Re: Michael Pendragon - somehow every photo has that Why Is Chris Hansen Walking In? energy

> Will-Dockery wrote:
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>> BiteMeSharpEnt wrote:
>> Is it just me, or is there a reason a particular basement-dwelling-looking character who frequents this poetry group keeps posting creepy photos that radiate deeply unsettling “why does this feel like the cold open of a *To Catch a Predator* episode?” energy?
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>> Maybe it’s the whole cocktail: the smugness, the evasiveness, the weird overfamiliarity, the hostility Harry Lime (also known as the poet Michael Pendragon) seems to direct toward people who don’t sufficiently admire him, and an ego inflated to the point where he appears genuinely baffled that anyone might question his behavior.
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>> There’s that same fascinating combination you see in so many of those Chris Hansen confrontations... not the criminal conduct, obviously, but the entitlement, grandiosity, deflection, indignation at being challenged, and absolute conviction that somehow everyone else is the problem.
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>> It’s especially striking when somebody carries himself like the misunderstood intellectual heavyweight of the room while simultaneously giving more than a few people the unmistakable feeling that they should probably start comparing notes.
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>> Some posters here bring poetry, perspective, and depth to this group. Others bring attitude, self-mythology, a rapidly expanding collection of uncomfortable anecdotes, and yet another unforgettable chapter in the group’s ever-growing “fokelore.”
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>> At a certain point, if one person gets a bad vibe, that’s an opinion.
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>> But when multiple people (there is a long ongoing thread about this strange bird in another group) keep independently arriving at some variation of “what the hell is going on with this guy?” and the subject somehow keeps generating discussion...
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>> all I can really think is...
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>> well, maybe the problem isn’t the audience.
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> 
> Wow, you really put Harry Lime aka Michael Pendragon's into a tizzy this morning.
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> 😏




I don't think "tizzy" is the correct word, and the post appeared two days ago, Drunky.

However, I did find it upsetting that I might be coming across as pretending to be a misunderstood intellectual who happens to look creepy in photos.

That sounds more like the Late, Unlamented Pickles than me.

As you are well aware, I'm a horror writer who writes creepy stories and poems, and makes creepy videos of the same.

Since new members aren't troubling themselves to scroll through the archives, I've deemed it necessary to re-establish my persona.

Apparently, I shall need to do so on a regular basis, as my writings are getting buried underneath your "unspeakable shit" poems all too quickly.

And, as I comb through the archives in search of my poems, I'm bumping some of the funnier Donkey-related threads as I come across them.

I'd hate to be so inconsiderate as to flood the group with images of my devilishly handsome face without giving your ugly mug equal time.

Sincerely,
Malefica Pendragon, Poet of Hell 


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