Does anyone remember Brandon?

[mintygreen]

Is he still around anywhere?

I just remember there was some old board(I think before this one existed) and I was a member on that one back when I was a teen when MI first came out and I remember Brandon and he was one of my first online friends.

I know some other people didn't get along with him really and I can understand how he would be annoying to some people but I liked him as a person, even if I didn't believe all the same things he did about Randall. I mean, I don't personally think Randall is gay, for example, but I don't really have a problem if fans want to see him that way. I think fans can think what they want when it comes down to it. I mean, some people are just unique, and that's okay.

Anyone know where he is these days?

I won't try to invite him back here or anything if people don't want that. I'm just wondering if anyone still knows him or where I can potentially send him a message?

[pitbulllady]

Which "Brandon" are you referring to, since we've had more than one. Is this the Brandon whose user name was "SgtYayap" or another Brandon? If it's the former, he's still on Deviant Art and also on the other Randall Board, "Winds of Change". I don't know about the other one, since he never came to this board that I'm aware of.

pitbulllady

[RandallBoggs]

Considering she is on the board made by Sgtyayap, I believe she is not referring to him...

If my memory serves, she is referring to a different Brandon. You remember him Pitbulllady...or maybe you don't, which is a bit of a blessing considering what difficulty he put people through. Then again, this was a long time ago and I, like many, leave the past where it belongs when we can. Probably around somewhere...probably on Deviantart having commented on some of those...items on there.

[mintygreen]

It's definitely not SgtYayap, since I know him on the other forum and also on FB....although I have never heard of him refer to himself as Brandon so I'm surprised you guys think that's him.

The Brandon I'm talking about is the one who was really really really really into Randall back on the really old forum. I actually did used to have him as a friend on one of the old chat features too....ICQ or one of those old chat things that people no longer use.

I know some people didn't get along with him and some of the stuff he said would come off as over the top to a lot of people. I never had a problem with him though. I try to accept that people are different and get along with them.

[pitbulllady]

Dec 31, 2012 21:41:51 GMT -5 mintygreen said:

It's definitely not SgtYayap, since I know him on the other forum and also on FB....although I have never heard of him refer to himself as Brandon so I'm surprised you guys think that's him.

The Brandon I'm talking about is the one who was really really really really into Randall back on the really old forum. I actually did used to have him as a friend on one of the old chat features too....ICQ or one of those old chat things that people no longer use.

I know some people didn't get along with him and some of the stuff he said would come off as over the top to a lot of people. I never had a problem with him though. I try to accept that people are different and get along with them.

Oh, THAT Brandon.
Nope, have not heard from him since the original board(didn't know you'd been around then, actually).
He left when I joined. We never had any exchange, but due to his treatment of Randall's female fans, and one in particular who was at that time a good friend of mine, I laid down the law when I joined and let anyone know that yes, I DID find Randall to be very attractive, and no, I was NOT a young girl who'd run off crying if some jealous and possessive admirer, male or female, decided to give me grief about it. He hung around on the poetry part of the board writing love poems to Randall for a little while, then left, either because he found a new fandom or whatever. I know he really hurt one of my friends for simply admitting that she found Randall attractive; she was young and fairly new to message boards and wasn't expecting to be attacked like that, least of all by a guy who seemed to think that he had the sole right to find Randall attractive. I mean, a LOT of people do find Randall to be physically attractive, so there's no point in anyone, male or female, trying to claim sole possession over that opinion. I don't have an issue with it; in fact I love the fact that so many others feel the same way I do because it vindicates MY beliefs and makes ME feel a bit less strange for finding a 12-foot-long scaly MONSTER to be hot.

pitbulllady

[RandallBoggs]

*rubs temple* Honestly, I had thought for a moment that he was the one that did a "certain something" that is basically unforgivable, but it's been a LONG time and I don't accurately remember and just want to leave it alone.
I mean now that I think of it, there might HAVE actually been TWO Brandons. One I think was easy to deal with (as I looked at the old board and found someone under the name Brandon who was not this one), the other, not at all.
I do recall something about that whole "owning relationship" thing though.

[mintygreen]

Dec 31, 2012 22:24:37 GMT -5 pitbulllady said:

Oh, THAT Brandon.
Nope, have not heard from him since the original board(didn't know you'd been around then, actually).
He left when I joined. We never had any exchange, but due to his treatment of Randall's female fans, and one in particular who was at that time a good friend of mine, I laid down the law when I joined and let anyone know that yes, I DID find Randall to be very attractive, and no, I was NOT a young girl who'd run off crying if some jealous and possessive admirer, male or female, decided to give me grief about it. He hung around on the poetry part of the board writing love poems to Randall for a little while, then left, either because he found a new fandom or whatever. I know he really hurt one of my friends for simply admitting that she found Randall attractive; she was young and fairly new to message boards and wasn't expecting to be attacked like that, least of all by a guy who seemed to think that he had the sole right to find Randall attractive. I mean, a LOT of people do find Randall to be physically attractive, so there's no point in anyone, male or female, trying to claim sole possession over that opinion. I don't have an issue with it; in fact I love the fact that so many others feel the same way I do because it vindicates MY beliefs and makes ME feel a bit less strange for finding a 12-foot-long scaly MONSTER to be hot.

pitbulllady

Yeah I was at the original board....although for the life of me I have no idea what my user name was there anymore and I can't recall a great deal from there anymore....after all this was about 10 or 11 years ago. But yeah I was a Randall fan back then and I was 17 when the movie came out so I was definitely around online and I remember the forum, just not in great detail anymore.

Considering that I was 17 back then though, I wouldn't be surprised if I made some posts there that would now embarrass me! LOL.

Anyway, despite being a female fan of Randall(and I did find him attractive back then - although I don't really know if I talked about that much....I can't remember.....I know I was more embarrassed about being attracted to him back when I was that age though)....but anyway, I don't remember Brandon being rude or mean to me about it.

I do remember him being possessive about Randall although that probably comes down to the fact that he was most likely somewhat insecure about it. I mean, I don't know what I would be like if I were gay.....but considering that MOST people/characters are straight simply because they are the bigger percentage of the population....I wouldn't be surprised if I'd at least feel somewhat insecure about it too if I were a gay person(although personally I don't think I would act out in the same way if I were). It would be annoying though if pretty much every character you could ever possibly like is most likely straight but you're gay. I can't imagine that would really be a 'good' feeling for someone. So I can see why someone might act out about it.

Despite the fact that most people are straight, another thing is that gay/lesbian characters have never really(or maybe only just barely begun to be) embraced in movies. So I do feel rather bad for gay people in the sense that there are rarely any obviously gay characters in these things for them.

I'm completely fine with some of his fans wanting to see him as gay or bisexual. I mean, if I was a guy and gay I'd probably like to hope that Randall is gay too. I mean I don't agree with his possessiveness about it but I can see why it happened.

At the same time I can see why some people were annoyed and upset by it though. Especially if he really did make one of your friends cry. That's really unfortunate. I do think he was probably insecure about it though, for my reasons stated, which is probably why it happened.

Anyway, I like that other people find Randall attractive though too. It does definitely make me feel less strange!

Randall wasn't the only character that Brandon liked. I know he told me about a few others, like Gollum from Lord of the Rings(who I myself finally accepted/admitted to myself that I also like - although I also like Frodo which is probably considered more normal). lol. I like some characters that are considered hot by a lot of people.....but I also like some characters where by a lot of people would honestly be like "WTF how can you be attracted to that?"

I guess it's interesting, to say the least.

I'm really not personally possessive about characters at all...although I have seen a decent number of people who are over the years.

I used to be the owner of a fanclub on some other forum and some fans of the same character would get really jealous of each other. I always tried to keep the peace by saying that we're all equal with the character. There was a marriage fanclub too, which I didn't own, but I was a part of it. Whenever someone wanted to marry a character that I was already married to, I was totally fine with it and allowed it. I honestly think it is only fair and I try to see it as us all being one big family. I also tend to say things like "We are all his harem." I mean, in reality I wouldn't want to be married to a guy who has a bunch of other wives and/or husbands but when it's a fictional character I honestly think it's the best way to be fair and keep everyone happy. A lot of male characters would probably be happy to have like 20 wives or something anyway. LOL.

Dec 31, 2012 22:35:37 GMT -5 RandallBoggs said:

*rubs temple* Honestly, I had thought for a moment that he was the one that did a "certain something" that is basically unforgivable, but it's been a LONG time and I don't accurately remember and just want to leave it alone.
I mean now that I think of it, there might HAVE actually been TWO Brandons. One I think was easy to deal with (as I looked at the old board and found someone under the name Brandon who was not this one), the other, not at all.
I do recall something about that whole "owning relationship" thing though.

I have no idea what this certain something is that he apparently did but you don't have to tell me.

I just always considered him a friend, and I guess I always had empathy for him and also feel like he acted possessive because of insecurity.

[TheOnePistol]

I just wanted to point out that I am a good friend of SgtYayap and his name is not Brendon. I have no idea where that came from or why you guys thought that. lol

[mintygreen]

Feb 16, 2013 1:58:24 GMT -5 TheOnePistol said:

I just wanted to point out that I am a good friend of SgtYayap and his name is not Brendon. I have no idea where that came from or why you guys thought that. lol

Yeah I know it's not his name either. LOL. I mean I have him as a friend on FB after all.

I was surprised that anyone thought his name was Brandon too unless he mentioned that on the forums once due to simply not wanting people to know his real name(since not everyone likes to post their real name on public forums after all, which is understandable).