Agreed. It's entirely possible to have objections to the way Alec Peters and Axanar have conducted themselves and their business (and make no mistake - this has absolutely been a business for them) while the lawsuit is in progress. Likewise, it's easy to forget how, over the past four years (prior to the lawsuit) Axanar had some of the most vocal, stubborn, and vicious of defenders constantly on patrol and policing any discussion about Axanar anytime someone would criticize the production or Peters, or have anything less than absolute praise to say. Not all Axanar defenders behaved this way, but a whole lot of them did.
The majority of the "Star Trek: Axanar" thread here on this very board carried out that same pattern. Really, it just speaks to the epic insecurity and inferiority complex of Peters and his acolytes to see how so few voices (prior to the lawsuit) could have such a dramatic impact with their thoughts as to inspire such vitriolic and purposeful retaliation.
Also ironic: most of those same people have stayed out of this thread, barely making an appearance because lo and behold those of us who raised these issues all along or who had concerns or who dared to offer critical thoughts have now been proven right. And the small-mindedness of most Axanerds simply can't allow that Alec Peters has actually FUBAR'd the whole operation thanks to his shameless greed, inept leadership, brazen inexperience and echo chamber circle jerk philosophy on discussion.
Finally, Alec Peters, on top of everything, has been a raging asshole to just about everyone. He's burned bridges to save himself, he's demeaned others, attacked, insulted and tried to control the narrative of what has been happening and why the lawsuit was filed, willfully ignoring the truth and what the law means. It's that old chestnut of "Rules are not meant to be broken by anyone ... but its ok if I do it." He has been disrespectful to everyone -- from Tony Todd, all the way to his own fans, denigrating those who ask questions by citing how "cheap" they were by only donating small amounts of money to Axanar. He's demonstrably revealed his two faced nature by constantly shitting on the Abrams films but turning that right around to suck up to Justin Lin when Lin made a single tweet supporting fan films last week. Peters is an asshole, a hypocrite, and man-child with no concept of personal or professional consideration, boundaries or respect and we have multiple, multiple sources of evidence of proof to show for this.
So yes, there's a touch of schadenfreude at play here because, frankly, Alec Peters has all but insisted on it being a part of these proceedings with his shitty behavior, but it's also very much about people -- whether new to Axanar, or recently burned by Peters and Axanar for asking questions, or the group of us who have followed and been constantly osctracized for our hesitation to drink Alec's Axanar Kool-Aid -- watching as this trainwreck hurtles in slow-motion toward it's inevitable plunge into its own destruction.
If anyone should be worried about how they conduct themselves during these proceedings, it's Alec Goddamn Peters, who has doxxed, threatened, and mischaracterized the truth to any number of us and his loyal followers all so he can make a quick buck. Likewise those raging fanatics on the Axanar Fan Group could stand a dowsing of the cold water of reality too. It's going to be a hell of a hangover for them when they wake up from this Axanar bender, they just don't see it yet.
BTW, I need to ask you about a little business proposition involving self-sealing... shhhh.... someone might overhear. Let me buy you a beverage, my treat...
