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The world is a dark place... so it's good to know that Mischief Management has fucked up again: https://www.reddit.com/r/Barbie/comments/1s57zzo/barbie_nightmarefest/
Yes, the revolting transphobes who tried to use trans people as a shield while their Romance Con melted down over Harry Potter drama? And then went on to get a contract with Mattel? Things have gone so badly this is getting mainstream attention. I can only imagine what Swell Entertainment's notifications look like right now.
This video: https://www.reddit.com/r/Barbie/comments/1s5fbin/we_got_dashconned_yall/ reminds me of some liminal horror games I've seen.
Yes, the revolting transphobes who tried to use trans people as a shield while their Romance Con melted down over Harry Potter drama? And then went on to get a contract with Mattel? Things have gone so badly this is getting mainstream attention. I can only imagine what Swell Entertainment's notifications look like right now.
This video: https://www.reddit.com/r/Barbie/comments/1s5fbin/we_got_dashconned_yall/ reminds me of some liminal horror games I've seen.
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Date: 2026-03-28 12:18 am (UTC)From:no subject
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Date: 2026-04-10 06:58 pm (UTC)From:Haven't watched it yet. looks like more of a summary than a deepdive.
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Date: 2026-03-28 01:00 am (UTC)From:This does look almost exactly like so many failed book cons of the last couple years, so it does not shock me that this is a new attempt from a scammy repeated failure of an event organizer that... mostly fails at doing book events.
And like, the transphobic garbage is worse than throwing a shitty event, but... it's still gratifying to see that despite being terrible people who support terrible things, they *are* still absolutely also terrible at actually doing anything, haha.
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Date: 2026-03-28 03:43 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2026-03-31 03:42 am (UTC)From:It's ESPECIALLY shitty, though, that it's often THE SAME COMPANIES doing this multiple times in different cities with different names. It's especially obvious when it's something like Mischief Management, where after a spectacular failure with a book event, they pivoted to something else, where potential
victimsattendees might not have heard of them.But ugh. The "you criticizing us means you're picking on trans people, so you're the REAL transphobes" thing is just so deeply unserious. Fucking hell.
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Date: 2026-04-01 02:31 am (UTC)From:And it sucks because with everything going on, people wanting in-person events so much and also to know that authors are real people, so many people becoming hesitant to try new authors, there is more of a need for these than ever. But attendees and authors just keep winding up out a pile of case
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Date: 2026-04-03 02:39 am (UTC)From:There are so many reasons for people to want in-person events, to want a chance to connect with authors and other fans, for authors to want to connect with their target audience and their peers... But yeah, as more and more of these events end up screwing everyone over, the harder it's going to be for anyone to want to give them a try.
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