I saw someone refer to a kirishima cosplayer from 2021 as a founding father.
Are 2010s weird kids dying out? Why does tiktok pretend the Internet didn't exist before 2020?
The same people that call themselves "weird kids" because they watched the dream smp and my hero academia while listening to my ordinary life are that same people throwing a tantrum the moment someone has an interest that they deem cringe because twitter told them so.
Here we go again. OKAY. So let me preface this with, I am black. I am African American and I am not in any way defending the actions of the cast, I'm just laying out events, and my opinion on the matter.
The latest controversies regarding the cast of The Amazing Digital Circus is honestly exhausting, because I know for a fact where this is all stemming from. Controversial, ignorant, and harmful actions are frequently never cared about until the exposure is beneficial to the person wanting to hate, especially with white people who are purposely obtuse until they feel personally victimized.
I'm not saying the whole fandom is like this, but every batch has some wonky pancakes.
So I find it very interesting that all of this is coming to light after many fans were upset over the theatrical arrangements, and went digging for problematic past behaviors of the cast to have a justifiable attack against them. I just think the timing is convenient for this fandom who has a history of reaching for threads to weave the noose around this show. (This has all been released in under 48 hours.)
The controversies in question have been narrowed down to:
A Livestream (The VA's for Jax and Zooble were on stream, with Gooseworx in the live, chat laughing over a account that joined said live with the username of 'nega' , and when saying 'hello nega' realized what that sounded like, and spend the following minutes making jokes about it in an unsavoury sense.) → which lead to The VA for Caine's response (Saying not to idolize the cast members and that the higher of a pedestal you put someone on, the harder a hit it is for them and yourself when they don't meet your expectations. It gave the sense of him actually not knowing the specific context for why people were upset and resulted in the post on bluesky being deleted) → The involved parties have apologized for this and taken accountability for their actions.
VA's in Black Gryphon songs: Black Gryphon met his current wife when he was 24 and she was 14, and officially dated her when she was 18. Various members of the cast has collaborated with him on songs and when confronted, the VA for gangle wrote long post [that I have not read it's like ten in the morning god bless] on how she spoke to the wife and heard the wife's side of the story and chose to believe her over people on the internet [which is justifiable, but. But.] and after multiple people coming forth, she deleted the post and apologized over how ignorant her post came across and said she would break ties with them and go through everything fans were saying regarding the situation.
And lastly, Sean Chiplock (Sean Chiplock) you ever just feel personally betrayed? (Sean Chiplock). Let's see, is publicly known to be weird, pedophilic, said N-slur explicitly in a post, and um. Sean Chiplock. There's just too much.
I’m overly upset about the Tadc controversy about Micheal and Ashley. No one’s asking for my thoughts but it gets to a point. If it was just a mistake why did you continue to joke about it?it’s nothing but Grown ass white people laughing at the fact that they could say the N word without “actually saying it”. Not to mention it opened the doors for racists to defend them. It dosent matter that it was 7 years ago. They were still adults that should have known better. Racism doesn’t have an expiration date. I am deeply hurt and watching the clip made me feel sick. People not realizing the weight of it scares me as someone who has been affected by racist people’s ideologies. Also. If you are not black. You are not in the place to forgive them. I know this is lengthy but I’m tired of my community being disrespected.
In light of recent events I soothe my whats left of my mind with Miraculous the tales of Ladybug and Catnoir to counteract the, pardon my language, BRAIN FUCK.