If something happens with a content creator you bought merch from and you can’t support them anymore you DONT have to throw it away. You can…
1. Donate it!
-someone could benefit from an article of clothing. Especially if it has a genuine good design and isn’t just “CREATOR’s NAME AND LOGO”
2. Alter it!
-transform it to fit your personal aesthetic and preferences. If someone still recognizes it you can always act confused and say you found it at goodwill, liked the design, and altered it. Trust me it works.
3. Scrap fabric
-if you like cosplay or just sewing having extra fabric around is nice. You never know what you could do with it
4. Shirt blankets
-there are ton of companies out there that you can cut all your old shirts up, send them off, and d they’ll transform it to wonderful cozy memory blanket.
5. Give it to your dog
-if you believe it’s safe to do so, perhaps bless your dog (or other cuddly beast) with a cozy sweater shirt that reeks of you. If your pet is anything like mine they’ll treasure it, nibble, and snuggle your gift. Or they’ll rip it shreds but hey… you tried (Note: don’t do this your dog is a fabric eater)
Let me know if you know more ways to avoid unneeded waste
I know I don’t have many followers, but if I can convince one (1) person to check out In Stars and Time by reblogging a RIDICULOUS amount of fanart that will be a victory.
I want to start this by saying this is in no way me going “well what do you people WANT???!” As an excuse for some YouTubers ukulele apology. Instead I am genuinely curious what people deem a “good apology”.
Do people want an explanation? A confession? Amends? How does one make amends? Is it enough to say “I was wrong I’m sorry”.
In this case I want to mostly ignore instances where the “apology” is a crime like SA and the like. Mainly because those are… crimes and if the accused is actually innocent that should be brought up in court. (Seriously people go to the Feds first not twitter) there is pretty much nothing you can say that would warrant an “apology” to your audience. In fact don’t even do them, they never end well. Just stop making contact and handle it privately.
For things that actually warrant an apology, personally all I want is a “I was wrong, here’s how/why it happened, and this is what I’ll do to prevent it”. Even if the last part isn’t spoken aloud if there is a noticeable change in behavior I’m fine with that.
I want to start this by saying this is in no way me going “well what do you people WANT???!” As an excuse for some YouTubers ukulele apology. Instead I am genuinely curious what people deem a “good apology”.
Do people want an explanation? A confession? Amends? How does one make amends? Is it enough to say “I was wrong I’m sorry”.
In this case I want to mostly ignore instances where the “apology” is a crime like SA and the like. Mainly because those are… crimes and if the accused is actually innocent that should be brought up in court. (Seriously people go to the Feds first not twitter) there is pretty much nothing you can say that would warrant an “apology” to your audience. In fact don’t even do them, they never end well. Just stop making content and handle it privately.
For things that actually warrant an apology, personally all I want is a “I was wrong, here’s how/why it happened, and this is what I’ll do to prevent it”. Even if the last part isn’t spoken aloud if there is a noticeable change in behavior I’m fine with that.
If something happens with a content creator you bought merch from and you can’t support them anymore you DONT have to throw it away. You can…
1. Donate it!
-someone could benefit from an article of clothing. Especially if it has a genuine good design and isn’t just “CREATOR’s NAME AND LOGO”
2. Alter it!
-transform it to fit your personal aesthetic and preferences. If someone still recognizes it you can always act confused and say you found it at goodwill, liked the design, and altered it. Trust me it works.
3. Scrap fabric
-if you like cosplay or just sewing having extra fabric around is nice. You never know what you could do with it
4. Shirt blankets
-there are ton of companies out there that you can cut all your old shirts up, send them off, and d they’ll transform it to wonderful cozy memory blanket.
5. Give it to your dog
-if you believe it’s safe to do so, perhaps bless your dog (or other cuddly beast) with a cozy sweater shirt that reeks of you. If your pet is anything like mine they’ll treasure it, nibble, and snuggle your gift. Or they’ll rip it shreds but hey… you tried (Note: don’t do this your dog is a fabric eater)
Let me know if you know more ways to avoid unneeded waste
This is a post compiling links to all the information on the Shelby Grace aka Shubble (formerly lilshortysgs, she/they) and William Patrick Spencer Gold aka Wilbur Soot (formerly SootHouse Wilbur and current lead singer of Lovejoy, he/him) situation that I have found. I tried my best to keep my language neutral and put all the data in one easy to look through place so that everyone can see it and make their own decisions (I also attempted to reblog most of it myself so that the version linked is frozen to the one that existed when I read it). I've included a post with the public reactions of content creators, which - while decidedly not neutral - show the public reactions of a lot of people who knew one or both of them at the time.
That being said, I'm one person. I probably missed plenty of stuff and there is most likely new information that has came out since I posted this, but I tried my best with what I had while also sick with bronchitis. The post I personally made on the subject is linked at the very bottom (I wanted to be as transparent as possible).
Anyway, here is everything I've gathered.
(Also, for anyone who is still learning English, bias in this case means something that sways opinion one way or the other)
The re-upload of Shubble's video on YouTube (Post where video was taken from is at the bottom of this post due to containing the opinion of a tumblr user)
Post that describes Shubble's video in text form for anyone who can't watch the video
Note: Text concerning the video is fairly neutral and accurate (other than Wilbur's name being used which was not stated in the video and was revealed later), but the last paragraph at the bottom contains @mysticalblue09 's opinion as someone who does not personally know Shubble or Wilbur (as far as I am aware), so be mindful of that.
It took Shelby 10 months after the relationship to heal
Wilbur cared more about how it looked
It was subtle in the way Wilbur abused
It d
Post with image of Wilbur's appology and a compilation of reactions (bias warning). Original post by @raixkim with additions by @galaxyempire-lilith (both all verified by me) and myself (all images save a link to one reaction and embedded video of another)
First off, NO JUDGEMENT on anybody who hasn't responded publicly yet or ever. I'm posting these because I know the responses made by those w
Note: I went through various minecraft roleplay wikis and former and current members of Lovejoy and added as many screenshots as I was allowed to in my reply (image limit) on March 4th (then I got to sick to finish the post). This is only to show how people in their circle at the time and former and current Lovejoy members publicly reacted to the news and not to gossip or shame someone for what they did or did not say. (Also, I genuinely attempted to find public posts by someone who knew one or both of them that was supporting Wilbur or even not supporting Shubble to keep my addition neutral, but I found none on my own after going through multiple discords and over 70 Twitter/X profiles, so I had to eventually give up)
Shelby's full statement on Wilbur's apology (just images)
Below are links to a couple how tos, links to posts by tumblr users that contains personal bias, and my own post on the topic. These things are all by people not directly affiliated with the parties involved. While most of them are not actively combative, most show some level of bias towards Wilbur Soot/Gold. I put all of them at the bottom because I wanted readers to make up their own minds without being influenced by my opinions or the opinions of people not connected to Shubble or Wilbur. Hopefully by this point, you'll know if you want to read more or stop here.
My personal reaction
Just a heads up guys!
I have been a fan of the band Lovejoy for a while (probably better known better for the content their lead singer Wil
Ideas on what to do with merch from things you no longer like/want to support by @elfchaos
Just coming over here to remind everyone
If something happens with a content creator you bought merch from and you can’t support them anymo
Bands similar to Lovejoy by @st4rryskiescO
Joe Goldsmith - Lead guitarist/backing vocalist for lovejoy, has his own solo career with amazing music similar to lovejoy
James marriott -
Tip: You can block an artist on Spotify mobile (some sites say it doesn't work on desktop) by going to the artist profile, clicking the 3 dot menu, and selecting "Don't play this." As of this time, I could not find a similar feature on Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, or Pandora other than individually disliking songs.
The post I found the Shubble video embedded in with a list of what @proudfreakmetarusonniku felt they learned during the video
Anyway, while people are discoursing about men and not sharing Shubble points, here’s the actual advice I got from watching the stream bc I
Post that contains the opinions of @mor-starz on Wilbur's influence going forward. Includes a link to a video that summarizes everything (video wasn't linked in the previous section because while it is the closest to neutral I found, there was still bias in the video and thumbnail)
Though I'm unsure this will reach the right people, I need to speak my mind about the reaction to the Shubble situation.
I am overwhelmed w
A post with reactions of Wilbur's reddit community and some of his mods by @megastrangeskeleton
In light of recent events surrounding Wilbur’s actions towards Shelby, not only have his former discord mods abandoned his channel as well a
Since then, all twitch mods have been removed/unmodded by Wilbur as well as the bot that linked to charities. According to multiple former mods (including kalli which can be found on twitter/x), someone made a new account on May 1st that is a Simpson's reference (jebediahspringfield12345), followed Wilbur, and was modded by Wilbur within minutes of following, leading them to believe that Wilbur made an alt account (named after a show he's known to enjoy) and then made that account a mod to avoid getting banned for having an unmodded account.
If something happens with a content creator you bought merch from and you can’t support them anymore you DONT have to throw it away. You can…
1. Donate it!
-someone could benefit from an article of clothing. Especially if it has a genuine good design and isn’t just “CREATOR’s NAME AND LOGO”
2. Alter it!
-transform it to fit your personal aesthetic and preferences. If someone still recognizes it you can always act confused and say you found it at goodwill, liked the design, and altered it. Trust me it works.
3. Scrap fabric
-if you like cosplay or just sewing having extra fabric around is nice. You never know what you could do with it
4. Shirt blankets
-there are ton of companies out there that you can cut all your old shirts up, send them off, and d they’ll transform it to wonderful cozy memory blanket.
5. Give it to your dog
-if you believe it’s safe to do so, perhaps bless your dog (or other cuddly beast) with a cozy sweater shirt that reeks of you. If your pet is anything like mine they’ll treasure it, nibble, and snuggle your gift. Or they’ll rip it shreds but hey… you tried (Note: don’t do this your dog is a fabric eater)
Let me know if you know more ways to avoid unneeded waste
Honestly it’s really weird peaking into Tommyinnit and other MCYT content lately. I’m not really in the fandom anymore but like to peak in and see how it’s doing. I’m a little disappointed(?) to see Tommy still being so… immature. Maybe it’s because I’m the same age as him so when I look at his content now and see his humor remain stagnant/hasnt evolved I feel like so disconnected from him. Like I’ve been growing up while he’s remaining a child. A child with a lot of responsibility, money and attention sure but it still feels weird.
