Further Hugo drama ft. Ursula Vernon and RS Benedict

[anghraine]

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.

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[anghraine]

Yup. It now looks like, by the nomination votes, vanishingly few of the English-language authors should have been on the ballot at all and she won because of racist double standards about slating + Worldcon admins metaphorically throwing a dart and selecting her. Going on about all the things she should be doing about it (between chemo treatments, presumably?) and how she's somehow like Pontius Pilate and blahblah is really bizarre.

I mean, I already thought of Benedict & co as glorified trolls and this only confirms that opinion. But it's a very strange turn!