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FIC: The Chuck Writes Story - Afterword 3
Title: The Chuck Writes Story: Afterword 3
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: gen. Chuck, Becky
Rating: PG-13 for themes
Length: Total fic: 30,000. This part: 4,500
Summary: Chuck disappears. Becky posts Chuck's fics. Wank ensues.
A/N: Please see notes here.
Previous parts: The Chuck Writes Story | Afterword | Afterword 2
11:46 pm Thursday, September 9, 2010
Afterword 3
Remember when CW wank got all serious and real and we had to post it to unfunny_fandom because it didn’t bring the lulz any more, just a shitstorm of crazy mixed with fucking awful?
Well, we’re back! With any luck, we’ll make fwgreatesthits.
Timeline of events:
September 2008: Carver Edlund, the author of Supernatural, creates![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
chuck_writes
November 2008:chuck_writes wanks lord_kripke
February 2009:edlund_lover, posts the Marissa Wright scandal
April 2009: I post The Chuck Writes Story: An Unauthorized Fandom Biography
April 2009: canongate2009 ensues
September 2009:samlick_er81 claims Supernatural is the real deal.
November 2009:demian_dean, twop_barnes, and most participants of the first Supernatural con also claim Supernatural is real
Several months ago,samlick_er81 posted:
watsonian did not reply; nor did she respond to comments in her LJ, pm’s, or emails. No one else seems to know the whereabouts of Chuck Shurley.
For those of you who have not been keeping up (I know I was), Becky claimed to be in a relationship with Chuck, the author of the Supernatural novels. Several participants of last year’s con confirm her claim, althoughchuck_writes has not been seen online since the posting of “The Chuck Writes Story.”
According to Becky, her relationship with Chuck was “on-again off-again.” They seemed to be in an “off-again” phase in the weeks before Becky made the May 20 post.
Various members of fandom have posted to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
fake_lj_deaths in attempts to confirm or deny the disappearance of Chuck Shurley. Becky, however, never claimed Chuck to be dead; only stated her opinion on May 27, 2009, that Chuck had disappeared.
In that same post, Becky claimed to have filed a missing persons report. Sera Seige, whom I contacted by phone at Flying Wiccan Press, had neither seen nor heard from Chuck in the last three months, though Becky claimed to have last seen him two months ago.
A few weeks later,samlick_er81 posted:
Replies to “Death Takes A Holiday” included:
Due to the syntax and style, which Barnes so sagely pointed out, most people accepted that the fic Becky posted was indeed by Chuck Shurley. Fandom still seemed split on whether to consider CW’s fic canon. Demian and Barnes, of course, considered the fic canon—which also meant they believed it to be a real and true record of actual events. Whether they believe in the Easter Bunny remains unknown.
Since posting “Death Takes A Holiday,” Becky began posting one of Chuck’s fics every week or so, usually on a Thursday.
Replies to The Monster At The End of the Book:
Shortly thereafter,edlund_lover posted:
And this addition at 1:55 am:
Fan response was varied. While Becky, Demian, Barnes, and the ’09 Con participants easily accepted the newest story as both real life and canon, those who had enjoyed CW’s stories in the past and accepted them as canon had trouble accepting the newest story, especially in light of the Marissa Wright scandal and the tragedy of Franz Eichel. The Super Nats were firmly behindedlund_lover, though lord_kripke’s only response to all the haps was:
The Super Nats beat their breasts and tore their hair, whilelord_kripke reassured them that he would not actually leave. Expectations of flouncing on clairvoyantwank were all dashed against the rocks and left to float like so much flotsam.
Meanwhile, Becky began posting in quicker succession. My personal (unfounded upon anything except utter faith in Becky’s joy for wank) suspicion is she was eager to post Sympathy For The Devil, which she did the following Thursday:
Replies to Sympathy For The Devil:
And a few weeks later, Becky posted:
Replies to “The Real Ghostbusters” included:
The changing opinion ofsnfangirl and sammy_dear, little name fans who’d only ever played on the periphery of this wank, could have been seen as an anomaly. However, their changing opinions were only the beginning of a wave: as Becky continued to post fanfic, more and more fans began to connect CW’s writing to real events.
edlund_lover, gamble_it_away and co. continued to wave the banner of Marissa Wright, claiming that CW and Becky were capitalizing on the awful events of last year.
Finally,samlick_er81 posted:
Among the typical wank to follow any of the CW fics posted by Becky, in response to “Swan Song” fans noted that it explained the earthquakes in Portland, Boston, Hong Kong, Berlin, and Tehran, in which hundreds of thousands of lives were lost. The explanation in “Swan Song” is that the earthquakes were a result of the coming apocalypse, the showdown between arch angels Lucifer and Michael.
I will not wax eloquent on the impropriety of using these tragedies to set a fictional story. Others have done so far better than I ever could. I have included references to these real events only in attempts to explain the behavior of CW, Becky, Demian, Barnes, the ’09 convention participants, and now another group of fans (snfangirl and sammy_dear among them) who believe that Supernatural is real.
The wank ensuing from this gradual shift is too large for even me to catalogue. Considering my verbosity, that is a feat of fandom indeed. I will instead focus on the largest outcome.
After the posting of “Swan Song”, atlord_kripke posted:
Many fans mournedlord_kripke’s passage from fandom, while other fans wished him good riddance. Becky, Demian, and Barnes did not comment on the subject, while gamble_it_away, edlund_lover, and bobby_sing_it posted long, tearful good byes.
The disappearance oflord_kripke, those who had clung to the idea that CW wasn’t canon, seemed to be a final straw for some:
sammy_dear posted:
spn4ever posted:
And at 7:32 pm, on Friday, September 17, 2010, this manip went up on a post onfandomsecrets.
Transcribed text:
1 To clarify, con participants—including Chuck Shurely—had been locked in the Magnolia Room after the murder of Fritz Eichel. Ostensibly this was for the protection of both the crime scene and the hotel guests; according to Demian and Barnes, however, three boy ghosts were still on the loose, and the “real” Sam and Dean locked the guests in the Magnolia Room so they could eliminate the ghosts. Demian and Barnes helping by digging up the graves of the boys and torching the bones. Chuck was in the Magnolia Room the whole time, except for an incident in which “a little boy opened the doors . . . and CW killed it . . . with a microphone . . .” (source). This is the incident which apparently convinced multiple con participants of the veracity of the Supernatural series.
(News reports at the time of Eichel’s death confirmed four bodies had been recently exhumed and burned.)
Afterword 4
Afterword 5
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: gen. Chuck, Becky
Rating: PG-13 for themes
Length: Total fic: 30,000. This part: 4,500
Summary: Chuck disappears. Becky posts Chuck's fics. Wank ensues.
A/N: Please see notes here.
Previous parts: The Chuck Writes Story | Afterword | Afterword 2
11:46 pm Thursday, September 9, 2010
Afterword 3
Remember when CW wank got all serious and real and we had to post it to unfunny_fandom because it didn’t bring the lulz any more, just a shitstorm of crazy mixed with fucking awful?
Well, we’re back! With any luck, we’ll make fwgreatesthits.
Timeline of events:
September 2008: Carver Edlund, the author of Supernatural, creates
chuck_writesNovember 2008:
chuck_writes wanks lord_kripkeFebruary 2009:
edlund_lover, posts the Marissa Wright scandal April 2009: I post The Chuck Writes Story: An Unauthorized Fandom Biography
April 2009: canongate2009 ensues
September 2009:
samlick_er81 claims Supernatural is the real deal.November 2009:
demian_dean, twop_barnes, and most participants of the first Supernatural con also claim Supernatural is realSeveral months ago,
samlick_er81 posted:10:30 am, May 20, 2010,
Chuck Writes
Have any of you seen
watsonian did not reply; nor did she respond to comments in her LJ, pm’s, or emails. No one else seems to know the whereabouts of Chuck Shurley.For those of you who have not been keeping up (I know I was), Becky claimed to be in a relationship with Chuck, the author of the Supernatural novels. Several participants of last year’s con confirm her claim, although
chuck_writes has not been seen online since the posting of “The Chuck Writes Story.”According to Becky, her relationship with Chuck was “on-again off-again.” They seemed to be in an “off-again” phase in the weeks before Becky made the May 20 post.
Various members of fandom have posted to
fake_lj_deaths in attempts to confirm or deny the disappearance of Chuck Shurley. Becky, however, never claimed Chuck to be dead; only stated her opinion on May 27, 2009, that Chuck had disappeared.In that same post, Becky claimed to have filed a missing persons report. Sera Seige, whom I contacted by phone at Flying Wiccan Press, had neither seen nor heard from Chuck in the last three months, though Becky claimed to have last seen him two months ago.
A few weeks later,
samlick_er81 posted:8:00 pm, Thursday, June 3, 2010
Death Takes A Holiday
Title: Death Takes A Holiday
Author:
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Sam, Dean
Rating: PG-13
Length: 45,000
Summary: Another seal’s going to break . . . unless Sam and Dean do something . . . Alistair comes . . . they get Pamela to help them . . . remember her she’s blind . . . and they go on the astral plane . . . they talk to reapers . . . there’s Tessa . . . it’s scary and sad . . . I can’t believe Sam is still with Ruby . . .
A/N: This is by
Replies to “Death Takes A Holiday” included:
thank you,
Re: thank you,
Re: Re: thank you,
Re: Re: thank you,
Re: Re: Re: thank you,
Re: Re: Re: Re: thank you, (Anonymous), 2010-06-03 09:29 pm, UTC (link): pfft yes but then again
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: thank you,
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: thank you,
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: thank you,
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: thank you, (Anonymous), 2010-06-03 09:31 pm, UTC (link): I have Carver Edlund’s address. He lives in Kripke Hollow. Tell me that’s a coincidence.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: thank you,
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: thank you, (Anonymous), 2010-06-03 09:34 pm, UTC (link): Neither is
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: thank you,
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: thank you, (Anonymous), 2010-06-03 09:34 pm, UTC (link): No it wasn’t
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: thank you,
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: thank you,
Now back to your regularly scheduled wanking.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: thank you, (Anonymous), 2010-06-03 09:34 pm, UTC (link): Yes it is
Due to the syntax and style, which Barnes so sagely pointed out, most people accepted that the fic Becky posted was indeed by Chuck Shurley. Fandom still seemed split on whether to consider CW’s fic canon. Demian and Barnes, of course, considered the fic canon—which also meant they believed it to be a real and true record of actual events. Whether they believe in the Easter Bunny remains unknown.
Since posting “Death Takes A Holiday,” Becky began posting one of Chuck’s fics every week or so, usually on a Thursday.
8:00 pm, Thursday, June 24, 2010
The Monster At The End of the Book
Title: The Monster At The End Of The Book
Author:
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Sam, Dean
Rating: PG-13
Length: 42,000
Summary: Sam and Dean find out about Supernatural . . . the series . . . they find Chuck . . . this was what Chuck meant guys . . . when he tried to tell
Replies to The Monster At The End of the Book:
C&D,
Re: C&D,
Re: Re: C&D,
Re: Re: Re: C&D,
Re: Re: Re: Re: C&D,
And what kind of person writes himself into his own fanfic, anyway? At least get a Mary Sue, for chrissake.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: C&D, (Anonymous), 2010-06-24 08:10 pm, UTC (link): Then how did
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: C&D,
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: C&D,
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: C&D,
And you’re alone in the midst of it. We’re all alone and we’re always going to be alone.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: C&D,
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: C&D,
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: C&D, (Anonymous), 2010-06-24 08:15 pm, UTC (link): That’s so sweet,
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: C&D,
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: C&D, Anonymous, 2010-06-24 08:17 pm, UTC (link): You could be a Chuck sock-puppet.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: C&D, Anonymous, 2010-06-24 08:20 pm, UTC (link): She could be a
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: C&D, Anonymous, 2010-06-24 08:20 pm, UTC (link): *snorfle*
(Anonymous), 2010-06-24 08:44 pm, UTC (link): Chuck is the sock.
The real author was God.
(Anonymous), 2010-06-24 08:45 pm, UTC (link): I c wut you did there
(Anonymous), 2010-06-24 08:45 pm, UTC (link): ceiling cat is watching u masturbate
Shortly thereafter,
edlund_lover posted: 1:34 am, on Friday, June 25, 2010
Is this the explanation
Either way, I suppose that CW, having no scruples when using real people in his fanfic, would feel no compunction about inserting himself into it. Pity he didn’t write his death into it.
And this addition at 1:55 am:
ETA: I didn’t mean I wished Carver Edlund or anyone associated with him to die. I was merely referencing that the other real life elements in CW’s stories dealt with death and a lack of respect for those who were really dead.
Fan response was varied. While Becky, Demian, Barnes, and the ’09 Con participants easily accepted the newest story as both real life and canon, those who had enjoyed CW’s stories in the past and accepted them as canon had trouble accepting the newest story, especially in light of the Marissa Wright scandal and the tragedy of Franz Eichel. The Super Nats were firmly behind
edlund_lover, though lord_kripke’s only response to all the haps was:10:09 am Sunday, June 27, 2010
This is getting old
I’m thinking about leaving SPN fandom.
The Super Nats beat their breasts and tore their hair, while
lord_kripke reassured them that he would not actually leave. Expectations of flouncing on clairvoyantwank were all dashed against the rocks and left to float like so much flotsam.Meanwhile, Becky began posting in quicker succession. My personal (unfounded upon anything except utter faith in Becky’s joy for wank) suspicion is she was eager to post Sympathy For The Devil, which she did the following Thursday:
8:00 pm, Thursday, July 1, 2010
Sympathy for the Devil
Title: Sympathy For The Devil
Author:
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Sam, Dean
Rating: PG-13
Length: 51,000
Summary: Remember how I met Chuck . . . I had to help him get a message to Sam and Dean . . . this is that story . . . I don’t think he was very nice writing me actually . . . he made me look a little crazy, lol . . . he should have changed it . . . and I don’t think he got our conversation right . . . I know because I posted it, lol . . . but anyway I didn’t change anything . . . didn’t seem right . . . here you go . . . the devil is loose . . .
Replies to Sympathy For The Devil:
STFU,
Re: STFU,
Re: STFU,
Re: Re: STFU,
Re: Re: Re: STFU,
(Anonymous), 2010-08-01 09:06 pm, UTC (link): oooh watsonian wank. You know I miss you when you go away.
(Anonymous), 2010-08-01 09:08 pm, UTC (link): Do you think I made her mad?
(Anonymous), 2010-08-01 09:11 pm, UTC (link): Do you ever feel like all the anons are just one big scary ginormous person?
(Anonymous), 2010-08-01 09:15 pm, UTC (link): lol anonpocalypse
(Anonymous), 2010-08-01 10:02 pm, UTC (link):
if god had a name
what would it be
(Anonymous), 2010-08-01 10:04 pm, UTC (link):
Chuck
(Anonymous), 2010-08-01 10:04 pm, UTC (link):
kripke
(Anonymous), 2010-08-01 10:07 pm, UTC (link):
castiel
(Anonymous), 2010-08-01 10:08 pm, UTC (link):
GOD DOES HAVE A NAME
IT IS ANON.
And a few weeks later, Becky posted:
8:00 pm, Thursday, August 19, 2010,
The Real Ghostbusters
Title: The Real Ghostbusters
Author:
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Sam, Dean
Rating: PG-13
Length: 47,000
Summary: Here’s another one you’ll recognize . . . it’s about the con . . . the one where thehookman died . . . it was really sad, but I hooked up with Chuck and I met Demian and Barnes for the first time . . . and even though it was sad I think we learned something . . . me and all of you who were there that day . . . and Chuck wrote about it . . . he wrote about us . . . because we believe . . . we’re the only ones who believe
Replies to “The Real Ghostbusters” included:
still creeps me out,
Re: still creeps me out,
Re: Re: still creeps me out,
Re: Re: Re: still creeps me out,
Re: Re: Re: Re: still creeps me out,
Re: Re: Re: still creeps me out,
Re: Re: Re: still creeps me out,
Re: Re: Re: Re: still creeps me out,
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: still creeps me out,
(Anonymous), 2010-08-19 08:46 pm, UTC (link): ooh watch out. It’s watsonian. Fandom is fucking funny, yo.
(Anonymous), 2010-08-19 08:48 pm, UTC (link): No. It’s fandom is srs bizness. Remember?
(Anonymous), 2010-08-19 08:49 pm, UTC (link): God I lose track. There are just so many . . .
I know it sounds crazy,
Re: I know it sounds crazy, (Anonymous), 2010-08-19 08:51 pm, UTC (link): looks like we have a convert
Re: I know it sounds crazy,
Re: Re: I know it sounds crazy, (Anonymous), 2010-08-19 09:00 pm, UTC (link):
You've started to believe
The things they say of you
Re: Re: Re: I know it sounds crazy, (Anonymous), 2010-08-19 09:01 pm, UTC (link): lol anon now imma have that song on my head
Re: Re: Re: Re: I know it sounds crazy, (Anonymous), 2010-08-19 09:07 pm, UTC (link): j/*kiss*
The changing opinion of
snfangirl and sammy_dear, little name fans who’d only ever played on the periphery of this wank, could have been seen as an anomaly. However, their changing opinions were only the beginning of a wave: as Becky continued to post fanfic, more and more fans began to connect CW’s writing to real events. edlund_lover, gamble_it_away and co. continued to wave the banner of Marissa Wright, claiming that CW and Becky were capitalizing on the awful events of last year.Finally,
samlick_er81 posted:8:00 pm, Thursday, September 9, 2010,
Swan Song
Title: Swan Song
Author:
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: Sam, Dean
Rating: PG-13
Length: 38,000
Summary: Sam says yes to the devil . . . what will happen . . . I guess the world didn’t end . . . but do you know what happened after Sam said yes . . . he was such a hero . . . and now he’s gone . . .
A/N: This is
Among the typical wank to follow any of the CW fics posted by Becky, in response to “Swan Song” fans noted that it explained the earthquakes in Portland, Boston, Hong Kong, Berlin, and Tehran, in which hundreds of thousands of lives were lost. The explanation in “Swan Song” is that the earthquakes were a result of the coming apocalypse, the showdown between arch angels Lucifer and Michael.
I will not wax eloquent on the impropriety of using these tragedies to set a fictional story. Others have done so far better than I ever could. I have included references to these real events only in attempts to explain the behavior of CW, Becky, Demian, Barnes, the ’09 convention participants, and now another group of fans (
snfangirl and sammy_dear among them) who believe that Supernatural is real.The wank ensuing from this gradual shift is too large for even me to catalogue. Considering my verbosity, that is a feat of fandom indeed. I will instead focus on the largest outcome.
After the posting of “Swan Song”, at
lord_kripke posted:8:00 pm, Thursday, September 9, 2010
I can’t do this any more . . .
There’s been a lot of wank. About whether SPN is real and whether writing about what’s real is okay and when it’s okay and when it isn’t. There’s been talk about what fandom is for and whether it’s important. There’s been talk about the impact it has on our lives and whether it even makes a difference. Thtere’s been talk about canon and what that means. There’s been wank and anons and defriendings and campaigns and wars and crusades and ugliness and there has been death.
I just. I can’t do this any more. I don’t even know what’s true any more. I think fandom is important. I do. It makes me feel connected to something. I feel connected to the books and the man who wrote them. I always did. I feel connected to the characters in the books. They were real for me; they were important for me in ways some real people I have known haven’t been. And fandom was real for me too. I loved you and felt you loved me. But some of you weren’t real either.
Is this all just fiction? I don’t know. I only know it hurts my brain. I need to be in my happy, fun place now. Merlin looks good. I’m not doing Inception. Thanks for everything, SPN. But I have to leave you know.
Many fans mourned
lord_kripke’s passage from fandom, while other fans wished him good riddance. Becky, Demian, and Barnes did not comment on the subject, while gamble_it_away, edlund_lover, and bobby_sing_it posted long, tearful good byes.The disappearance of
lord_kripke, those who had clung to the idea that CW wasn’t canon, seemed to be a final straw for some:sammy_dear posted: 3:14 am, Wednesday, September 15, 2010
I saw an anon say that CW was
I’m just sayin’.
spn4ever posted: 7:56 pm, Thursday, September 16, 2010
I used to agree with was
And at 7:32 pm, on Friday, September 17, 2010, this manip went up on a post on
fandomsecrets.Transcribed text:
I think he’s real. I don’t mean I dream it. I don’t mean I want him to be. [Arrow points to Sam Winchester/Burnsfield/et al]
I mean he’s fucking real and we’re all going to fucking die. Soon.
1 To clarify, con participants—including Chuck Shurely—had been locked in the Magnolia Room after the murder of Fritz Eichel. Ostensibly this was for the protection of both the crime scene and the hotel guests; according to Demian and Barnes, however, three boy ghosts were still on the loose, and the “real” Sam and Dean locked the guests in the Magnolia Room so they could eliminate the ghosts. Demian and Barnes helping by digging up the graves of the boys and torching the bones. Chuck was in the Magnolia Room the whole time, except for an incident in which “a little boy opened the doors . . . and CW killed it . . . with a microphone . . .” (source). This is the incident which apparently convinced multiple con participants of the veracity of the Supernatural series.
(News reports at the time of Eichel’s death confirmed four bodies had been recently exhumed and burned.)
Afterword 4
Afterword 5
no subject
As much as I loathe the fan wankers being vicious, they are sometimes really funny. So kudos on that. ;) Watsonian is breaking my heart, now (especially "And you’re alone in the midst of it. We’re all alone and we’re always going to be alone.")--she's so hurt, and it makes so much sense, even if "in universe" she's defending the wrong end of reality. I love that more fans are slowly coming to realize the truth - and also that, if it were happening in the real world, a lot of us would assume it was more tinhatting.
This has been such a lovely meta study of fandom.