Op/Ed: I was wrong
by tenshi on 03/08/07 at 10:58 pm
by Tenshi Vielle, Fabulous Fashionista
"We All Have A Weakness
But Some Of Ours Are Easier To Identify."
–Dig, Incubus
Did you ever just have one of those days?
Well, as it appears, I’ve had one of those weeks. One of those weeks that, in a slew of insults and nasty things being thrown, someone finally holds a mirror up – even if it is accidental. An attempt to play the trump card.
I saw what’s in that mirror, and I really don’t like it. I can’t believe I ever said anything like that. It’s horrible to write things about people – nasty things they sure didn’t ever ask you to do. It’s even worse to pick apart something they’ve worked pretty hard on, or to stretch it in the name of "journalism".
I have no excuses, no buts, no theories for my behavior in "reporting" the fashionable events of Second Life. I owe a lot of people an apology.
I owe Sabrina Doolittle an apology for picking her apart in an unprecedented article here, several months back. I take it all back – and your dog doesn’t drool. You’re right.
I owe Caliah Lyon an apology for the horrid review and then haughty follow-up I gave her last month regarding the SLCC in-world convention fashion shows. After I organized and put through the MO Island show… I realize one is lucky to simply come through with her hair intact, let alone having some idiot picking it apart afterwards.
I owe Esmerelda Oh an apology, again, for picking apart her creativity on my blog and ripping her apart for seemingly being a Paper Couture copy cat. Her new turbans are nice.
I even owe an apology to Elexor Matador for picking apart his creative manner and recreating a Cartier piece in Second Life. I suppose that’s the point of Second Life. To have things we can’t have in real life.
For the people who say I never admit when I am wrong, I’m admitting it now. I was wrong. Please accept my apologies.
From now on, you won’t be getting gossip from me – not here at the Herald, nor at the Shopping Cart Disco blog. You’ll get fashion, pure and simple, and maybe even some grid-hopping adventures.
Thanks.
Morgana Fillion
Aug 7th, 2007
(In other words, thank you, Observer, for setting your posts apart as yours. It makes it much easier to get a feel for the parameters of the discussion.)
Anonymous
Aug 7th, 2007
Morgana,
There are and will always be valid reasons for posting anonymously, none of which are to agree with yourself.
If I don’t post my name, you are forced to read what I say without tempering your response based on what I’ve said in the past. For instance, when someone sees YOUR name, they remember whether or not they agreed with your ideas on other topics, and reply accordingly. I would rather have someone assume things about me based on my anonymity than be ready to disagree with me simply because they didn’t like what I said somewhere else.
Call me idealistic, but I don’t think my reputation should be influencing this discussion. My words oughta be enough.
Esmerelda Oh
Aug 8th, 2007
Tenshi,
I accept your apology and appreciate the compliments about my turbans. The only thing I ask of you now is that if we are to run into each other, please treat me with dignity and respect that you would give to any other person. I do not appreciate being spoken to the way that you spoke to me at the Mercury Couture show, I was more than polite and respectful of you. If you can not treat me with respect then I ask of you to please do not speak to me or about me ever again. I appreciate that you are taking responsibility for your actions and if you are, in fact, turning over a new leaf I’d love to start over with a clean slate and I will forget everything said.
Pukk Abel
Aug 8th, 2007
Tenshi,
When I met you for the first time in my store, you seemed like a fun and sweet person. However, my own good personal experience was completely overshadowed by the side of you that I saw in your articles and on your blog.
None of us have an easy time admitting when we are wrong and I think you’ve shown class with this apology. I’m looking forward to seeing more of that fun and sweet side here in the future. Well done!
Phoenix
Aug 8th, 2007
Esmerelda, you were very annoying at the Mercury Couture show for the 45 minutes or so beforehand. You (seemingly purposefully) ran into everyone in the front row with your wheelchair, made loud and obnoxious comments and basically made sure everyone would notice you. So if someone does notice and comments in a negative way, well, honey, you have no one to blame but yourself. Tenshi didn’t say anything I and the others I was with weren’t thinking.
Esmerelda Oh
Aug 9th, 2007
Phoenix?
1) Maybe you didn’t realize how much lag there was at the Mercury Couture show and unless you’re a total newbie then you should know better than to think I ran into people on purpose.
2) How can one make “loud” and “obnoxious” comments when complimenting others sitting around me? Not one comment I made was obnoxious, if you wanted complete silence you should have muted everyone around you.
3) If there was a ban on speaking to others and engaging in basic interaction 45 minutes before the event I was certainly not informed.
4) If there was indeed a problem with what I was or was not doing don’t you think the Whitfields would have said something? It was THEIR event, not TENSHI’s.
5) Correcting the spelling of others (what Tenshi was doing) and using demeaning and demanding language is far more obnoxious and loud than anything anyone at the event said.
It sounds like you’re making assumptions about people based on nothing but your biased opinion of your dear friend, Tenshi. As far as deciding what the others were thinking, maybe you should allow them to think for themselves and not make decisions for people.
Now unless you want to sabotage your friends apology I suggest you refrain from pissing the people who she wronged off.
whatever
Aug 9th, 2007
Anyone who believes anything this chic just posted, is just as stupid as she is. How much damn attention do you need WenchiTenshi? Give it up.
Observer
Aug 10th, 2007
Her first article back is on her very own Mercury. This coming from a girl who spent her short lived career attacking other’s ‘ethics’. Pot and Kettle all over again.
Tenshi Vielle
Aug 10th, 2007
You guys come up with the WORST nicknames.
dannyboy lightfoot
Aug 11th, 2007
i’ve been following this post with the kind of morbid curiosity that makes you slow down for car crashes. i had little idea who tenshi vielle was at the beginning, but i’m starting to like the sound of her. anyone who can stir up this kind of shitstorm with a public apology clearly knows what the fashion industry is all about.