I should preface this by saying that the focus of everyone right now should be on ren’s health. zeal is genuinely a deplorable human being and should be punished for his crimes. this post is not meant to detract from the severity of the situation, nor make this about the game/fandom, please do not take it as such.
alright. some reminders for the pressure fans and ex-fans right now:
- as ren has said, “this is not ‘drama’”. this is not a “controversy”. I don’t want to see a single “the pressure situation is insane” video. this is legally and morally a crime. zeal is not “problematic”, he is a criminal.
- similarly, please don’t compare this to the grace drama. THAT is drama. simon and his girlfriend are pieces of shit, but yall need to understand that they did not commit a crime. nobody was given lifelong trauma and almost killed themself because simon’s partner said the n word in private. granted, it’s still disgusting, and it’s good that nobody forgave him for it. but the severity of what has happened is not comparable to it.
- at the bare minimum, please stop buying pressure merch and gamepasses. if you bought merch before this (that hasn’t shipped yet), don’t be afraid to contact makeship and request a refund. if you can, stop playing pressure as a whole. If you need to slowly wean off of it, that’s okay too, take as much time as you need. if you feel like you have to keep playing the game (especially for mental/addiction related reasons), you’re not a bad person for it. however, please remember that just playing the game will still financially benefit zeal if you have Roblox premium. premium gives robux/money to devs if you play their game.
- this is less of a trend on here as it is on youtube/tiktok, but please do not destroy pressure merch you already own. if you do not wish to own it anymore, donating it to a local thrift or consignment store is probably your best bet. if you wish to keep your merch, that’s okay!!! you are not a bad person for owning it or finding joy in it. you purchased it before anyone knew about what zeal has done.
- please remember that someone choosing to stay in the pressure fandom does not mean that they support zeal. fanworks and rewrites are awesome and don’t support zeal, nor the devs.
- this one is very important to me. please do not feel like you need to stop selfshipping/yumeshipping with any pressure character because of this. do not harass pressure selfshippers/yumeshippers. I am one of these people. sebastian exists in a void to me now, and I’ve completely separated my selfship from the game. I am certain that whichever character(s) you ship with would completely condemn zeal and the complacent devs. I’m gonna put this tiktok comment here because it genuinely made me sob. and it’s true.
- please don’t beat yourself up over what has happened. and don’t stress about not doing enough. this is probably the most mature fandom response I’ve ever seen. never have I seen a fandom completely condemn something they love so much in such a short amount of time. you all are handling this so well. I promise. it’s gonna be okay.
