"Tried to be a private person"-- That's a joke; anyone who has even an inkling about this guy knows he positioned himself as rock star author, one of the most dramatic attention whores ever in literature. That blatant lie at the beginning of his statement sets the tone for the rest.
He means in regard to his personal life. Up until this recent scandal, very little details on his private life were known to the public, and we’re talking over a 30+ year career.
Not to mention about 10 years ago or so he went around endorsing colleges. And I'm not sure he even has a formal degree and certainly didn't need one to become succesful. Yet he's luring people to it and I wouldn't be surprised if his position at bard has ever been used as a Tinder.
@Blitnock he's no grant Morrison of attention whoring. But yeah he worked really hard to cultivate his image as a counter culture Rockstar intellectual .
He gets blasted with horrible public allegations (that he asserts are false, and "asserts" is doing a lot of work here considering what he actually said) and he decides to "stay quiet out of respect for the people sharing their stories"? What a considerate guy, a lesser person like me would get upset, maybe even outraged, and call out my accusers on their nonsense real fast. I'm not seeing many Good Omens in this statement.
The part of his statement that bothered me the most was when he said something about being “careless with people’s hearts.” This was a really interesting analysis, and I agree with a lot of what you said, but that one statement alone negated everything else he said for me, as no one was accusing him of being a heartbreaker. They were accusing him of being a rapist and a violent sexual predator. The fact that you were able to break down everything else he said for me just backs up everything I already believed.
For someone who's "careless with people's hearts" he sure knows how to play on the publics with that line lol As almost as if people can't read other people 😂
For a professional, award winning, best-selling author who is skilled with elegant and crystal clear prose, it's uncomfortable, clumsy, and nebulous. As well, he has very expensive attorneys and a crisis management PR expert on the case. There's no doubt this statement was reviewed before being published - with the intention of saying nothing that could be considered evidence, self incrimination, or that could be pinned down and used against him. It feels casual and a bit stuttery, like an expert writer was trying to sound normal. This was likely not the only draft and carefully edited. The stakes are very high.
He lost me with the very first line. First, no one would watch vicious lies circulate about them for "many months." You would immediately deny it. Call the person (or in this case, persons) out as LIARS. And yeah, you wouldn't be afraid to say they are LYING if you are innocent. Innocent people don't keep silent "out of respect" for people "sharing their stories." The amount of hedging statements, as well. Not good. The other part of his first line, "watched...with horror and dismay." Dude, being horrified and dismayed doesn't make you innocent. A fully guilty s.o.b. would also be horrified and dismayed if his disgusting actions came to light and caused his empire to fall. Finally, I remember learning a little tidbit from Joe Navarro - Liars SELL a story. Honest people TELL what happened. In other words, reds flags should be raised when people start using unnecessary qualifiers, absolutes, hedging statements and phrases that overemphasize innocence. When you start hearing words and phrases that fall into these categories, pay attention!
He already messed up with his first reply. As far as I remember he tried the same, denying nothing but claiming consent. I thought back then his lawyers immediately told him to shut up. Now he tries the same again. He does'nt realize that there is law - he might get away with it in court when they can't prove that there was no consent - but there's morals, too. He never denied it happened mostly the way the victims told it, so he created circumstances that caught the victims by surprise, they were in a very vulnerable position, not to mention the huge power gap and dependency. His fame and the persona he created depend on him being the good guy. He completely butchered that, no matter what the outcome will be. He already admitted being a calculating, cunning, ab*sive predator that does'nt give a damn about anything but his image. Should have thought that through more carefully. But careful is obviously not in his vocabulary.
@@heiker1351 Even if he had "engaged" in sex with complete consent - which I don't believe at all - the fact that he targeted young women who were homeless or needed the jobs his partner or he was offering is an enormous power differential - and originally they weren't paid, contrary to promises to do so. They were either fans of or working for him and came from difficult circumstances and with regards to at least two of them he knew that and exploited this.
"I have never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with anyone" = They consented to some type of sexual activity (in his mind), but they did not consent to all of the (ab∪sive, degrading) things he did to them.
'breaking my self imposed silence, while I was thinking about how best to respond' if the accusations were false he would have disputed them immediately.
How he goes from they're "sharing their stories" to its being "misinformation" is interesting. Why would he be respectful of the sharing of stories that he deems misinformation? It's odd.
Poor man. He thought he could conjure a "yes" from a "no." Such was his delusion, the bloated confidence casting a spell over his mind that he imagined he was rescuing a girl with his vice, and call it virtue.
guilty, from the first page. He is disrespectful and insulting right out the gate. 1.While grammatically correct, he should separate these two ideas from each other: "...sharing their stories" and "a lot of misinformation. It was crafty of him to put them together, but disrespectful. 2.a bit condescending to say that the internet is not the place to talk about personal matters. yeup, guilty.
Neil Gaiman always seemed incapable of addressing serious issues in his fiction or grappling with the real world, and now it makes sense why. His career is being a professional liar, a storyteller and fantasist who's enchanting fairytales reflect the furthest possible distance he could reach from the grim reality of who these allegations paint him out to be, even if they sometimes went to dark places. His stories were ultimately an escape and a deflection from being a responsible adult. With his new piece he confirms that, with what is ultimately just one more Neil Gaiman story.
He sounds like others who have finally been forced to face the consequences of their actions. Most of them took advantage of their status and the power that comes with it. They probably thought that every person "lucky" enough to have s*x with them should be forever grateful. When you are used to getting what and who you want, the concept of "consensual" has a very different meaning, apparently. - Times have changed, but not everyone got the memo.
you are right - "watched the stories" has this meaning of "I sat and watched it happened to me" - which means metaphorically it passed in front of me the whole time...possibly causing me unpleasant sensations. he is a writer, so yes he wanted us to feel that he was being excluded from it all and also, like you said - he both read and watched segments of news about him. a words manipulator, he really is.
The phrase 'wolf in sheep's clothing' could have been designed for this guy. What a rubbish statement, no sign of remorse or awareness. I hope he goes to jail.
That phrase is false. There is no wolf in sheep's clothing because wolves by nature are shy and timid. They are not vicious, nor are they predators. They hunt only when needed and never take more than they or their packs need. So what you're in effect saying is that "this guy" is not predatory and won't take anything he's not given.
"I don't accept there was any abuse." Refusal to accept a fact doesn't make it less true. I typically prefer to wait for evidence. These are serious allegations that could destroy a life/career if unfounded. But I find this statement (and the rest of this statement) too chilling to ignore. I'm convinced he did what he was accused of because he's convinced of it. He simply can't face it. Coward.
Same here. Usually I am not so quick to judge. But when I heard the allegations and his first reply, denying nothing, just claiming consent, I immediately knew it is all true. And it's just the tip of the iceberg. It's in his books, he openly writes about it. This realization was so chilling, and he's so clever hiding it. Even his writing condemns him. Knowing what he did the red flags are everywhere. And that means that he carefully designed his game, he knows exactly what he's doing. He has no remorse, he just tries the same he did before, insisting that there was consent. He still does'nt get that there could'nt be any consent in the circumstances he created. They speak louder than words. It does'nt matter what his lawyers will be able to achieve, as a human being he is done. His persona for decades is done. His books changed their meaning forever. There's no law regulating that, it's our judgement that will decide that.
Obviously he lacks a "muse" at present. Without the "inspiration" he seems unable to string a few coherent words together. This statement does'nt look good.
@Adara007 Too busy I assume. And predators are addicted, it works like a drug. And drugs need higher doses after some time, so he recycles his work by using it for movies. Calliope is gone, he can't use her anymore. Poor guy ...
Actually he was very honest in Calliope. He just forgot to tell the reader that he switched his self insert there. A lot of stories make perfect sense now, he uses this trick often. Making it seem as if he is the saviour, when in reality he is the ab*ser. It's the game they played in reality, too. "Saving" very young and vulnerable women from the cruel world ... She found them, then they switched places, he broke them, then they switched places again, she plays the saviour so the game can go on and nobody gets accused. Perfect.
“Out of respect for the people who were sharing their stories” - I understand that this is belittling and minimizing. If people always speak from what they know, it also made me wonder if this, in his mind is true. Perhaps he doesn’t see anything wrong with what he did, or has different definitions of sexual activity (which you later mentioned), and he views the allegations as stories. It’s like the husband who stays silent and listens to his wife accuse him of not taking the trash out because it’s not really a big deal and it’ll blow over if he lets her get it out of her system. The “stories” could, to him, be events he doesn’t view as impactful. So could he have a different view of sexual acts than what’s considered normal?
This has nothing to do with s*x, ab*se is always about power. He very carefully and deliberately created circumstances that made it very hard to escape, not only at the moment but in general. There is no coincidence, it is planned. The way he does this it is very obvious he's a master manipulator and knows exactly what he is doing.
It would be interesting to hear what he actually believes constitutes consentual sexual activity. I'd wager he has a very different definition than is in the dictionary and commonly accepted in law.
This is interesting... but how much of this analysis is useful without a understanding of the persons general speech and wrinting habits? Some of the breakdown is definitely worth considering. But i feel like the rest relies to much on assumptions based on generalizations.
There‘s decades‘ worth of social media posts, interviews, articles, etc written or spoken by him, formal and informal, so I‘d say a comparative analysis would be easier to do here than it would be for most people. That said, I would guess that many parts of his statement were not written by him but by his legal team, and that definitely muddies the waters.
I don't think for a moment that this statement is'nt carefully checked by his lawyers. But he did the same already, there was a reply when the allegations came out. He just stressed that it was all consentual. He denied nothing, he just claimed consent. Now he loses his memory. I recognize this strategy from many political scandals. Next he will lose all the data on his phone and computer. Ooops. 🤣
Hope justice and mercy may be. Oneof the women declared laughing and admiri g Neil. Itd weird. She continurd going to his home . She never said being forced. Yes sado maso its wrong but there are people that fancy that practices. I just say that its a little off that one of the women comes till this day to declafe that but you can listen to her audios and she is laughing and mmmm font know. In this times we dont know the whole truth. They know what tehy done.
I'm certainly not on N.G.'s side, but wouldn't the nature of the allegations inspire such formal language even in a totally innocent person? I can imagine a scenario in which I am falsely accused of something shameful, and my reaction being emphatic and overly formal. Also, as a writer myself, I am unconsciously biased towards constructing sentences with a rhythm and a flow, with evocative words, with a certain dynamic. Can one use "normal person" metrics to evaluate a writer like N.G.? I suspect that many of the word choices and sentence construction is style over content.
Totally innocent person would take things to court to clear one's own good name long before allegations hit the headlines. What legal services are for. And how people who can afford legal services of high quality invest their money if false allegations are being made against them.
I’d agree that this is someone who uses words to create effect regularly and that is what we see here. However, what is the effect? It’s not to paint a clear picture of truth but of a tortured artist who will try to be a better person at some time.
@@NeverATruerWordVideosYes, he predicted that. His sister will take his hand and then miraculously his robes will be white and he will be a Dream of a person instead of the creator of nightmares. 🤣
@@Eric-ot7en”Reading between the lines” is what this channel is about. He analyzes the words used, and the way they are used. That’s the whole POINT. I’ve only watched one video of his so far, and that’s obvious to me. If that analysis isn’t what you are looking for, then why are you here? I really don’t get it.
@@Eric-ot7enit’s you’re And I get that but here’s me reading between the lines, this was made to capitalize on the allegations and it’s clear that there wasn’t a full understanding on everything Gaiman has been accused of. This is a view grab video and interpreting a statement like this can be a dangerous source of misinformation.
"Tried to be a private person"-- That's a joke; anyone who has even an inkling about this guy knows he positioned himself as rock star author, one of the most dramatic attention whores ever in literature. That blatant lie at the beginning of his statement sets the tone for the rest.
He means in regard to his personal life. Up until this recent scandal, very little details on his private life were known to the public, and we’re talking over a 30+ year career.
Not to mention about 10 years ago or so he went around endorsing colleges. And I'm not sure he even has a formal degree and certainly didn't need one to become succesful. Yet he's luring people to it and I wouldn't be surprised if his position at bard has ever been used as a Tinder.
@Blitnock he's no grant Morrison of attention whoring. But yeah he worked really hard to cultivate his image as a counter culture Rockstar intellectual .
He gets blasted with horrible public allegations (that he asserts are false, and "asserts" is doing a lot of work here considering what he actually said) and he decides to "stay quiet out of respect for the people sharing their stories"? What a considerate guy, a lesser person like me would get upset, maybe even outraged, and call out my accusers on their nonsense real fast.
I'm not seeing many Good Omens in this statement.
Gaiman isn't much of a writer if he doesn't know what "No" means.
Good point
The part of his statement that bothered me the most was when he said something about being “careless with people’s hearts.” This was a really interesting analysis, and I agree with a lot of what you said, but that one statement alone negated everything else he said for me, as no one was accusing him of being a heartbreaker. They were accusing him of being a rapist and a violent sexual predator. The fact that you were able to break down everything else he said for me just backs up everything I already believed.
He's trying to imply that the accusers are just scorned women pouring forth their hell-hath-no-fury.
For someone who's "careless with people's hearts" he sure knows how to play on the publics with that line lol
As almost as if people can't read other people 😂
For a professional, award winning, best-selling author who is skilled with elegant and crystal clear prose, it's uncomfortable, clumsy, and nebulous. As well, he has very expensive attorneys and a crisis management PR expert on the case. There's no doubt this statement was reviewed before being published - with the intention of saying nothing that could be considered evidence, self incrimination, or that could be pinned down and used against him. It feels casual and a bit stuttery, like an expert writer was trying to sound normal. This was likely not the only draft and carefully edited. The stakes are very high.
If nothing happened before these exposes to make him reflect on his behaviour, what were the 5 figure NDA payouts all about?
He lost me with the very first line. First, no one would watch vicious lies circulate about them for "many months." You would immediately deny it. Call the person (or in this case, persons) out as LIARS. And yeah, you wouldn't be afraid to say they are LYING if you are innocent. Innocent people don't keep silent "out of respect" for people "sharing their stories." The amount of hedging statements, as well. Not good. The other part of his first line, "watched...with horror and dismay." Dude, being horrified and dismayed doesn't make you innocent. A fully guilty s.o.b. would also be horrified and dismayed if his disgusting actions came to light and caused his empire to fall.
Finally, I remember learning a little tidbit from Joe Navarro - Liars SELL a story. Honest people TELL what happened. In other words, reds flags should be raised when people start using unnecessary qualifiers, absolutes, hedging statements and phrases that overemphasize innocence. When you start hearing words and phrases that fall into these categories, pay attention!
Great breakdown, thank you
He already messed up with his first reply. As far as I remember he tried the same, denying nothing but claiming consent. I thought back then his lawyers immediately told him to shut up.
Now he tries the same again. He does'nt realize that there is law - he might get away with it in court when they can't prove that there was no consent - but there's morals, too. He never denied it happened mostly the way the victims told it, so he created circumstances that caught the victims by surprise, they were in a very vulnerable position, not to mention the huge power gap and dependency.
His fame and the persona he created depend on him being the good guy. He completely butchered that, no matter what the outcome will be. He already admitted being a calculating, cunning, ab*sive predator that does'nt give a damn about anything but his image. Should have thought that through more carefully. But careful is obviously not in his vocabulary.
@@heiker1351 Even if he had "engaged" in sex with complete consent - which I don't believe at all - the fact that he targeted young women who were homeless or needed the jobs his partner or he was offering is an enormous power differential - and originally they weren't paid, contrary to promises to do so. They were either fans of or working for him and came from difficult circumstances and with regards to at least two of them he knew that and exploited this.
"I have never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with anyone" = They consented to some type of sexual activity (in his mind), but they did not consent to all of the (ab∪sive, degrading) things he did to them.
"Like most of us"? Most of us didn't have accusations of sexual assault levelled against us, Neil.
'breaking my self imposed silence, while I was thinking about how best to respond' if the accusations were false he would have disputed them immediately.
He and Amanda tweeted their entire relationship. Private 😂
Clearly there were lots of things they were keeping private 😔
How he goes from they're "sharing their stories" to its being "misinformation" is interesting. Why would he be respectful of the sharing of stories that he deems misinformation? It's odd.
It doesn’t hang together does it?
@@NeverATruerWordVideos It doesn't.
Poor man. He thought he could conjure a "yes" from a "no." Such was his delusion, the bloated confidence casting a spell over his mind that he imagined he was rescuing a girl with his vice, and call it virtue.
guilty, from the first page.
He is disrespectful and insulting right out the gate.
1.While grammatically correct, he should separate these two ideas from each other: "...sharing their stories" and "a lot of misinformation. It was crafty of him to put them together, but disrespectful.
2.a bit condescending to say that the internet is not the place to talk about personal matters.
yeup, guilty.
Neil Gaiman always seemed incapable of addressing serious issues in his fiction or grappling with the real world, and now it makes sense why. His career is being a professional liar, a storyteller and fantasist who's enchanting fairytales reflect the furthest possible distance he could reach from the grim reality of who these allegations paint him out to be, even if they sometimes went to dark places. His stories were ultimately an escape and a deflection from being a responsible adult. With his new piece he confirms that, with what is ultimately just one more Neil Gaiman story.
He sounds like others who have finally been forced to face the consequences of their actions. Most of them took advantage of their status and the power that comes with it. They probably thought that every person "lucky" enough to have s*x with them should be forever grateful. When you are used to getting what and who you want, the concept of "consensual" has a very different meaning, apparently. - Times have changed, but not everyone got the memo.
you are right - "watched the stories" has this meaning of "I sat and watched it happened to me" - which means metaphorically it passed in front of me the whole time...possibly causing me unpleasant sensations. he is a writer, so yes he wanted us to feel that he was being excluded from it all and also, like you said - he both read and watched segments of news about him. a words manipulator, he really is.
The phrase 'wolf in sheep's clothing' could have been designed for this guy. What a rubbish statement, no sign of remorse or awareness. I hope he goes to jail.
That phrase is false. There is no wolf in sheep's clothing because wolves by nature are shy and timid. They are not vicious, nor are they predators. They hunt only when needed and never take more than they or their packs need. So what you're in effect saying is that "this guy" is not predatory and won't take anything he's not given.
Why is he allowed to be with his son now after allegedly having sex in front of him.
He also got his son to say "Slave" to his victims while she lived there
His wife mentioned ongoing divorce and custody proceedings. Without a criminal charge to speed things up, it might not be so easy to keep him away.
A nice big bowl of deceitful word salad. Thanks Jack!
This was a great editorial analysis. Eerything you said! Thanks!
"I don't accept there was any abuse." Refusal to accept a fact doesn't make it less true.
I typically prefer to wait for evidence. These are serious allegations that could destroy a life/career if unfounded. But I find this statement (and the rest of this statement) too chilling to ignore. I'm convinced he did what he was accused of because he's convinced of it. He simply can't face it. Coward.
Same here. Usually I am not so quick to judge. But when I heard the allegations and his first reply, denying nothing, just claiming consent, I immediately knew it is all true. And it's just the tip of the iceberg. It's in his books, he openly writes about it. This realization was so chilling, and he's so clever hiding it. Even his writing condemns him. Knowing what he did the red flags are everywhere.
And that means that he carefully designed his game, he knows exactly what he's doing. He has no remorse, he just tries the same he did before, insisting that there was consent.
He still does'nt get that there could'nt be any consent in the circumstances he created. They speak louder than words. It does'nt matter what his lawyers will be able to achieve, as a human being he is done. His persona for decades is done. His books changed their meaning forever. There's no law regulating that, it's our judgement that will decide that.
Obviously he lacks a "muse" at present. Without the "inspiration" he seems unable to string a few coherent words together. This statement does'nt look good.
He hasn't written and published anything new in a decade which is interesting considering the reports about his behaviour.
@Adara007 Too busy I assume. And predators are addicted, it works like a drug. And drugs need higher doses after some time, so he recycles his work by using it for movies. Calliope is gone, he can't use her anymore. Poor guy ...
This should be interesting, word play is his career of choice. I'm not sure what his dedication to honesty is...
Actually he was very honest in Calliope. He just forgot to tell the reader that he switched his self insert there.
A lot of stories make perfect sense now, he uses this trick often. Making it seem as if he is the saviour, when in reality he is the ab*ser.
It's the game they played in reality, too. "Saving" very young and vulnerable women from the cruel world ... She found them, then they switched places, he broke them, then they switched places again, she plays the saviour so the game can go on and nobody gets accused. Perfect.
Excellent breakdown.
Excellent analysis. I've subbed.
“Out of respect for the people who were sharing their stories” - I understand that this is belittling and minimizing. If people always speak from what they know, it also made me wonder if this, in his mind is true. Perhaps he doesn’t see anything wrong with what he did, or has different definitions of sexual activity (which you later mentioned), and he views the allegations as stories. It’s like the husband who stays silent and listens to his wife accuse him of not taking the trash out because it’s not really a big deal and it’ll blow over if he lets her get it out of her system. The “stories” could, to him, be events he doesn’t view as impactful. So could he have a different view of sexual acts than what’s considered normal?
This has nothing to do with s*x, ab*se is always about power. He very carefully and deliberately created circumstances that made it very hard to escape, not only at the moment but in general. There is no coincidence, it is planned. The way he does this it is very obvious he's a master manipulator and knows exactly what he is doing.
It would be interesting to hear what he actually believes constitutes consentual sexual activity. I'd wager he has a very different definition than is in the dictionary and commonly accepted in law.
The man doth protest too loudly.
This is interesting... but how much of this analysis is useful without a understanding of the persons general speech and wrinting habits?
Some of the breakdown is definitely worth considering. But i feel like the rest relies to much on assumptions based on generalizations.
Yep. Welcome to TH-cam!
A lot of it feels like a stretch (the analysis, not the allegations, I fully believe Gaiman's victims).
There‘s decades‘ worth of social media posts, interviews, articles, etc written or spoken by him, formal and informal, so I‘d say a comparative analysis would be easier to do here than it would be for most people. That said, I would guess that many parts of his statement were not written by him but by his legal team, and that definitely muddies the waters.
I don't think for a moment that this statement is'nt carefully checked by his lawyers. But he did the same already, there was a reply when the allegations came out. He just stressed that it was all consentual. He denied nothing, he just claimed consent.
Now he loses his memory. I recognize this strategy from many political scandals. Next he will lose all the data on his phone and computer. Ooops. 🤣
It's all talk....crisis management.
I knew gaiman was a horrible person before the SA allegations came out.
👏👏👏thanks Jack
Oh no one of my favourite authors.
I heard he is installing hot tubs now.
Hope justice and mercy may be. Oneof the women declared laughing and admiri g Neil. Itd weird. She continurd going to his home . She never said being forced. Yes sado maso its wrong but there are people that fancy that practices.
I just say that its a little off that one of the women comes till this day to declafe that but you can listen to her audios and she is laughing and mmmm font know. In this times we dont know the whole truth. They know what tehy done.
Anyone who is enough of a Simp to let others 'share their stories' in the form of accusations deserves everything they get.
I'm certainly not on N.G.'s side, but wouldn't the nature of the allegations inspire such formal language even in a totally innocent person? I can imagine a scenario in which I am falsely accused of something shameful, and my reaction being emphatic and overly formal.
Also, as a writer myself, I am unconsciously biased towards constructing sentences with a rhythm and a flow, with evocative words, with a certain dynamic. Can one use "normal person" metrics to evaluate a writer like N.G.? I suspect that many of the word choices and sentence construction is style over content.
Totally innocent person would take things to court to clear one's own good name long before allegations hit the headlines. What legal services are for. And how people who can afford legal services of high quality invest their money if false allegations are being made against them.
I’d agree that this is someone who uses words to create effect regularly and that is what we see here. However, what is the effect? It’s not to paint a clear picture of truth but of a tortured artist who will try to be a better person at some time.
@@agatastaniak7459what are you expecting the courts to do exactly?
@@NeverATruerWordVideosYes, he predicted that. His sister will take his hand and then miraculously his robes will be white and he will be a Dream of a person instead of the creator of nightmares. 🤣
This is a really dumb video full of assumptions
I think your right. Not well done to me. Too much reading between the lines.
@@Eric-ot7en”Reading between the lines” is what this channel is about. He analyzes the words used, and the way they are used. That’s the whole POINT. I’ve only watched one video of his so far, and that’s obvious to me. If that analysis isn’t what you are looking for, then why are you here? I really don’t get it.
@@Eric-ot7enit’s you’re
And I get that but here’s me reading between the lines, this was made to capitalize on the allegations and it’s clear that there wasn’t a full understanding on everything Gaiman has been accused of. This is a view grab video and interpreting a statement like this can be a dangerous source of misinformation.
@@DawnDavidsonI gave it a listen to because I want to be informed but seeing how speculative this interpretation is, fringes on disinformation.