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Be the Dad - Gator Days

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Hello. Jordon Brown is an irresponsible and, bluntly, bad reporter who willingly spread information given to him as part of a smear campaign of Omar Najam, orchestrated by Saige Ryan.

(TL;DR at the bottom)

Jordon Brown, or, THEjordonbrown, or "doctoropout" is Dropout's #1 reporter (a title given by himself) who reports on TikTok, instagram, and Bluesky about anything and everything Dropout. He calls himself a reporter. He is an entertainment reporter, I must stress this. He is a reporter.

Yesterday (technically 2 days ago, July 26th), he posted a report that Omar Najam, who many of you may know from ACOFAF on D20 and from Desiquest, had been charged with, to put it in plain terms, inappropriately using a hidden camera and posting revenge porn. This was brought to attention because Omar was scheduled to appear on a panel at GenCon.

As most would think happened, the fandom immediately went up in flames, with many people denouncing Omar immediately, and many (following Jordon Brown, Dropout's #1 Reporter's, own words) messaged GenCon, flooding their email and private messages about the matter.

Of course, as some of you probably thought, this is a bit much from a record that 1) showed no proof it was THE Omar Najam that Dropout's #1 Reporter was alluding to, 2) charges with no information given other than the fact the charges were, in fact, given, and 3) a large leap in logic to take with no actual details about the arrest, the charges, or any matters surrounding them.

This would lead to Dael Kingsmill coming to Omar's defense on Twitter, and eventually Surena Marie making a TikTok video explaining the situation in full, detailing a very personal, obviously emotional story that explained the situation.

To paraphrase, Saige Ryan (who you will most likely only know as a temporary member of Smosh) was, and is, leading a smear campaign against Omar as a result of Carlos Luna (yes, that Carlos Luna) cheating on his now ex-wife, Surena Marie, with Saige.

Back to Dropout's #1 Reporter, in a (now-deleted) response to his (now-deleted) "call-out" post, Jordon said he got the information from the "victim", I.e the person who had pressed charges, and whom also filed a restraining order on Omar Najam, I.e Saige Ryan. Jordon Brown, due to his lack of willingness to research or be literally any average journalist, presented information to thousands of people, propelling a smear campaign against Omar Najam.

And, just to sort of add a horrible cherry on top, Carlos Luna publicly reposted this call-out post (as you can see in the image below)

That is all the information we have now, please be 1) respectful, and 2) wary of the information presented, as we have no actual statements from the "other side" (Saige Ryan or Carlos Luna.)

TL;DR, Jordon Brown, Dropout's #1 Reporter, helped to propell a smear campaign against Omar Najam---a smear campaign headed by Saige Ryan and Carlos Luna, the latter of whom cheated on his ex and Omar's current partner, Surena Marie.

(EDIT: Ify Nwadiwe has posted a thread about this, he is much more informed than I. I can't figure out how to do links, it's on his Blue sky account)

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Did you know that JRR Tolkien wrote an unpublished epilogue to Lord of the Rings? It's achingly, beautifully wistful in the way that only Lord of the Rings is. I revisited it recently because I'm guesting on my friends' LOTR podcast, and THAT reminded me that I drew a comic of the epilogue back in 2021 (all text is entirely canon). Anyway I thought folks on this website might enjoy it!

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just as brennan made a dimension 20 season about his mom's comic book series, i think there should be a dimension 20 season about HIS comic, Strong Female Protagonist

pros:

superhero d20 season!

fun AND philosophical dilemmas!

more people will want to read strong female protagonist

ergo, they will be compelled to fix its website, which is currently only accessible on the internet archive

furthermore, brennan and molly will be compelled to finish the comic, which went on hiatus at the beginning of its final arc almost seven years ago

cons:

literally none?

thank you for coming to my ted talk please read strong female protagonist and brennan and sam reich please return my 327 voicemails

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If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

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hollow knight 🤝 dwarf fortress

"the king has mandated the production of giant buzzsaws"

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Tbh, I'd rather they use the gold. Same value as steel, and steel is actually useful.

GUYS DONT BUILD WALLS OUT OF GOLD WHAT

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Do you have a phobia of any kind?

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FLAN AIMEURS MONTEZ VERS LE HAUT!!!!

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If you didn't know, DF Hacks has an incredible tutorial playlist on the dreamfort blueprint, that doubles as a hands-on tutorial for the game itself. It's absolutely great, a no-nonsense tour of the game for people who are not beginners, but still learning the game.

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A crossover of Spy x Family and Batman I made by photoshopping different panels together. I hope you enjoy

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the default way for things to taste is good. we know this because "tasty" means something tastes good. conversely, from the words "smelly" and "noisy" we can conclude that the default way for things to smell and sound is bad. interestingly there are no corresponding adjectives for the senses of sight and touch. the inescapable conclusion is that the most ordinary object possible is invisible and intangible, produces a hideous cacophony, smells terrible, but tastes delicious. and yet this description matches no object or phenomenon known to science or human experience. so what the fuck

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Sometimes you need Ayda Aguefort.

Sometimes is ALWAYS

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Inspired by @hamletteprinceofdenmark 's excellent post: every time I see someone surprised or complaining about Van not being a lesbian it is incredibly off-putting. Because you know what, guys? No one promised us a lesbian! Some people made up a lesbian in their heads and then had the gall to be mad Siobhan didn't comport with the story they made up in their heads.

Obviously there's a long, proud fandom history of making our own lesbians where there's insufficient supply. But that's not even remotely the same thing as watching a franchise replete with queer characters and feeling entitled to criticize a creator for telling their story instead of reciting your fanon for you onscreen.

Most of all, though, the underlying reason why Van was picked out for this nonsense is just depressing - people saw a tall, muscular woman and thought "this has to be a lesbian." That's the promise they instinctually feel was broken by the fact that Van has a husband. Which some 1990s sitcom-level stupid stereotyping.

In conclusion: Stop putting people in fucking gender essentialist boxes! That's exactly what we've fought to stop in the first place! If you want to write an AU where Van is a lesbian and Bert was never in the picture, feel free, but don't tell me that was self-evident from her character art. It absolutely wasn't.

(And that's without going into the class dynamics @hamletteprinceofdenmark so correctly points out. Let's be better, everyone.)

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if you are going to need some kind of sedative for 4th of july fireworks for your pets NOW IS THE TIME TO SCHEDULE THOSE APPOINTMENTS TO ASK FOR THEM

NOT WHEN ITS 2 DAYS AWAY

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One little clone with so many titles