One example for this is comparing Zoe’s mention of someone at Leverage having a psychotic break to the author having a psychotic break. But Zoe’s point was that Leverage treated the psychotic break as an achievement, not that the psychotic break happened.
From the quotes in Scott’s comment, it seems to me also the case that Michael Vassar also treated Jessica’s and Ziz’s psychoses as an achievement.
Up for coming by? I’d like to understand just how similar your situation was to Jessica’s, including the details of her breakdown. We really don’t want this happening so frequently.
(Also, just, whatever you think of Michael’s many faults, very few people are cartoon villains that want their friends to have mental breakdowns.)
From the quotes in Scott’s comment, it seems to me also the case that Michael Vassar also treated Jessica’s and Ziz’s psychoses as an achievement.
Objection: hearsay. How would Scott know this? (I wrote a separate reply about the ways in which I think Scott’s comment is being unfair.) As some closer-to-the-source counterevidence against the “treating as an achievement” charge, I quote a 9 October 2017 2:13 p.m. Signal message in which Michael wrote to me:
(Also, just, whatever you think of Michael’s many faults, very few people are cartoon villains that want their friends to have mental breakdowns.)
Thanks for the counter-evidence.