we need to talk.
I'm so tired of this fandom's nonsense dude. Like I'm being so deadass. Receipts if you care:
We had less than two months and this shit is brought to light. From the bottom of my heart this is frankly sad and disgusting behavior, no I don't care how long ago it happened it still happened. Honestly I don't know who I'm more disappointed in the accused in question or the fandom.
Gooseworx, Michael, Ashley and Sean all took ZERO accountability and their apologies were so fake, like even if they knew that the accusations were false apologizing hurts literally nobody??? Especially in this political climate we're in addressing and taking accountability for these instances is the moral thing to do, and the fact that they're unwilling to be open about how their actions could be perceived as controversial and apologize sincerely for any hurt caused says sooooo much about who they really are as people.
And. This. Fucking. Fandom. I read the TikTok comments and it's all 'why are we being so sensitive!!' 'they didn't actually say the N-word come on guys!!' 'the allegations are false because _____!!' 'happened years ago btw!!'
This is laughable because of how stupid and sad you all sound. There is no fucking way you're defending RACIST JOKES and POTENTIAL GROOMERS because you love their work or this show or their character. Everyone grasping at straws to defend so obviously and blatantly not-so-great people is honestly pathetic.
This fandom has to be full of people with attachment issues, there's no way you're so attached to Michael Kovach that you're defending him laughing at the word 'nega' for almost a minute straight and doing literal mental gymnastics to downplay how that joke could be taken. I don't give a fuck if it happened in 2019 (peak of the BLM movement btw), timing is never an excuse and it only makes it more disappointing that this wasn't addressed sooner.
And also, what happened to believing the victim guys? Sean Chiplock has fucking grooming allegations and that's all being swept under the rug for some reason? The racism needs to be talked about too but the fact that the LITERAL ACCUSED GROOMER is getting less backlash says so much about how you guys can defend a voice actor if they voice a fan-favorite character. Send your best wishes to the victims involved and GLITCH.
Which, speaking of. Poor GLITCH. They currently don't have any allegations so I feel so bad for them, along with Alex, Lizzie, Amanda and Marissa. Gooseworx is a POS for making racist jokes on Twitter, a climate she knew that racist jokes would be easier to downplay or get ignored. And it's tragic, because, as an African-American girl I genuinely looked up to her and wanted to follow in her footsteps one day.
Now I want to be better than her, and I already have a head start because I can take accountability and I don't say racist things on the internet. Or at all.
The defenders in this fandom are exhausting, the accused are exhausting, and I'm so disappointed in the experience TADC is turning into. This is not how I, GLITCH, or anyone wanted this amazing and thoughtful piece of media to end, and it says a lot more about the toxicity of fandom culture than we realize.
Do. Better.