The practice of fandom trolling and/or telling outright lies in interviews in order to whip fans into a frenzy of excitement and completely off-base speculation, for the lols. Named for British television writer Steven Moffat.
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2) In any discussion of creative work, anyone who says “OMG, why can’t you just enjoooy it??” automatically loses. Hard.
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2) In any discussion of creative work, anyone who says “OMG, why can’t you just enjoooy it??” automatically loses. Hard.
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After he whined "why can't you just enjoy Avatar without bringing RACE or IMPERIALISM into it?!!?" (because he was losing the argument), we invoked Moff's Law all over his ass.
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Whovian 1: Hey, did you see the new episode of Doctor Who last night?
Whovian 2: Yeah, that Moffism was intense!
Whovian 2: Yeah, that Moffism was intense!
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Basically trolling a fandom by ending a TV series season with a cliffhanger, an extremely frustrating ending and/or killing of a character and (optionally) then going on a hiatus for more than a year, all the while managing to make said fandom still love you.
After moffating a fandom there will be A) a lot of online sadness for the deceased character and/or B) internet (crack)theories and/or C) quite a bit of good old fashioned Internet rage against the writer of the episode. Good examples are Sherlock or Doctor Who.
Basically trolling a fandom by ending a TV series season with a cliffhanger, an extremely frustrating ending and/or killing of a character and (optionally) then going on a hiatus for more than a year, all the while managing to make said fandom still love you.
After moffating a fandom there will be A) a lot of online sadness for the deceased character and/or B) internet (crack)theories and/or C) quite a bit of good old fashioned Internet rage against the writer of the episode. Good examples are Sherlock or Doctor Who.
Person 1: Oh my god! Did you see the ending of {insert series}? Classic moffat.
Person 2: Yes, the forums are going crazy with theories!
Person 2: Yes, the forums are going crazy with theories!
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Can be referred to as "The Murphy's Law of Electronic Equipment".
Events with no plausible explanation are often referred to as the work of the Mordfactor. Most commonly, electronic equipment is damaged, but it extends to many other areas as well. If it can fry, the Mordfactor will most likely do so, but only for the individual cursed with it - everyone else will continue as normal.
Occasionally, the Mordfactor may be held responsible for an unusual "lucky" event, but are rare compared to "unlucky" events.
It is advised that anyone suspected of having a connection with the Mordfactor should be kept at a minimum distance of 10 metres from any critical electronic equipment.
Term coined by Damien Mulley, 2001.
Can be referred to as "The Murphy's Law of Electronic Equipment".
Events with no plausible explanation are often referred to as the work of the Mordfactor. Most commonly, electronic equipment is damaged, but it extends to many other areas as well. If it can fry, the Mordfactor will most likely do so, but only for the individual cursed with it - everyone else will continue as normal.
Occasionally, the Mordfactor may be held responsible for an unusual "lucky" event, but are rare compared to "unlucky" events.
It is advised that anyone suspected of having a connection with the Mordfactor should be kept at a minimum distance of 10 metres from any critical electronic equipment.
Term coined by Damien Mulley, 2001.
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