Of Course There’s An Online Fandom For Ohio Shooter T.J. Lane
“T.J. Lane is my spirit animal.” NSFWish
1. The “TJ+Lane” tag on tumblr exploded in content Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Lane was sentenced yesterday to three life sentences for killing three of his classmates in February 2012.
2. As photos from T.J. Lane’s sentencing hit the web, users quickly started posting them to their blogs.
3. Users, mostly teenagers it looks like, have been making photosets and collages out of Lane’s Facebook photos, painting him as a tragic figure.
5. Many of whom are upset that Lane is getting such a severe sentence for killing his fellow students at Chardon High School last year.
6. They reference him in regards to other notorious mass-shooters, like James Holmes, the way other fandoms describe casts of TV shows or movies.
7. One of the most common threads through the T.J. Lane fandom, however, is how hot he is.
10. Tumblr users have been fighting amongst each other about Lane’s hotness, which seems to only ramp up the devotion.
12. His trial was heavily GIF’d by the community, isolating some of Lane’s more provocative moments.
14. His statement from the sentencing is everywhere, with kids putting it on other photos of him and sharing it amongst each other.
17. Also, an unfortunately dramatic photo of Lane revealing his “Killer” shirt is being passed around.
19. And like with James Holmes, there is fan art. But not a lot of it.
21. But more than anything, the fandom seems to be centered entirely around his belligerent and disturbing behavior at the sentencing Tuesday.
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- moseyposey Of Course There's An Online Fando... and thinks it’s WTF, Ew & Fail
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- CatherineLee Of Course There's An Online Fando... and thinks it’s WTF
- Sara Nitz Of Course There's An Online Fando... and thinks it’s Ew
- Jara Amarillo thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is Fail & Trashy
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- Sarah thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is WTF & Ew
- CaliforniaJazzy thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is Fail
- andrewh50 thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is Fail
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- amandab81 thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is WTF & Trashy
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- teresac5 Of Course There's An Online Fando... and thinks it’s WTF & Trashy
- Netty's Girl Of Course There's An Online Fando... and thinks it’s Trashy, WTF & Fail
- DAU1T thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is Trashy
- phoebej thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is Fail & Ew
- jessicabaumm thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is Fail & WTF
- chadh12 thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is Fail
- lizzyericksen thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is Fail, WTF & Ew
- susiec3 thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is Ew
- jenl4 thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is WTF & Ew
- mycolumbusmagic.com readers just made Of Course There's An Online Fando... hotter
- meganu thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is WTF
- ginaem24 thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is Fail & WTF
- Anna Ohai Williams Of Course There's An Online Fando... and thinks it’s Fail, OMG & Trashy
- Matt Saccaro Of Course There's An Online Fando... and thinks it’s WTF & OMG
- trulyOUTRAGEOUS thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is WTF
- MaxxBellaDonna thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is WTF
- nancypantalones thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is Trashy, Ew & WTF
- leilasee Of Course There's An Online Fando... and thinks it’s WTF & OMG
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franke8 a month agoOh those poor girls… I hope they find something worthwhile to invest their attention in, and people who’ll love them enough to tell them to stop masturbating to psychopathic murderers. As for Mr. Lane, I can only pray that he comes to a true, empathetic understanding of what he’s done.
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- lavenderjune thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is Ew, WTF & Trashy
- spazzme thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is Trashy
- LegendOfBacon Of Course There's An Online Fando... and thinks it’s Fail & WTF
- Gameslinger thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is Fail, Trashy & WTF
- Layne R. thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is Trashy, WTF & Fail
- dannyboy1412 thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is WTF
- javierg3 thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is WTF
- lazydaisy156 thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is WTF, Fail & OMG
- qzaristar thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is Ew
- ZoeDavidson thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is WTF
- lanabrynf thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is WTF
- Charles Renfield Of Course There's An Online Fando... and thinks it’s Fail & WTF
- reddit.com readers just made Of Course There's An Online Fando... hotter
- xoJustine thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is WTF
- senoritagrey Of Course There's An Online Fando... and thinks it’s Fail & WTF
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JohanPar a month agoA disgusting human being on the inside - something that should automatically make him despised by every human being - and a cold, numb, ugly shell of a man on the outside. All these things considered, I would appreciate if Buzzfeed didn’t give a platform for the few truly mad people who claim to condone, even appreciate, his actions and being. Neither him nor his fans deserve any kind of discussion or spotlight.
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- Shinythings thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is OMG, WTF & Fail
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- like this matters thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is Fail
- scottatosu thinks Of Course There's An Online Fando... is Fail
- caseyk2 Of Course There's An Online Fando... and thinks it’s Ew, Fail & Trashy
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Theresa Esposito a month agoI also find young men that take the innocent lives of others with no remorse very attractive. Twisted mind we have these days, judgement with no reason is bad but some people need to be judged.
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casensazian a month ago
I was so disgusted by this I stopped reading halfway. I was bullied when I was a kid and still am for being gay. Life is too short to continue hating others and wanting revenge. To idolize a murderer is just sick and sad. Life is precious, thank your lcky stars you live in America where you can have the right to freedom of speech… just sad and sickening.
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Dirk Daring a month ago
“The hand that pulled the trigger that killed your sons now masturbates to the memory.”, he said with the mouth that will be tossing salads for the next 50 years.
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