Sam Fennah / FailSafe42 - Atheist furry who dropped out of college; sperged to Bionicle fans about God not existing #SAVEBOB

[omori]

Late but the troon in Sam’s voice acting group looks like a failed clone of Lindsay Ellis.

 

[Meowthkip]

Dahmer also did that.

This thread started as a smug, egotistical animator- but with the revelation of his circle... Did we just uncover a ring of future killers?

Some of these concerns are a bit overblown; maybe it's because I have a lot of goth friends interested in taxidermy and fictional gore, but you guys are coming off like concerned Christian moms who are afraid of their kids listening to that satanic devil music and I'm here to tell you guys to knock it off.

I highly doubt Fennah is harboring a fanbase of future serial killers. People who have interests that are considered morbid are maligned enough as is; ask anybody into metal, horror movies and violent video games. They're often pretty chill people.

Now, all that being said, Fennah's hatred of cute things, combined with his bizarre concept of love and his pressuring his fanbase to hate a cute, baby-like critter does raise some eyebrows. He does seem like he's got some kind of god complex going on, and quite frankly, I'm far more concerned about how that translates to him treating his actual, impressionable fans more than him killing off a fictional fish. The reason Bob's death is so disturbing is everything it represents about Fennah, about his worldview, about how he deals with people possibly stealing the spotlight from his own creations, and about his obvious anger issues that are just bubbling under the surface.

 

[Polexia Aphrodisia]

I highly doubt Fennah is harboring a fanbase of future serial killers. People who have interests that are considered morbid are maligned enough as is; ask anybody into metal, horror movies and violent video games. They're often pretty chill people.

Thank you!
While "vulture culture" is plenty weird, and vore/gore/guro etc., is certainly unpleasant, all of these kiddos seem more like sad basement-dwelling pussies than Dahmer Scouts.
Even Fennah himself seems like the kind who would ring up Mummy and cry that people online are being mean to him. I mean, his dad shares his son's work on his Facebook page - I think if he had any truly dangerous undertones to him his parents would be a bit more wary of publicizing any of that.
Am I disturbed by his affinity for gore, murder, and slaughter of innocent fishy boys? Absolutely. But he's just an impotent, fedora-tipping, likely smelly, narcissistic, skinnyfat closet furfag.

 

[Meowthkip]

Even Fennah himself seems like the kind who would ring up Mummy and cry that people online are being mean to him. I mean, his dad shares his son's work on his Facebook page - I think if he had any truly dangerous undertones to him his parents would be a bit more wary of publicizing any of that.
Am I disturbed by his affinity for gore, murder, and slaughter of innocent fishy boys? Absolutely. But he's just an impotent, fedora-tipping, likely smelly, narcissistic, skinnyfat closet furfag.

He's far more likely to manipulate and use people around him than doing physical harm to people, I think. He's very egotistical.

If Fennah were designing these exact same characters with the same morbid humor and themes but he was a more down-to-earth type who was considerate of others and could accept criticism, he wouldn't have this thread.

 

[The Sauce Boss]

People who talk about his fanbase being a bunch of serial killers in training and shit, nah, don't exaggerate. I've been following this guy since he was basically no one. His entire fanbase is generally the 16 year old hot topic teens who get shoved into lockers or treated like shit at school, wear a bunch of black, and binge watch Supernatural. The guy himself's just an exceptionally narc furry who's trapped in a feedback loop. He wants to be mainstream, but also decries and belittles mainstream animators because he's a creative genius.

 

[PIÑA]

FENNAH on Twitter

“Working on a more subtle style of animation, since I've been known to over-animate in the past, here's a WIP! https://t.co/u8n4rJKx0E”

twitter.com

Are you sure about that, Sam?

 

[Doctor of Autism]

People who talk about his fanbase being a bunch of serial killers in training and shit, nah, don't exaggerate. I've been following this guy since he was basically no one. His entire fanbase is generally the 16 year old hot topic teens who get shoved into lockers or treated like shit at school, wear a bunch of black, and binge watch Supernatural. The guy himself's just an exceptionally narc furry who's trapped in a feedback loop. He wants to be mainstream, but also decries and belittles mainstream animators because he's a creative genius.

Yeah I feel people in this thread are being over sensitive about a bunch of edgelord teenagers laughing at the death of a fictional goldfish.

These people are just a bunch of losers who will listen to angsty shit while angry at Christians.

 

[Umaru Doma]

I feel like there are two sides here who are both missing the others point, or someone's point. So, throwing in my 2 cents.

Vulture culture is nothing to be concerned about. Taxidermy is a perfectly normal hobby/career, even if the person might have some off-kilter motives for doing it. I mean, have you ever been to a museum and seen animal skeletons & stuffed tigers n shit? That's taxidermy! Most people can do it without becoming serial killers.

Everyone you dislike on the internet isn't Hitler, isn't Dahmer, isn't SnakeThing. In fact for an autistic girl with a fascination for death and gore, taxidermy & art are probably the healthiest outlets she could have.

On the other hand, a lot of people here probably don't have that same fascination. I'm sure a lot of them know of the zoosadist leaks etc, maybe have an interest in true crime, but when it comes to death... most people are pussies. You can't assume everyone has had the same exposure to it as you & is just being mad online out of some moral choice. It's naivety, it's innocence, that makes someone think that anyone who looks at a corpse without recoiling in horror also wants to turn someone into a corpse.

It's okay to be naive, but please don't powerlevel that way and say "I BET SAM HAS A BASEMENT FULL OF DEAD RATS AND HE SQUISHES HIS TOES IN THEIR GUTS" because there's a simpler, more grounded explanation. These people are just weird.

You have to go wrong in a lot more ways than these edgy guro teens to become Dahmer. The moment we receive any indication that they're mistreating real animals, we can pounce. For now, though, just focus on the stuff that's grounded in facts: Sam Fennah is an ego-stroking tool who likes to animate thicc, floppy, clipping furries for the children to enjoy, and he wont even admit to it.

 

[Popcorn Jellybean]

We stan Bob.
Sorry if this is derailing.

 

[Meowthkip]

We stan Bob.
Sorry if this is derailing.
View attachment 1113911

I will allow this so we can stop hammering the point home that edgy teens aren't serial killers.

 

[b0o0pinsn0o0tz]

@Meowthkip I would like to apologize for being one of the people over reacting.

Aside for that, I'm pretty happy Fennah seems so be getting better about criticism. Hopefully he actually will touch up his writing like he's touching up the animation.

 

[H&K Hates You]

Snip

Hell, taxidermy's still taught in public high schools, there's not much blood to get out of that stone unless there's more fuckery to go along with it.

 

[HP Lovecrafts Cat]

Oh boy, I knew this guy was obnoxious and weird, but I didn't know how far deep the rabbithole went. I swear this guy could be a little bit more tolerable if he admit to things such as his characters having obnoxious and hard designs like people who love sparkledogs. And, y'know, his fetish.

Speaking of his fetishes, I feel like he's going to get in trouble one day for the way he's so public with them- or just NSFW art which is very furry of him. I can't imagine his fanbase is comprised of many adults, and he had his self-insert reviewing art with Winnifred spreading her asscheeks in the first season. Plus, making his fans draw his fetish for halloween... I don't think anything good is going to come out of this.

 

[Yotsubaaa]

Hell, taxidermy's still taught in public high schools, there's not much blood to get out of that stone unless there's more fuckery to go along with it.

I'll let you guys know if I find anything interesting or funny, don't worry!

For now though, to get us back to Sam a little bit, I finally finished the timestamps/transcripts from that stream a couple of weeks ago. Normally I wouldn't have bothered going back to them after procrastinating for so long. But that stream was particularly informative I think, and we got a bit of a taste of the writing for The August Few book series that Sam is going to devote most of his time toward. So here we go!

Spoiler: Timestamps

00:00:35 Intro song: 'Flying on Empty' by Rob Fennah
00:04:00 Sam starts the stream
00:05:30 What's happened so far in 2020? Is World War III upon us?
00:06:10 "Einstein: 'I don't know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones'."
00:06:55 Q: When are we getting bodypillows? A: 'What's a bodypillow?' (pressxtodoubt.jpg)
00:07:20 Sam shills his Lucy plushie merch
00:08:25 Q: Are you worried about COPE-A COPPA? A: Nope.
00:09:55 Q: What does Sam think of his Kiwi Farms thread? A: Sam's not that bothered by us, and he's not going to change what he's doing.
00:11:20 Q: Will Sam sign up for World War III? A: Probably not.
00:12:25 Q: How is Sam going? A: Good. Working on his book.
00:12:45 Q: What's the backstory to Whit and Bam? A: Doesn't matter. "Satellite city is not a plot-based show!"
00:14:50 "My whole purpose is to write these books! ...I did want to be a really good animator...but something changed."
00:16:10 "I think the best way of illustrating your ideas is to write about them."
00:16:35 But don't worry! Satellite City isn't going anywhere.
00:16:50 Sam's characters have evolved as Satellite City went on
00:18:00 Q: Did Kivouachians have vehicles? A: No.
00:18:20 Q: What are Sam's plans after his books? A: He plans on writing them for a while, and he's hoping the books do well, so depends.
00:20:55 Sam plans to write six books (was originally three, but he decided to take the focus off of the Satellite City show)
00:22:50 Q: Is Hyzenthlay's VA okay, and When are the books coming out? A: Yes.
00:23:05 Q: Does Sam have any non-Kivouachian stories he wants to write? A: Yeah, eventually!
00:23:55 "The writer of Coraline said 'Writing a book is like driving through the fog with one headlight on.'"
00:25:25 Q: Why do Kivouachians have three belly buttons? A: "Because they're very parasitic."
00:26:20 "I can write about fucked up things, and condemn those things in reality."
00:27:35 "What's the point in writing about things that are normal?"
00:29:40 "Every single human being has a weird or fucked up idea, but a lot of them lock it away."
00:30:15 On people attacking Vivziepop over Hazbin Hotel
00:31:20 "People watch The Godfather, and they don't turn into fucking gangsters."
00:33:20 An interesting Yeshua fact: Sam wants to animate Yeshua lighting a cigarette with his thumb
00:34:15 Q: Is Sam cool with Kivouachian OCs? A: Yes!
00:34:35 Some dead air as Sam wonders if his stream is still up
00:35:10 "The only people who have a problem with fucked-up ideas are people who are, in my experience, boring."
00:37:05 Sam really enjoys 'The Time Machine' by H.G. Wells
00:38:30 Nature is inspiring in its horror!
00:38:50 "Look at the tarantula hawk wasp: that's Kivouachian reproduction!"
00:39:35 Jump-cut in the stream as it dropped out for a few minutes, tech issues
00:41:05 The Kivouachians were mostly inspired by insects and the cruelty of nature
00:42:05 Q: Is Whittaker in the book? A: Yes.
00:42:25 Sam was just reworking Chapter 1 of The August Few: A Well-fed Fire
00:42:45 Sam reads the opening paragraph of Chapter 1 (see transcript below)
00:44:15 Sam reads us a "funny" passage from his book where Ludwig summarizes the Kivouachian economy (see transcript below)
00:52:55 "That book is the thing that I'm really working on."
00:53:45 "It's a political drama, and the first one is heavily centered around economy/trade/politics."
00:54:25 Q: Are there other towns or cities in the Kivouachian world? A: Read the books to find out!
00:55:05 "There's a lot of information to absorb in [my] book."
00:56:05 Sam has six books planned: The August Few Vol. 1-6.
00:56:25 The first book is 22 chapters. Sam finished chapter 7 at the end of last year.
00:57:05 Sam starts to wrap up the stream
00:57:15 Q: Does the Underbirth run on anarchy? A: No, "it operates on merit/respect".
01:00:05 Q: How long did it take Sam to finish the Lucy animation? A: About a week.
01:00:45 Sam reads another excerpt from his book (see transcripts below)
01:02:35 Murder is fine in the Kivouach, provided the murderer can prove they're better than the murderee.
01:03:40 "If you died, it's because you weren't strong enough to live."
01:04:00 "'Yes! Force out the weak! Weed out bad genetics! Breed with the strong''"
01:04:20 But remember, it's just fiction!
01:04:40 "Making people think, 'That's really not human, but god, they're sort of right!'"
01:05:05 Sam starts to wrap up the stream, gets distracted by a screen glitch
01:05:20 Q: Will Hyzenthlay ever show her Kivouachian side? A: Perhaps!
01:05:35 Sam shills his upcoming book and calls it a show

In the stream he read out some excerpts from his book. For you guys' convenience I've transcribed them so we can get a 'first-look' at what he'll be dedicating his focus towards for the foreseeable future. Now apologies in advance: I'm not actually talented enough to mimic Sam's literary incompetence, so there won't be nearly as many spelling errors (hopefully!). You'll just have to use your imaginations for that.

This first one is the introduction he reads at 00:42:45. There was a skip in the video and I couldn't make out one of the words (it sounds like the word should be 'production' and that fits the context, but for the sake of accuracy I've left it blank).

What a beautiful thing economy is. An organism comprised of complex relationships, where behind the curtain of blissful ignorance the chains of ____tion rattle. One does not plan it; such a system can only be evolved into and then forgotten, for the complexity of economy fades into the background as it should. That is, until things go wrong. Then one might wish upon themselves a deeper understanding of the mechanisms; to lift the curtain, and bear witness to the machine. And Locket's economic machine was surely one of reckoning. A society of trade—item for item, favor for favor—where nobody sold more than they bought, nor bought more than they sell. A perfect balance, but not without its holes. And Locket's society, though brilliant, was not without those who would exploit these holes.

Here's the excerpt from Chapter 4 that he reads at 00:44:15, where Ludwig "summarizes" the Kivouachian economy to Lucy in a way that is "funny to read". (Those are Sam's words, not mine! Don't shoot the messenger!)

"What's the paper about, then?" Lucy asked nervously, as darkness intruded down her back. Her fear of it became apparent.

"Does the black phase make you uneasy?" Ludwig teased.

"I've not a good history with it. What's 'yer paper about?" Lucy deflected.

"It's about the trade differential." Ludwig said sitting cross-legged on the floor, his manuscript upon his lap. "Are you abreast of current events?"

"Been clingin' to the water channels, keepin' out 'the way, so no. Why don't you tell me?" Lucy curled up on her side upon the wall, and closed her eyes in defiance of the impending darkness.

Ludwig flicked through a few pages of his manuscript, and then queried, "Do you know that the inkers and the inkhouses do not exist in the Hammerlow?"

"Why's that then?" Lucy's ears perked up intently, but she did not open her eyes.

"Because the Hammerlow is comprised of what we call the 'loyalists': politicians, titans of industry, trade, Yolsh. They are in the loop by definition. They have no need of inkers. They know what's going on at all times. But those of the Kasino, the vast populace, do not, and could not possibly keep abreast of what's happening without a system in place: inkers. An entire trade present in the Kasino, yet nonexistent in the Hammerlow. Now tell me, do you know what a 'bathhouse' is?"

"No."

"It is a place of cleanliness and water, where those of murk go to have their bodies cleaned and pampered."

Lucy scoffed.

Ludwig nodded. "But we of the Kasino have places like the 'Welcome Bowl', 'Freyda's Vein' and the 'Miviam Estuary' : large, everflowing water supplies. So we have no need of 'bathhouses'. Another industry—an entire trade—present in the Hammerlow, yet unknown to those of the Kasino."

Ludwig watched as Lucy's eyes flicked open. Her attention had been caught.

"You've no doubt heard of 'service for supply'?" Ludwig elaborated. "You might want an item: a bottle of liquid laughter, a dolly, a new hat, or a book. And so for that, you would offer a service, a favor as compensation. Payment, even."

Lucy's brow was scrunched. Her face became intense as Ludwig painted this picture.

"That practice is widely accepted in the Kasino. That is not accepted in the Hammerlow, where all trade is item-for-item, stock-for-stock, whether it be temporary lending, like a dolly, or a permanent transaction of goods. You can't barter with favors and unvetted services."

"Really?" Lucy remarked. "A whole method of trade present 'ere and not there? A little out 'o sync, aren't they?"

"Absolutely. And that's what we refer to as the trade differential. It exists because the 'Voice of the Hammerlow' and the 'Voice of the Kasino' dictate all matters of commerce in their respective districts."

"Does that work?"

"It works and it does not. On the one hand, the system is very flexible: it allows for both Yeshua and Mithusa to run their districts without stepping on each other's toes. It allows new laws and legislations to pass through the government without blockage." The young inker looked back at his document and flicked through it, reviewing the facts before he made them heard. "On the other hand," he said, with revised competence, "it's a system with a few holes. And in these holes, creatures like Fontaine, and Wiley, thrive. It's not easy to exploit, but to leaders of our breed, the paradigm, that's not enough."

"So," said Lucy, rolling onto her back, ignorant of the darkness that swallowed her, "There's something that can be done about it, right? 'Cos I'd change the system."

"Well, there's a rumor. One that we can't print until confirmed, so keep it under your proverbial hat. That Locket, our 'Grand Voice', is on the cusp of announcing a solution. But we won't know what that is, until word is passed around by much larger inkhouses."

"As long as it gets rid of illegal folk!" Lucy spat. Ludwig raised an eyebrow.

"That would include yourself." he said.

"I stole from one, and used it to better my position. But I ain't like Wiley. I've had my fill with illegals!" Lucy quietly fumed.

"I'm..." Ludwig pondered his response. "Yes, I'm inclined to agree with you on that one." He then used the little remaining light to scan his work, before offering the young Lacemaker a final bit of advice before darkness swallowed the township. He said, "The dollhouses stock the blood-halls, the blood-halls stock the dollhouses, the laugh-houses stock both, and both stock the laugh-houses. The chop-shops feed the streets and the streets feed the chop-shops, and the bookbows educate the streets, and the streets provide information for the inkhouses, and the inkhouses spread the news. The bathhouses clean the sullen and the sullen re-murk their bodies in a dollhouse."

Ludwig chuckled to himself and turned to Lucy as the light faded. "Made simple, this is our economy. Nobody buys more than they sell, nobody sells more than they buy. Governed by the invisible hand of self-interest, and it all runs on demand. If you want to last here, Lucy Lacemaker, you will fulfill that demand."

And finally, here's the excerpt of dialogue between Locket and Wexle that Sam reads at 01:00:45.

"Economy is amoral, Wexle." Locket spoke, her haunting eyes fixed upon the path before her. "It has nothing to do with justice. It's not about getting what is deserved, nor is it about making whole the pockets of poor investors or traders." Locket swiveled sharply to the left and Wexle graciously articulated her way around the impressive display of tails at her leader's back. "Economy is the work of the enlightened, not rash fools who wish to reset its bones. We've brought light to our little corner of the Kivouach, and they are for the dark."

"Most agreed." Wexle caught up with Locket's stride. "But it's not dealing with hollow-minded dolts, Locket, it's rooting them out to begin with."

Locket stopped and turned to the Yolshen commander, pressing one of her crimson nails into Wexle's chest.

"Do not mistake the glow of intelligence for the mimicry of it. You need only ignore their display, and listen to what they speak of."

"You speak of Mithusa?" Wexle said, with a dash of confusion.

"Mithusa is intelligent." Locket pulled her finger back and continued to walk. "Which makes her potential energy a point of anxiety. The girl needs to start making use of her impressive mind, not her bleeding hearts."

"Bleeding hearts?"

"A point of poetry, Wexle. Nothing more."

So yeah, that gives us (and his fans) a flavor of what his book, The August Few, will be about once/if he finishes writing it. Totally riveting stuff, right?

 

[Polexia Aphrodisia]

I know he's actually English, but he types out a Cockney accent like your stereotypical teaboo.

Flashbacks to high school creative writing club when the kids who thought they were DEEP INTELLEKSHULS submitted their writing...

 

[NoFeline]

Flashbacks to high school creative writing club when the kids who thought they were DEEP INTELLEKSHULS submitted their writing...

Some people say that your lolcows of choice are decided by the little reflections of yourself you see in them and by god if this guy is not the edgelord fedora my friends and I were in freshman year-- he is without a doubt extremely juvenile in everything he does. Quite literally "I'm 14 and this is deep" territory. I'm expecting any minute now for someone to pull up screenshots of him talking about being born in #lewronggeneration

 

[Yotsubaaa]

I know he's actually English, but he types out a Cockney accent like your stereotypical teaboo.

Aha, that was me transcribing it, actually. But Sam did put on an over-the-top cockney accent when he was saying the Lucy parts in the stream! At first I was translating it back into legible English, but then I figured that he went to the 'effort' of putting on that ridiculous manner of speaking for Lucy, so I might as well transcribe it authentically!

I suspect I also tidied the writing up a fair bit in my translation. Given what we've seen so far of Sam's literary talents, I couldn't even hazard a guess as to what his book actually looks like, in its current unedited form.

 

[Meowthkip]

What's with this dude and economies?

 

[Polexia Aphrodisia]

Aha, that was me transcribing it, actually. But Sam did put on an over-the-top cockney accent when he was saying the Lucy parts in the stream! At first I was translating it back into legible English, but then I figured that he went to the 'effort' of putting on that ridiculous manner of speaking for Lucy, so I might as well transcribe it authentically!

I suspect I also tidied the writing up a fair bit in my translation. Given what we've seen so far of Sam's literary talents, I couldn't even hazard a guess as to what his book actually looks like, in its current unedited form.

Oh word, sorry man.
Cockney accents in writing still bother me regardless. It always seems so forced.

 

[Meowthkip]

I just want Lucy to say "'ELLO, GUVNAH!" at least once.