N - LISTED

Last week, a BWAN colleague wrote an insightful and very reasoned explanation about the ninnies collective hatred towards Kristen, and their beliefs about Rob. The post took particular issue with the ninnies ongoing battle cry that Robert and Kristen are duping fans by being in a relationship that is for public relations purposes. The post exposed the flaws in this line of thinking, and put into question the ideals of an entire section of the fandom which holds such lofty esteem for a person who, by their accounts, is whoring himself out for the profit of a film studio, and then lying about it. Does this really sound like someone YOU could admire? We think not.

Today, we’re going to follow up on that line of thinking by talking about another phenomenon that often accompanies groups who proffer what we call “collective hate;” namely “if you’re not with us, you’re against us.” It’s a funny phenomenon that manages to wend its way into multiple social constructs we see daily: politics, religion, even social subjects such as homosexuality, etc.

And like the hatred itself, it is an EMOTIONAL REACTION to a rational issue.

The premise is basic: Either you agree with us (and our line of thinking), or you, too, become the object of our derision and hatred and are lumped into the category of “enemy.”

So how does this compute in the world of nonsten? Quite easily.

Every time someone in the public eye makes a positive comment about Kristen, that person is chided for doing such. It doesn’t matter if it is a film director, producer, co-star, friend, other actor or admirer, or even member of the media. Ninnies always find an excuse to lump these people into a singular category and then make disparaging comments about them simply because what those people have to say fails to fall in with the ninnie line of thinking.

You see, Kristen haters can’t stand it when ANYONE says something nice about THAT GIRL, or SWSNBN,* or “Spew,” as she’s known in the bleak chasm of ninnidom.  Heaven forbid ANYONE praise her work ethic, or abilities, or talk about how sweet (but shy) she is. Because when they do, they become automatic fodder for the Kristen-obsessed. And let’s face it folks, whoever feels the need to set up and/or contribute to a web community, or set up a twitter account, where the bulk of the content is focused on dispensing hatred onto a now-21 year-old young woman (they started when she was 19), IS OBSESSED. WITH. HER. Yes, even hatred is an obsession.

So, like any extremist group (and yes, ninnies are what we call extreme), they’ve created a list of sorts, made of up people whom they cannot find credible because of their track record of saying nice things about Kristen.  We here at BWAN call this the “n-list.”

And based upon the number of people who have said nice things about Kristen over the years, we can assure you the list is a long one. Almost as long as the list of epithets used to describe n-list members:

 “They’re a sell-out” they scream. “They were paid to say that.” “They’re just a fame whore.” “No way he/she really thinks that about Kristen. They’re’ just saying that for PR.” Get the picture?

The victims are many and varied.

From Twilight producer Wyck Godfrey (“He’s just trying to sell his film!”) to Vogue Editor Anna Wintour (“She was paid to put Kristen in her magazine. She has no taste!”), to film critic Roger Ebert (“He’s an idiot. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about. How can he say that?”), the list looks like some mutant alien weed that just keeps growing out of the earth at an immeasurable rate.

The ninnies’ latest victims were Kristen’s Twilight co-star Elizabeth Reaser and the 2011 MTV Movie Awards host Jason Sudeikis, who recently filmed an Awards’ promo piece with Kristen.

Elizabeth (Esme, if you haven’t figured that out by now) drew the ninny ire for simply answering a media question (something actors do ALL THE TIME) about the highly-anticipated Breaking Dawn wedding scene. During the interview, Elizabeth talked about how nervous and emotional both Kristen and Rob were in filming that scene. No big deal, right? Think again.
Ninnies were quick to attack Elizabeth, claiming her comments were just pushing the Summit-sponsored pro-Robsten agenda. “OMG, SHE’S PUSHING R’STEN!!! WHAT A FAMEWHORE!!!! HOW DARE SHE ANSWER THAT QUESTION!!”  

Really? A fame whore? For talking about a pivotal scene in a movie where likely any actor in that similar situation would also be nervous and emotional?
Color us rational, but we really don’t see what the issue is. Elizabeth is a fellow Twi actor who happened to be a part of the wedding scene in question, and who was asked simply to relay her experience during filming. (Here’s where we must interject that any mention of the “wedding” or “honeymoon” scenes drive the ninnies into a head-spinning frenzy that rivals Linda Blair in the Exorcism, complete with pea soup vomit. But we digress.)

She is NOT being a fame whore by recounting her experience, she is NOT selling out by saying the two leads were “emotional and nervous” during filming. She was simply relating her own experience to a question she was asked. End of.
But, for that infraction, she gets a place on the n-list.

Another recent addition is Jason Sudeikis, host of the 2011 MTV Movie Awards. At some point prior to the MTV Awards (where Robert, Kristen and Robert and Kristen swept their respective categories for which they were nominated), Kristen filmed a promotional clip for the awards show with Jason.  Based on the timing, one can presume it was filmed during Kristen’s stay in New York City after the Met Gala. You remember, don’t you? The extended stay for the purpose of arranging PR-pap shots of herself and Bear? Thought so.

In a follow-up interview about the upcoming show, Jason mentioned Kristen, and *collective monumental gasp* said something nice about her. Duh. Duh. Duh. Cue scary music.

In the interview, MTV reporter Josh Horowitz asked Jason who he enjoyed working with most during the promotional shoots. Jason deigned to say he “really liked” Kristen Stewart, that she was “really quiet and had a cool dog.” OMG! Dog? NO!!!!! He couldn’t have mentioned the DOG!!! What, you mean *whispers* Bear? NOOOOOOO!!!!!  

And to think, the rapture has come and gone.

Jason DIDN’T call Bear by name of course, but given the circumstances, yeah, you get the picture.
Add him to the list.

Someone a few weeks ago tweeted out what could very well be a near-complete list of people who have found their way into the ninny Hall of Hate for doing nothing more than saying nice things about a girl they’ve had the chance to meet and work with (something none of the ninnies can claim). To say it was lengthy is like saying ninnies were spawned by a mob of Orcs (our apologies to JRR Tolkien.)

We won’t repeat the entire list here (Jodie Foster, Melissa Leo, James Gandolfini, Joan Jett, William Hurt, Ryan Reynolds, Reese Witherspoon, Garrett Hedlund, etc.), but you get the idea. Of course, the ninnies all claim these people are just paid to say nice things about Kristen, that it’s all for PR, that none of them, NOT A ONE, could ever, truly, genuinely like the girl. “It’s impossible! We declare it thus,” they shout.

List or no, we’ll let you decide who’s more credible and worthy to judge Kristen – people who have actually experienced her in person and know her well? Or, a bunch of shrieking Orc-born ninnies.

Sign Us Up, Please!

We’d planned on posting the follow-up to Wednesday’s well-received HATE post yesterday, but as things shift quickly in this fandom, we wanted to address a topic that seems a little more timely at the moment:

Petitions!

Yes, by golly gee. Apparently, ninnies are all in a tussle over the idea that anyone, especially (psst) “SHEEP”, would deign to ask MTV that Rob and Kristen be interviewed TOGETHER for Breaking Dawn promo. You know, the Breaking Dawn movie in which Robert and Kristen star TOGETHER – as HUSBAND AND WIFE? And no, we’re not making some hidden claim that they are husband and wife. We get that Rob is NOT Edward and Kristen is NOT Bella, but we’ll masticate on that another time.

“That’s so stupid,” the ninnies whine. “What about the rest of the cast? There are only about 347 jillion cast members? Why just Robert and Kristen?”

Well, let’s see.

Maybe, just MAYBE, because Robert and Kristen are the TWO MAIN LEADS (reference the paragraph above where we talk about them playing husband and wife for further explanation).

Why would it be such a bad thing for the two principal actors in a film, who are playing love interests in said film, to be interviewed TOGETHER during the promotion of that very film? It kind of makes sense, and it happens quite a lot in the business known as film promotion.

Didn’t we have Robert and Kristen interviewed together during the original Twilight film, before the Edward/Bella/Jacob love triangle of New Moon and Eclipse? And during both New Moon andEclipse promo, didn’t we have multiple media calls where Robert, Kristen AND Taylor were all three interviewed together?

Sure. Because that was the dynamic of those particular films. In this film’s dynamic, we’re back to the DUO. Edward + Bella. Get it?

Of course, those early Robert and Kristen interviews didn’t bother ninnies because Kristen was still with her then-boyfriend and Robert was single and lookin’ to mingle (and by mingle, we don’t mean jumping across the barricades at a film premiere and hopping into the pants of his most ardent stalkers fans).

Haven’t we also seen Robert interviewed together with the co-star of another film in which they played romantic leads for promotion of that movie? (*coughReeseWitherspooncough*)

Why, of course we did. And it was cute as hell.

So, why the screeching?

There wasn't a problem with Rob and Reese during Water for Elephants.

And there weren't any issues with Robert and Emilie de Ravin during Remember Me.

And we’re certain that if Rob were to be interviewed alongside Sarah Gadon or another female co-star for Cosmopolis, there’d be no problem with that, either.

Ohhh, that’s right. Emilie, Reese and/or Sarah aren't (psst) THAT GIRL.

But guess what? Kristen IS in Breaking Dawn.

As much as we’re sure you’d prefer an interview with Rob and Ashley, and/or Rob and Nikki and/or Rob and anyotherfemalestarinthegalaxyasidefromKristen, those people are not playing Rob’s love interest in this particular role, are they?

Is the petition a bit over the top? Perhaps. We really don’t know.

What we really DO know is that MTV reporter Josh Horowitz (Douchowitz, as he’s known in ninnie camps), encouraged fans to let the MTV execs know that if Robert and Kristen FANS want to see this interview happen, then they need to let their voices be heard.

What better (and easier) way to that than with a petition?

We recognize it’s a slim shot from a high tower on a cloudy day that this will actually happen, but as fans of BOTH ROB and KRISTEN, we’re willing to take the risk. It certainly can’t hurt.

Best case scenario, we get what we want, which is to watch the ninnies squirm see Robert and Kristen together in what will likely be their last interview together for the foreseeable future.  And why not end the series of which they are the two main stars (please reference that husband and wife paragraph – AGAIN), with an interview of them – TOGETHER, where both their awkwardness and cute glances and shy smiles would be fully present.

If you don’t like it, guess what? YOU DON’T HAVE TO WATCH IT. Just like if you don’t like a particular actress, you shouldn’t watch the films in which she stars. NO ONE IS FORCING THESE THINGS ON YOU.

But you do watch those things, don’t you? You watch those films, and you comment upon, making snide remarks about how “great” her co-stars are, and mocking her abilities. Meh. Your opinion, we suppose, but what we don’t understand is IF YOU HAVE SUCH AN AVERSION to her, WHY WATCH IN THE FIRST PLACE?

Did someone strap you down, Clockwork Orange-style and force your eyes open so you HAVE TO WATCH as a means of torture? No! YOU are renting these movies, YOU are putting them in your DVRs, YOU are watching them ON YOUR OWN VOLITION. So, how does that play into the “I DON’T LIKE HER” phenomenon you’ve got going on?

If you “don’t care” as you claim, you wouldn’t spend SO MUCH TIME with HER as the subject of your tweets and rants and comments on private message boards dedicated to disliking her.

There are plenty of actresses BWAN isn’t fond of, but for some reason, those people’s names don’t end up in our collective tweetstreams or even in this blog here? Why? Because we really, truly DON’T CARE about them. So we are expressing that NOT CARING by not even bothering to make comment on those things. Out of mind, out of tweetstream… see how that works?

We get it. We really do. You are OBSESSED WITH HER. Even though say you do not like her, you are still obsessed with her, because it riles you to no end that the man you claim to be such a fan of happens to care greatly about this woman. AND IT KILLS YOU THAT YOU DON’T KNOW WHY. Think about it. If you really DON’T CARE, then WHY TALK ABOUT HER IN THE FIRST PLACE?

Which brings us back to petitions.

When people CARE ABOUT SOMETHING, they usually make up a petition, or sometimes stage a letter-writing campaign, to try to get something they want (or don't want, as the case may be).

Why, even you ninnies know about letter-writing campaigns, don’t you?

We know, we know. You told us. “It was a joke.”

But really, do you think we’re THAT mindless? In Psychology 101, “It was a joke” is one of the oldest diversionary tactics (i.e. lies) in the book. Kind of like the kid who gets caught throwing a bag of dung on some other kid’s front porch. “I didn’t mean it. It was a joke.” Too late. Damage done.

Just own up to it and say “We really didn’t want THAT GIRL at the WFE premiere, so yes, we did that.” Case closed. At least by admitting that, it shows you to have a base level of principles, however low they may be.

So we’re owning up to this one, and are proudly standing behind the petition to get MTV to interview Rob and Kristen together for Breaking Dawn. If we get our wish, good for us. YOU DON’T HAVE TO WATCH. And if we don’t get our wish, we’ll still have plenty of other delicious moments of Rob and Kristen together during the Breaking Dawn promotional tour, and for what we hope will be years to come.

Just when we think we have a post all polished and ready to upload, a furor ensues, and over the teensiest little thing.

Addendum:

Yesterday, one of our BWAN contributors found THIS SILLY THING http://ow.ly/1tQaF6 quite by accident. We decided to post it to point out once again the insanity among some of Rob’s “fans.” We were actually amused by the thing. What did these people expect to get from this? Were they going to print it out and hand it to Rob, telling him they DEMAND that he cease and desist all romantic interest in Kristen simply because they added their name to an online petition? Yeah, cause we’re sure he’ll really listen to fans on how to live his PERSONAL LIFE.

Well, one of OUR most ardent fans (*waves*) linked to it, and oh, oh my, what hilarity ensued. Seems many folks over in ninniland got their proverbial panties in a wad over a teensy-weensy widdle petition (haven’t we seen this before?) Yes, we’ll admit, several R/K supporters were offended by the thing, but the ninnies really went full-bore, even going so far as to claim that “they” would never start such a thing, and that it was obviously started by someone in the “Robsten” (can we say how much we hate that word?) camp in order to implicate the nons in some devious scheme.

Say what?

This reminds us of those political commercials that try to implicate “the other guy” in some big conspiracy where no conspiracy exists. You know the ones. “I was set up. None of my supporters/people who share my beliefs would EVER take part in such gross misrepresentation of my values.”

So, what you’re saying, Mr. Weiner, is that it was NOT, in fact, YOUR wiener in those underwear, or in those blurry photos, that someone “faked” your wiener for PR purposes and then set up a situation so you would be seen out walking your wiener, which is really NOT your wiener, on the streets of NYC just in time for the paps to take a photo of it.  Uh-kay. I guess they photoshopped you into that mirror, too.

Next.

First of all, no one here ever accused any “nonsten” of posting that petition. And why would we? The people who started that petition actually BELIEVE Rob and Kristen are a couple, so that automatically disqualifies 98.2735% of the people who call themselves nonstens.

Secondly, is it not at all beyond the realm of possibility that there are people who are NOT members of nonsten, who also happen to NOT like Kristen, who would do such a thing. With Rob having what is likely hundreds of thousands of fans across the globe, we’re pretty sure we know the answer to that.

But as seems always the case with all things nonsten, the most obvious and LOGICAL explanation just doesn’t do.

Maybe we need to start a petition against the illogical.

Because We Can...

Wow, seems we struck a nerve or seven last night. And, once again, it seems we need to CLARIFY what our role is here.
We are here solely for the pleasure of the people who contribute to our little blog, and hopefully to provide entertainment for the masses, since we felt it was time, after THREE YEARS of unhinged bullshit, that someone call the ninnies on the carpet for what they’ve been doing.
Is it hate? We don’t think so. With the sole exception of pointing out the multiple and ongoing lies of one of nonsten’s lead caca spewers, we refrain from individual personal attacks, and stick to more general observations culled directly from ninnies’ own words. Not much hate in that, really. We’re not calling names, we’re not posting personal info, we’re not deriding or making lewd comments about someone based upon their appearance, their abilities, or their personal life, which is what ninnies have been doing to Kristen Stewart as well as certain fandom members for how many years now?
Call us the Wikileaks of the nonnidom if you will. We dredge up silliness from the dark chasm known as nonsten.com and expose it for the world to see.
Occasionally, the more opinionated among us (well, we’re all opinionated), like to wax poetic on a few of the more inane ramblings we find, and in particular, those things which seem to get under the ninnies’ collective skin. Why? Because, being the rational and logical people we are, we find pleasure in calling out BS.
Are we pathetic? Obviously we don’t think so. We all have very enriched lives that are centered around our careers, our families and our education. Do we spend too much time doing this? Who knows? Perhaps. But then we’ve only been up to this for about three months? Most of the nonsten members have been hating on Kristen for about THREE YEARS. You do the math. 
Bottom line is, the BS has gone on for long enough. We just decided it was time for some of us to come together and do something about it.
So keep reading. Keep commenting. It’s what we’re here for.

Let's Talk about Hate

There are three types of people in the World. 

• People who Get It.
• People who don’t Get It.
• People who won’t Get It.

Getting it can mean countless things. 

Religion. Politics. Science. Sexuality. 

The point is…Most people base their opinions on emotional reactions. There’s nothing wrong with this. We are humans. It’s what we do. 

What seems an eternity ago, but in reality is more like 3 years, a divide began in this fandom. And at first it was realistic. Justifiable. It made sense. 

There were people who thought something. And others who didn’t. That’s healthy, right? It’s totally normal to have conflicting opinions. 

But then…something happened. Some things became a little clearer, and at the same time, lines got blurry.

Instead of fans being on one side or the other and respecting each others’ opinions… this rift developed into a war about who was right and who was incorrect. For the record? The majority of the behavior is wrong. It’s become obsessive. Unrelenting. Misdirected. Pointless. 

We’re not going to sit here and tell you that we don’t care. We do. Obviously. If you take time out of your day, out of your real life…it’s a general indication that you care, no matter how many times you tweet to the contrary. One way or another, no matter what you tell yourself others…nothing can change that fact. 

We like Rob. We like Kristen. We’ve enjoyed watching their respective careers grow and change, and we support them as individuals, with or without the other. But the fact that we support them as a couple gets us lumped into a category of people who are regularly accused of being mindless followers, incapable of thinking for ourselves. Or so say the haters.

Just the fact that we like Kristen gets us lumped into the “Krisibian” category, even though our support for her is not necessarily on a “Stan” level.

Why are we lumped that way? Because that’s what people who hate do. They automatically lump those who don’t share the same opinion in order to belittle their beliefs. It’s an easy out, an irrational, emotionally-driven response because they are afraid that what “the others” believe may, in fact, be true, and that truth, to the haters, is unacceptable.

Those who hate also have an agenda, and no matter the subject, this agenda is always the same, ALWAYS: discredit those with whom you don’t agree and find new ways to create new truths to match your own motives (even if those new truths hold no logic whatsoever). 

There’s no middle ground here. This “you’re either with us or you’re against us” mentality cuts deep, and we’ll take any day walking in the “against us” category if it means we’re on the opposite side of the haters.

Early in the day, we all stood largely on the same side of the line; fans of Twilight and fans of Rob. Even the haters will still agree they are first and foremost “fans of Rob.”

But through the years, as the lines in the sand became more clear, so have the motives of a certain portion of the fandom, namely their hatred towards Kristen. In short, it drives almost everything they say and do.

And while we can contend that we don’t know them, there are a few things about them of which we are absolutely certain: 

·         It is so clear that what these women are doing is not about obsessing adoring one Robert T. Pattinson. Oh it used to be. Once upon a time they certainly did believe that Rob and Kristen were just friends.

·         You don’t know Robert. We don’t know Robert. So let’s not pretend to know the motivations behind his actions.

·         Unless you were in the room, heard it with your own ears or saw it with your own eyes? You don’t know really know, do you? You can trust the words people tell you all you want, but you never really think about their motivations when they are telling you things you WANT to hear.

Here’s the thing. It’s blatantly obvious that at the very least, Rob cares for Kristen. At the very base level, that’s his friend. Now, we don’t know what kind of friend you are, but anyone who spews vile things about someone we care for, isn’t worth dog shit to us. It’s clear that there’s an agenda. 

Their reaction to Kristen is absolutely an emotionally-based one. 

In the Summer/Fall of 2009, Robert and Kristen started popping up everywhere together, and every time they were seen together, new excused surfaced. “I always do this or that with my guy friends.” 

Say it with us now. R A T I O N A L I Z A T I O N. 

But then it became even more obvious to people that Rob and Kristen were not going to stop spending time together. Why could that possibly be? 

Because Robert feels sorry for Kristen. Oh yes. This handsome, popular 20 something guy sacrifices all his free time to spend it with some girl he pities. He so obviously couldn’t be doing something else with his time. He totally couldn’t be getting laid every night by meaningless chicks. No. We know lots of guys who would give that up for pity. No we don’t. Someone please find us one. 

Then…then it morphs into something else. A below the belt comment that they loved. Because the only reason Rob would spend so much time with this girl is because now she’s a lesbian. Ignoring the fact that someone’s sexual orientation is NOT any of your business nor does it have any bearing on you PERSONALLY, but to place someone in that category just because it fits your “agenda” isn’t REALLY a valid argument.

And last but most certainly not least, a little annoying cockroach of a human being makes a statement. States this as absolute fact. 

Public Relations. PR. 

OF COURSE. They’re faking a relationship to sell tickets. 

One has to admit that this is by far the best rationalization. It’s the most versatile. It’s got the most longevity. It can never fail them. No matter what happens…it can be reasoned away by saying it’s PR. 

Here’s where we come to the “SHEEP” label.

A sheep, by definition, is 

·         a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision

Now. First of all no one in this god forsaken fandom is DOCILE. We wish.

Secondly. Do you or do you not base your entire theory on the insider information you get? How is that not being a member of a different, mindless herd?

It’s been said over and over how well Robert has been raised. How nice his parents are. How respectful they’ve raised him to be. How devoted to Robert’s mother his dad is. 

We wonder how you reconcile your PR theory with that. Do you actually believe that his parents, these wonderful people, would condone Robert selling his life like that? 

Do you truly believe that if, as you claim, Robert hated Kristen so much, that he would give up years of his life for something fake? For money? For fame? Because he is totally a typical Hollywood asshole. Absolutely. Who do you think he is? Spencer Pratt? 

And if, IF that were the truth…if Robert did sell his life like that, then what kind of person are YOU for supporting someone that would do that? Have you no morals? Don’t answer that. We know you don’t.

You sit over there on your little website and say vile things about a girl you don’t know. And what we can’t understand is that if it were PR, why do you hate her? If it’s fake, why do you react like she’s stolen your favorite toy? If it were PR, it’d just be another role that they both are playing. And it is something completely different than not liking her. You HATE HER. That’s not healthy. Or normal. Or sane. 

Why do you choose to believe the most extreme, outlandish things? And you do CHOOSE. Someone told you something that sounded better than everything else and you cling to it like a flotation device. 

Because you’re “not a sheep?” A sheep is someone who follows a shepherd, and in your little world, there are shepherds a’plenty, not one of whom has managed to come up with any kind of credible evidence to prove the theories you have in place (we’re still waiting to see that “PR” contract Rob and Kristen signed).

Until then, we’ll keep relying on blurry photos and innuendo, because even circumstantial evidence is much more evidential than made-up “truths” and obvious hate-driven agendas.(More on hate-driven agendas in our next post).

By the way, Candy, how’s “law school” coming?

Ninnies and nonnies and Bear. Oh my!

Another day, another nod to the melodramatic in this fandom. But hey, without it, we at BWAN certainly wouldn’t exist, nor would we have this much fun if it weren’t for a little drama. So let’s have some fun, shall we?

The latest on the long, long list of THINGS THAT ENTERTAIN US is Bear, Rob’s newly-adopted shelter dog. If you haven’t seen him, he’s a scruff of a thing, all long legs, with a funny black and brown brindle coat and dark snout. 

And much like pups his age, he’s going through his awkward phase, still unsure of the world and the strange atmosphere into which he’s been thrust.

Little does he know how famous a dog he actually is, nor what a ruckus he’s caused just by being adopted.

Bear first got mention around the time that Breaking Dawn was still being shot in Baton Rouge. There were rumblings of a pup, but nothing was confirmed until Rob came out in the Vanity Fair article and confirmed he had adopted a dog to combat his “loneliness.”

As with all things fandom, the word “loneliness” set off a maelstrom of interpretations, especially among the ninnie camp. “See!” they claim. “That’s proof that Rob’s not with Kristen. He’s lonely on set, that’s why he had to get a dog.”

Uh huh.

Rob, through his VERY OWN WORDS, did say he was lonely on set, but does that mean he’s lonely as an individual? No. It simply means that movie sets are lonely places to be, especially for talent. Ever been to a movie set? (And no, we’re not asking you, set stalkers). Have you ever really sat and watched or been a part of a movie as it’s being made? BO-RING.

As exciting the final product on screen is, and as many “exciting” moments as there may be during actual filming, all told, for many on the production, movie sets are woefully boring places to be if for no other reason than there is a heck of a lot of sitting around and waiting (yes, even when your co-star/girlfriend is on set with you).

Actors usually arrive on set in the wee hours of the morning to get fit into their wardrobe and have their make-up put on.  From there, they go into their own trailers to sit and wait, and sit and wait, and perhaps rehearse or read or watch tv, but generally to sit and wait, and sit and wait some more, until the lighting crew is set, and then the DP is set, and then the stunt coordinator is ready, and then the lighting crew has to reassess because there are now clouds, which throws off what the DP is going to do because he has to change filters, and now they need the stand-in to come and make certain the makeup still works under the new lighting, and the second director has to get the extras in place, and so on and so on and so forth. All the while, the ACTOR is still sitting and waiting (usually in his trailer), some five hours after arriving on set, doing little to nothing, until some lackey comes to escort him to scene which he’ll be finished shooting in about, say, forty-five minutes give or take, based upon the director and number of cuts needed (assuming it’s not a full-tilt action scene).  And seeing as he’s still in full costume and make-up, it’s not like he can run down to the local bowling alley and get in a quick game or two while he waits.

See? Excitement.  And lots and lots of down time. Lots and lots of downtime, ALONE. Even with your best buds right there with you, sets can be LONELY places. What better companion to combat on-set loneliness than a dog?

And what better place to get a dog than at the local shelter?

Now, we at BWAN are big dog fans. HUGE. In fact, nothing warmed our hearts more than to learn that Rob didn’t just get a dog, but adopted Bear from a shelter that was close to euthanizing him. Rob later explained during the Water for Elephants promo tour that one of the best ways he’s found to spend his untold riches (we’re paraphrasing here), is that he could readily afford to get Bear, who had come down with a case of Parvo virus and was deathly ill, “the best possible care available.” Rob, melt our hearts just a bit more, please.

 Now somewhere near the releasing of the Vanity Fair article, but before Water For Elephants promo, (sorry, we’re too lazy to go back and figure out the timeline), some innocent girl tweeted out that she had seen BOTH Rob and Kristen at a veterinary office in L.A. And it just so happened that both Rob and Kristen were in L.A. that weekend, having been on some kind of a break from filming Breaking Dawn¸ which had now moved to Vancouver.

Uh oh.  Say it ain’t so, paw. That can’t be. They would NEVER go to a vet together in L.A. Why? WHY? WHYYYY???!!!

Now, this was by no means confirmation of Bear (no pics), but it did give a pretty damn good indication that: a) there was truth to this dog rumor dog, and, b) Kristen was somehow in the mix.

The second time we got “confirmation” of Bear was when papp photos appeared nearing the ending of the Breaking Dawn filming in Vancouver. Here was cute Bear, all legs and floppy ears and black snout, cavorting about playfully like most pups do, with Kristen’s assistant John, watching at his side. 

                                            

                              Cue the awwwws…. and the aaaaaarrrrrgggghhhh!!!

Because instead of focusing on the cute pup playfully tromping about set, the ninnies were seething that the dog was in the care of Kristen’s assistant, whom they have lovingly dubbed Toilet. (John = Toilet, see?)

“THAT’S NOT BEAR!!! It’s HER dog,” they’d snarl. “Shelters usually have these things in litters. Of course she had to adopt one, too. They just look alike. It’s just for PR.”

Never mind THE FACT that there has been NO INDICATION WHATSOEVER that Kristen has adopted a dog on her own. She has not mentioned it in any interview, no gossip has come out about it, nor tweets, nor anything else to indicate that she adopted an animal aside and apart from Rob (and at the same time as him).

 Now, wouldn’t most REASONABLE people think, that Rob, in the many interviews he gave during the lengthy Water For Elephant promo, if he wanted to put any of the BS to rest, he would have said, “yeah, Kristen and I both got these dogs.” But he didn’t. There was only one dog adopted, and there is only one dog now.

HE adopted a dog. That dog’s name is Bear. End of. (And no, we’re not going to have the “they’re co-parenting Bear,” argument, because that’s another brand of silly we just don’t want to deal with).

Which brings us to “Bear confirmation” number 3 (or 3 ½ if you’re really counting). New York City.

Oooh my… what New York City did to people, ninnies in particular.

You see, one day, not long after Kristen killed the red carpet in Proenza Schouler for the Met Gala, she exited her hotel, Bear in tow.

Once again, logic and reason were quickly replaced by the ever-present bitterness that ninnies seem to wear on them like some prideful cloak, and with that bitterness the seething began anew.

“That’s not BEAR!” the ninnies cried.

ORLY?

THEN HOW COME THE TAG ON THE DOG’S COLLAR SAYS “BEAR” ON IT?

“That’s photoshopped!! It’s PR!!! She’s using the poor animal as a PR stunt. She called the paps just to take that photo of them!! Look how she’s abusing him! She’s just a famewhore. How DARE she drag that poor dog down the street like that, and do you see those shopping bags, she’s taking it shopping. EVIL EVIL EVIL!!!”

“It’s really HER dog. She just duplicated the tag so people would think it’s Rob’s dog, but it’s NOT. I’m not going to believe it until I see a photo of THAT DOG with Rob.”

Cue eye rolling in BWAN headquarters.

Fast forward to Toronto.

Oh, Toronto. With tweeted sightings every few hours (most of them fake), the ninnies seemed to calm just a bit, until someone tweeted that they had actually seen Kristen walking Bear, IN TORONTO, sans Rob, during a time we knew Rob was still doing WFE promo. A few days later, sightings began anew, this time with the three of them walking together, mostly in the wee hours of the night (as one would do if one were a ninja).

Now, we at BWAN are not so gullible that we jump right onto every tweet and gossip item and relate it as biblical truth. Au contraire. We’re downright skeptical on many things, but do, as our reasoned minds allow,, tend to put two and two together where evidence makes sense, and draw conclusions from there. And there were just enough reasonable-sounding encounters out of Toronto to make us think, even if no photos emerged, that there was some truth to what had been reported, which was that Rob and Kristen were in Toronto, together, with Bear.

Of course, a week later, right before Cosmopolis began shooting, when a seemingly credible tweeter sent out that Kristen was on her flight back to L.A. from Toronto, and then pap pics surfaced of Kristen arriving back at LAX, that reasoned evidence turned out to be absolutely true.

Of course, excuses prevailed from the ninnie camp…

“She was just there to drop off the dog. She is nothing more than a friend. She’s the dogsitter.” Ad nauseum. Ad nauseum. Ad nauseum.

For the past few weeks, as things tend to happen when Rob and Kristen are apart, ninnies were able to placate themselves for a bit, go lick their wounds as they do, until the next round of “uh oh,” begins.

And thankfully, or not, “uh oh” came to pass this weekend, with Bear as its star attraction.

See, those ninnies, who had long been of the belief that the “Bear” seen with John, and the “Bear” seen with Kristen, was NOT the REAL Bear, were now suddenly faced with the proof they had long desired (pics or he doesn’t exist).

And as ninnies are wont to do when presented with such evidence as provided by the now famous balcony shots of Rob, Bear, Sam Bradley and a (sometimes) member of Sam’s band, they DENY it over again.

“The pics are too blurry. Lots of shelter dogs have that coloring. It could be a littermate. They’re playing with us.”

Once again, “we” fans are being played; duped by the Duke and Duchess of Deception, and once again led down the path of tomfoolery by Summit because, as we know, SUMMIT OWNS ALL. Hell, if you really look at it, Summit probably adopted Bear in Rob’s name and is making him go on various photocalls with Rob and/or Kristen as a substitute “Renesmeee” in order to keep up with the “Rob and Kristen have a family” charade, because that’s what movie studios do these days, force their actors into fake relationships to sell tickets to a film saga that already has a built-in fan base. That, and Summit is probably also behind the whole Representative Weiner scandal in order to push pervy housewives into reading more fanfic smut so they’ll continue to support the Twi saga, but that’s a theory for another day. *shrugs* 

In the meantime, the snarling continues, the denial continues, the mad, mad, mad delusion continues, because no matter what happens, no matter what Rob and Kristen ever come out and say, short of Rob showing up with Kristen at each and every one of the ninnies’ homes and pronouncing to them personally “this is the woman I love, deal with it,” they’ll continue to deny Rob and Kristen’s relationship until breath is no longer in their bodies.

That’s fine, good for them. It just gives us more entertaining things to write about.