#roosterteeth crit

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TBH it really seems like even a lot of remaining rwdeposters are more hellbent on whatever they consider character/plot fuckups (which I don't always disagree with!) than pointing out Arr Tee's goddamn core worker abuses. Tons of "Yang doesn't introspect properly as an isolated combat amputee" or "how dare they withhold things from Ironwood" or "why is Jaune eating this much of the script", way less "so, uh, did they actually cut down on crunch? Doubled down in the middle of a plague?! WTF??"

Literally saw a post saying "No. Don't let Blake be happy, give her more trauma" today. And like…

Guys. I get it. You want the story to be better. You want the representation to be improved. You want more character development. But…

Priorities. Workers' conditions first, then story.

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(Reportedly from the RT site)

RT: Fans of RWBY: We need your help to green light Volume 10. Just know that we want to continue this project.

Also RT: Any fanart you make is now ours.

Okay, so like… I get that asking every single artist for permission would be incredibly difficult, and that it is kinda unrealistic to do this with every piece of fanart- But not giving credit?

There needs to be a lot of pushback on this decision.

Now, admittedly, the last posted date of this was about three years ago, so this could be something that's super old. But these guys need to know that the fans are the lifeblood of this whole thing. Without fans, there wouldn't be any RWBY. Because the fans are how you help this whole thing grow and gain more viewers. So if people end up finding out that the fan comic they made might get used without credit, it would devastate them. That artist may have ended up working in animation because of their passion, so to have the hard work be used without giving credit to the person who made it is horrible and scummy to the highest degree. Not even Disney stoops this low.

Honestly, I think that there's a good chunk of fan artists that would be more than happy to let RT use their work, as long as they get credited. But no. Apparently, they can't even get that.

FFS, why can't this damn company clear one lousy bar?

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I definitly know I'm defeatist by now, and the thing is... I just don't see a future for rwby where the current heads of RT are still calling the shots, the only accountability I can see them deserving at this point is firing them, I don't see how they can come back or make up for all the racist, transphobic and exploiting behavior if not by losing the same jobs they cost to so many of their former staff? Even better if the strike settles favoribly for the unions and the former staff gets rehired by WB, but admittedly the last one of just an ideal scenario.

They can't. Not until they actually have incentives to make up for it.

The main reason why I'm against this defeatist attitude is because what really should happen is the IP gets transferred over to WB and everyone but the higher-ups get transferred over as well.

The thing about RT is that there are good people working there. The issue is that those people aren't being treated well.

And that's why I'm not a fan of this defeatist idea. The idea that the whole show should be tossed aside and restarted from the ground-up isn't something I am up for. Especially if it means having to re-tread jaune's story arcs. The company?- Absolutely. Let that thing burn. But the shows they produce?- Those should stay.

As problem-riddled they are, these shows bring a great deal of comfort and happiness to a lot of people. And getting rid of that just isn't right. But that happiness shouldn't come at the expense of genuinely good people, or even just generally half-decent people. The higher-ups are the ones that need to be punished. Not the animators, not the editors, or anyone who puts in the work.

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In all honesty, and I can’t believe that I have to say this, but the ONE GODDAMN rule here is that people DON’T HARASS MILLIE.

It’s a basic rule. We can (and should) hold all the people in power accountable, and we should support all the victims, but there’s one goddamn rule here is that Millie is NOT to be bothered with this.

I’m honestly worried that she has to have this sort of statement at the ready at this point. What hasn’t RT done at this point?

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Legit though…

If they hadn’t mistreated their workers so much, I’d actually consider not pirating the show.

Also, yes. This is real.

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Enough money to hire big names like Jen Taylor…

… Not enough to pay their VAs?

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This show could have Blake and Yang make out for a full hour, have Scarlet go on about a guy he found hot for three hours, have May talk about her transition for two hours, or even have Ruby just come out as asexual at literally any point, but don’t. There aren’t any network censors that would stop them. The only reason this doesn’t happen is because either 1: The writers are afraid of losing their conservative audience, 2: They looked at all the other shows that had to deal with censors and didn’t realize they were dealing with censors so they thought that that was good representation for a show that has no censors, 3: they’re ignorant, or 4: They’re bigoted.

I want to lean more towards 3. I’d rather attribute this stuff to ignorance rather than malice, but if the writers have improved, then their writing hasn’t reflected that.

People deserve better than the scraps that they were given. Hopefully, Volume 9 will give people something better than what we’ve gotten so far, but I’m not getting my hopes up.

But hey, if the random person reading this is satisfied, then you do you. But you’re NOT allowed to tell others to be satisfied all because you are.

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When I said stuff like “if the writers have grown, they have yet to show it” that applied to the company as a whole.

Recent news have proven that they have not moved past that frat mentality.

Except I’m pretty sure that frats are better at calling out homophobia, transphobia, and racism.

Progress is a moving vehicle. Making it past a few milestones is great and all, but the ride won’t (and quite frankly shouldn’t) stop. Maybe RT would have been progressive in the 80s, the early 2000s if I’m being generous. But it’s the 2020s. What they've got isn't going to cut it anymore.

There were times when I would turn on one of their videos because it made me laugh and would cheer me up. But those days are gone. And there are new people, new content creators, and new videos that I can watch to get cheered up by.

It’s ultimately up to you as to whether or not you continue your support of the company. Whether that’s because there’s one specific division that you want to support, or because you believe that they can genuinely change is up in the air and I won’t judge you for that choice or the reasons. I’d be a hypocrite otherwise, I only have First solely for DEATH BATTLE. You can bet that if they moved to their own platform or to YouTube, that I’d cancel my own First membership in a heartbeat.

This sort of thing is going to hurt, and at the end of the day, it won’t be solved on Twitter, Tumblr, Reddit, Facebook, or on Discord. How you choose to handle that hurt will be different from other people.

This is going to end in one of two ways: it will either be forgotten. Or it will be remembered. And which one you choose is up to you.

That choice is the only thing I will judge you on.

Until then, support Kdin, Matt, and all the people that this company screwed over and harassed on their Twitch, YouTube, or other platforms. If the company won’t show them love, prove that you can.

In addition, Kdin has chosen to continue support because she enjoys RWBY, and the people that she got to help make it with.

But, at the end of the day, they’re still a company. And companies want money. No company is your friend.

Here’s Kdin’s Twitch, since the company won’t give her love and appreciation, may as well give it from the fans:

KdinJenzen - Twitch

KdinJenzen - Twitch

This will be the last thing I say on the matter. I need a bit of a detox.