Okay, so I lied about being done with Crystalwank
First, Crystal graced us with her presence on the thread for awhile. She wasn't particularly interesting or amusing, but she did eventually claim she'd turned us all in to "the authorities" for harrassment. Wonder how that's working out for her :-)
One of the things she mentioned when she posted, though, was there was a lot of other stuff we hadn't uncovered. So I went looking, and, to quote Crystal, "wa la" (x-posted in The Wank That Ate the World):
It seems there's still plenty of new Crystal splooge to be uncovered. Apparently she is a regular poster at RingQuest forums - if you use the search function, you can find links to every post she's ever made on the forum. (The posts can be edited, so it's a good bet that this stuff will disappear or be edited shortly, but I have saved copies of everything I quote here, and will upload if necessary).
First up - OMG. Best. Photomanip. EVA:01-14-2004 05:58 PM
Thank you everyone for your kind words... I take alot of pride in every aspect of my work whether it be a drawing, a photograph or a piece of writing...
Speaking of such I am currently hard at work on another picture of Orlando... a commissioned piece which means I will spend quite a few hours at it. I'll be sure to post it when it is finished... perhaps later this afternoon or evening.
I also got quite the treat from my friend Dan ( who I did the drawing of Jack and Elizabeth for ). He knows I would love to have each of the cast members have a picture that I have drawn of them.... so he kinda put one in the hands of Dom for me : )
Just take a look at the image below...
In case anyone, anywhere, hasn't seen the unphotomanipped version (a screencap from a Sky News feature that included footage of Dom and Billy being presented with a Theban Band manip of Merry and Pippin):
The girl who actually gave them the photo (Editor's note: tacky, tacky, so fucking tacky) told her entire story here.
Remember how Crystal claimed she never tried to pass off her photomanips of herself with the LotR cast members as anything other than photomanips? Oh, what a lie!01-21-2004 06:24 AM
I just stumbled in on this thread and found alot of others here who have frequented my thread SKETCHES OF THE HOBBITS so I thought I would drop in, say hello and include a picture of myself..... a special thanks to my friend Dan in NYC for making this little meeting happen....
Cheers Everyone !!!
01-21-2004 01:46 PM
Here is another picture I scanned last night... hope you guys enjoy this one as well...
^ _ ^
And be forewarned..... lighting in bars sucks for taking pictures, the quality is not all that hot...
01-21-2004 01:55 PM
Sorry Dez... not gonna spill the beans... lets just say it is a nice thing to end up in the right place at the right time and I have a few friends who live in NYC and LA who help me out alot ( they are also the ones who manage to get me some of my beautiful pictures I have of Billy Boyd that I post in my thread here. Actually I'm going to be heading out to LA again here in March, so I may have some more photos to share with you all again soon! Well here is another little diddy to feast your eyes on.... enjoy!
This one isn't a photomanip - I just don't think it's actually her. Doesn't look much like the two million and one other photos of her we've seen: 01-21-2004 02:09 PM
Lets just say he was in a very good mood that evening... LOL
Well here is another picture I dug out of my photoalbum...
I'm there to the left leaning over the table with the camera in hand... ( sorry you can't see my face, but everyone knew it was me just from the hair and my fav black tee shirt that says Frodo Lives on it ) and yes he did autograph my book me for right over top of the picture of Pippin ^ _ ^
And finally, the infamous "Dom was in my room!" shot - she may not actually claim it's not a photomanip, but it's close enough for government work:03-10-2004 12:33 AM
Well it seems my PM box was overloaded with a bunch of messages with people going nuts about seeing Dom standing in front of a couple of my drawings on my avatar... yet only one person realized that in all truth... those pictures are hanging on the wall in my bedroom... good eye frodoandpipsgrl !
I thought why not have the inspiration behind my artwork be standing among my pieces of work... so here it is... I bring you Dominic... a work of art in his own right... enjoy everyone....
and03-10-2004 12:55 AM
and for those of you who haven't seen the picture of my room where most of my artwork is hanging on the walls... I've included a picture below... look to the left and you'll see the sketches behind Dominic...
http://img24.photobucket.com/albums/v72/crystalgamgee/oddsandends/sketchonwall.jpg
Look! Elijah himself emailed her about her work!01-27-2004 07:42 PM
* fanits dead away.........
Oh my god..... I was just surprised to hell when I just got this picture as an email attachment... I drew this picture two years ago in 2002 and it was given to Elijah at the Two Towers premiere in New York City, and was hand delivered..... ACK!
The email said.....
sorry to see you didn't have this picture up on your website The Grey Havens... hope you are glad to see it again... best wishes
Lij
* faints again
Enjoy everyone... sorry to say I had to really shrink it to put it up here, but it was roughly 7 by 10 inches and done all in charcoal and graphite pencil.... another example of what I can do if I put a HUGE amount of time into a piece of work ( spent about 3 weeks on it )
There was some question, back at the beginning of the wank, about the pictures in her since-locked "performances" album in photobucket. It was full of pictures from the TORN party, almost of all which I and others recognized from other sources (a good half of them had been taken by people I personally attended the TORN Party with), but no one ever found evidence that she had actually claimed them as her own work. Until now: 03-26-2004 06:13 PM
thank you everyone... so glad to help out with everyone's need for more Billy... I have so many pictures I don't even know where to begin posting... actually if you guys want some more pictures of Billy singing at the St. Patty's day party you can find those at the URL below...
http://img24.photobucket.com/albums...e/performances/
You'll also find some pictures of Billy in the studio while putting together the Pandemoniumfromamerica CD with Viggo, Dom, Elijah, Buckethead and Henry along with some of my pictures from the TORN Oscar party when Billy sang Oh Jean... hope you all enjoy!!!
More from that same page:03-26-2004 06:35 PM
here's one that was taken on the red carpet at the Oscars... let me tell you it was well worth all the time I had to wait out there to get a picture of all four of the guys together... and get my Premiere magazine signed by them too... unfortunatly Sean walked away talking on his cell phone when Billy was about to hand the magazine over to him so I'm missing Sean's sig... no fret... I'll get it sooner or later * winks
There are multiple other professional photographs and photographs taken by other fans on that page and the pages surrounding which she also claims as her own work (along with several "autographs" - faked?). My favorite is the one that came directly from Billy's official site (she doesn't actually claim she took that one, but in context with the other posts it's very strongly implied).
Here she claims to work for a photography company:03-26-2004 08:14 PM
about meeting Billy or any of the other guys for that matter... it's called alot of traveling, knowing where the guys will be, waiting patiently for them to arrive and having the pleasure of working for a photography company... lots of perks...
And a few more lies about her "job" - now she's actually the one taking the pictures:03-26-2004 11:47 PM
As soon as I get my next line up of assignments and who I'll be traveling around to get pictures of I'll be sure to leave a post here to let you know if Billy or any of the other guys for that matter will be there... as for now, the next stop for Billy will be in Sweden at the Scandavavian Sci-Fi, Game and Film Convention on April 24th and 25th...
She also tries very hard to convince people (using readily available public information) that she is an insider - methinks Crystal has been taking lessons from MsA:03-26-2004 08:52 PM
Well at this moment as we speak Billy is lingering around in L.A., actually he was at the Eddie Would Go book launch party on March 23rd which was held at Level 3 on Hollywood and Highland... as for Dom is enjoying himself on the sunny shores of Hawaii along Mokuleia Beach getting ready to film the pilot of a new ABC show called "LOST"... wondering about Elijah??? Well he's in London shooting for "HOOLIGANS" which the working title is now "THE YANK" but this Saturday ( tomorrow actually ) he's be attending the West Hammer's United Football game against Gillingham... hope that helps you all out... oh and here is a picture of Billy from the book launch party...
Her "friend at Getty" also gets a mention:03-26-2004 04:36 AM
Ok guys here's some more pictures to swoon over... these were taken just last Wednesday at the House of Blues in L.A. when Billy was performing with the Young Dubliners for the Hobbit Rock St. Patty's Day party... enjoy... oh and about the pictures... lets just say it pays to be in the right place at the right time and for knowing someone who works for Getty Images...
Other fun stuff:
One of the things she mentioned when she posted, though, was there was a lot of other stuff we hadn't uncovered. So I went looking, and, to quote Crystal, "wa la" (x-posted in The Wank That Ate the World):
It seems there's still plenty of new Crystal splooge to be uncovered. Apparently she is a regular poster at RingQuest forums - if you use the search function, you can find links to every post she's ever made on the forum. (The posts can be edited, so it's a good bet that this stuff will disappear or be edited shortly, but I have saved copies of everything I quote here, and will upload if necessary).
First up - OMG. Best. Photomanip. EVA:01-14-2004 05:58 PM
Thank you everyone for your kind words... I take alot of pride in every aspect of my work whether it be a drawing, a photograph or a piece of writing...
Speaking of such I am currently hard at work on another picture of Orlando... a commissioned piece which means I will spend quite a few hours at it. I'll be sure to post it when it is finished... perhaps later this afternoon or evening.
I also got quite the treat from my friend Dan ( who I did the drawing of Jack and Elizabeth for ). He knows I would love to have each of the cast members have a picture that I have drawn of them.... so he kinda put one in the hands of Dom for me : )
Just take a look at the image below...
In case anyone, anywhere, hasn't seen the unphotomanipped version (a screencap from a Sky News feature that included footage of Dom and Billy being presented with a Theban Band manip of Merry and Pippin):
The girl who actually gave them the photo (Editor's note: tacky, tacky, so fucking tacky) told her entire story here.
Remember how Crystal claimed she never tried to pass off her photomanips of herself with the LotR cast members as anything other than photomanips? Oh, what a lie!01-21-2004 06:24 AM
I just stumbled in on this thread and found alot of others here who have frequented my thread SKETCHES OF THE HOBBITS so I thought I would drop in, say hello and include a picture of myself..... a special thanks to my friend Dan in NYC for making this little meeting happen....
Cheers Everyone !!!
01-21-2004 01:46 PM
Here is another picture I scanned last night... hope you guys enjoy this one as well...
^ _ ^
And be forewarned..... lighting in bars sucks for taking pictures, the quality is not all that hot...
01-21-2004 01:55 PM
Sorry Dez... not gonna spill the beans... lets just say it is a nice thing to end up in the right place at the right time and I have a few friends who live in NYC and LA who help me out alot ( they are also the ones who manage to get me some of my beautiful pictures I have of Billy Boyd that I post in my thread here. Actually I'm going to be heading out to LA again here in March, so I may have some more photos to share with you all again soon! Well here is another little diddy to feast your eyes on.... enjoy!
This one isn't a photomanip - I just don't think it's actually her. Doesn't look much like the two million and one other photos of her we've seen: 01-21-2004 02:09 PM
Lets just say he was in a very good mood that evening... LOL
Well here is another picture I dug out of my photoalbum...
I'm there to the left leaning over the table with the camera in hand... ( sorry you can't see my face, but everyone knew it was me just from the hair and my fav black tee shirt that says Frodo Lives on it ) and yes he did autograph my book me for right over top of the picture of Pippin ^ _ ^
And finally, the infamous "Dom was in my room!" shot - she may not actually claim it's not a photomanip, but it's close enough for government work:03-10-2004 12:33 AM
Well it seems my PM box was overloaded with a bunch of messages with people going nuts about seeing Dom standing in front of a couple of my drawings on my avatar... yet only one person realized that in all truth... those pictures are hanging on the wall in my bedroom... good eye frodoandpipsgrl !
I thought why not have the inspiration behind my artwork be standing among my pieces of work... so here it is... I bring you Dominic... a work of art in his own right... enjoy everyone....
and03-10-2004 12:55 AM
and for those of you who haven't seen the picture of my room where most of my artwork is hanging on the walls... I've included a picture below... look to the left and you'll see the sketches behind Dominic...
http://img24.photobucket.com/albums/v72/crystalgamgee/oddsandends/sketchonwall.jpg
Look! Elijah himself emailed her about her work!01-27-2004 07:42 PM
* fanits dead away.........
Oh my god..... I was just surprised to hell when I just got this picture as an email attachment... I drew this picture two years ago in 2002 and it was given to Elijah at the Two Towers premiere in New York City, and was hand delivered..... ACK!
The email said.....
sorry to see you didn't have this picture up on your website The Grey Havens... hope you are glad to see it again... best wishes
Lij
* faints again
Enjoy everyone... sorry to say I had to really shrink it to put it up here, but it was roughly 7 by 10 inches and done all in charcoal and graphite pencil.... another example of what I can do if I put a HUGE amount of time into a piece of work ( spent about 3 weeks on it )
There was some question, back at the beginning of the wank, about the pictures in her since-locked "performances" album in photobucket. It was full of pictures from the TORN party, almost of all which I and others recognized from other sources (a good half of them had been taken by people I personally attended the TORN Party with), but no one ever found evidence that she had actually claimed them as her own work. Until now: 03-26-2004 06:13 PM
thank you everyone... so glad to help out with everyone's need for more Billy... I have so many pictures I don't even know where to begin posting... actually if you guys want some more pictures of Billy singing at the St. Patty's day party you can find those at the URL below...
http://img24.photobucket.com/albums...e/performances/
You'll also find some pictures of Billy in the studio while putting together the Pandemoniumfromamerica CD with Viggo, Dom, Elijah, Buckethead and Henry along with some of my pictures from the TORN Oscar party when Billy sang Oh Jean... hope you all enjoy!!!
More from that same page:03-26-2004 06:35 PM
here's one that was taken on the red carpet at the Oscars... let me tell you it was well worth all the time I had to wait out there to get a picture of all four of the guys together... and get my Premiere magazine signed by them too... unfortunatly Sean walked away talking on his cell phone when Billy was about to hand the magazine over to him so I'm missing Sean's sig... no fret... I'll get it sooner or later * winks
There are multiple other professional photographs and photographs taken by other fans on that page and the pages surrounding which she also claims as her own work (along with several "autographs" - faked?). My favorite is the one that came directly from Billy's official site (she doesn't actually claim she took that one, but in context with the other posts it's very strongly implied).
Here she claims to work for a photography company:03-26-2004 08:14 PM
about meeting Billy or any of the other guys for that matter... it's called alot of traveling, knowing where the guys will be, waiting patiently for them to arrive and having the pleasure of working for a photography company... lots of perks...
And a few more lies about her "job" - now she's actually the one taking the pictures:03-26-2004 11:47 PM
As soon as I get my next line up of assignments and who I'll be traveling around to get pictures of I'll be sure to leave a post here to let you know if Billy or any of the other guys for that matter will be there... as for now, the next stop for Billy will be in Sweden at the Scandavavian Sci-Fi, Game and Film Convention on April 24th and 25th...
She also tries very hard to convince people (using readily available public information) that she is an insider - methinks Crystal has been taking lessons from MsA:03-26-2004 08:52 PM
Well at this moment as we speak Billy is lingering around in L.A., actually he was at the Eddie Would Go book launch party on March 23rd which was held at Level 3 on Hollywood and Highland... as for Dom is enjoying himself on the sunny shores of Hawaii along Mokuleia Beach getting ready to film the pilot of a new ABC show called "LOST"... wondering about Elijah??? Well he's in London shooting for "HOOLIGANS" which the working title is now "THE YANK" but this Saturday ( tomorrow actually ) he's be attending the West Hammer's United Football game against Gillingham... hope that helps you all out... oh and here is a picture of Billy from the book launch party...
Her "friend at Getty" also gets a mention:03-26-2004 04:36 AM
Ok guys here's some more pictures to swoon over... these were taken just last Wednesday at the House of Blues in L.A. when Billy was performing with the Young Dubliners for the Hobbit Rock St. Patty's Day party... enjoy... oh and about the pictures... lets just say it pays to be in the right place at the right time and for knowing someone who works for Getty Images...
Other fun stuff:
- Shots of her "sketchbook"
- Sketches of the Hobbits thread - oh, so many photomanipulations and lies!
- Pippin/Billy Boyd Picture thread - full of wire service pictures and pictures by other fans that she claims as her own. (All the wire service pictures almost certainly came straight off image_direct - poor Crystal doesn't have a source now that she's been kicked off the community)
- This is tiny, but it amused the hell out of me: She posts a picture of Billy in David Grieg's play "San Diego" (which had its run in Edinburgh last year), and someone says, "I think that is from a play he did." Her response:
02-11-2004 01:41 AM
"Quite right....... that picture is from a play he did in San Fransico..."
Tsk, tsk, tsk, Crystal, what kind of a fangirl are you?
- More on Crystal's "star status":01-14-2004 10:35 PM
I have a real soft spot for Dom too... wish I could meet him in the flesh someday... maybe we'll run into each other when I head out to LA in March. I'd love for him to have one of my drawings ( then again he has probably had a mass amount of fanart given to him already and another might just make a bigger clutter ). I adore his witty sense of humor and his oddball sense of making others laugh. He's not afraid to show his silly side while out in the public eye and that gives him high standards in my book. He just acts like himself and really doesn't let the stardom go to his head. I think that is why I enjoy drawing him so much cause he's alot like me in many ways ( yet I'm no high rising starlet, but it was nice to start getting noticed when I was out and about, when people recognized me from my picture on my website after it was featured on theonering.net )
So if Dom's out there and perhaps reading this keep being yourself... cause I adore you for who you are, not for your star status
Cheers !
- Here's a fun little gem where she talks about getting her fanfiction published: 01-12-2004 04:54 AM
I am so glad that you enjoyed the story Níniel. Actually I am desperatly trying to gain the opportunity to have my collection of LOTR fanfiction pieces published under the title of Memoirs of the Shire. Only time can tell what that will bring... but perhaps one day it shall become a reality. If you enjoyed that tale, may I recommend that you follow it with The Long Journey Home, The Road Goes Ever On, and the Final Farewell. All four of those tales combine into one really... and if you're up for the long read... A Long Awaited Adventure has events that relate into those stories as well...
- Where would TORN be without Crystal?01-14-2004 08:12 PM
* smiles
The first nine pictures on that link were sent into TORn by me about two hours after the awards show ended on Sunday... it's really nice to have friends in high places to get some of the pictures I have in my collection... TORn sent an email thanking me for the pics saying that they would be posted Tuesday and to keep an eye out for them...
At least they apperciate the hard work some of us put into getting really great shots of the actors...
And with that in mind here are two beautiful pictures of Billy that I just acquired yesterday evening...
