L'Académie was a masterpiece of neo-beat culture and its author is a genius. One wonders, what is incubating in that mind right now?

>>24524454 (OP)
new lolcow when? waldun has run its course ages ago

>>24524454 (OP)
hopefully a couple really good amwf scenes

>>24524456
The &amp editor and crew fit the bill for a while before it all petered out. Maybe Quentin Scobie now that he's back.

>>24524454 (OP)
I was watching some 4chan greentexts on youtube and forgot to turn off autoplay. I almost choked to death when I got an AI narrated video about this chink.

>>24524471
the &amp guys just felt like resident schizos to me, i think a proper lolcow should be from outside this website and only slowly become aware of it

>>24524471
lolcows have to be genuine. Quentin is le ironic.

I remember all the "Waldunchads" threads from years ago.

>>24524454 (OP)
The dark academia thing always seemed so gay to me. Seems catered to sell books to women instead of creating good work.

>>24524586
you are underselling dark academia here, its also used to sell fashion

>>24524454 (OP)
Probably some fat Naarm cock.

>>24524477
tell me more

>>24524454 (OP)
western cultutral export cycle becomes complete when an asain dude talks about college life in new york.
i read his book and new that I had to give 200k to some jews just to expierence all the hype.

>>24524635
I dont even remember more than that. I was waking up and I heard and AI voice mention waldun. I grabbed my phone and turned off that tab and listened to sam hyde and charls talk about watches instead.

>>24524648
what did they say about watches

>>24524454 (OP)
i tried watch this guy's videos but they seem kinda pointless, just a whole lot of talking in circles stuff and he sounds kinda retarded almost pre-mature or never hit puberty or something

>>24524654
I think sam said an audemar would look good on charls no homo

>>24524454 (OP)
I heard that he is now focusing on his modeling career.

>>24524822
>modeling career
3d modeling?

>>24524483
You've got a point but I'd like to present Exhibit B: www.tiktok.com/@lampbylit

he'd love to be filled with my hot spunk

>>24524454 (OP)
I brought a lot of heat to Waldun back in the day. He was really just a one-time thing when he was first posted, and he wasn't even the subject of the post. We were mocking Dark Academia and its sycophants. But I was intrigued by Waldun, so I waited a few days and reposted the thread, but this time I shifted the focus to Waldun. That really caught on. People started going through his videos and noticing how much of a preening pseud he was: declaring himself a Renaissance Man and a veritable Polymath. Then there were of course the inevitable videos explaining how he was a genius because he managed to surmount the insurmountable quadrilogy of Infinite Jest, Ulysses, Gravity's Rainbow, and In Search of Lost Time.
It was then that I discovered Waldun was a blooming writer. He had a website/blog and he had recently released his debut novel: The Learned Disguise. I quickly googled the title. It had a few 4 and 5 star reviews on Goodreads and Amazon. They were very obviously just close friends and family whose reviews amounted to congratulating Robin Wu Chang on (self)-publishing a novel. That's when I noticed there was exactly one copy left for sale on Amazon. I jokingly posted a thread saying I was going to purchase the book, read it careful, and critically shred Waldun to pieces. I knew the latter point was easily achievable because the free preview was atrocious. The writing was attempting to put up a facade of erudition and twee quaintness, but it was so amateurishly constructed and artificial.
Needless to say, kdbooks saw my thread and did in earnest that which was mere jest. And the rest is history...the kdbooks review...the Waldun apology...the promise of L'Académie...the faux hype and anticipated schaudenfraude...L'Académie's release and butchering by kdbooks...Waldun's second apology...other L'Académie related fallout...Waldun's multiple bipolar channel redirections...Waldun giving up on being a writer...It all starts with me. I killed Waldun. Sometimes I regret it. Sometimes I think I did Waldun and the world a favor. But one day I'll pay for what I did...I may even be paying for it now...and these past 5 years...and during the years that lie ahead of me...

>>24525143
Waldun is the magnanimous type so it wouldn't hurt to ask him for forgiveness in a Youtube video. I think the customary way to do it is to get down on your knees and then bow down three times and say how sorry you are. He will forgive you and probably even give you a goodwill token like a complimentary copy of one of his books.

I am Waldun

>>24525174
im james dupont

>young male writer
>no campus novel attempt
at least he tried hoss

>>24524586
Some anon in a previous thread clowning on Waldun called it an 'intellectual cargo cult', which really stuck with me.

>>24524897
jesus christ man

>>24524454 (OP)
Literally who?

>>24525143
fake and gay

>>24524897
holy shit. this guy SUCKS

>80% of his videos are sponsors
fuck this guy's soulless videos

>>24524454 (OP)
looks like a puerto rican whooah

makes me sick

>>24524586
Its another women larp and masturbatory activity of reading book, as to how they looked like though, there has to be some kind of film or series that influenced their visual of dark academia because women can only imitate not create
For anyone who wants to get insta goybux they can profit from these dumbheaded females by making 'dark academia book cafe' and you will get famous on tik tok whatever

>>24527710
>there has to be some kind of film or series that influenced their visual of dark academia
It's Harry Potter. Think pre-WWII boarding school uniform. That's the Dark Academia style.

>>24527710
I’m writing for you guys and I’m a moron. I need to be writing goonslop for foids about getting raped by your half wolf classics l professor in Edinburgh

>>24527792
Dude everyone got raped by their Classics professor. But did you understand that Greek Myth was about the mothergod because you got poetry inseminated into you by your classicist professor (a level E, not a level C like in seppostan) taught you welsh? DO YOU FUCKING KNOW WELSH?

>>24527774
This one?

>>24527774
It’s 100% this. The people who stayed connected to these books into adulthood either became Disney adults or leaned into this aesthetic if they wanted to look a little more edgy.

There’s a few women I know who will probably read 70+ books this year and 90% of what they read is romance goon material.

>>24527822
Imagining a 140lb skinny fat guy with round glasses that are too big for his face going to goodwill and putting one of these outfits together thinking he will seduce his way into his crush’s heart. Meanwhile some guy in dirty khakis, a polo, boat shoes and a trust fund is plowing your art hoe wood nymph dream girl in a public bathroom.

Search dark academia on pinterest, literal gem mine

>>24527822
Naarm as fuck cunt.

>>24527822
Looks like Target clothing.

>>24524484
Damn, you guys still talk about Quentin? Isn't he from like 10 years ago at this point

>>24527870
Target wouldn't have flannel, an expensive woven wool fabric.

>>24525580
>>24526913
>Uhm, wanna come by and read some AI smut with me?
>Just tell your dad you're with your friends lol
>No? But I already bought you some White Claws...

>>24527871
well guess what he is back now

>>24524454 (OP)
>L'Académie
Does this ugly fag even know french

>>24524586
>Seems catered to sell books to women instead of creating good work.
that's the industry now

>>24529653
Waldun indeed knows French. I don't think he's faking that.

>>24530337
>>24529653

The man is basically a genius. Of course, he speaks French. He probably speaks it better than you speak English.

>>24530337
he knows french indeed but not with women and the language eludes him

Getting a huge platform to share your art but still being untalented is brootal

At least all of you can be delusional on these boards about how good your work is while never sharing it. Then, poke fun at these larpers for fun.

>>24530475
what the hell why are you throwing shade at us

>>24525143
it s Schadenfreude, not schaudenfreude
it s also a gay reddit word used by americans who think it s amazing the endless possibilities of the german vocabulary, not realizing that the english language works by the same mechanics
if you were french or romanian or whatever language, where putting the adjective in front of the substantive isn't common i would understand, still a preposition between offers much more precision, but you have that as well, we latins can also put the adjective in front of the substantive but only if we use it like a definite article and it sounds kind of off and retarded
the english language infuriates me because i can never tell if stuff like high school or everyone or everybody or sometimes or video game is written as one or two words, germans being pragmatic decided that writing it in a single word eliminates the confusion and now you are fascinated by this

>>24527871
Not that Quentin who was a /lit/ poster but the Scottish/British guy who posts videos on youtube.

Waldunchads... we are forgotten...

>>24530600
was truly a golden era when we first started flipping the pages of the learned disguise, watching his old videos with that hilarious chinkoid accent... honestly, there wasn't a better time to be on /lit/

>>24530617
>THE PROSES, SIR, THEY FLOW!

>>24530622
>I remember that little bow tie.” a nostalgic smile appeared. “You wore it
>when we first met, as we sat, and worked on your proses. You were a little
>scared and stiff, but look at you now, looking like an Oxford man, well
>learned, and much taller."

>The tranquil state was soon broken: by a question. Perhaps with an intent, or perhaps out of the sympathies to include me into the conversation.
>“So, I’ve heard that you have been practicing some Mozart recently?” asked Dr. Philip as he was finishing up what was on his plate
>“Indeed. His elegance simply cannot be denied. When one submits to Mozart, all are absolved from moods bizarre.”
>“Wow, Arthur, it rhymed!”
>“Derek, don’t be surprised. Arthur, here, is kind of a poet!” Remarked Mrs.Philip as she lifted the wine glass.

>>24527834
idgi

>>24525143
Relax, he still makes terrible videos on topics he massively overestimates his knowledge of. If you really had that much of an impact on him, he'd either have quit YT or actually improved his work over time

>>24531917
Waldun stopped trying to be a fiction writer because of 4chan. That is an undeniable fact. As that anon points out, Waldun's writing would never have got any attention if it was not for 4chan, which only brought negative attention. His fangirls were such sycophants that they would never say his writing was bad. It literally took the kdbooks reviews (note that two failures were necessary) to convince them otherwise. This is also why Waldun's videos don't get massive views anymore. L'Académie killed his credibility and he lost the vast majority of his 200k subscriber fanbase.

>>24532086
You can't say he wouldn't have given up on that regardless of 4chan making a meme out of him. He's changed the format of his channel countless times

>>24532152
Most of those format changes follow 4chan bully episodes.

and yet he persisted

>>24532086
Those kdbooks reviews are gold. Shame the rest of his videos are tragic. There's far too much false positivity in the lit world.

>>24530542
>the english language infuriates me because i can never tell if stuff like high school or everyone or everybody or sometimes or video game is written as one or two words, germans being pragmatic decided that writing it in a single word eliminates the confusion and now you are fascinated by this
I think hyphens are under-utilised in the English-language desu

>>24532086
I do kinda feel bad for him. Seemed harmless enough, but clearly thought pretty highly of his intellectual prowess. I was the same at 18/19, cursed with knowledge etc — I was just smart enough to not launch a YouTube channel to support my delusions. Haven't watched anything of his in a few years.

His fangirls were grating but if the lad led to younger folk picking up Joyce or Proust when they might've otherwise not done so, I can't fault him.

>>24524471
>>24524483
I remember being in the very first thread for &amp thinking it was gonna be a fun project full of anons with passion for the activity, similar to an /a/ Sings+Draws or /ic/'s old grid drawing exercises. The way it degenerated is one of the unfortunate things I bring to mind whenever I call into question the value of 4chan as a website

Did Waldun fuck Dakota? I think about this almost daily.

>>24533836
Always cringed at the &amp threads, but don't know the lore, what went down? who is >>24524897 why would he post his belly like that?

Any Waldunchads left?
Am I the only Waldunchad that remains?

>>24533894
What defines a Waldunchad? I was here in the original threads when he was discovered

>>24533872
lmao no
Waldun is asexual. He wrote a short story about his asexuality.

>>24524454 (OP)
his mind is pregnant with the effluence of hermaphroditic essences.

>>24527871
he spends all his time on /int/ posting gay interracial pedo erotica these days he's totally lost his mind

>>24533891
>what went down?
Emotional internet affectation, the type you'd observe in millennial tumblr and reddit circles back before 2015. Stopped following the mag after issue 6 or so, not because that was when all its bullshit started, but because I got interested in other things. When I decided to check back later on, I browsed its threads only to discover it had become a cesspool of womanly gossip, e-celeb tier retardation and middle school drama. Stopped caring about it since out of disgust.
>who is
I think that guy was the main editor you had to email for your writing submission. So much for anonymity, too many people in those threads somehow knew the personal details of others involved. Nonsense through and through.

>>24530667
Holy shit this real? Please post more this is awesome!

>>24530643
Which masterpiece is this from?

>>24525349
Wasn't L'Academie literally about school? Also, if you want to read it, you can find it at https://files.catbox.moe/n1l2zh.pdf

How far would Waldun get in Squid Game?

>>24536213
depends on which version

>>24524457
You mean wmam?

>>24530337
I mean if the shoe fits

>>24530456
Those things don't necessarily correlate

>>24533987
People have genitalia. You can't "objectively" be asexual.

>>24536744
>I am retarded.
Thanks for telling us.

this world is so fake and gay… everyone just doing things for the aesthetics… except me, a genuinely erudite scholar-homebody who argues about neechuh online… i should be the one with the thousands of fangirls god fucking damn it…

>>24533836
I'd say it was a fun project like you're describing from issues 001 to 014 (Jan 2021 to July 2022). There was a shift in ethos following the hiatus between 014 and 015, along with all the other degeneration mentioned.

There was a best-of project for those first fourteen issues where a bunch of anons started selecting their favourite pieces after the editor had disappeared. If I close my eyes to everything 015+ and the fact that the best-of took two years to complete, I can pretend &amp went out on a high note and that the latter project was some kind of capstone.

https://the-best-of-amp.github.io/assets/the_best_of_amp_digital.pdf

(but, without the blinders on, the start of the best-of was the start of the downfall)

>>24537384
You'll never be a real woman

I miss this dude, Rcbooks review saga was so funny. I remember The Learned Disguise, too. Also there were Waldun's "dark academia" friends. I also remember mods deleting every single thread about him

>>24537676
I remember once it got to the point of mocking his friends the whole mood of the thing went sour. It was serious crackhead energy, like people were just desperate for “one more hit” of Waldun’s pretentiousness and didn’t care how they got it.

>>24524457
What

>>24527832
the guy you're describing wouldn't even bother with the art ho

>>24534113
the whole book is full of shit like that

>>24538032
I was a Waldun user.
Shit, even called myself a waldunchad for a while there. Would comment on how I'd open that little chink up every time I got a chance. Remember making fun of him for not being as good as his one white friend. Shit was cash.