I wanna be the most special and I’m willing to figuratively shit on anyone who threatens that.
Now that we got that out of the way and I’m the most Valid™️ I’ve ever been let’s move on from that.
This whole argument is centered on one thing and one thing only and that’s elitism.
You’re gripe is clearly with elitism but you’ve got yourself CONVINCED that people who are anti are all elitist, which is why you’ve got elitist snubbing, elitist aesthetic hoarding, and anti thoughts/feelings in the same post.
Like, idk if you think that elitists are complete morons with zero sense of self awareness, but I can’t tell you for sure that the owner with 20 Volks dolls who shits on resin soul constantly isn’t stupid. They KNOW what they’re doing is elitist and that elitism is NEGATIVE, they just don’t care. (Just like how pros that own recast know that in the context of this hobby being a pro owner is a negative, but they just don’t care).
Same thing with the person hoarding aesthetics. They know that hoarding aesthetics is wrong and they don’t care, and they actually go one step further and paint the scene as if it’s a non issue because it benefits them personally whereas shit talking resin soul is beneficial to no one. They’re just being a sneak about it.
Which is literally what you’re trying to do.
Like, I caught that lil wiff of slick that you tried pulling.
You made sure that you were absolutely clear when it came to elitism and even went the extra step to reference two types of elitism, where then happen, when they happen, how they happen, who they happened to, and even name dropped companies.
But when it came to recasts suddenly it’s just “recasts have gotten more attention”.
Like, you really chose a throw away word like “attention” as if that’s what everyone has been talking about lately.
It’s not “attention” that’s hurting the hobby, it’s the morally bankrupt tactic of pushing out legitimate companies from a country while claiming their names that’s hurting us as a whole.
Recasts are getting talked about, there are attempts being made that benefit only recasts, legal action is being taken, people are putting in physical effort on both sides, and you’re really gonna pick such a soft word like “attention” to label it when that isn’t even half of what it is (but you can go full out when you wanna label elitism right??)
And leave the “lots of money” argument behind.
Everyone and their mama has already given every list and resource possible to prove you can be broke and still be legit in this hobby and I personally have bought a high end legit doll on eBay for like $150 so y'all pro folks need to step it up.
Also stop playing like L*o being a snake isn’t the worst thing to happen in this hobby. There hasn’t been anything remotely close to bad as what L*o is doing and to air quote “dying” like we’re all being drama queen issa joke. But go ahead, name something “worst” then this recast cluster fuck. I’ll wait.