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• jackr@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  unfortunately Neil Gaiman is still alive and benefits directly from things like purchases, so no. You cannot mikufy an author who benefits.

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  • Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m OOTL on this, did Gaiman do something?

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    • jackr@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      from wikipedia:

      Claire described non-consensual kissing and groping by Gaiman after meeting him at a book tour event, as well as a $60,000 payment from Gaiman to her in August 2022.[176] A woman identified as “K”, who also first met Gaiman at a book signing, said that during their relationship he subjected her to painful sex that she “neither wanted nor enjoyed”.[21][177]

      Scarlett Pavlovich, a former nanny for Gaiman and Palmer’s child, alleges that Gaiman sexually assaulted her within hours of their first meeting in February 2022.[177] Pavlovich recalled that he said, “Amanda told me I couldn’t have you” after the assault; according to one of Palmer’s friends, Palmer had previously told Gaiman, “You could really hurt this person and break her; keep your hands off of her”. Pavlovich said that Gaiman had anal sex with her in the presence of his son.[21]

      Caroline Wallner, a former tenant of Gaiman’s, alleges that he demanded sexual favours in exchange for being allowed to continue living on his property.[21][178] Wallner says that on one occasion, Gaiman grabbed her hand and placed it on his penis while his young son was asleep in the same bed.[21] In 2021, Wallner, her ex-husband, and Gaiman signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), and Gaiman paid Wallner $275,000. In early 2025, Gaiman and Wallner both requested arbitration, the dispute resolution method mandated by the NDA, each accusing the other of violating the agreement.[179]

      The writer Julia Hobsbawm accused Gaiman of “an aggressive, unwanted pass” and described how Gaiman pushed her onto a sofa and French kissed her in 1986.[178][180]

      and something that made it really fucking obvious, if it wasn’t already:

      In a blog post responding to coverage of the allegations against him, Gaiman said there were “moments I half-recognise and moments I don’t”.

      he doesn’t even fucking try to deny it

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      • tja@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Mostly yes, but we should not step this low. From the original source linked in Wikipedia:

        His position is that it was no more than a young man misreading a situation,

        So the bad wording is wikipedias fault

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      • Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Wow, what a peice of shit human. I’m glad I’ve not gotten into any of his work so I can just simply avoid.

        Thank you for providing all this information and sources.

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      • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        JFC. This is why we can’t have nice things anymore! What is it with being rich and sex stuff? Like Hunter is rich, and he just got himself some big booty latinas hookers i.e.; completely consenting adults! (Also pretty sure he shared his blow with them, which is a bro move). So it’s not all of them. But the disgusting amount of people Epstein had in his BoB, and r Kelly, and Diddy, and Kevin spacey, and…

        I’m tired boss.

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    • T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Accused of sexual misconduct from what i recall, I don’t remember the details

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    • NKBTN@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah. Even if it turns out everything was consensual, he’s still a wrongun. Pratchett apparently said privately he wished he’d never had anything to do with him.

      Oh yeah, and a bunch of his characters were plagiarised too - Sandman was apparently a ripoff of some penniless authors work and he never gave her a shoutout despite her practically begging. Also he’s not paid people for work they’ve done for him, but I forget the details. I think that was more a misunderstanding (he thought they were just doing him a favour as friends)

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      • Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Despite the conjecture here, he still sounds awful. Especially if you’re rich and successful and you don’t even help friends who helped you.

        Like if I was broke and working hard on some story and my friends helped me in some capacity, and it was always known it wouldn’t be for financial compensation but then it goes off and becomes a success I would definitely help them back. Maybe not like give them a credit on the book but a thank you shout out and maybe something off the record or something… Not ruin my relationships and be an ass

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• MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Neil Gaiman

  Yeah that doesn’t look like anything at all to me.

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• FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  GNU Sir Terry, Neil can get one final clack

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