From the team behind the animated Castlevania series (including the writer Warren Ellis, which may put some off):

Ep. 101: The Cold Spot

Starring James Callis and Alicia Witt

Dr. John Carnack is an investigator for the Department Of Experimental Oversight. Responding to a whistleblower call, he arrives at a lab to discover Dr. Sylvie Bestler’s personal experiment: to see what’s on the other side of the universe.

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  • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    creepy and unpleasant

    Let’s not kink shame. The Gaiman accusations AFAICT involve BDSM sessions and a deficiency of communication (ie. a failure of the essential rule in said culture), so let’s also refrain from insinuating intent. To put it bluntly, and purely academic, BDSM is nothing without power dynamics and some have trouble keeping those concepts sandboxed within the specific events’ environments.

    Ironically, he’s a Bad Seed.

    Ha! I saw him at the Schnitz a little while ago, and made a joke to my partner that I had no idea Spider Jerusalem jammed with Nick Cave! Thanks for reminding me of that head canon. 🤣🤘🏽

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPM
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      2 months ago

      The Gaiman accusations AFAICT involve BDSM sessions and a deficiency of communication

      That’s not what the claims are:

      the women allege “rough and degrading sex” with the author, which the women claim was not always consensual.

      People can do what they like but lack of consent isn’t “a deficiency of communication”.

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        2 months ago

        The specifics of said events are not detailed and assuming that they pertain to an entire session rather than specific acts is unwise and unhelpful. I’m in no way condoning either. Accuracy in fact-checking is paramount.