theteablogger
The Tea Blogger
I am an anon attempting to create a detailed, comprehensive record of the history and abusive actions of Andrew Blake (currently @CraftyCatDad on Twitter; formerly known as Amy Player, Strwriter, Ciyerra Tallaver, Voyagerbabe, VBabe47, VBabe/VB/Veebs, Victoria Bitter, Rennie Gade/Chris, brandagamba, Jordan Wood, Mr. Frodo/misterfrodo, padawans/PadawanSidious, never2late2hope/Anne O'Nymous, thanfiction, andythanfiction, and probably more). Click here to learn more about Andy's history and why many people believe he is dangerous to others. This is a secondary blog. My main tumblr account is tea-anon, so on the rare occasion that I send an ask or message, it will come from there. [email protected] Links for mobile users: Important Posts | Tags | Timeline | About | Links
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hi tea! sorry for bugging you twice in a row, but do you happen to have any links to padawns/padawansidoius andy’s live journal where he posed as Elijah Wood?
I’ve been looking everywhere and everything is like “it exists”, i just wanted to dive a little deeper into that aspect
thanks so much,
concerning-aragorn
Sadly, the padawans LJ was never archived before Andy deleted it. The most I've managed to find is the profile page--here's a screenshot.
Note that "psychic wierdness [sic]" is listed among his interests.
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Andy cosplaying as Viserys is so on the nose it's almost funny. That said, after mulling on it awhile, I think Abbey's right on the money; no correct archetype for him to latch onto. Additionally one of Andy's primary fandom contributions seemed to be meta which means he had serious competition in regards to the GoT fandom. Also, maybe off the mark here, but one of the feelings I got from DAYD is that Andy really liked adding "adult" or "mature" events 1/2
2/2 to canon that was much more PG. Like all the sexual assault and war stuff that litters DAYD is very distant from the children's fantasy books that HP is canonically. You just can't do that in GoT, it's already very mature and adult thematically which maybe kept Andy more at arm's length. Plus I think there was a warning post about him that circulated in the fandom around the mid-aughts
These are all really good points, Anon. Thanks for the insight!
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I saw a few posts about Andy trying to get into the GoT fandom but never seemed to take off, do you have an idea why?
I wish I had a good answer for you. Andy made the occasional Game of Thrones headcanon post, did at least one art and one cosplay commission, cosplayed as Viserys and the Knight of Flowers, and put together an elaborate GoT-themed feast. The latter got the most attention on Tumblr, but that was only about 200 notes. I'm honestly not sure why, but for whatever reason, he never got a strong foothold in the fandom.
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Hi Tea, I’ve been researching Andy a lot lately and was wondering if you had any good sources for his pre-LOTR days (Strwriter/Voagerbabe). I’ve been struggling to find good links and sources for that era.
I love your blog and it has been an incredible source for me, thank you for the work you do.
Thanks, Anon!
Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of good sources out there for Andy's early fandom activity. As far as I know, all of his Sharpe and Horatio Hornblower messages were lost when Yahoo! killed Yahoo! Groups. His old Usenet posts are still floating around, though. If you Google alt.startrek.creative, alt.tv.due-south, or alt.tv.due-south.creative, you can then search the archives for Strwriter or Voyagerbabe. @notreallyhappeningtoday has also shared some highlights: 1998 | 1999 | 2000.
There's also this document, written by someone who knew Andy pretty well in the Star Trek: Voyager fandom. (Note that it refers to Andy by his birth name and with she/her pronouns.) The writer describes her interactions with Andy, his parents, and his sister; the introduction of Voyagerbabe/Ciyerra Tallaver to the Voyager fandom; Voyagerbabe's horrifying (and utterly false) backstory; and the death of an almost-certainly-fake boyfriend.
Here is an archive of Voyagerbabe's old Voyager and Due South website, which later became Victoria Bitter's Lord of the Rings website. Strwriter's website was never archived.
That's all I know of that's still available online. I hope it helps somewhat!
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Hey Tea, is there a list somewhere with all the urls of the various warning blogs about Andy that have existed over the years? Reading the timeline reminded me of the existence of watchfulnonny who I'd completely forgotten about! That got me thinking about the art blog whose name I can't remember and also one set up by some Supernatural fans. And one using a white theatre mask as an avatar which I think was different to the Supernatural one.
@kumquatwriter
@1purp0se-blog
@tracerthanfiction
@notreallyhappeningtoday
@watchfulnonny
@delwynmarch
@protectyourfanmily
@andyawareness
@andythatsfiction
Besides mine, those are the dedicated warning blogs that I remember. There were also a handful of blogs that were mostly personal but also involved in discussion and analysis of Andy's harmful behaviors. As far as I'm aware, though, those people have all moved on to other things and some have changed URLs, so I don't know that they would want to be listed.
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Thanks so much for compiling all of Andy's tweets together — I had no idea just how OFTEN he was tweeting @ the Critical Role cast. Would you say he was genuinely angling for some kind of costuming job with them? (The way he kept mentioning he was moving to LA soon, wanting them to see his portfolio, etc.) I'm sure the cast are good @ recognizing weird/disturbing fan behavior, but they've partnered with or employed quite a few of their Big Name fans. If he'd wormed his way in—what a nightmare
I can't say too much because I don't have permission, but I'm 100% positive that Andy was trying to get costuming work with the CR cast. He was very serious about it. Luckily, they were warned about him before he could get too close.
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I did say it would be soon...
Part VII of the timeline has just been posted, which means that the timeline is now current!
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Whats the ETA on the next part of the timeline?
All I can say is, "soon"! I'm almost done uploading and linking all the screenshots, and then I have to go over the whole thing again to edit and make sure all the links are correct. It's a long and tedious process, but the end is in sight.
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Agreed!
Andy, who is well known for his fauxpologies, lectures people on how to apologize and take responsibility for their actions without making excuses.
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Andy, who is well known for his fauxpologies, lectures people on how to apologize and take responsibility for their actions without making excuses.
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How did Andy pass his costuming course if didn't do the assigned work?
My understanding is that he did as much as he needed to get by. When it came to making things for productions, sometimes other people had to take up his slack or things just didn't get done. Or they got done badly.
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Did Andy ever have any contact with or get to meet any of the Critical Role cast?
He met one of them briefly, but then they were warned about him and unequivocally cut ties.
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Will we get more details about some of the things mentioned in the timeline preview in the actual timeline? Like examples of his unlikely personal anecdotes or what he did that got him reported to the college or what he did/said that was sexually harassing?
Unfortunately, I can't give specific details without making it easy for Andy to figure out who my source was. I distilled our conversation down to those bullet points and got clearance from them before adding it to the timeline.
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Timeline update
I'm currently working on part VII of the timeline, which will span from 2016 to the present. (Or close to the present, anyway, and I'm not sure yet how I'm going to handle future updates.) This part is much shorter than the last one: Andy slowed down for a while after he started college, and although he is currently a very prolific Twitter user, not much of what he tweets is of interest. But boy, does he share a lot of memes about redemption narratives and about people refusing to believe you've changed! I've included maybe a third of those, and it still feels like a lot.
Here's a preview of the beginning of part VII:
January 19, 2016
This is Andy's first day at Virginia Commonwealth University. He majors in Costume Technology. According to a fellow student, while attending VCU, Andy:
Rarely does his assigned work
Puts in minimal effort when he does the work
Habitually speaks over anyone he perceives as female
Frequently interrupts professors with unlikely personal anecdotes
Attempts to "out teach" his professors
Makes racist comments and doesn't use people's correct pronouns
Sexually harasses other students, including during costume fittings
Is the subject of numerous complaints to the school by other students
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Is Andy's claim of having long covid true or is it likely to be another scam/way he can get sympathy?
I don't have any evidence that it isn't true; all I know is what Andy shares on his Twitter (@CraftyCatDad).
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Another lie
I just received an email referring to Andy's bio, as shown in this post of mine. From someone in the industry:
I can say from direct experience that nearly all of this is a lie. The “large Los Angeles costume house” that he worked for is one I worked for for over 3 years - he worked there on a part time basis for less than six months before he was fired. His work was sub-par and the owner has said that he vastly over-represented his skills when applying.
additionally, I have multiple friends for whom he has offered to make costumes. nothing he has made has even been wearable. we are talking “seams splitting when you bend over” levels of bad. I don’t know a single person for whom he has made a functional garment, nor have I ever seen any kind of portfolio of costumes he has produced. I actually don’t think I’ve ever seen a single thing he has sewn, but he seems to think he can charge money for “consultation”? Absolutely egregious.
To clarify, Andy was working for a costume house until he was sidelined by long COVID, but it was not a "large" one. The costume house this person is referring to would be one that Andy worked for when he first came to LA.
The closest thing to a portfolio that Andy has, as far as I know, is his costuming Instagram. At least one of the costumes featured in it broke the first time the commissioner wore it and caused them extreme physical discomfort (unrelated to the breakage). I've heard that other people who have commissioned from Andy have had issues with their costumes that they've had to fix themselves, or pay others to fix.
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Andy unpriv'd their twitter and they had another post blow up--- not sure why his posts of all things always blow up but he'll gain a few hundred followers each time before he deletes them for apparently being "too popular" but he deleted right after i QRT'd saying something along the lines of "woke up to andythanfiction in my 4u tab, what a morning" ----Now, I don't condone harassment but he's been gaining a following again from his 'helpful' posts and idk, that the shit he used to do and ick.
Yup, this has happened a couple of times recently.
Last month, Andy went viral for the Tracy Chapman thing--tweeting commentary on a woman's outfit at an awards ceremony--and freaked out and briefly made his Twitter private.
So what did he do when the Oscars came around? Decided to tweet commentary on people's outfits at the awards ceremony. And one of them went viral, and he freaked out and deleted it.
This time, it was a thread about Joann (the fabric store chain) filing for bankruptcy, with recommendations for what to buy at the inevitable clearance sales. I didn't catch the tweets before he deleted them, but here's the aftermath:
I don't condone harassment, either--and to be clear, I wouldn't consider what you tweeted to be harassment. I'm also wary of the way he's been gradually building up a following.
But Andy is being very careful. He posts about politics and COVID, but mostly keeps his Twitter focused on sewing/costuming tips and his bird. He knows people are watching him for any signs of backsliding into his old behaviors, and I think that's why he's so cautious about getting too much attention. He posts once in a while about how he's not trying to be an influencer, but haha, his bird and his cat totally are--he wants to appear as innocuous and unassuming as possible, in hopes that we'll leave him alone.
I think the best thing people can do with regard to Andy is to continue to keep an eye on things and speak up when something seems sketchy (like the way Andy initially described his prospective new job) or if he says or does something overtly harmful. Calling him out for things like "trying to get attention" doesn't do much other than give him another opportunity to complain about the Evil Internet Mob that's out to ruin his life, which only makes people feel sorry for him.
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