Neil Gaiman accused of sexual assault

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www.yahoo.com/entertainment/sandman-writer-neil-gaiman-denies-142813982.html

Story still unfolding in the news

He's a man who abuses women.

and sold himself as a good guy

I suspect he actually believed himself to be a good guy. you've got to wonder what sort of person leaves a woman injured after sex, and then suicidal, realises enough that he tries to make her sign an NDA and still virtue signals like mad on the internet.

Thank you @MrsWhattery, you've articulated a lot of my feelings about this issue.

Unsurprisingly...

The sort of person who believes himself capable of getting away with anything or is above the law, I suppose. Flying from New Zealand to Scotland right in the middle of Covid when everyone was expected to do their part in staying home was yet another of many instances in which he showed his hand.

I wonder if August will bring a statement...

Marilyn Manson went quiet for a while but he’s now preparing a comeback and has got some concert dates lined up. Maybe Gaiman will use the same strategy. Keep his head down for a while and then re-emerge later, hoping everyone will have forgotten by then.

Boy George and Johnny Depp style comebacks.

A lot of unhappy Neil fans

@VictorianBigot I've been quite pleasantly surprised by the fan responses across all social media. I expected some pushback, but even on tumblr and Reddit everyone is taking about him negatively. I genuinely think he won't be able to come back from this.

I agree; I don't think he can come back and just carry on as he was.

I think if he came back with apologies and some kind of explanation (e.g. doubled down on the autism thing, or the 'bitches be crazy' thing) it might create enough division and confusion that it allows him to carry on his career, but with significantly less support and celebration.

I suspect that there will be more women thinking about coming forward and I strongly suspect Gaiman has been very, very busy trying to get in touch with all of them and beg them to stay quiet.

I really hope justice is served and he does not come back from this.

I can't really call myself a fan since I've not read/seen any of his works for over a decade, but I did read the Sandman series as a teen and some of his novels. Got turned off some years back after reading something on Gaiman's blog about something immoral that he was actually boasting about (completely unrelated to what's happening now). Still have a few copies of his autographed works and haven't completely decided what to do with them. On the one hand, throwing away books feels wasteful. OTOH, I don't want to put them back in circulation because even a 2nd book market is still giving him voice.

I'll probably just let them fester in the back of the shelves until I next move house and out into the bin they go.

The pressure on him to say something seems to be growing. For someone who is chronically online, NG's silence is very conspicuous.

Yes, I'm sure he's itching to call women "TERFs" over the boxing controversy. Sadface.

Yes, I'm sure he's itching to call women "TERFs" over the boxing controversy. Sadface.

but it shows impressive discipline, no?

so Gaiman can be extremely disciplined in some areas, but not in, say, resisting sexual impulses that are harmful and demeaning to others

I agree that under normal circumstances he would definitely have waded in with an opinion on the boxing controversy. It’s been so huge that even people who don’t normally comment on sex and gender issues have been talking about it. Gaiman’s silence actually speaks volumes. He knows he’s in the mire and he daren’t draw any attention to himself.

I assume his lawyers and agents are telling him to stay silent for his own good.

His natural response to enturbulated dynamics would be to Tone 40 the situation. I guess if he turns up spouting weird jargon, we'll know he's been talking to his sisters.

God, yeah, he would have been all over that.

This just popped up on my Instagram feed - the last line made me smirk, "don't be a rape-y, predatory creep?" 😏

And on...

https://bsky.app/profile/ulorinvex.bsky.social/post/3kytz7eel3u2i

He really sounds awful.

urgh:

Around 2010 my ex told me that Neil Gaiman had asked if he knew any young women he could send to “keep him company” while he was working alone in a remote part of Scotland. He stipulated that they be “interesting but not interesting enough to fall in love with”

I just feel so sorry for any women who have been taken in by Gaiman. He has never been in good faith during his relationships with women has he? Women are objects to him - not real people

Around 2010 my ex told me that Neil Gaiman had asked if he knew any young women he could send to “keep him company” while he was working alone in a remote part of Scotland. He stipulated that they be “interesting but not interesting enough to fall in love with”

Ugh, misogynistic fucking creep.

I was 'reliably' informed that a statement was imminent days ago... No sign yet...

Just commenting as this thread should stay active.

I always thought this aspect of it didn't get talked about enough (or at all) when #MeToo hit. It's not random or unrelated.