Cass Oakdown/Panopticon Dump Thread

[lb_lee]

Okay, this has happened enough times that I feel like it might prove useful.

Since I finished the Cultiples series, ex-followers of Panopticon's groups have been coming forward to speak to me.  There's been a decent few of them, and I thought it might be best for them to have a centralized place to share their stories, link-dump, and otherwise talk with each other, if they so desire.  Anon comments are turned on, and also screened, so that none will appear unless I specifically say so; if you want your words unscreened, just say so, otherwise they will remain hidden.  I will keep the comments moderated.

Panopticon has my blog staked out, and they may retaliate.  Be aware.

I will also use this as a centralized post to note those folks who have already come forward and stated they're okay with being public:

• Pigeon, Panopticon's former roommate's testimony. (And here's the thread where they said they were okay with it being public.) (EDIT: tumblr purged the post, so here is the archived version.)

Comments

Re: Panopticon’s Latest Cult Attempt

[(Anonymous)]

Somewhere we have either a screenshot or some communication that confirms their fascination with Animorphs-centric cult activity predating their removal from the Pigeon household.

-The Riders (unscreen)

Re: Panopticon’s Latest Cult Attempt

[lb_lee]

I mean, the Sharing was from a good year or two beforehand; they shut it down not long after they tried to get us to advertise their merch for it and I went, "you know what, I'm uneasy selling fake cult merch that is impossible to differentiate from the real thing." That happened here and that was almost two years ago.

(Jesus, I can't believe that all of this happened within such a short amount of time. I didn't know Panopticon from Adam until just three years ago, and now I've been their "enemy" for a year!)

Re: Panopticon’s Latest Cult Attempt

[(Anonymous)]

This is why we feel like this will all reach it’s zenith fairly quickly. They’ve ripped the breaks off the train at this point.

- TR (unscreen)

Re: Panopticon’s Latest Cult Attempt

[lb_lee]

I mean. Folks said that about Draven, and he's still going after twenty years and a felony conviction (though the glory days are long past).

Hopefully Panopticon don't turn out like Draven. But I admit, so far nothing I'm hearing reassures me.

Re: Panopticon’s Latest Cult Attempt

[ghostridersonthestorm]

The main difference to us is that Panopticon’s violence is psychological and emotional, not physical. They’re at least currently aware of their physical limitations and/or too terrified that someone else will be stronger, or the one smart thought in their head is that they’ll look less like a victim if they give someone else a scar. By their current age, Draven had been threatening people with physical harm for some time. Panopticon’s threats are always vague and non-physical, like, “I wish they would feel everything they put me through.” They definitely seem inspired heavily by Draven, but their focus is on the non-physical in all respects.

-TR (went legit and got an account, anything we say on it can be unscreened)