Further Hugo drama ft. Ursula Vernon and RS Benedict

This is a tiny thing, but I've just seen RS Benedict et al's desperate attempt to drag Ursula Vernon for being insufficiently self-flagellating about benefiting from the Hugos bullshit.

As far as I can follow:

• The RSB/Rite Gud crowd seem to be under the impression that Ursula Vernon bathes in gold coins derived from her illegitimate Hugo.
• There was a comparison to Pontius Pilate that I don't fully comprehend. I don't think Vernon (or possibly anyone) does either, but it did allow for a lot of pictures of David Bowie in the threads.
• Vernon is currently in regular chemotherapy for cancer.
• There was a speculation that Vernon was actually in cahoots with Dave McCarty to get the Best Novel Hugo (...) or maybe it's just her irresistible sexual allure.
• Fanfic is a faint specter over all of this because of the File770 BNFs' tantrums over the AO3 win a few years ago + RSB being the same RS Benedict who periodically has vapors about fanfic in general.
• This is also the same RSB who (almost as desperately) tried to make "squeecore" happen awhile back.
• Because of unrelated WSFS incompetence, Vernon hasn't received the physical award yet and hasn't made a decision about what to do with it.

Most of this whole thing sucks, but ... lmao.

A fic quandary!

I was contemplating some of my future plans for Love, Pride & Delicacy (my f!Darcy/Elizabeth femslash fic) that I'm undecided about, and thought of just asking people what they thought made the most sense, maybe in a poll or something. But the particular quandary I'm wrestling with is dependent on knowledge of a plot development that's a significant spoiler, so I'm putting it under a cut instead.

If you don't care about spoilers, or at least ones for that particular fic, feel free to read below the cut and weigh in on The Quandary. If not, that's cool too, I'm just putting it out there.

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