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.
The problem with both Ellis and Gaiman is that most of what they are accused of is creepy and unpleasant but it may not reach the level of being prosecutable. Which leaves everyone in this limbo where they pretty much admit to it (often in weaselly ways) but don’t do much else and hope that if they keep their heads down long enough people will move on and they can get back to work.
Ironically, he’s a Bad Seed.
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.
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. 🤣🤘🏽
That’s not what the claims are:
People can do what they like but lack of consent isn’t “a deficiency of communication”.
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.