The fact that the immediate response to someone saying the situation is not that serious is to accuse them of "profiting off abuse" is very telling. Nobody is profiting off of abuse. The person who is making the keychains is profiting off of their own production and art. The characters themselves may not be theirs, but merch like that is very common. And as another anon said, the community basically all agreed that these characters belong to everyone in the fandom and not just getty. I would argue that that's true for characters period once you put them out in a serious media for others to consume.
If these keychains are somehow profiting off of abuse, every other fan-made piece of merch from any media with an abusive creator or history of abuse is also profiting off of abuse. That includes small and big fandoms. By this logic it's okay to attack people who make helluva and hazbin merch, because they're profiting off of vivziepops transphobia and racism. It's okay to attack people who make fnaf merch, because they're profiting off of scott cawthons harmful conservative beliefs. If anyone is making fan merch for any creator whose reputation isn't squeaky clean, they're profiting off of abuse.
The logic falls apart because of how common this is and how the same people who are angry over the keychains are probably fans of media made by bad people. Sparklecare needs to stop being treated like it's a one time phenomenon that cannot be compared to anything else just because the people who watched it happen think they can decide who can do what with which character. This is the exact mentality the community had before the doc.
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