Jen, The Sarah Saga, And Where She Went

[ForceStealer]

I was a mod, but only a section mod for the FF sections, and mostly stayed there like a good little nerd. I was technically in "Fated Children," but I didn't really participate and so was mostly unaware of the intergroup dramuhz, hence my lack of an ED page

This was back in the day before portmanteaus took over for shipping purposes.

Huh, you know I never registered that... I knew those names were from ACF, but had forgotten that getting a themey name was more the norm than simply mashing the names together (not htat cloti and clerith weren't still around). Interesting obervation

 

[Odysseus]

Seeing as this was necro'd again, I might as well mention I compiled basically ALL contemporary accounts of the FFVII House into a big PDF document last year. Was gonna add the Sarah Saga stuff and beyond but I never got around to it (had more important projects to do). I could export what I have now if anybody wants to look at that.

 

[Rydeen]

“Well, it’s important to always remember one’s roots,” I say to myself as I spend time reading through the ACF Encyclopedia Dramatica pages. Also I read what I could find of the academic article.

I was on ACF for pretty much its whole drama-filled existence, but I mostly kept to the gfx section in the later years. That section’s not mentioned on ED, probably because it was (iirc) drama-free (the SotT stuff happened very early on in ACF's lifespan); it was a fun place. Funnily enough, ACF’s gfx scene actually owed a lot to SotT ripping sigs from Shinra Online (another forum) and the resulting cross-pollination, I think.

ACF essentially morphed into a truly unhinged combination of FF forum, /b/-esque spam section, and private team forums. Being on it was kind of a formative experience and I think did/does provide some real insight into things like community dynamics, internet culture, and fandom and fantasy.

As for the FFVII house saga, I'm only familiar with the very basics (essentially it was an abusive mini-cult? And then Jen went on to be similarly abusive in the Hannibal fandom, and is still out there somewhere?), so whenever this thread gets bumped I have no idea what's going on but I kind of enjoy being bewildered so I tend to read it anyways.

I think I remember you from there. I had no idea people were plagiarizing their sigs. However, given the community and the era, I'm not really surprised. There did seem to be some very talented people on there, regardless. I got roasted to a crisp and began following tutorials. I got really into it, and when ACF ended, I brought a lot of what I'd learned to FFF's community and would help critique their pieces, and considered becoming a graphic designer. We built a really cool GFX community on FFF and it was fun to be apart of it.

 

[Ryushikaze]

I never said the therapy wasn't court appointed

I said they wouldn't work with a therapist and I stand by that. Even if mandated to go to therapy they would be obstructionist and antagonistic. Someone has to want to change for standard therapy to work.

I was merely a very underrage year old lurker pearing in on all you lolcows

I did sometimes post in the shipping/character clubs. A lot of the main ones (Devotion and Faith) are carry over names from ACF. This was back in the day before portmanteaus took over for shipping purposes.

Some of the more esoteric ones got really elaborate names as I recall.

I was a mod, but only a section mod for the FF sections, and mostly stayed there like a good little nerd. I was technically in "Fated Children," but I didn't really participate and so was mostly unaware of the intergroup dramuhz, hence my lack of an ED page


Huh, you know I never registered that... I knew those names were from ACF, but had forgotten that getting a themey name was more the norm than simply mashing the names together (not htat cloti and clerith weren't still around). Interesting obervation

I too was a mod for a bit, and was given an amazing amount of power in the backend for how little actual power I was supposed to have. Not sure if that was genuine incompetence from whoever set my permissions or what.

 

[Rydeen]

I too was a mod for a bit, and was given an amazing amount of power in the backend for how little actual power I was supposed to have. Not sure if that was genuine incompetence from whoever set my permissions or what.

I've got you beat. I was accidentally given God Access to an entire public-facing website for a hospital system, even though it had nothing to do with my job. I reported it to the admin and they just said, we can't fix it, just ignore it.

 

[GamerSkull]

Seeing as this was necro'd again, I might as well mention I compiled basically ALL contemporary accounts of the FFVII House into a big PDF document last year. Was gonna add the Sarah Saga stuff and beyond but I never got around to it (had more important projects to do). I could export what I have now if anybody wants to look at that.

I wouldn’t mind reading through it. I find it to be morbidly fascinating.