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dekedangle_rpf_mod ([personal profile] dekedangle_rpf_mod) wrote in [community profile] dekedangle_rpfanon2016-05-20 08:02 pm

#24 – Not Sure If Serious or Playing Dumba

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Re: Fandom Venting

(Anonymous) 2016-05-23 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
News broke about Kane on August 6th, so I guess that breaks OP's hypothesis.

Re: Fandom Venting

(Anonymous) 2016-05-23 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
not really. it can take a while to completely jump over to a new fandom in my experience.

Re: Fandom Venting

(Anonymous) 2016-05-23 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
no HRPF fic has broken 1000 kudos since the details of the Patrick Kane allegations came out

Yes really?

Re: Fandom Venting

(Anonymous) 2016-05-23 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
OP

Nah, that's why I phrased it as "details of the allegations came out", because I think a lot of people were on the fence about the issue for most of August as a result of all the confusion and conflicting details around the whole clusterfuck. I'd say it was more of a slow trickle as people's opinions solidified, rather than a mass exodus right when the accusation first happened.

Re: Fandom Venting

(Anonymous) 2016-05-23 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
slow trickle as people's opinions solidified

Yes, and also when it became more apparent how the NHL and the Blackhawks were choosing to handle the situation. I think that may have played as big a role as the rape accusations themselves in driving people away.

Re: Fandom Venting

(Anonymous) 2016-05-23 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I remember in the beginning there were so many conflicting rumours over what happened, what the charges were, the police/DA not even making it clear if he was the suspect. It's easy to see how people who liked the Hawks or K/T may have held on to the hope that it wasn't true/not Kane early on.

And add to that that in the aftermath even some of the more popular authors who later stated they believed in his innocence left.