Plea to the Zootopia/WildeHopps Community: (Borba)
I really, REALLY hate to bring any attention to this but I just really feel like I have to. For those of you who know and for those of you who donât know a certain comic made by the person on the title of this post, has finally ended. ButâŠThis particular person has not surprisingly announced a third comic. One that I believe may be titled, âNever Say Dieâ (At least I think thatâs what it is, I donât remember, nor do I care to correct it if Iâm wrong).
Anyway my point to this is really to reach out to those of you out there that still have plans to read it, share it, and have hope that Borbleh may actually decide to have a happy WildeHopps ending to it.Â
Everyone is free to do as they wish of course, but I do ask everyone to at least please hear me out. Please donât share or even give any further attention to that comic series, or Borba even. He is not going to change his mind. If you still believe that he is a WildeHopps shipperâŠheâs not. He probably was at some point, but the minute he made that first comic and received hate and practically banishment from this community, he stopped being for the ship. I say this as a REAL WildeHopps shipper. I and I know many of you, if not most of you as WildeHopps shippers, wouldnât ever think of making a comic like this. Much less a follow up to it like the one he made. My main reason personally is because when I love something Iâm actually faithful to it and I wouldnât butcher it for likes, views, or scandalous attention.Â
Just because he releases âWildeHoppsâ art every once in a while, like that Breakfast at Tiffanyâs one that was circling sometime late last year, that isnât reason enough to have hope for this new comic that will come out. He does this as bait so people think that heâs going to change his mind and give everyone the âbeautiful WildeHoppsâ ending that weâre all hoping for. You know, because deep down heâs really a âWildeHoppsâ shipper. Nope.
If youâre asking how I know this? Itâs obvious, didnât anyone notice that in his journal entry on Deviantart prior to âBorn to be Borblehâ (sorry, but I donât care to give dignity to these titles) he never once displayed any sort of regret, remorse, or even understanding toward the community regarding the negative impact the comic had? He never once said: âIâm sorryâ, âI apologize for upsetting some of youâ, âI understand why some of you were upsetâ, etc. He never once showed any sort of concern for anyone but himself. Also, what kind of âWildeHoppsâ shipper ends their comic (where Nick and Judy donât end up together) with âI just love happy endings!â (Heâs really subtle about throwing it in everyoneâs faces isnât he?)
This is revenge people. Donât be fooled by this guy. The third comic is going to be worse if this second one is anything to go by. I can very easily make a wild guess that itâll probably be July (I know I spelled that wrong. Iâm not referring to that heartless abomination he made as Judy, because thatâs NOT Judy) and her girlfriend wanting to get pregnant by getting sperm from a sperm bank (you know, because sheâs her actual âtrue loveâ and not Nick. Again, a âWildeHoppsâ shipper wrote this, is it obvious? smh) and then maybe thereâs complications and then Julyâs going to have a hollow enough heart to say âNever say dieâ to that kidâs survival. You know, like the way she didnât have any care or concern for Mickâs (you know who Iâm referring to here) kid. And then Mickâs going to commit suicide while all this is going on or suddenly have a new sexual appetite as well. Really the third one will be any other thing you can think of thatâll butcher them or tear them apart even more so than they already are.
But anyway getting back to my point, I can give several reasons why this is actually a revenge ploy on Borbaâs part. 1) he made the first comic and people hated him for it. 2) he was barraged with dozens of comments to make a second comic to correct things between July and Mick. 3) It was discovered that he had made some unsavory art work depicting lesbian women in a negative light. Put that all together and what did he do??? He gave us exactly what we âwantedâ. He gave us a second comic, where he had a lesbian couple have a âhappyâ ending, meanwhile âcorrectingâ things between Mick and July by having them drift apart even further rather than having them come back closer as we actually wanted. See the pattern here? He just went opposite of everything his fan base wanted. We wanted Mick and July to get back together, did it happen? Nope. We wanted July to keep the baby, did she? Nope. That kidâs dead, buried, and forgotten like day old garbage.Â
Heâs mocking everyone. Whatever you ask for, heâs going to do the opposite just to spite you. But first heâs going to fill you with false hope with a âWildeHoppsâ drawing. Is this really someone whoâs work you want to support? Just because it looks nicely drawn? Is curiosity really worth more than your dignity?
This man is a sociopath that borders on a psycopathic mentality. Iâm not even joking or trolling with this statement. Iâm honestly concerned that weâve accidentally stumbled upon an artist with psycopathic tendencies. I honestly donât know of any other type of person who gains so much joy out of peopleâs misery, which is exactly what he does. Heâs patient, conceited, manipulative (as is evident with his bait art work depicting good WildeHopps art), deceitful, calculative, vengeful, and toys with peopleâs emotions. If this doesnât sound like a sociopath bordering on psychopath then I donât know what does. Donât quote me on this, because I donât know the man, but this side of his that he has revealed to people more recently is very concerning.Â
Anyway, this comic made me feel sick and I personally want to know absolutely nothing of his ongoing series nor about him. Despite my better judgement, I did see where he went with his 2nd comic (even though all the red flags were there) and I was not wrong. Heâs completely butchered Nick and Judyâs loving natures and names. And I refuse to give any more chances to someone who is sick enough in the head to take great joy in harming others, even if it is over a silly kidâs movie or comic.Â
As I said before, I canât control what you see and donât see. If you want to see it, then so be it. But I do ask you to please not share it. Donât give him attention, because in that sense heâs winning, because heâs getting the best of you and this community. This is not how you deal with a bully because giving them attention just fuels them even more. And honestly, at the point this comic is at: Do any of you really care anymore if July and Mick get back together? Iâm a WildeHopps shipper through and through (hell, Iâm a purist, meaning I donât share anything where theyâre with someone else), but this is actually the first bit of work where I could care less what happens to them. They could fall into a vortex or die a horrible death in the comic for all I care. Because they are completely unforgivable and just so out of character that it really feels like itâs not even Nick and Judy Iâm looking at anymore. This is a toxic relationship being depicted by two characters who would NEVER be toxic to one another given the actual source material. In real life, July is the type of person no one would ever want to be with.Â
More so because sheâs written by a guy who clearly has no idea what love is. He took what was beautiful about Nick and Judyâs relationship, which is that Judy is the light in Nickâs otherwise dark past. She saved him from his own personal demons, she gave him a reason to fight and believe in himself. And he in turn proved to be the first person to ever believe in her and give her the support and faith in her dreams that no one, not even her parents ever gave her. And what did Borbleh do? He took it and made this wonderful bunny character as Mickâs worst nightmare that single handedly broke down everything the real Judy worked so hard to build. So forgive my foul language but: FUCK BORBA!
(Oh, and if youâre one of those people that are like:Â âyeah but Julyâs girlfriend supports her and her choices, cuz strong woman power!â Spare me that crap. Iâm a woman and a career girl, but I am not betraying my maternal instincts for a job and this bad sort of feminism. Real Feminism is about equality, not throwing male characters down and stepping on them and falsely believing that this is empowering. A man who supports you and wants to be a father is a God sent. And again, Nick supports Judyâs desire to work and Judy cares about others more than her job. I refer you to the movie when Nick stands up to chief Bogo and when Judy GAVE UP HER CAREER for Nick. Sha-sha (the vixen) is just a controversial tool in this comic to start another controversy. The only thing that vixen supports more than Mick in this comic is that sheâs submissive enough to put up with Julyâs heartless overbearing and dominating attitude.)
After this post, I donât care how nice his art looks, I donât care how âcuteâ a singular âWildeHoppsâ piece of his looks, I donât care what horrible thing he does in the third comic, I donât want to hear about it, see it or share it. Because Borba and his work were âBorn to be Deadâ if this is how heâs going to go about with continuing his work. Â
PS. Sorry for the rant, but Iâm serious. Please boycott his comic. It wonât be worth it. Youâll be holding on to a non-existing hope if you still want to give him a chance. Save yourself (and the rest of us) the depression and blues, because I guarantee thatâs all youâll get from him and that comic series. By the way, sorry if I said anything controversial to some, but yeah, Iâm pissed.Â
P.S.S. Why do we even give this comic so much attention? Letâs give this kind of attention (but positively of course) to the comics that deserve the attention and praise, like Sunderance, Savage Company, The Mark, and every other comic by true WildeHopps artists. Yeah, I know they have great attention already, but letâs give them more, because they remember why weâre all here for. For these two lovable characters: