#andythanfiction

Having said that, Andy is giving some incredibly bad advice here.

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That WWII-era CIA manual that Andy linked, while still relevant and useful, says absolutely nothing about poisoning anyone because the whole point of it is right in the name: Simple Sabotage. Not direct attack, which is what Andy is advising here. Direct attack by civilians, at this stage, is extremely unadvisable and will only get a person arrested, at best--at worst, disappeared.

It's really easy for Andy to suggest this stupid and dangerous course of action while he sits at home. Just saying.

Now, all four of the Hobbit actors will be at FanExpo in Portland next month on my birthday weekend. And while we're not poor, we also can't afford the $799 it will cost to attend their panel, get a photo with all four actors and their autographs. It would be amazing and fitting and feels so meant to be. But I simply can't afford it.

In the over twenty years since Bit of Earth exploded, I've never asked for anything. But this would be some really nice closure - kind of a capstone on getting out and getting sane.

I'm only asking for the price of "An Evening with the Hobbits: In Celebration of 25 Years" Backstage Pass, plus about 5% to mitigate the fees from GoFundMe. I can get myself to FanExpo; I just can't afford the whole casserole.

It would mean a lot to me, and if you've enjoyed my writing over the years and want to throw something my way, I deeply appreciate it. I might even wear my Project Elanor T-shirt in the picture - talk about living well!

And if nothing else, it would probably chap Thanfiction's ass if I pulled this off.

Thanks ❤️

He’s apparently moved into the Critical Role fandom, and from what I’ve gleaned, told fantastical tales of mental illness and recovery.  I’m sure he’s regaled grandiose stories to people about how badly he suffered, and yanno hurt people along the way but HE SUFFERED, too.  And now he’s totes magically recovered and on medication and such.

The thing is, Andy is a serial con artist.  Con artists prey on people’s emotional needs.  Critical Role appears to have a mental illness component.  Naturally he has tailored his story to appeal to people in this fandom and lure in followers who have an emotional need for mental illness recovery.  I don’t even need to question the validity of his claims, because I already know most (if not all) are either bunk or highly exaggerated.  That’s his modus operandi.  Take a sprinkle of truth, enough to be plausible and blow it up to the Nth degree.