gatorfisch:

oliveria-fan:

annashipper:

I can only tell you how I’d play this XZ Anon.

Drop the first TiP write up in a publication that has nothing to do with the Fail during the week before Wimbledon.  Preferably People.

Read at LL on the 14th, Tim and Wanda being in the audience.  Do the Dear Jessie letters with Loo.

Show up at Wimbledon sans Weirdo (preferably with Adam or James or both on the Women’s Finals, and Tim or Wanda or both, on the Men’s Finals)

Follow Wimbledon up with more TiP articles on other publications, including the Fail.

Do a couple of pap walks in London alone, looking pensive.

Show up at the London Comic Con, putting on a brave face.

Have a Fail write up by Seb on the story of the Dismals.

Split announcement by the end of August, so he can show up at TIFF and start being his old self again.

Enty can gloat his head off in the aftermath.

Sounds good. Do it

Or just drop the announcement in People any time now, and let everyone look back over recent outings and see how alone and sad he’s looked.

gatorfisch:

Well, every fandom (and even faction within a fandom) has its Mean Girls. It’s not like the Uber’s are unique in that regard.

Some of the Ubers became Antis. Let’s not forget that both groups have taken to doxxing and harassing others for having a different opinion. The fact that they enable a malignant narc like SoFail, that they force gifts upon and ridicule their supposed idol is in keeping with their character. Toxic is the only way to describe it. The Ubers are the type of “fans” that no public figure needs, the ones PR was originally trying to shake off and the ones that keep sabotaging the Rat’s efforts.

gatorfisch:

The nanfiction is starting again. Even though no one has evidence that Zero and the “kids” are with him, and he’s been out looking and acting like a bachelor, the very first time he’s somewhere that he SHOULD take the family, but doesn’t? They are still inserted into the story. If you are waiting for people to start gossiping about him being out alone, or if he’s wearing the ring or not? You are wasting your time. The nannies will refuse to admit anything may be wrong, and the skeptics will refuse to get their hopes up. There is only one way to stop this. You have to drop the announcement. Nothing but an official, can’t be argued, announcement will do. This shit has dragged on for too long. And this fandom is not the norm, in any form or fashion.

It’s their MO. They did it at the Almeida when BC was alone and they did it in Menorca when he was on a work vacay with AA. Furthermore we knew about SH’s approximate location at the time. I hope someone in PR has enough wits to realize that every time they try to distance BC from the ShamWow SoFail’s team and/or deluded stans interfere. Until they make it official we are going to get this back and forth BS…

benedicts-third-testicle:

gatorfisch:

gatorfisch:

She offered a chocolate chip cookie to his PR for not inciting any fuckery, which is great for me but I disagree as to the choice of cookie.

I think there are way better cookie choices out there, especially since they have done a good job this year. BUT, they are only allowed one each for every good thing they, Marvel and Disney do; they’re only allowed the full set once this is all over.

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@benedicts-third-testicle? I don’t want to get into a cookie argument. Those never end well. 😜

Darn it, the excellent cookie choices didn’t come through with the post. 😢

Ballsy:  I don’t see the cookie choices either.  Blank picture holders.

They got a (warmed) choc chip cookie because of multiple good PR.  (1) no NYC fuckery, (2) a Page Six article (HW’s rag of choice for the SGF and PSIFF bump stories) that painted Ben as simply a concert goer out with the lads, (3) Work fetch of much RDJness and a bit of DorkyBatch, (4) Set pics, again work, again with much RDJness, (5) two, and now more, Fail articles that only mentioned the work, today with added browmanceness.

There was much PR fetch for Ben and his work.  Good PR was good.

But, agree.  They do NOT get a full box of cookies.  Nor do they get these:

Until they get him the hell out of this mess.

I swear I’ll make like Mrs. Fields and bake cookies for the ENTIRE studio if they can manage to do that without a hitch!

annashipper:

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again:  Following this showmance so closely has boosted my confidence in my skincare routine.  Especially since I’m 6 months older than Ben and I regularly have people tell me I look much (much) younger than I actually am.

Meanwhile, the dramatic difference I see on his skin and eyes that still hasn’t abated, even though he at least looks healthy these days and I’m not worried for his health anymore, makes me more determined than ever to stick this out and see him get better once Weirdo finally exits the scene.

It’s amazing what a balanced diet, exfoliation and moisturizer can do. I look a decade younger than my real age owing to that alone. BC is in a toxic situation that he desperately needs to get out of. It’s taken a toll on both his emotional health and his physical appearance. There is no point in making him get laser resurfacing, fillers etc. while PR continues to ignore the root of the problem.

gatorfisch:

Exactly. Perhaps this will be the last time we see it? Only Marvel/Disney knows what they are up to.

Hang in there Holmesboy, I’m sure they’ll figure something out…

gatorfisch:

Did you see it coming out of his mouth? I didn’t think so. And I already said I don’t know exactly when we’ll get the announcement. But one thing I do know? The split is coming, no matter how many obscure little articles Zero manages to get published.

Because it was a shoddy CopyPasta blurb in a two-bit foreign paper. Using outfits like that is SoFail’s MO. A better question would be: What hasn’t BC lied about since this mess began?