so I’m too new to the fandom to know about the whole panini/baguette/pancake/burrito debate and the entire Mark/Lamp thing but id love to find out?
Firstly Anon, welcome to the fandom! Secondly, I hope you are prepared for this story, which all happened about a year ago.
It all started with a picture someone posted of a zoomed in picture of some beige food. No explanation was given, and four teams were given: Team Panini, Team Baguette, Team Pancake and Team Burrito. To put it mildly, things got heated. Each of the teams INSISTED that they had it right. No clarification on the picture was ever given.
Not long after this (we are talking within a fortnight) someone posted mock-up Instagram accounts for Cristina, Mark and Kieran. On Marks Instagram, there was a picture of a lamp. They had included comments from the other L.A residents, and all the comments had the same feel: “nice lamp Mark, but I have never seen it before”. Someone re-blogged this post, jokingly saying that they shipped Mark with this lamp.
To say things escalated rapidly would be an understatement. Things got really out of hand. The ship name Lark got created and numerous stories were written about Mark and the love he had for this precious lamp. Someone reminded the fandom about the payphone Mark had walked into during Lady Midnight and had called “Miss” and somehow the payphone got involved. Another person got the gnome from Lord of Shadows, the one Mark hadn’t trusted involved. Somehow, Mark had found himself in a polygamous relationship with a lamp, a payphone and a gnome.
But dear Anon, our story gets even more dramatic. Cassie made a post, and made reference to something she had seen on her dash. That sent us all into a panic: Had Cassie seen all the posts made in our insanity? We assumed she had. So, when her asks were open, I like the idiot I was, asked her about it. Where she got her ideas and if she would consider referencing the debate, and Mark and his dear lamp.
She replied, much to my surprise (it was my first ask, and I was a small blog at the time) saying she had no idea what I was talking about. The fear was very much real, and I asked my small number of followers “what should I do? Do I explain?” and @jessamine–lovelace encouraged me to do so. So I did. I sent an explanation and exposed the fandom’s current insanity. I confessed to my actions and there was a mixture of panic and humor from the fandom.
Even if there is a slight reference, like Mark commenting on a Lamp, or a disagreement on a picture of some food, there will be those of us that will know, that were there when it all happened and will understand the reference. It’s unlikely but we can hope. And that Anon, is the story of the panini/baguette/pancake/burrito debateand of Mark and his Lamp.
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