Looks like things have calmed down at VampireFreaks, although Auntie Angel reports that a lot of people have signed up to the site just to look at Gill‘s pictures and blog, and are still hanging around. There will always be gawkers at a tragedy; Gill himself was a gawker of the Columbine Massacre.

In any case, there’s a new note at VF and an acknowledgement that the media hasn’t actually been all that Goth-bashy after all. Which is no more than the truth; the media mentions Gill’s Goth side because really, other than that, there was nothing whatsoever interesting about him. Without the trenchcoat, shades, metal and guns, he was just another unemployed alcoholic living in his mom’s basement.

The new message from VF:

News Update, Wallpaper contest
 * September 16, 2006 * 
 
Thanks to everyone’s support in light of recent events. There’s been a huge reaction on this site, and really i want to express a thank you to everyone who has been supportive. We will be monitoring the site more closely due to recent events. And once again I offer my sincere sympathy to the victims and their families. It really is a tragic event. I’ve gotten countless emails about the incident, yes a few of them were very negative and close-minded towards goth culture and this site, but the vast majority of feedback i’ve received has been understanding and supportive of the site. Mature adults, not into the goth scene, who are smart enough to see that this site is not to blame for what happened. Also, thanks to the media, for actually not being that hard on goth culture this time. I know that the goth scene and this website in particular has gotten bad publicity in the past, and while a few reporters have decided to make us look bad again and try to place the blame on us, i see that many members of the media are actually starting to be more accepting and understanding of our scene. Anyway, I feel this has been the topic of conversation on here for too long, so lets just move on and go on with our usual site updates. If you want to further discuss these news, please do so in the entry posted before this one, it already has over 7,000 comments related to the incident and this entry is for our new wallpaper design contest…