Dni: Dustin or Korjich fans (exposed; opinion)
Dustin:
My first issue with Dustin is his history with AI-generated content.
What frustrates me the most is how many artists spend years practicing, studying anatomy, learning composition, refining their style, and constantly pushing themselves to improve, only to receive a fraction of the attention that someone can get through AI-generated images.
In my opinion, AI should be a tool, not the final product. There's a huge difference between using AI as a reference or assistant and using it to create the actual artwork people praise you for.
What makes this even worse is that Dustin benefited from AI-generated content, gained popularity from it, received fanart and support from the community, then deleted the evidence and acted as if it never happened. There was no real accountability, no honest acknowledgment of how much AI contributed to his growth
I find that incredibly disrespectful to artists who put real time, effort, and passion into developing their skills
To this day, I don't see any meaningful attempt to address what happened, and that's one of the reasons
My problem with Dustin isn't just the AI โโissue. What really bothers me is the hypocrisy. He accused Korjich of zoophilia because of the sexualized content with Anton in his animal form, which I agree was strange and deserved criticism. But then he makes jokes involving Anton and the octopus character from The Deep in the series The Boys. I'm not saying the two things are exactly the same, What I'm saying is that if you're going to make such serious accusations against someone, maybe you shouldn't make jokes about the same subject. You can't consider yourself morally superior and, at the same time, make exceptions when it comes to your own content. That's one of the reasons why I don't support him and don't want to be associated with him; I find it particularly disgusting
(I also have other issues with Dustin that I personally don't agree with, but I'd rather not get into them here. They're more complex, more opinion-based, and I don't want this post to turn into a debate about every single thing I dislike.
For now, I'm sticking to the points I believe are the most relevant and easiest to discuss objectively.)
Korjich:
Now, about Korjich.
I know Dustin has already spoken about her before, but I still wanted to share my own thoughts instead of relying on someone else's words.
To be clear, my issue with Korjich isn't just one thing. It's a pattern of behavior that I find completely unacceptable.
The racist comments alone are already bad enough. Making racist jokes, using slurs, and treating that kind of behavior as something funny isn't edgy or dark humor. It's just racism
There's also the way she treated other people in the fandom. I've seen her insult creators, spread hatred, wish death on people, and start conflicts over a fictional character. Nobody deserves to be attacked just because they exist in the same fandom
Another thing that always bothered me was how possessive she seemed over Anton. Obviously nobody owns a fictional character, yet she often acted as if other people weren't allowed to enjoy, draw, or talk about him without her approval. That kind of attitude only creates unnecessary drama and pushes people away from the community.
And yes, I also think the sexualized animal Anton artwork deserved criticism. I understand why so many people were uncomfortable with it, and I don't agree with pretending there was nothing wrong with it.
What makes me criticize Korjich isn't one isolated incident. It's the combination of racism, hostility toward other creators, harassment, death wishes, constant negativity, and the overall attitude she brought into the fandom.
That's why I don't see her as a positive influence on the community, and why I think people should be aware of this behavior instead of ignoring it.
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After looking into everything, I've come to the conclusion that neither of these people have been a positive influence on this community.
Korjich's racism, harassment of other creators, hostility toward people who liked the same character, death wishes, and overall behavior are things I find completely unacceptable. In my opinion, those actions alone are enough to seriously damage any trust or respect someone might have for her.
At the same time, I think people are so focused on talking about Korjich that they often ignore Dustin's own issues. His history with AI-generated content, the way it was quietly brushed aside, and the hypocrisy I've already discussed deserve criticism too.
The reason I made this post isn't because I think one of them is secretly right. I don't.
I think both have contributed to making this fandom more toxic, more hostile, and more exhausting than it needed to be. The difference is that people are already talking about one of them, while the other often avoids the same level of scrutiny.
You don't have to pick a side when both sides have done things worth criticizing
At the end of the day, I think this community deserves better than racism, harassment, hypocrisy, constant drama, and creators who make the fandom feel less welcoming for everyone else.
//Before anyone points out that my section about Korjich is shorter than my section about Dustin, there's a reason for that.
Most of the things I wanted to say about Korjich have already been discussed by other people, including Dustin himself. Her behavior, the racism, the harassment, and the controversies surrounding her are already well known and have been talked about extensively
Because of that, I didn't feel the need to write a huge post repeating everything that has already been said.
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hi! i finally decided to speak about this whole drama more openly, because I don't want people to keep believing in something I am not the racism: the posts he picked out were very old (i used she/her back then, so yeah it's old), and i was still a dumb kid who didn't understand that photographing strangers on the street was unethical. no matter what color their skin was. please do not think that i would do something like that nowadays with a clear head or think that for me this post wasn't diabolical (a russian kid who sees black people once in a blue moon well excuse me), even knowing that i NEVER used that word with the intention of insulting anyone. and never will. also. you might not know that in russian language a word defining a black person is actually not used as a strong slur in our country (they also sound pretty different and have different origins), and it might not be so judged as in US and etc. google it: In Russian, the word "negro" is traditionally a stylistically neutral, commonly used term for a person of the Black race and does not contain the historical offensive connotation that its English counterpart in the United States has. According to the information provided by the Literacy service.ru, it does not need to be replaced. but i understand that's it's still a pretty harsh word that shouldn't be freely used in any language. so yeah. it's quite upsetting that dustin didnโt provide the context that some of the posts here are several years old and i donโt agree with them. people grew up. the zoophilia (???): here I will analyze it post by post
here's the thing. in irl i'm only 5'0", and in the first versions of my sona she was approximately the same height. and in this art i wanted to jokingly show the contrast between my height and anton. my sona is 24. 2. wow a suggestive pony art guess what there's a whole fandom dedicated to it. i did it only once and that doesn't mean i have some weird attraction to horses. and again this "foal" is an adult. don't think that this is a child because of my artstyle. also i didn't quite understood the definition of "sexualizing animal anton" in the post, because i never did that?...i drew anton as an animal for a hundred of times, but it never was something even slightly suggestive. the reason behind these animalfications is just interest in how to convey the image of your favorite character through different animals with a similar aura. i'm not the only one who did that. cp and trans:
1-2. do you know what chibi artstyle is i don't really want to defend myself with only this argument, because even when i was drawing it i thought to myself "why do i make him look like a real child tf", but to my stupidity i ignored it. btw that's how he looks in original:
in the last year this mascot was a trend in russian tt and everyone was drawing nsfw with him. that's our mentality that can be judged in other countries, sorry i supported this trend.
3. quick story: i was on the sports ground of my college with my friends when one guy older than us started throwing pine cones at us and shouting curses because of our looks. we've done literally nothing to him. then as a sarcastic revenge i drew nsfw of him - in CHIBI style. because it was easier for me. it may be too much, but hey he bullied us and about cuntboys: honestly, i didn't knew it was actually a fetishizing term of trans men. for me, it was just? men with pussy? i wasn't thinking about their connection, and i'm sorry for my ignorance.
other doubles: it's a much bigger topic to discuss, so i'll also bring dustin this whole exposure had a huge impact on me. it allowed me to look at myself and my actions from the outside and think. a lot of thinking and learning. i decided to write a message for dustin, but since he blocked me and i couldn't dm him myself, i did it through my friend. i think he hasn't read it yet. overall this whole message has everything i have to say. to everyone i was rude to:
hi i'm texting you again through my friends cus you blocked me and i can't dm you myself
first of all, if after reading this message you will decide to speak to me directly, we could discuss all the complaints you had about me in the exposure slideshow, cus i got a lot to say and explain
second of all, i understand that you don't trust me at all and not any of my words now, you have the right, but i couldn't just not speak up, after all the things i understood about myself.
the whole point of my hatred towards you was foolish desire to "serve justice", but i was too stupid and mentally unstable to understand that this is not how you should do it at all. it wasn't even necessary. you shouldn't have been "put in your place" or something like that. you were just doing your thing, the thing that you liked. it was all about me and my ego and a childish desire to be seen. i couldn't bear the reality of "someone is more seen and popular than me in the thing that i good too". this thought was with me the whole childhood. and you're not even responsible for becoming popular (tho you definitely know how to attract attention with your animations), it's just happened. i hated you for that and just couldn't let go the idea of "becoming better" than you or drawing attention to myself, and that's one of my biggest mistakes. i was too focused on hating you that i totally forgot that you are a person too. when we were chatting, you were actually pleasant to be around - i was forgetting myself and my stupid "mission", making me look like a hypocrite who talked shit behind your back. but you truly have a kind heart and i can say thank you for listening me venting back then. i was an idiot for not listening to you and deciding that "i have a better plan" for you. it was too impulse and an absolutely unhuman thing to do. because of the determination to achieving my stupid goals couldn't fully realize that you have feelings, like i do, like everyone else. i couldn't put myself in your shoes. but after you exposed me, after people started hating on me and you revealed that you had anxiety, suicidal and paranoid thoughts because of me, i finally felt like you. i had 3 hours of sleep, lack of appetite and normal eating all day. i felt like total shit, mentally, morally and physically. it was painful, but effective for a total dickshit like me, who caused the same feelings to the other human being. i was thinking about this whole day. that i did really too much in seeking justice for myself. these goals should not be achieved at the expense of anyone's mental health.
i should have stopped a long time ago, when you made a video about me, at least then. i thought i understood something, even apologized, but it was just the matter of time. i was warned, but not truly teached. i thought i was invincible in this. that i was "so cool" to be a badass who tries to teach his double how to yumeship "properly" through intimidation โ it's not how it works totally. i was doing everything even worse. for you, and for myself.
all my complaints about your weird headcanons and explicit animations were just my bias. it was not THAT deep and therefore fair to treat you like shit for that. it's just animations. if you don't like it, just scroll or block. and i should have done that. my friends were telling me that i should abstract away from the things i didn't liked. because it wasn't my business to fix something. especially in the way i did. i was too carried away.
that's what i realized about myself. and for you to be sure, i've made an appointment with a therapist tomorrow. i might (!!!) even take antidepressants, tho i don't know for sure. but i really do know that i want to work on myself and pay for all the mistakes i've made before, just to be a better fucking person for everyone else and not harm anyone. you really did opened my eyes. to see how muchnshit I've done to other innocent people without even realizing it to the end.
you have the right to not forgive me after all i've done to you, but i can't change the past, i can only influence the future by acting in the present. i will leave you if you want. i won't interact with you, if you tell me not to.
you did not deserved all that. i'm sorry.
this goes to everyone i was intolerant of and who did not deserve all the hatred i spread. for people who still gonna hate me: it's your right. but please remember that people can learn and change.
and sorry for any mistakes in the text. english is not my native.
