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Katie Lucas Mad At Some SW Fans

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Never use the phrase "raped my childhood" around Katie Lucas


http://twitter.com/#!/KRLgrrl

Start at Sept. 21, 2011 and go from there.

Just FYI-- putting CGI in a movie, adding a line, or making an ewok blink does not qualify as sexual abuse, and referring to it as such

makes you a heartless bastard. I dare you to look a victim of sexual abuse in the eye and say that George Lucas raped your childhood.

Hate the movies, be mad about them, cry about them-but don't equate them with being sexually violated,

because thats not even in the realm of what happened to you. Its not cute, its not 'new' anymore, it doesn't make you look more clever

it makes you look STUPID. USE THE FUCKING DICTIONARY. RAPE IS NOT WHAT A MOVIE DID TO YOUR CHILDHOOD. End of story.
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Not her first time having a fit at online SW fandom.
 
It's a stupid phrase granted, but does anyone use it seriously anymore?

Edit: [fucking glitch]

Not saying using it in a joking way makes it "okay", but it seems like a odd thing to call the fanbase out on. The only way to really stop it would be for forums to start banning/suspending people for using the phrase.
 
Yeah, anyone who claims an entertainment program "raped" their childhood has obviously never been raped or known someone who has been. I think the phrase has fallen out of fashion now, anyway. But those who continue to use it are tools.
 
Not only is "raping your childhood" not something that's "been done" to SW fans - but absolutely nothing has been done to them.

Has anyone ever been forced to sit through one of the "improved" SW films against their will? Has anyone ever watched one, paid or for free, who didn't know that they were about to see a changed version of a film they liked? Deciding that they didn't like the changes after seeing them doesn't constitute ill treatment of any kind.

They've suffered a disappointment - if this is their reaction to such things, then all of life will be an assault of one kind or another.
 
Add to that, it's hopelessly cliche, and anyone who uses it sounds like a drama queen with an overly developed sense of entitlement.
 
I only use that phrase when I'm being sarcastic. Like most of the other people, I'd imagine.

BTW, I kinda LOL'd at her describing herself as a "taco enthusiast". Does that make me an asshole?
 
Brian said:
Yeah, anyone who claims an entertainment program "raped" their childhood has obviously never been raped or known someone who has been. I think the phrase has fallen out of fashion now, anyway. But those who continue to use it are tools.
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stonester1 said:
Add to that, it's hopelessly cliche, and anyone who uses it sounds like a drama queen with an overly developed sense of entitlement.
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Does anyone use it seriously anymore? I've seen it tossed around in a mocking "This is what you sound like, ya' putz." sort of way when dealing with over the top fans, but used as a serious deceleration of distaste? Thought that feel out of use a while back?
 
I don't know... I think the phrase would never be miscobtrues with the actual act of raping. I take it in the light of the Mr. Plinkett serial killer and his relationship to hookers: offer an edge but it's still fiction and fandom. People were just angry that essential scenes that helped form their heroes in their minds at the formative years have been changed. It's not rape like sexual act, but in a fan's eyes as a needless violation, which is what the word kind of means anyway.
 
Aside from using that phrase wrt the changes Lucas makes (to his own creation, so it's his right), I've also seen it in reference to the PT as a whole and how it failed to meet their expectations. To which I say, "boo-fuckin-hoo", it's George Lucas' story to tell. He wasn't under any obligation to tell the story you imagined over the years since ROTJ. If you don't like it, don't buy it.
 
I mean, one is allowed to question his decisions and opine about it. But there is a certain tone that some can take which can make one roll eyes.
 
Flying Spaghetti Monster said:
I don't know... I think the phrase would never be miscobtrues with the actual act of raping. I take it in the light of the Mr. Plinkett serial killer and his relationship to hookers: offer an edge but it's still fiction and fandom.
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Yet another reason Plinkett is a complete waste of time.

Y'know, fuck this noise and making excuses for it.
 
I've never used the phrase myself, but to be fair I think it kind of WAS intended to be sarcastic and over the top. I don't think anyone was claiming that it was actually the same thing as rape.

It's just a metaphor, like saying "men are pigs". It's not meant to be taken literally. I agree though that it's an insensitive term and probably shouldn't be thrown around in discussions of Star Wars.

Besides, I think saying that Lucas "SHIT all over my childhood" sums it up a lot better. ;)
 
Thing is with Ms. Lucas is that she seems to get out of twitch with sw-fandom a lot. She has similar rant back in May-- that time complaining about fans that were bitching about her father and calling him names online. I don't know what she was expecting when she started dealing with the fanbase directly? Not defending the assholes in any fanbase, but she's (basically) "feeding the trolls" when she goes off on them.
 
davejames said:
Besides, I think saying that Lucas "SHIT all over my childhood" sums it up a lot better. ;)
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Yes it does. And it doesn't presume to equate the emotional damage someone who has been raped has suffered to the relatively insignificant trauma associated with who shot first in the cantina scene.

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Brian said:
davejames said:
Besides, I think saying that Lucas "SHIT all over my childhood" sums it up a lot better. ;)
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Yes it does. And it doesn't presume to equate the emotional damage someone who has been raped has suffered to the relatively insignificant trauma associated with who shot first in the cantina scene.
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I would only go so far as to say that he is showing no appreciation for film history.
 
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