The Bigolas Dickolas Incident
| Event | |
|---|---|
| Event: | No consistent name (as of yet) The Bigolas Dickolas Incident This Is How You Lose the Time War Resurgence |
| Participants: | bigolas dickolas wolfwood (maskofbun) |
| Date(s): | 7th May 2023 |
| Type: | Fandom Occurrence |
| Fandom: | This is How You Lose the Time War Trigun |
| URL: | [4] |
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On 7th May 2023, the Trigun fan Twitter account maskofbun posted a tweet recommending the 2019 queer sci-fi book This Is How You Lose the Time War. What followed was a series of events that neither the account, nor the authors of the novella, could have expected.
The tweet went viral, leading to a sudden increase in sales of the book years after its initial release. The book has peaked at #3 on the Amazon bestseller's list overall, and #1 on science fiction.
The absurdity of it all was compounded by the fact that maskofbun's handle at the time was bigolas dickolas wolfwood, referencing the character of Nicholas D. Wolfwood (from Trigun Stampede) having a large penis. Memes about this point especially have arisen as a result.
Yoshihiro Watanabe, a producer of Trigun Stampede, tweeted that he now owned the book, and Amal El-Mohtar, one of the book's authors, responded that she intends to watch Trigun. Articles about the event have been written by the likes of Kotaku, Tech Crunch, and Book Riot, whilst both Amal El-Mohtar and maskofbun have been interviewed by Slate[1] and Gizmodo respectively.
History
I truly cannot stress enough how lightning-struck-stunned I am & how utterly wonderful & bafflingly joyous this is, it's like you're out for a walk in your neighbourhood & turn a corner & suddenly are in Centaurworld[2]
On 7th May 2023, the Twitter account maskofbun posted a tweet about the book, This Is How You Lose the Time War, with an image of the book cover attached with the following caption:
[bigolas dickolas wolfwood @maskofbuns]
read this. DO NOT look up anything about it. just read it. it's only like 200 pages u can download it on audible it's only like four hours. do it right now i'm very extremely serious.
Reactions
At the convention Anime Central (ACen) 2023, at least three fans cosplayed as Wolfwood with the book.[3]
Trigun Manga Reprint
Memes
Good book meme version bigolas dickolas, by some_witty_user
Did you just talk meme version Nicholas D. Wolfwood, by minaIots
As a Term
Wishing all my fellow authors a Bigolas Dickolas of their own.[4]
Resources & External Links
- Bigolas Dickolas' "This Is How You Lose the Time War" Tweet page on KnowYourMeme
- bigolas dickolas is a fandom legend vid by ColeyDoesThings