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RIP Brian Randall

Discussion in 'General' started by Biigoh, Jan 18, 2014.

  1. Biigoh

    Biigoh Primordial Tanuki Moderator

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    So... I got this e-mail that Brian Randall is dead by way of suicide.

    For those who are unaware, Brian is an old timer in terms of fanfics and wrote such delightful stuff as "Process of Elimination" http://florestica.com/brandall/

    He will be missed.
     
    Biigoh, Jan 18, 2014
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  2. Xicree

    Xicree Destroy and Rejoice!

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    ... T_T

    whoa... That... wow...

    I still have all my old links to floristica...
     
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  3. Hymn of Ragnarok

    Hymn of Ragnarok Well worn.

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    That is a tragedy. Especially given the method. It's just horrible that anyone could be driven to that point.

    I hope he's in a better place now.
     
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  4. Silversun17

    Silversun17 Connoisseur.

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    this is frist i've heard of him but i'm with Hymn on this.
     
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  5. Master of Squirrel-fu

    Master of Squirrel-fu The Original

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    I has sads now...
    :(
     
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  6. Liam-don

    Liam-don Fondly Regard Creation.

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    Well shit.
     
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  7. Biigoh

    Biigoh Primordial Tanuki Moderator

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    Indeed.
     
    Biigoh, Jan 18, 2014
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  8. nick012000

    nick012000 Gone for Good

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    Hearing about this doesn't make me sad. It makes me angry. Men commit 75% of suicides, and make up 90% of workplace deaths, and yet Feminists claim that women are the ones systematically oppressed by our society? It pisses me off.
     
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  9. croaker

    croaker Contract? I'll let you pet mah belly.

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    Well, crap. There goes another good writer...

    ...are you trying to politicize this? So soon after his death?

    Have you no shame?
     
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  10. Aranfan

    Aranfan Not too sore, are you?

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    You are despicable. Your off-topic rant against feminists is extremely disrespectful.

    --

    I am sad. I loved Process of Elimination when I read it way back when. Sad to hear he was in such a dark place, and that he couldn't get out of it.
     
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    nick012000 Gone for Good

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    Am I trying to politicize it? No. I'm simply stating that the way the suffering of men is minimized in our society makes me angry, and the fact that suicide is brushed under the rug is an archetypical example of that. Men commit suicide every day, and does society care? No. Men are expendable, after all. :mad:
     
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  12. Hymn of Ragnarok

    Hymn of Ragnarok Well worn.

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    You want to talk about this, go make a topic for it. This is not the place.

    Don't reply. Just go elsewhere with it.
     
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  13. Master of Squirrel-fu

    Master of Squirrel-fu The Original

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    Yeah, not cool dude. Totally not cool.
     
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    Master of Squirrel-fu, Jan 23, 2014
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  14. Heaven Canceler

    Heaven Canceler Behind You!

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    This is truly sad even if I didn't know him.

    It seems he is the one that wrote Kyon Big Damn Hero (as Durandall on FF.net and on his own Website in the past...) and a couple other interesting stories that I have wanted to read for a long time but held off of doing so. I am sad that this particular Piece of fiction will never be completed, well, unless someone else takes it up at least.

    I will check his website I think, I am sure there are a number of good stories there.
     
    Heaven Canceler, Jan 23, 2014
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