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Cultiples #3: Panopticon and the Gallifreyan Tradition Society (AKA Cassandra Oakdown, Tilanay Vondrasal, Tali'Zorah vas Normandy, System of Rassilon, Apprehensive Acolyte, Etc.)
LB Lee
Other Books by LB Lee The Homeless Year Alter Boys in Love Flights of Reality Infinity Smashed: Heart Sparks Beat Cultiples #1: Tristan/Desiree Cultiples #2: The Fandom Cults of Draven Inaction Comics #1: Productivity Boundless Vol. 1: A Science Comics Anthology Being True: LGBTQ+ Comics from the Boston Comics Roundtable Text and cover artwork created 2019 by LB Lee. All material is held under a Creative Commons License. You may freely share this work, as long as you credit the creator and make no profit from it. Many thanks go to the anonymous ex-followers and sources who went public about Panopticon’s misbehavior and warned me of the violence coming my way, despite the risks to their own safety and sanity. Though I can not name you, you are the heroes of this story. Special thanks goes to AUK, who went public, took years of trolling, stalking, and harassment for it, and helped a random stranger (me) realize that someone I considered a friend really wasn’t. Thank you, AUK. May the future be kinder to you.
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Table of Contents Introduction......................................................................................................... 4 Regarding Pronouns, Conjugations, and Terminology.................6 A note regarding citations.........................................................................8 Dramatis Personae......................................................................................10 The Gallifreyan Tradition Society.......................................................14 Confess To Your Crimes: Secretgal.............................................................17 All this for a loaf of bread: The Toast Wank of Rassilon...................30 DETRANSITIONED LESBIAN WOMBYN: AUK..............................35 Rocked by Scandal: HIY and New Gallifrey.........................................50 Prydonian Revenge: Me................................................................................59 So You Want To Be An ALMSIVI Devotee:...........................................72 Mistakes Were Made: Tactics......................................................................75 Everyone Loves a Trainwreck: Conclusion...........................................80 Bibliography....................................................................................................... 83 Panopticon's Handles and Screen-Names..............................................96
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Introduction Panopticon is a system who have gone by many, many names; a comprehensive (but far from complete) list of their handles is attached at the end of this book. They're mostly active on tumblr and Discord, preferring fandom spaces for Dr. Who, Homestuck, Firefly, Heroes, Mass Effect, Homestuck, and Elder Scrolls Online, among others. From these communities, they build role-play and pop culture pagan groups; RP is often the gateway to more intense activities, be they explicitly religious or wallpapered over as fandom or cultural reconstruction. Panopticon portrays themselves as queer neurodiversity activists who fight against cult abuse and undue influence, but have admitted to running at least one "almost cult" themselves-the Gallifreyan Tradition Society (2017, September 11). Ostensibly a Dr. Who "cultural reconstruction group," GT mostly ran intense harassment campaigns of Panopticon's critics, ex-friends, and exfollowers. Though I was never a member, Panopticon tried to get me to join in on two of their harassment campaigns, and I became the target of another. This write-up is not a full history of the Gallifreyan Tradition Society, or the other groups that Panopticon has run. Instead, it is a microcosm of Panopticon's mi