Backlash? What Backlash?

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In wake of LaPrimaDonna's article posted on Stardoll's Most Hated Website about our favorite Stardoll heir actually being Daily*Tabloid, I found writing and researching this article both appropriate and relevant. Throughout the past year, Stardoll has been turned upside down as some of its most infamous users were exposed as liars, scammers, crazy bitches, and 12-year-old boys (I might have even hired one). So, as I slowly put together the pieces I pondered the thought of how some of the 'victims' (including Fakeshake3, BeverlyHillsHei, Teale, and Springate) had been treated differently following their stories breaking, most of which on Stardoll's Most Hated Website.

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Case One: Teale Goes Ape Sh*t, FakeShake Becomes 'The Snake'

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Teale, where do I begin? Everything started out innocently enough; she was that somewhat annoying user who used to send hundreds of broadcasts telling us she was happy, or had added more colors to her huge, nasty Beyonce weave. Then things got juicy - relatively fast! In the good 'ol days of Stardoll, chaos erupted when Teale was cited as a well known user/abuser of the 'loophole' of Stardoll. So she ripped off hundreds of users and then pocketed thousands of virtual Stardollars, that was just the beginning.

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Teale (with Runway.Fashion slowly falling out of relevancy) stepped into her role as the CRAZY BITCH in town after the loophole was splashed across every Stardoll Gossip Blog from here to Mexico. At first, TEAM TEALE was as strong as ever, FakeShake3 (See Below) had admitted lying about her role in the 'loophole conspiracy' and Teale was portrayed as a saint.

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Then, out of the blue, the tides were turned and Teale was exposed for the axe-wound she really is. She sent her evil groupies on unsuspecting users and ordered her new-found fanclub around like the Wicked Bitch of the West. In her case, after she was exposed, there was a very prominent backlash. Deserved? We think so.

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FakeShake Becomes "The Snake"

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Not all cases ended the way Hilfof's (that name still gets me) did. In true gossip blog fashion, all press is good press. While it is unlikely that Stardoll users will ever forget Ellie's admition of guilt which assured users that Teale was not as manipulative as she had been deemed (innocent days!) and that she has flat-out lied about everything she had said. After she admitted her shady ways, Ellie became an overnight sensation. Members flocked to her userpage, her guestbook overflowed with admiring comments, and gifts by the gallon load were dropped into her suite. So...what the fudge? No backlash came, apart from that of angered users who demanded to know the loophole. Of course she may not be as well-respected as she once was by those who are over the age of 13-years-old, but she admiring fans still pour onto her page every minute.

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Case Two: Springate Grows A Pair
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My love, my fellow blog writer, my adopted little bro, Springate wasn't always known as "The Boy With A Fashion Sense," he was once know as the 18-year-old NYC whore who liked to get dirty and over the top. Blaire (his 'name') was an out of control, attention whoring, uber bitch... then things changed...drastically.
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I remember the shock I felt as I read that Blaire was actually Anthony/Blaire who was really just Anthony, was a boy. I remember the hateful comments, the out of control headlines, and the 12-year-old boy who was caught in the middle. Anthony, unlike Ellie or even Teale, recieved such a disgustingly vile treatment after he was exposed for who he was. The vindictive and cruel messages that were littered throughout his guestbook, blog message boards, and even his friend requests.

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So, my question is, how can someone punish another person who actually took responsibility for his actions with a genuine sense of regret, but will not do the same for someone who is obviously lacking in morality or integrity? The detail of the whole ordeal that really shocked me was that older users would band together to, basically, cyber-bully a 12-year-old. Let's be honest with ourselves, that shit is just messed up. There is no other way to explain how low some people would have to be, or how horribly bored someone had to be with their own pathetic exsistence, that they would target someone younger and more naive then them. Not saying that Springy couldn't hold his own, but it's the idea of it that truly gets me. Watch out, because karma is a bitch.

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Our last, and most recent, case is Ashley Wilson who is better known to the Stardoll world as BeverlyHillsHei. Barely two more then two weeks have passed since more damning evidence (presented by LaPrimaDonna) has been published on Stardoll's Most Hated Website. Oddly enough... not much has changed. I personally wonder if it is the fact that the new school year has pulled many preteens and teens out of their Stardoll induced comas, that people already suspected her, or if people just don't care.

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Ashley is an amazingly sweet (ask anyone, they'll tell you the same) person. I have a feeling that her constant kindness and carefree atitude help people to look past the drama and, somewhat, not believe the rumors. Is that fair, or right? Can someone justify the backlash that occured to Anthony, and explain how it didn't occur for Ashley?

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At the end of the day, it seems so obvious that people from all around the world log in to Stardoll everyday to act in their roles that our virtual society has created for them. We want behave as we see acceptable, so punishing people for their mistakes is almost second nature. We're basically attempting to mimic an actual functioning society in which there are rules, villians, heros, wannabes, rumors, liars, and so much more; it is then, and only then, that we temporarily leave our realities and truly lose ourselves within the mock-society of Stardoll.

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(Photos of Teale/FakeShake3/ Daily*Tabloid Courtesy of Stardoll's Most Hated Website)