The Deed Is Done
Just finished my Hugo ballot (and just in time, because today is the deadline).
Yes, I voted Puppy-free. That was the entire reason I got a voting membership. If you would have liked to have voted a no-pups slate but did not have the disposable income to frivol on a voting membership, I invite you to join me in my personal No-Pup Vicarious Thrills Members' Circle! Share in my act of defiance, even if it's only through a proxy.
No, I did not acquire or read anything on the Sad or Rabid Puppies' slates. No, I don't feel any remorse whatsoever for voting against something I had not read. That's what the pups do themselves (vote against things they won't read), and I've made the decision to do it back at them. I'm years past the point of automatically doing the wrong thing for the "right" reason (and not just because of the number of times I have been thoroughly screwed over as a result of other people doing the wrong things, or failing to do the right things, for the "right" reason). (Although that does counteract the potential for remorse even more thoroughly.)
I actually deviated from the no-pup ballot in one instance: I really loved Guardians of the Galaxy, which was one of their nominees. I was, in the end, unable to rank it below works that I genuinely thought were inferior -- and which were not the creative work of the Pupheads.
Now we wait to find out the results. I'm hoping for a lot of unused rockets. I had, at one point, been thinking that this might be a good year for me to actually attend -- I have never been to a Worldcon, although I've been to many others, it's in Washington state, I know a lot of the lovely folks running it this year -- and they actually asked me if I would maybe come? -- but once the canine excrement started coming down, I was glad I had not made the commitment. I feel deeply sorry for my con-running friends and acquaintances, having to preside over this mare's nest. I hope that everyone who attends, other than the Pups, has a truly wonderful time, stays healthy, gets enough to eat and enough sleep, meets wonderful people and generally rocks out that weekend.
Meanwhile, back here in the No-Pup Vicarious Thrills Members' Circle, the Save button has been pressed, and it's time for us to have a drink, or a cookie, or both. What'll you have?
Yes, I voted Puppy-free. That was the entire reason I got a voting membership. If you would have liked to have voted a no-pups slate but did not have the disposable income to frivol on a voting membership, I invite you to join me in my personal No-Pup Vicarious Thrills Members' Circle! Share in my act of defiance, even if it's only through a proxy.
No, I did not acquire or read anything on the Sad or Rabid Puppies' slates. No, I don't feel any remorse whatsoever for voting against something I had not read. That's what the pups do themselves (vote against things they won't read), and I've made the decision to do it back at them. I'm years past the point of automatically doing the wrong thing for the "right" reason (and not just because of the number of times I have been thoroughly screwed over as a result of other people doing the wrong things, or failing to do the right things, for the "right" reason). (Although that does counteract the potential for remorse even more thoroughly.)
I actually deviated from the no-pup ballot in one instance: I really loved Guardians of the Galaxy, which was one of their nominees. I was, in the end, unable to rank it below works that I genuinely thought were inferior -- and which were not the creative work of the Pupheads.
Now we wait to find out the results. I'm hoping for a lot of unused rockets. I had, at one point, been thinking that this might be a good year for me to actually attend -- I have never been to a Worldcon, although I've been to many others, it's in Washington state, I know a lot of the lovely folks running it this year -- and they actually asked me if I would maybe come? -- but once the canine excrement started coming down, I was glad I had not made the commitment. I feel deeply sorry for my con-running friends and acquaintances, having to preside over this mare's nest. I hope that everyone who attends, other than the Pups, has a truly wonderful time, stays healthy, gets enough to eat and enough sleep, meets wonderful people and generally rocks out that weekend.
Meanwhile, back here in the No-Pup Vicarious Thrills Members' Circle, the Save button has been pressed, and it's time for us to have a drink, or a cookie, or both. What'll you have?