====== Riley ======

(Riley has used many sets of pronouns in their Internet history. This page uses "they" to refer to Riley as a gender-neutral singular pronoun. Quotes were left intact, and generally reflect the pronouns Riley used when they were originally posted.)

Riley's best-known handle was probably Gisei Nashi Ni (on LiveJournal), but they have used a number of handles:

  * [[http://sf-drama.livejournal.com/3225031.html?thread=603632583#t603632583|SmallBlackAngel]]
  * [[http://dumbthingswhitepplsay.tumblr.com/|dumbthingswhitepplsay]]
  * miakasun
  * squirrelydanger
  * oddlyending (tumblr)
  * spoodypoo (new LJ handle)
  * crackerhell (tumblr)
  * pokipon (tumblr)
  * [[https://twitter.com/dtwps|DTWPS]] (twitter)
  * [[http://the-original-dtwps.tumblr.com|the-original-dtwps]] (tumblr)

Riley made a name for themselves as a rabid SJ warrior until it was discovered that [[http://sf-drama.livejournal.com/3225031.html|they are quite]] a [[http://sf-drama.livejournal.com/3225031.html?thread=603718343#t603718343|piece of work]]: Misogynist, transphobic, [[http://i.imgur.com/FsnZS.png|racist]], the whole nine yards. (They also have [[http://bad-rpers-suck.livejournal.com/tag/but%20y%20u%20mad%20gisei_nashi_ni%3F|their own tag]] at Bad Roleplayers Suck.) In April 2013, [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/54007.html?thread=251387383#t251387383|a Gentlefailer claimed]] to have been the one (in another anonymous forum) to have revealed Riley's unsavory background to the world.)

[[http://dumbthingswhitepplsay.tumblr.com/post/16877126902/thoughts-re-asian-american-studies-and-activism|This DTWPS post]] is discussed in f_fa [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/27894.html?thread=123361782#t123361782|here]]...

> //...the "white-identifying" to Indian to black - while posting against Asian Americans - seems a bit... weird. And I'll leave it at that. GNN had an Indian fetish before her weeaboo phase. She called herself Kali and had this whole Indian-ish RP thing going on. There is an Asian dating site with her photo and race, where she explicitely identifies as African American, but I don't know if it's kosher to link to that here.//

and [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/27894.html?thread=123909366#t123909366|here]]:

> //Just recently on their tumblr they reblogged a post that pitted asian americas vs poc americans when it comes to racism (strongly on the side of american poc). So it seems highly unlikely that she was a black person from India.//

Riley believes [[http://i50.tinypic.com/30vji4m.png|12 is a reasonable age of consent.]]

One of Riley's friends is [[GirlJanitor|GirlJanitor]].

For a while, a Tumblr blogger who used the handle [[http://omgstopbeingashittyperson.tumblr.com/|omgstopbeingashittyperson]] wrote a lot about Riley and other SJWs who doxx and harass people who disagree with them. As of August 2014, they [[http://omgstopbeingashittyperson.tumblr.com/post/93857130688/this-blog-will-no-longer-be-active-after-this|made their blog inactive]] after said SJWs //"had to harass and stalk someone, threaten them and their family, until that person broke down and gave me up as being the mod on this blog. That alone should show you how much they don’t care about anyone."//

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===== The Arkh Project =====

Riley is the brains behind [[http://thearkhproject.tumblr.com/|The Arkh Project]], which will supposedly create a 3D RPG for queer fans of color. [[http://ardeb.tumblr.com/post/16890249680/okay-ive-been-wanting-to-make-this-post-for-a|Ardeb on Tumblr]] expressed their reservations: //"They do not even have a design document yet, and they are already asking for money....The only thing The Arkh Project has to show is concept art. That is it... They are taking advantage of people, if they realize it or not, plain and simple."//

Ardeb's [[http://ardeb.tumblr.com/post/17144475360/alright-this-is-a-more-in-depth-post-about-the|follow-up post]] lays out the technical problems with the Arkh Project: No concept document, no design document, no art, no tech docs, and no experience with game creation on the development team. Gentlefailers discuss this [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/27951.html?thread=124566319#t124566319|here]]. Ardeb's second post was also linked in [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/27894.html?thread=123895798#t123895798|this thread]], which also included links to [[http://privilegedenyingdude.tumblr.com/post/16599011960/image-courtesy-of-a-commenter-on-themarysue-com|two other]] posts [[http://gloomietta.tumblr.com/post/17021608196/tw-some-deets-on-riley-the-head-of-the-arkh-project|on Tumblr]] about GNN's history as SmallBlackAngel.

GNN is [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/27894.html?thread=123338998#t123338998|quoted at f_fa]] as writing off Ardeb's reaction as racist. Noted SJ Warrior [[w/page/46348354/Neo_Prodigy|Neo_Prodigy]] expressed the same opinion, with bonus accusations of homophobia and cissexism, at [[http://foc-u.livejournal.com/82614.html|foc_u]] (discussion [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/28649.html?thread=126766313#t126766313|here]]) and [[http://arsmarginal.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/the-arkh-project-cis-straight-white-people-are-trying-to-shut-arkh-down/|Ars Marginal]]. Similar sentiments came from [[http://clitt-tastic.tumblr.com/post/17116402049/reasons-why-i-say-fuck-all-of-you-that-are-boycotting|Clitt-Tastic]], [[http://deliciouskaek.tumblr.com/post/17176037112/deliciouskaek-joshishollywood-deliciouskaek|DeliciousKaek]], and [[http://poemsofthedead.tumblr.com/|Poems of the Dead]] (note the tags used on [[http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/also-why-i-hate-the-bullshit-white-people-say|their two]] [[http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/i-said-i-got-nothing-for-qpoc-steeped-in-whiteness-either|posts about]] Arkh).

[[http://alexandraerin.tumblr.com/post/16848807110/id-like-to-start-this-ask-by-saying-that-i-think-arkh|AlexandraErin]]'s post on the subject didn't seem to be answering any of the hard questions, and in [[http://hradzka.dreamwidth.org/427926.html|Hradzka's critical post about Arkh]] she also ducked those questions and implied he just didn't want to donate money.

On the other hand, [[http://roboluvsunicorn.tumblr.com/post/17166624029/unpopular-onions-the-arkh-project|RoboLuvsUnicorn]] explained more about why the execution of this project is iffy, [[http://caterina-sforza.tumblr.com/post/17174514801|Caterina_Sforza]] noted that the Arkh people are outsourcing everything, and [[http://joshishollywood.tumblr.com/|Josh Macedo]] (quoted here by [[http://quoms.tumblr.com/post/17174783088/joshishollywood-deliciouskaek|Quoms]]) fired back at DeliciousKaek: //"I have a suggestion! Stop asking for fucking money when all you have is an idea! Stop doing that!"//

As detailed by the [[http://sf-drama.livejournal.com/3330212.html|sf_drama post]] about the Arkh Project, it also fails from a social-justice standpoint:

  * GNN claims that [[http://thearkhproject.tumblr.com/post/14129547033/metaphor-about-invisible-disabilities-in-arkh|mental illness will be represented in the game]] by a superpower that enables the person to see monsters... but look crazy to other people because they're fighting things that nobody else can see.
  * GNN puts [[http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytn5jcc8i1r8n4rao1_400.jpg|a Japanese character]] in a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheongsam|qipao]] and claims it was [[http://dumbthingswhitepplsay.tumblr.com/post/16722475875/someotherchick-replied-to-your-post-ethiopienne|at the request of a friend]]. Good to know that East Asian cultures are interchangeable if their friend says so.
  * [[http://applecup.tumblr.com/post/17422428760/a-little-musing-on-the-arkh-project|Applecup reports]] that one picture of Romero, a male character who is a hot mess of Magical Native stereotypes, was [[http://sf-drama.livejournal.com/3330212.html?thread=629789092#t629789092|traced]] from various Shakira photos. //"Also IIRC Haruka is actually male identified/presenting, when not running around in culturally inappropriate clothing. So this ~oh so inclusive~ queer RPG? Is both heteronormative and binary!"//
  * The [[http://privilegedenyingdude.tumblr.com/post/16944131653/come-to-think-of-it-why-is-every-relationship-in-the|Privilege-Denying Dude blog]] notes that every relationship in the game pairs //"someone masculine with someone feminine"// and that all non-binary characters are //"either masculine-presenting MAAB or feminine-presenting FAAB. I mean, people like that exist IRL but it’d be nice to have some variety in a supposedly ~inclusive~ game, know what I mean?"//
  * [[http://singingstoriesinthevoid.tumblr.com/post/17426982650/apple-versus-the-world-a-little-musing-on-the-arkh|Singing Stories in the Void]] comments more about how the characters' gender identities seem //"shoehorned."//

There is also an [[http://www.journalfen.net/community/unfunny_fandom/18490.htm|Unfunny Fandom]] post about this, and there is [[http://stoparkhproject.tumblr.com/|a blog called Stop the Arkh Project]].

===== Second Game =====

Despite the total failure of The Arkh Project, which vanished without a trace after consuming thousands of dollars of donated funds, Riley decided to [[https://www.youcaring.com/my-own-and-other-similar-projects-527012|crowdfund]] a second game. This time, though, Riley admitted upfront that even if they met their goal they would not use that money to produce a game; rather, they would fund the 'prototype' and also pay about half the artist's costs, then run a second crowdfunding campaign for the rest of the money. They also published a post on [[https://medium.com/@dtwps/the-scam-or-how-i-became-a-programmer-fo-realz-5da0714e3ebb#.374qlprjd|Medium]] insisting that they were only called a scammer because haters couldn't deal with them being black, queer, and/or autistic, and insisting that The Arkh Project wasn't a scam, just a failed project.

Meme discussed their new project a [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/184397.html?thread=1002734157#cmt1002734157|couple]] of [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/185921.html?thread=1012858433#cmt1012858433|times]]. Gentlenonnies noted that, even if their games aren't scams in that they do actually intend to create something, they have shown themselves to be completely lacking the knowledge and resources to deliver on their promises. They also discussed their transparently manipulative attempts to get people to donate money, such as saying on their funding page: "I want to make a prototype [...] so people like myself will continue to want to live."

===== Various Riley Threads =====

  * **Jan. 26, 2012:** The [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/27501.html?thread=121399661#t121399661|very first Arkh Project thread]] on f_fa.
  * **Feb. 16, 2012:** [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/50044.html?thread=231513724#t231513724|Follow-up thread.]]
  * **Mar. 4, 2012:** Arkh Project posts [[http://thearkhproject.tumblr.com/post/18739706716|first draft of GDD.]] Gentlefailers [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/29566.html?thread=132095870#t132095870|discuss]].
  * **Mar. 4, 2012:** [[http://www.journalfen.net/community/wank_report/888.html?thread=8135800#t8135800|wank_report discussion]] of threatened shutdown of DTWPS and harassment Riley has allegedly gotten (screencaps [[http://theillustratednerdgirl.tumblr.com/post/18909092070/in-light-of-tumblr-threatening-to-take-down-dtwps|here]]).
  * **Apr. 23, 2012:** Riley apparently [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/31898.html?thread=144847770#t144847770|spewing antisemitism]] in the quest for "social justice."
  * **Jun. 18, 2012:** [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/34598.html?thread=159407910#t159407910|Gentlefailers discuss]] a post by [[http://shwetanarayan.tumblr.com/post/25116183200/im-not-trying-to-argue-with-you-but-if-youre|Shweta Narayan]] stanning rather idiotically for Riley and Arkh.
  * **Jun. 29, 2012:** [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/35341.html?thread=162562829#t162562829|This thread about sf_d]] is mostly about Riley.
  * **Jul. 1, 2012:** //"[[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/35341.html?thread=162896141#t162896141|Speaking of Riley . . .]] Can we talk about how fucking terrible [[http://oddlyending.tumblr.com/post/25783818775/abuse-cycle|this fic]] is? Word is that Riley is the one who wrote this under a sock."// [[http://i.imgur.com/KCCH2.jpg|These]] two [[http://i.imgur.com/jpIsf.png|screencaps]] were linked as evidence why people believe Oddlyending is Riley. In the same thread, Riley was spotted as being [[http://legendofkorra.livejournal.com/39757.html|back on LJ as Spoodydoo]] and as [[http://dumbthingswhitepplsay.tumblr.com/post/26298183724/re-abuse-cycle-what-naga-saw|rec'ing their own fic on DTWPS]].
  * **Jul. 13, 2012:** ////[[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/37106.html?thread=166194162#t166194162|"This might be the dumbest drama I've ever seen."]]// To quote [[http://www.journalfen.net/community/wank_report/1488.html?thread=8525776#t8525776|wank_report]], ////"Someone filmed themselves////// //[link now 404] //////writing 'Riley' on a piece of toilet paper, flushing it, and flipping it off. [[http://alldolleddown.tumblr.com/post/26999730330/reblogged-as-link-cause-ew|Wank ensues.]]"////////
  * **Jul. 25, 2012:** Gentlefailers [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/37641.html?thread=169435913#t169435913|discuss]] a month-old post by Riley about //Legend of Korra//. Consensus is that "white people" means //"everything Riley doesn't like."//
  * **Oct. 12, 2012:** Arkh posts [[http://thearkhproject.tumblr.com/post/33427961515/a-little-update-to-show-you-we-havent-poofed|"A little update to show you we haven't poofed."]] Briefly [[http://www.journalfen.net/community/wank_report/1488.html?thread=8735952#t8735952|discussed]] on wank_report.
  * **Dec. 7, 2012:** [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/45624.html?thread=208489016#t208489016|Gentlefailers discuss]] Riley and friend So_Treu doxxing a 17-year-old on Tumblr. [[http://sf-drama.livejournal.com/3398824.html|sf_drama thread.]]
  * **Dec. 10, 2012:** //[[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/45837.html?thread=209441805#t209441805|"Riley Rly Hates East Asians*; News at Eleven."]]// Relevant Tumblr threads: [[http://crackerhell.tumblr.com/post/37645843600|1]], [[http://crackerhell.tumblr.com/post/37647408436|2]], [[http://crackerhell.tumblr.com/post/37646491169|3]].
  * **Jan. 20, 2013:** [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/48090.html?thread=221186778#t221186778|//"Riley demands to be paid"//]] — they put up a donation link on crackerhell and write, //"^_^v You can't see anything here, but I can still track you. :D At some point in the near future, I will reinstate the HTML on this blog."//
  * **Mar. 11, 2013:** //[[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/51928.html?thread=240220120#t240220120|More Arkh Project concept art]]//
  * **Apr. 9, 2013:** //[[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/54007.html?thread=251403511#t251403511|Holy shit, the Arkh Project actually has concept art now]]//
  * **Apr. 19, 2013:** //[[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/54520.html?thread=254622456#t254622456|Riley is still awful, news at 11.]]// Riley weighs in on the Boston Marathon bombing.
  * **Apr. 20, 2013:** The [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/54520.html?thread=254799352#t254799352|"Bars in Lahore" incident]]. Riley accused Tumblr user MehreenKasana, who lives in Pakistan, of being a total fraud and liar about her faith because a "friend" saw Mehreen at a bar in Lahore. There are no bars in Lahore. Naturally, Riley never apologized, and their friends remained on their side. One nonny linked [[http://wtfsocialjustice.tumblr.com/post/41837787254/riley-calls-out-popular-pakistani-blogger-mehreen|here]] and said, //"[T]rust me, it was hilarious. Mehreen got called anti-black just for calling Riley a liar, Riley implied that dark-skinned Pakistani people are all dirt-poor."//
  * **May 10, 2013:** //[[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/56497.html?thread=262408625#t262408625|Mitsumata: Riley's old game.]]// Riley used to write for Kinou Games; nonny provided a sample of their writing for teh lolz.
  * **Sep. 14, 2013:** //[[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/66334.html?thread=313736478#t313736478|"Arkh is Not Dead."]]// In which it becomes apparent that the Arkh Project is less a scam than an amazing example of incompetence.
  * **March 3, 2015:** //"[[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/130552.html?thread=678154744#cmt67815|Riley is loudly proclaiming how awful 'white-passing' people are again]]."// Same day, same post: A nonny browsing Twitter spots [[https://twitter.com/dtwps/status/582263056568356864|Riley's plea]]: "Help me get to @WisCon39 so I can kickstart a career that will contribute to the self-sufficiency I need to make good stuff at no/low cost!" [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/130552.html?thread=678122744#cmt678122744|The nonny wonders]], //"////where did all that money go again?"//
  * **Jan 16-17, 2016:** Meme [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/177480.html?thread=964622920#cmt964622920|learns]] that Riley has a Patreon. Mockery ensues.



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