck left much to be desired, and I’ll be needing some help to stay afloat.  So I’m offering commissions:

$10 for Black and White
$25 for Color

Can be anything within guidelines (No XXX rated porn) and I need the payment up front.  I can accept paypal or mailed checks.

Please E-Mail or Message me so we can discuss any details.

Thanks in advance.

I heard of this site named Rexxfield, ( http://www.rexxfield.com/ ) who specializes with online reputation and some methods for repairing them.  One method that I found very interesting is their OLIMIRE™ process that uses web search engine’s criteria to push offensive sites off the first page of Google Searches, or at the very least, below the fold.  (FYI, the “Fold” of a web page is where the bottom of the screen is, and you need to scroll down to see the rest.  It’s usually about 700 to 800 pixels down from the top of the visible window of your browser.)

I’m contacting this company hoping that they could help me improve my own personal reputation.  The proprietor of this company’s writing a book about it and he’s looking for case studies.  However, I have the feeling that I could be a rather formidable challenge for him, mainly because most of the flack in my Google searches are caused by my own hand.  Mainly, the old fanfictions of the late 90s to early ‘naughts that I don’t even have on my page anymore, but other people have gladly offered in their own pages without my permission or control.  These sites, of course, have a higher rank than my own site, and it has gravely affected my chances for personal development and even, in general, get over with what happened in the past.

The point is this: I’m sorry for writing ‘Piasa’ the way I did.  I want to rewrite it and make it what it should have been (a domestic take on a Toho-style Godzilla movie) all along.  I’m sorry for ‘Sailor Moon: American Kitsune.’  I’m sorry for making the original version of ‘BAM’ the quagmire it became.  I’m sorry for all those half-assed works, both in word and in art, that most people troll me over.  I’m sorry for getting so bogged down in the flack that I end up dropping projects and looking for a better replacement in areas that might not welcome me in.  And I’m especially sorry for being an ass about it all.  I wish I’ve never done any of it.  I wish I could leave it behind–it is over a decade old, I need to say–and move on with my life.

Problem is, I’m just not allowed.

Not as long as the Encyclopedia Dramatica and the other anti sites stuck on me like the Scarlet Letter remain in top ranking on Google searches of my name.  Without this digital millstone around my neck, I would have forgotten all about these sites, or at least, be in on the so-called ‘joke.’

If you think what they do is harmless and accuse me of whining, let me ask you this: If I came looking for a job, and all you see in me is the Google search, would you hire me?  Would you take as much as a passing glance at my resume or my submission?  Would you ever consider what I can contribute to your organization or company, or even your life?  Would you think of anything other to do than dress me down–in public for added effect–and see me get thrown out of your sight?  Regardless of who I am now and how far I’ve matured since then?

People say I should be happy that I’m famous.  Well, with this level of Fame, I should be getting offers to do books and movies.  Projects that should get me off Social Security.

At the heart of the matter–the reason why I’m still here–is the one thing I want out of life.  The one thing that’s hopelessly impossible for me to get in some areas:  Forgiveness.  Redemption.  An image of me that’s different than what I’ve gotten–deservingly so–during the nineties.

I want to be known for what I can do, instead of someone else’s lulz.

That’s why I’m looking into this Rexxfield comapny, with the hopes that I can at least salvage some good out of what could be the worst public reputation anyone outside of politics could ever have.

It’s also why I want to publicly thank each and every one of you who still welcome me into your sites, groups, hearts, and minds.  There isn’t that many places I can go that doesn’t troll me outright, and I feel strongly connected to the sites that do.

To all else, I want to ask you this: I don’t know if you’re either a diehard troll who considers anybody who’s not you as a irredeemable faggot or someone who’s just heard of my ‘reputation’ and want to know more about me directly.  I won’t make that distinction now.  What I’m asking out of you is something small, but at times would seem easier to rather cure cancer or change the orbit of the earth: I want you to keep an open mind about me.  I’m not the David Gonterman of over a decade ago, when I was younger and foolish.  I want you to think–maybe in spite of either one of us–that I can be different than the image some has in me.  And that I can be better than who I was and will continue to do so.

Thank you.

[Reference for the pic]

What makes a Mary-Sue type character a Mary-Sue type character?  I’ve been accused of making them myself in my formative years, and some people out there still claim that I do, even though I don’t do fanfiction anymore.  There are plenty of litmus tests out there, and I’d like to write one myself one day, but I’ve found an article that is kinda from the same direction I’m talking about in this area:

Here’s a deviantART journal article that actually shows the difference

Many people would like ot argue that their original characters aren’t Mary Sues, and this will give them plenty of ammunition.  Me, I’d say that, if that character isn’t in any directly connected anime show (Such as Port Royal in Pirates of the Carribian; a similar locale but not related at all doesn’t count) isn’t tied in directly with any other cannonized character (Like an additional lover of, say, Peter Pan; compared to someone who was a Lost Boy for a while and broke away on his own.  Come on, folks, He’s over a century old.  You’ll be shocked over how many people you can have in your crew throughout that time.) Or are directly named after yourself, legal or otherwise, (How many characters in my stable are named David nowadays?  Tell the truth…..Zero.) then they’re not, by definition, a Mary Sue.  In fact, it would be impossible for them to be one.

I’ll be talking more on this subject later, after all, I have my own litmus test to make.

I’d like to thank Nettuts.com for the inspiration and the tools needed to give my web site the much needed makeover.  Not only did it make for a (hopefully) easier to navigate web site, but the combination of Twitter and CushyCMS makes for an easier to edit site as well.  Now I don’t have to load and save the whole HTML file anymore; I can just ‘hot-edit’ the particular part I need changing.

You’ll also notice that I’ve given the blog the old “Control Alt Delete” to get rid of the mass of crap from the Lul Monkeys.  I might not have an ounce of control over the Encyclopedia Dramatica, including their god damned page ranking on Goggle, but I can sure as hell keep the fucktards off my own web site.  So I resetted the blog with the comments disabled.  Anonymous is not welcomed here.

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