#sodomquake

[zarter4eva]

Hi!!

If anyone has a copy of Ember Island Players by Sodomquake, I would be eternally grateful! I know it was deleted off of the internet around 2014, but I heard there were a few copies floating around.

If not, please reblog this to spread the search!

Thanks in advance

Update: I obtained a copy a few years back and never changed this post. If you need it and haven't found a copy, I have one! Thanks to who shared it with me.

[lwcina]

hello i am desperatelt seeking the fanfiction "fog" by sodomquake its persona 4 fanfiction PLEASE HELP DOES ANYONE HAVE A PDF OR AOMETHING

[bowlcutprotag]

So like are all traces of sympathy crime gone? Is there no where left to read it

[stellectricskeleton]

sometimes i remember what happened to sodomquake and get angry all over again.

[emilianadarling]

[Hi! Sorry to bug you but for your Jet/Zuko fic rec I was wondering if you knew where I could read "Float"/"Crossing" now? If they maybe moved elsewhere?]

I’ve got a lot of questions about this because of a fic rec I made quite some time ago, and I’m sad to say that as far as I know those fics no longer exist on the internet. 

In 2014, the author of Float/Crossing – sodomquake – was the subject of a truly despicable act of concern trolling, fandom-policing, and doxxing to the point that it seriously impacted her real life. As a result, sodomquake deleted her presence from the internet; this means that all of her fics are, as far as I know, gone from the internet permanently. 

You can read a breakdown of the the incident itself here, can see a reblog of the original wrongful ‘call-out’ post here (with commentary and a gutwrenching response from sodomquake herself), and a discussion of the incident on the anon meme. 

On why she felt it necessary to delete her accounts, I think sodomquake herself said it best:

I am not stupid enough to think anyone outside of fandom is going to look past the surface of any of this, even past the weirdness of writing fanfiction with sexual content, if they run across it. So I have to do what I need to do to keep from being fired from my actual job and leaving both myself and my very adult wife of five years to starve to death.

Thanks for reminding me what happens to women who become visible, Tumblr. I’d almost forgotten.

I wasn’t involved in that corner of fandom at the time when this happened, and as a result I only found out that it happened after the fact. As someone who has communicated – however briefly – with sodomquake, I cannot express how angry and upset it has made me to realize what people on this website put her through. Whenever we spoke, sodomquake was always kind, friendly, and modest in the extreme. She didn’t like being in the spotlight, and was quiet happy to quietly follow her passion for writing in the background of fandom. This entire experience must’ve been a nightmare for her, and I’m truly saddened that I only found out after her account had been deleted. I very much would’ve liked to message her with my support 

The entire incident should serve as a painful reminder that when people do this -- when they decide to ‘call people out’ based on little to no evidence, when they decide that their own righteous morality and need for validation is more important than actual facts and/or other peoples’ well-being, there are consequences to that decision. 

There are a few downloaded copies of ‘Crossing’ and ‘Float’ that I’ve only just discovered floating around in the achives of the anonmeme: you can search the thread for them in this thread. There’s a part of me that feels guilty for even being concerned about her fics when something so awful happened, and another part that feels uncomfortable pointing out ways to access those fics when the author so clearly attempted to delete her presence from the internet. In the end, though, I genuinely believe that Float/Crossing are pieces of art -- and if anyone really, truly wants to get all of the enjoyment and emotion from those stories as I have, it would be hypocritical for me to not link to them. 

This is probably a slightly longer answer than you were expecting, but... yeah. Fandom can be a wonderful place, but it can also be incredibly ugly and outright repugnant at times -- and incidents like this remind us of everything we shouldn’t let ourselves become. 

[cecilbaldwin-fan]

Since my response to that ask was very defensive (mostly because of the tone of the ask), I should probably give a brief rundown of the sodomquake thing. This happened in July 2014. I will not mention sq’s real name. It’s not either of the show’s creators, though. 

An anonymous blog was created for the purpose of making one post. This post stated that a WTNV co-writer had written a bunch of fetishizing underage rape stories. There were links to the stories, but I didn’t read them, and I doubt most fans did. 

“Fetishizing underage rape stories” sounds really really bad, and it turns out this wasn’t an apt description at all. People soon began to defend sodomquake, saying the fics were in fact not fetishizing and had been helpful to rape survivors. They described a caring person who had supported others  and whose stories had done a lot of good. 

My part is that I reblogged the original post and added some comments, things like “there should be zero tolerance on child porn” and whatever. That was a really bad thing to do. I thought I was doing something good, defending children and whatever. But to be perfectly honest, I wasn’t even really thinking. I just felt I had to take a stand, because I was a Social Justice Blogger. It was this crazy hubris of Being A Good Person (tm). 

As soon as I read the posts from sodomquake’s friends, I realized we had made a mistake. I tried to undo some damage by posting a rebuttal, but many people had already reblogged the original post from me. The OP took down their blog and never revealed their identity. 

I didn’t stop to think about what allegations like this can do. Sodomquake’s job as an educator means that this could have ruined their career. As far as I know, this did not happen. But they did remove all their fanfic and take down their blog. They didn’t feel safe anymore. 

To be fair, I understand why some people see me as a bad person because of this. I didn’t start the post, but I was quick to reblog and add to it. I wasn’t thinking or checking. We really could have ruined this person’s life. They could have taken their own life, or been fired from their job, and it’s bad enough that we made them feel unsafe. 

I’m not asking sodomquake for forgiveness. If I were them, I might never forgive me. I just hope we didn’t do too much damage to their life, personal or professional. 

Kindness is very important for me, and this was a time when I failed to be kind, and I truly hurt someone. Believe me, I judge myself harshly for it. If someone feels they no longer want to follow me or talk to me, that’s their right. 

I’m sorry. I really am very sorry. 

[newslang06]

If anyone else has been desperately looking for Sodomquake’s Float: Ember Island Players and hasn’t been able to find it, I have it. 

There’s just one problem - it’s on an old Kindle Paperwhite that refuses to connect to my computer. I have no way of transferring the file. 

The only solution I could think of is to take a picture of each page. I will gladly share these with anyone who asks. Also, if anyone actually has a real copy of the story that would be great. 

[voyagehour]

p4 fanfic (again)

HI so i figured out the fanfic i was searching hi and low for was Fog by sodomquake who deleted her entire internet presence thanks to the night vale fandom

does anyone happen to have a copy of it. i am desperate