#Andrew Blake

[theteablogger]

Andy's latest version of his history: he "effectively" led two separate cults by accident because of an "echo chamber" that affirmed his erroneous beliefs. All he really wanted to do was help people! And remember, he was hiding the fact that he was trans, so that made him especially prone to going off the rails and ending up as a cult leader somehow. Twice. If only the people following him had known to be wary of an individual claiming to have "a Great World-Changing-Reality-Shifting TRUTH" because that's totally what he did right up front!

The reality is that he literally led two separate cults, which he built and maintained using time-honored techniques right out of the standard cult leader playbook, and he abused people within these cults. Read Abbey's blog for a high-level overview of how he drew in her and the Bagenders, his Lord of the Rings-based cult:

[Andy] was very skillful at letting other people draw conclusions that he controlled. With time and perspective, it was a clear and obvious pattern. He’d spend as much time as possible isolating his next target, taking extended walks and talking for hours and hours. Eventually, he’d start weaving in all the supernatural stuff and then suddenly someone else “had figured it out.” Which, of course, was more proof; they hadn’t been told, they had put it together independently. And once we believed, we believed.

Oh, and this should go without saying--but trans people (including those who are closeted) and people with mental illnesses are in no way more prone to cultbuilding behavior than anyone else is. It's unconscionable that Andy is still using these things as excuses for what he did.

#craftycatdad #andythanfiction #thanfiction #andrew blake #andy blake #cultbuilding

[film-o-teka-reblog]

Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1989

#Lynne Austin #Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1989 #1988 #1989 #Playboy Video Playmate Calendar #Playboy model #Playboy Playmate #Playboy Video Calendar #Playboy Calendar #80s #1980s #1980s movie #80s movie #gif #80s gif #1980s gif #movie gif #movie gifs #filmgifs #moviegif #moviegifs #movie #movies #Video #1980s movies #80s movies #80s aesthetic #80s style #Andrew Blake #Paul Nevitt

[kumquatwriter]

wishing you luck with the undoubted Flood of messages/hits/interactions/notifications since strange aeons' video yesterday

Yeahhhh I've gotten a lot of mail, on many platforms! I thought the video was magnificent.

#andythanfiction #andy blake #dayd #spn #thanfiction #andrew blake #strange aeons

[so-i-did-this-thing]

How can I tell the difference between love bombing and someone being really nice?

Someone trying to manipulate you via love bombing is more concerned with talking about the circumstances and reception of their gifts, rather than actually engaging with the content.

They want you to know the gift was exceptional in some way. Maybe "fate" brought it to them and then you, or it's from their special stash, reserved for only the most discriminating of friends. Maybe they actually downplay the gift in a humble bragging way that really means, "I could just as easily turn off the gift spigot as I turned it on".

What the abuser wants most is for you to tell them how amazing they are for giving it to you. They really love to find out if they're the one that introduces you to your next hyperfixation and will increasingly try to tie themselves to both it and you. They opened that door for you, after all - where would you and your new happiness be without them?

The gift itself? They aren't as interested in talking about it, other then probing for how it makes you feel.

Andy love bombed me via a lot of angles, and the one that stood out the most was a dump of scans from an old leatherworking handbook. It was a hodgepodge of Leatherworking 101 stuff that I outgrew years prior, but he was determined to tell me how *amazing* it was that, shortly after one of our chats, he was walking by a used bookstore and the book practically flung itself out at him, how incredible! When I wanted to talk about some of the patterns in the scans, he quickly changed the subject. 🤔

Nice people will be nice and engage equally with you via a gift. Be very wary of someone who sets up gifts as a way to break down your boundaries, tie themselves to your emotions, set up a "you now owe me" situation or some other kind of power imbalance.

#andrew blake #thanfiction #andythanfiction #abusers #abuse #manipulation #love bombing

[bemusedlybespectacled]

to head things off: this is NOT an accusation of lying! i was curious how you found out that the OP of that thread was andy thanfiction bc i'd have assumed after all his shit came to light that he'd be off the internet by now. or at least certainly not existing so publicly. i would be so curious to follow your trail on finding out that this twitter rando was actually a cult-starting nutcase bc it sounds like a RIDE

I mean, YOU'D THINK. But keep in mind that Andy has been doing this since the 90s and has had several cons blow up in his face - if getting caught was at all a deterrent for him, he'd have stopped long before this.

I will say, it's not that interesting. Several years ago, I subscribed to a Dreamwidth forum that's basically just Andy-watching, since he'd just popped up again at the time and there was a very public fallout between him and the friends he'd lied to, not only about the extent of his bullshit but also basic information like how old he was. This was in like 2018. I'd known about him before that (I'd read his fanfiction and thought it was okay) but this was the first time I followed something contemporaneously.

But it was almost completely dormant until like a couple of weeks ago, when an anon there alerted everyone to his new Twitter handle. I did triple check both when that initial alert went out and before I posted anything, because I wanted to be certain I wasn't accusing an innocent person of being a cult leader.

But I needn't have worried, since I just checked again when I got this anon, and he's very publicly complaining about it.

#andrew blake #andy blake #thanfiction

[neutron669]

Anita Blond in Venice by Andrew Blake, 2000

#Anita Blond #andrew blake #venice #venezia #piazza san marco #pin up model #photography #vintage #90s icons #film

[thetwistedrope]

just wanted to let you know that the "cis people experience dysphoria too" twitter thread you reblogged comes from multiple-times-over cult leader, sexual and mental abuser Andrew Blake who's haunted the internet for years, and that the thread is part of his conceited effort to weasel his way back into online prominence to find more people to abuse.

i had no idea, i will delete the post, thanks for letting me know.

if yall wanna learn about thanfiction and some of the awful shit he's done, here is a general wiki page about him.

#asks #andrew blake #thanfiction #craftycatdad

[bebe-benzenheimer]

#thanfiction #andythanfiction #andrew blake #andy blake #craftycatdad #andrewmblake

[digitalfountains]

House of Dreams directed by Andrew Blake

- 1990

#house of dreams #andrew blake #1990

[theteablogger]

One of my favorite YouTubers just did a video on Bit of Earth! It’s a great summary with plenty of primary source material, including Abbey’s blog. She also did a great job countering the transphobia in Jeanine’s book and sorting everything out in spite of its non-linear structure.

It sounds like she’s going to do a part two on DAYDverse, so keep an eye out for that sometime in the future.

#strange aeons #bit of earth #thanfiction #andythanfiction #andrew blake #andy blake

[film-o-teka-reblog]

Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1989

#Lynne Austin #Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1989 #1988 #1989 #Playboy Video Playmate Calendar #Playboy model #Playboy Playmate #Playboy Video Calendar #Playboy Calendar #80s #1980s #1980s movie #80s movie #gif #80s gif #1980s gif #movie gif #movie gifs #filmgifs #moviegif #moviegifs #movie #movies #Video #1980s movies #80s movies #80s aesthetic #80s style #Andrew Blake #Paul Nevitt

[kumquatwriter]

Maybe it's a bit of a dumb question but as a trans girl I'm curious, was Andy your introduction to trans people? If so, I'm so sorry for that

He was the first trans person I was close to, but I minored in gender studies and endeavored to be an ally. I continue that work to this day - I am very active on the gender affirming care committee at my work and have several trans and nonbinary friends.

Andy's gender identity is the absolute least interesting thing about him.

#andythanfiction #andy blake #thanfiction #andrew blake #that andy thing

[xtremelyonline]

THE DASHCON EPISODE

#dashcon #dashcon ballpit #tumblr history #internet history #xtremely online #xtremelyonline #andrew blake #00s aesthetic #00s nostalgia #podcast #youtube #90s aesthetic #90s nostalgia #2000s aesthetic #00s core #lord of the rings #bit of earth #tanacon #tana mongeau #Youtube

[opalofoctober]

New Tiger & Bunny OC alert! Meet Andrew Blake, Catalina’s dogboy buddy! His NEXT ability is dendrokinesis, which allows him to create and manipulate wood!

@insomniac-jay

#he gets his own debut post lol #andrew blake #opal's ocs

[neutron669]

Anita Blond in Venice by Andrew Blake, 2000

#Anita Blond #venice #pin up model #photography #vintage #80s icons #andrew blake

[lesparaversdemillina]

Complètement Cramé réalisé par Gilles Legardinier

Plonge dans l'émotion d'une première adaptation cinématographique réussie par Gilles Legardinier, auteur et réalisateur. Un casting exceptionnel, des décors somptueux, et une histoire touchante qui fait rire et pleurer en silence.

View On WordPress

#Andrew Blake #Émilie Dequenne #Complètement cramé #Fanny Ardant #Gilles Legardinier #John Malkovich