I can't believe this has to be said; Gooseworx is obviously in a incredibly poor mental health state for reasons we can clearly assume, but the odds are there's way more going on underneath we don't know about. It is incredibly fucked up to claim that she's faking it for attention or simply to say she's sympathy baiting.
She's shown the gradual and honestly heavily concerning signs of mental health decline long before the massive controversy went down near the end of her own show. This wasn't something new that popped up when the racist livestream clip from 7 years ago was dug up. It was already happening.
But at the same time, guys, for the love of god, do NOT fucking go out there and say act like black and brown people are the only reason Goose is currently in the sereve mental heatlh crisis she's currently going through. Seems like the bare fucking minimum to expect people to like, not do that, but apparently not.
Obviously the way that some critics have been acting has clearly rapidly accelerated her mental health decline, but do not fucking put all the blame on the black and brown community jesus christ.
This is not the time to be acting like goose is trying to be an "attention-whore" for sympathy AND it is not the time to point and blame the black and brown community for "doing this to her."
Because listen, I think every can agree on all sides that Goose is not well, she hasn't been for a while, and it's extremely worrying no matter what you think of her. Jax is already heavily based in her own experiences, and I've been concerned about Goose for a long time considering her tone in her posts for a VERY long time. Like, for a least a year minimum.
Because as someone who has not only experienced this before, but has VERY recently gone through some dark times, I'm, like, extremely worried that Goose is not just having suicidal thoughts, but may have possibly attempted recently. I have no proof, I'm not saying she has, but I seriously have more than enough reason ro fucking be deeply concerned and worried about it.
I don't think anyone, let alone myself, want to accept the idea that it is possible that Gooseworx does not make it to the other side. I have already witnessed losing one of my sisters because I was attending my uni when a transfem student jumped from the 4th floor. I won't go into detail but Jax's story has stuck with me even harder because of that experience. I think about if Jax's story came out just 3 years sooner, maybe she'd still be here. Because honestly I don't think I'd be here posting this if Jax's story didn't come out this year. I made so many serious, legit attempts on my own life from this year and the end of last year before seeing it in theaters. After I saw the movie, I have no attempted once.
This is to say, if Gooseworx ends up going, it's going to be one of the most devastating gut punches to not just the trans and queer community, but also to the indie animation community, AND basically EVERYONE who has any opinion of TADC.
Because the scariest thing is the fact that we all know that the black and brown community are going to be blamed for it, even more than the TERFs (because that's what already has been happening) and it's just NOT going to be pretty.
I don't really know why I'm making this per se, but I just think this needs to be said.
For the love of god, I don't care what you think of her, should Gooseworx actually not make it to the other side, not only would it be a tragic loss for the queer and trans community, but the finger pointing, harrassment, and even straight up hate crimes against the black and brown community, especially the critics, will reach levels that I don't even want to imagine because even thinking about how bad it would be makes me sick to my stomach.
We saw how bad it got when TERFs banned Gooseworx off tumblr who only used the black and brown community as their tool to justify it instead of actually caring about them. Should Gooseworx end up completing suicide... It's not going to be good for literally anyone, EXCEPT for the fucking TERFs. Which we can all fucking agree are fucking shitty awful people.
We fucking got to the point of ICE being called on people months ago over this shit. It WILL get worse if the worst happens.
I guess what I'm saying is, take mental health seriously. If Gooseworx ends up passing along, it will permanently damage the reputation of not just the media critical community (and as much as I mistrust these spaces, there are plenty of sane people in there who have the right to speak their minds) but ESPECIALLY the black and brown media critical community for the rest of time. People WILL point to Gooseworx and use her as their tool to shut down all media criticism black and brown people make about, well, how they are treated and represented in media.
Nothing good will fucking come from this. Do not fucking egg Goose on, or especially cheer if she goes. The fucking PERMANENT damage it will cause for both the queer community and the black and brown community will be something that I can't really think of anything to compare it to. The only possible comparison is Princess Diana which is a stretch, but I think you get the point.
I'm not saying you have to love or even care about Gooseworx, I'm not even saying she's above or immune to criticism. But if you're not concerned about her well being right now I don't think you can possibly understand what would end up actually fucking happening if she ends up going down Jax's path.
It's WOULD be a mega sized nuclear bomb that would deeply rock and scar the queer community and by extension, the white queer community and the overwll Internet's attitude to black and brown fans/critics will NEVER be the fucking same. This WILL be cited for fucking decades. It would going to spread far beyond the indie animation space. This would be and Internet wide thing that basically everyone who uses it WILL know about it.
The tale of "How Gooseworx was harrassed into suicide," will fucking live on as one of the most infamous things that the Internet has ever fucking done.
This is my warning I suppose. I seriously DO NOT want this to happen nor for me to be correct about anything I say here. I really truly hope we don't lose another one of our sisters at this point. We've already lost so much of our trans siblings, and I just don't want any more alienation and hate to spread between white queer people and the black and brown community.
Remember, the fucking reason ANY OF US QUEER FOLK have any spred of human rights is because THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO BEGAN THE STONEWALL RIOTS WERE TRANSFEMS OF COLOR. The queer community fucking needs to stop accusing anyone who criticizes trans people, especially black and brown people, of automatically being TERFs or transphobic. It's counterproductive and fucking devalues the term "TERF" in the first place.
I have no idea how to end this ngl. So uh, this is the end of this post. This is a warning, do not let this age like wine. Let this age like milk I'm BEGGING YOU GUYS.
