Just finished reading his Magnum Dopus, and I think he's making real progress. He used to claim that Owen A. Forms only existed to torment him, now he says that's its "predominant purpose". He's starting to learn that other people exist, that's growth. Give him credit too, he got shot down by the judge at the Polish Hammer's hearing for not having anything prepared, at least this time he typed something up, even if it was insane. That's another lesson learned. He's capable of change.
But then also, I know this is just a result of the scanner, but looking at this it's like the guy said, "here, look at this vicious harassment" then pasted a black square with no legible text and a grey-scale photo of two mashed potato dolls sitting on a bar:

Pigsley - if you do this again, turn off the dark theme when you take screenshots, this lunacy is public record under your name and the weirdness of presentation and exaggeration of facts is a terrible look. The texts were are clear, and the Tweets in Quasi's lawyer's screenshots were. It's like you've never read a book before, black text on a white page, we've been doing it forever now. Also, there were not
thousands of one-star reviews on your books, none of them were "fraudulent" (your books aren't good), and if someone were to show up at one of your convention talks with a gun to target your audience, it would not qualify as a mass shooting, we've seen the photos of nothing but empty seats. Just lazy, thoughtless work all around.
And the premise doesn't even work, the harassment would be much worse if the hearing were online. "Will Tate, please mute your microphone" is in the Patposting Hall of Fame.
As much as I like to try to figure him out, I think Rick's just a really weird dude getting in his own way for no reason. Maybe he just doesn't want to admit that he'd be living a pretty happy life if he were managing an Arby's and had a family instead of trying to be Special Boy. He has problems putting thoughts one after the other but decides to be a novelist. He has no debate skills but thinks he's a pundit. He declared a jihad on anyone wearing a red hat after Hilary lost but thinks he's a Conservative. I read something about reincarnation recently, the author said that sometimes we're gifted with an easy, uneventful incarnation where you're not expected to do the heavy spiritual work. That must be what comes after a life like Rick's. It's all just confusion and rage and meatloaf. You'd need a fucking break.