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The Ms.Scribe Story: An Unauthorized Fandom Biography
The Ms.Scribe Story is a multi-chaptered exposé of the fan Msscribe's behavior during her tenure in the Harry Potter fandom.
The work was written by the pseudonymous Charlotte Lennox and originally posted to the bad penny community on JournalFen in chapters over the course of several days starting June 15, 2006.
The exposé was thoroughly researched and incorporated evidence collected by many fans, not just the author of the work.
Charlotte Lennox wrote: "The first draft was a mere narrative, much shorter than this, without links, quotes, or screencaps. When I showed it to people, the response was flattering, and many urged me to make it public. The more people I showed it to, the more information I got in return (just as has happened on the Bad_Penny community), and I ended up with a much fuller and more complete account than I had any idea of when I started." [2]
A year after the essay was posted, Charlotte Lennox continued to update her entry through multiple "Afterwords" as she received or uncovered new or clarifying information. Previous chapters were also edited to correct or update the entries. The last update was in February 2007.
The work was written by the pseudonymous Charlotte Lennox and originally posted to the bad penny community on JournalFen in chapters over the course of several days starting June 15, 2006.
The exposé was thoroughly researched and incorporated evidence collected by many fans, not just the author of the work.
Charlotte Lennox wrote: "The first draft was a mere narrative, much shorter than this, without links, quotes, or screencaps. When I showed it to people, the response was flattering, and many urged me to make it public. The more people I showed it to, the more information I got in return (just as has happened on the Bad_Penny community), and I ended up with a much fuller and more complete account than I had any idea of when I started." [2]
A year after the essay was posted, Charlotte Lennox continued to update her entry through multiple "Afterwords" as she received or uncovered new or clarifying information. Previous chapters were also edited to correct or update the entries. The last update was in February 2007.
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Charlotte Lennox
125 books47 followersCharlotte Ramsay Lennox (born: c. 1730) was a British author and poet of the 18th century. She is most famous now as the author of The Female Quixote and for her association with Samuel Johnson, Joshua Reynolds, and Samuel Richardson, but she had a long career and wrote poetry, prose, and drama.
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January 10, 2023you think i'm not gonna log this? you think i'm not gonna make it count for my reading goal? absolutely not. reading is reading, i'm counting it, especially 'cause i've re-read this more times i can count.
January 4, 2023
i thank god every day i'm not an elder millenial
July 13, 2025
Around the time I read Yellowface a new video essay on this topic dropped and I watched that. The combination of those things made me reread this and it’s still as good as ever.
Oh to be a rising college sophomore reading this for the first time in the family computer room and gaining all sorts of new context for the people behind the “glamorous” livejournals you were reading back in the day in high school. I’m now a decade older than all the principles in this drama and I’m sorry to say very little in fandom has changed. At least Msscribe had flair and so much of the drama is still preserved rather than squirreled away in increasingly Byzantine discord servers.
Oh to be a rising college sophomore reading this for the first time in the family computer room and gaining all sorts of new context for the people behind the “glamorous” livejournals you were reading back in the day in high school. I’m now a decade older than all the principles in this drama and I’m sorry to say very little in fandom has changed. At least Msscribe had flair and so much of the drama is still preserved rather than squirreled away in increasingly Byzantine discord servers.
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February 18, 2024What a legend. Natural-borne, apex Poster of the ages. Ms.Scribe wants adoration. Ms.Scribe will be admired At All Costs. Ms.Scribe will lie and cheat and puppeteer her way through any situation, all in will pursuit of the noblest goal: being friends with Cassandra Claire.
Nowadays to get this level of drama you need to have in an in on niche private Discord servers, but this right here is a richly-preserved tapestry of fandom drama of yonder days, a battle that never dies, an urge that never abates. Thank you plucky detective who compiled this tale, and may we all dedicate tonight's prayers to Ms.Scribe, Queen of the Terminally Online, Blessed Mother of Unemployed Tumblrinas everywhere, amen.
Nowadays to get this level of drama you need to have in an in on niche private Discord servers, but this right here is a richly-preserved tapestry of fandom drama of yonder days, a battle that never dies, an urge that never abates. Thank you plucky detective who compiled this tale, and may we all dedicate tonight's prayers to Ms.Scribe, Queen of the Terminally Online, Blessed Mother of Unemployed Tumblrinas everywhere, amen.
November 11, 2021
Not really sure what to say, read because mentioned by Scott in We Are All Msscribe, and also because I was curious. The first two chapters are objectively hard to follow IMO it was only at about the third chapter I started following the abbreviations. It was super long, but was it "super worth it" i'm not sure. It's kind of absurd that I spent a nontrivial amount of time reading about harry potter fandom but also I love that I spent a nontrivial amount time reading about harry potter fandom.
February 26, 2024
genuinely better written and researched than most academic papers. a fun, engaging time capsule of some of the most niche, petty internet drama ever seen i think. ms. scribe, if you’re out there, please show us a sign
February 25, 2023
PG Wodehouse for the Internet Age!
October 2, 2023
fuck yeah I'm gonna log this. Fandom lore counts as a modern history book.
February 29, 2024
incredibly surprised this is on goodreads.
also wondering if i should read stuff relevant to my degree instead of harry potter fandom drama that went down over two decades ago but idk x
also wondering if i should read stuff relevant to my degree instead of harry potter fandom drama that went down over two decades ago but idk x
March 22, 2025
Enchanting
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