tf_talk | Continued Discussion (Post 2)

Hi Molly! First off, I'm sorry you're getting dragged through the mud by his followers.

Second, you mention that someone did make you aware of Andy's past. What exactly did you find on him, and where?

And thank you for opening this up and letting us ask questions.

Hi!

Honestly, I've had way worse. This is child's play to me (don't take that as a challenge, Andy stans). I mostly find the cry baby posturing a little sad, because he has no horse in this race and I am not trying to do anything to hurt him, just protect my community from yet another predator - we have an excess of those already.

So, how I became aware.

First of all, I need to make it clear that Andy NEVER brought his past up to me EXCEPT to tell me that sometime he would tell me how he accidentally started a hobbit cult once he had had some wine. It was said laughingly and something that seemed like a hilarious story. The ONLY reason I knew he had a rough past in fandom was due to his Facebook posts about it, but he constantly painted himself as a hapless victim of mental illness. When I went snooping, I found horrible lulzcow posts that were terribly wank-y and I didn't want to deal with it so I closed out of it. At NO point did I know even 10% of the extent of his past. I should have done better research, but it also didn't really occur to me to research someone who I liked (at the time). Furthermore, another one of my online friends who I like very much is a good IRL friend of his, so she vouched for him and that put me at ease.

So, the long version of how I found out about his past is that I had about had it already with him and was ready to get him the fuck out of my house/life, but thought maybe I was just overreacting to someone annoying/insecure. I decided to take a weekend trip to clear my head and figure out how to deal with this houseguest overstaying their welcome, so 3 of my girlfriends and I made a pilgrimage out to the forest for the weekend.

While I was out there, one of my best friends in the entire world sent me and my fiance an extremely long group text. I'm not kidding when I say it was a novel. This friend has been active in the LotR fandom for over a decade and they saw all of the Thanfiction shit go down first hand. So, they sent us this incredibly detailed text with bullet points of Andy's past behavior, why my friend was alarmed and concerned that he was in our home, etc. At NO point did this friend mention the blogs UNTIL they needed to cite things AT THE VERY END. Everything was all personal words from someone looking out for their friends.

As I read the text, my stomach sank. I became nauseated and had to get up from the dinner I was at with my friends. I knew then that all of my doubts and red flags were confirmed and I needed Andy out of my house IMMEDIATELY.

So I called my fiance and said "did you read the text". He confirmed that he had, and I said "get him the fuck out". My fiance said yes, I texted some friends asking if they could go be there with my fiance for back up, and a few hours later Andy showed up. They had put all of his things in the front yard (NEATLY), and my fiance said something to the effect of: "It has come to our attention that you are a dangerous predator. We do not want someone like you around our family and friends. Give me back the key and do not attempt to contact us or come back here or we will call the police."

Fiance and friends then loaded up his car while he muttered to himself and sent him on his merry way.

Thank you, Molly.

The Andy stans have been trying to claim that the AA bloggers somehow contacted you to out Andy. Clearly this is not the case. I'm so glad you had a friend contact you, they were worried about you.

Yeah, I'm so glad Molly is here to clarify this for certain because it's very disconcerting to see Andy's stans blaming his past victims for telling Molly and ruining Andy's life, with a heavy dose of victimblaming.

Continued Discussion (Post 2)

Re: Molly here - wanted to clear some stuff up & answer any questions you have.

Re: Molly here - wanted to clear some stuff up & answer any questions you have.

Re: Molly here - wanted to clear some stuff up & answer any questions you have.

Re: Molly here - wanted to clear some stuff up & answer any questions you have.

Re: Molly here - wanted to clear some stuff up & answer any questions you have.

Re: Molly here - wanted to clear some stuff up & answer any questions you have.

Re: Molly here - wanted to clear some stuff up & answer any questions you have.