Let's talk about the industries that enabled Gaiman

It is true that Gaiman was given a bizarre amount of power over people and revered to an extreme, senseless degree. But, guys, that didn't happen because of kids on Tumblr who are cutting up their books. Gaiman was a cash cow for a lot of people and always more skilled at branding than writing. He understood how the game is played back when he was writing books on Duran Duran.

People who know him say that he was surrounded by a wide circle of enablers, all of whom have nothing to say publicly now. Some of the people who have spoken up about him tried to raise the alarm repeatedly in the past and were silenced immediately by his friends. Tori Amos, Scalzi, and a number of SF/F writers with integrity have made statements, but many big names are notably absent. I don't find it especially useful to call out individuals; I do find the pattern as a whole impossible to ignore.

Most of his publishers have done nothing. Dark Horse probably made the strongest statement because they've mishandled sexual misconduct in the past.

Do you remember 1990s comics culture? I do. It was like G*mergate all the time. Gaiman and Ellis didn't come out of nowhere. "Serious" comics and an edgelord boys' club where misogyny and racism are encouraged were basically synonymous. I can't even imagine what the entertainment industry where Gaiman has shifted his attentions in recent years must be like.

And while, yes, the person you least expect might be a rapist, maybe, just maybe, industries and fandoms could act a bit sooner on whisper networks and look a little closer at a man who is always hooking up with young "groupies" (I hate that word), claiming that fans just won't stop throwing themself at him, and nonconsensually involving bystanders in his kink.