![]() DAYD gained a large following and spawned an extensive shared universe called the DAYDverse. In 2008, Blake reappeared in the Harry Potter fandom under the new identity of "Thanfiction," writing the epic fanfic Dumbledore's Army and the Year of Darkness. After the group fell apart, Blake released a lengthy statement in March 2007 that he was leaving fandom. He was physically and mentally abusive towards the people living with him, controlling them and requiring them to cut ties with their families. Turimel later wrote When a Fan Hits the Shit, a book about Andy's involvement in LoTR fandom.īlake continued to expand his cult, eventually claiming to channel over 160 souls. He legally changed his name to Andrew Blake. He then informed a number of his followers that his soul had died again and had been replaced with the "duplicate soul" of Orlando Bloom. He and Abbey signed an agreement to never do charity work in the state of Oregon again. Soon afterward, Blake was arrested for identity theft, but no charges were filed. Turimel reported Blake to the authorities. Blake faked a suicide attempt and left his group to deal with the fallout. Blake solicited money from fans and lied to the staff and con guests, and there was ultimately no convention. He attempted to illegally obtain IDs under the name "Jordan Gabriel Wood," which drew the attention of law enforcement.īit of Earth planned to hold a large LotR fan convention, Tentmoot, in December 2003, and falsely claimed to be a charity to do so. He created a LiveJournal account, "padawans," in which he wrote as Elijah Wood, under the premise that Wood was in a secret forbidden relationship with Dominic Monaghan, attracting attention from Domlijah tinhats.īlake faked his own death, sending his parents a suicide letter in October 2003, and became legally classified as a missing person. Blake then began using the name "Jordan Wood". In November 2002, Victoria Bitter made a last post online and faked suicide. Among the members of this group were Abbey Stone ( Orangeblossom Brambleburr), whom Blake dated, and Jeanine Renne (Turimel, who helped to organize Tentmoot, a proposed Lord of the Rings convention).īlake then claimed that his soul had died and been replaced by the "duplicate soul" of Elijah Wood. Blake claimed he had the ability to channel (allow spirits to inhabit one's body and speak to or for them) a number of characters/souls from this world, particularly hobbits such as Merry Brandybuck, and would conduct "spirit battles." He also claimed to channel actor Elijah Wood.Īlong with a few friends, Blake moved to Oregon and formed and led a group centered on these spiritual beliefs, that many, including former members, call a cult. He began to convince some friends and followers that Tolkien's works comprised the real history of a long-forgotten world that had been revealed to Tolkien when he discovered the Red Book of Westmarch. Unbeknownst to most Bit of Earth members, almost from the beginning Andy had been claiming to have psychic abilities. Bit of Earth organized charity projects such as Project Elanor, but due to the mishandling of funds had nothing to donate. In 2001 he adopted the name "Victoria Bitter" for the first time.Īs Victoria Bitter in Lord of the Rings fandom, Blake started a Yahoo! group called Bit of Earth in 2002, which put on a number of fan events and solicited the involvement of celebrities, notably Sean Astin. In August 2000 he retired the Strwriter identity. He had the alternate pseud "Voyagerbabe." He fabricated accomplishments and histories of abuses of these identities. Thanfiction's best-known fanfic is the Harry Potter epic Dumbledore's Army and the Year of Darkness, which has spawned an extensive shared universe called the DAYDverse and a cult.īlake, formerly known as Amy Player, started out in Sharpe and Star Trek: Voyager fandoms in 1998 under the name "Strwriter". Thanfiction's most recent pseud is Craft圜atDad. ![]() He later went on to use a number of other pseudonyms. While he had previous pseuds in the late 1990s (two of them were "Voyagerbabe" and "Strwriter"), he's most known for joining the Lord of the Rings fandom in the early 2000s as Victoria Bitter. Blake is notorious for being at the center of incidents which include starting a cult in LOTR fandom, another cult in Harry Potter fandom, failed convention organizing, his many fraudulent identities and pseuds, faking the deaths of both his real and fabricated identities, and being witness to the homicide of his roommates/cult members. Thanfiction, is a fanwriter and fanartist best known for his involvement in a number of high-profile fandom controversies. 7.1 General, Multiple Dates, or UndatedĪndy Blake, a.k.a.
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