‼️RANT‼️

“And I hope you NASTY, VILE, BULLIES who BROKE those poor men by *checks notes* 1.) pointing out that a bad business decision was bad and 2.) recognising that a CEO is, in fact, in charge of a company ROT IN HELL for your irredeemable crimes against our parasocial blorbos!!!! 😡🤬”

every time the stickers on my phone start wearing down I feel guilty cause they’re not as the used to be but then I remember that one post about being well-loved and I don’t feel guilty

I am but a cockatiel spouting relevant information about the latest controversy.

yeah

it’s so bizarre to me how quickly the acc and the scc (creators and consumers alike) will just switch the topic to someone else? Like, in Chuuli’s video about Kayden Monroe where they’re opening up about all the harm that man did, there’s comments saying that Chuuli needs to “get away” from Lio Convoy, ss if it doesn’t derail the conversation. Like yes yes, Lio Convoy has done terrible things, but you couldn’t wait to speak your piece on a different video? You had to dictate a creator’s relationship whilst they’re talking about how they were victimized? And in the video by Cope and Seethe that goes over the call between Mali-malware and Just A Robot, there’s fairly well known creators derailing the conversation to talk about someone else who happened to be in the call. Okay sure, let’s not talk about how the woman in the call was belittled and shouted over, let’s talk about The Unrelated Third Party who barely spoke three words in the hour long call. It’s just so bizarre how people insist that the people they dislike have to be at the center of the discourse, they can’t ever be second hand to the real issue. I guess this is prevalent in all communities but it seems rather prominent in art communities.

I don't think the "pay artists website is upset about having to pay artists" argument for Watcher is a very good. argument. They had a Patreon, people were literally already paying the artists. Adding another subscription service into an already saturated market full of overpriced subscription services is just. A bad business move. It's career suicide.

Everyone is struggling right now and I understand that that includes everyone at Watcher, but there had to have been a better idea than "lets start our own subscription service"

I seriously wish Ryan, Shane, and Steven the best but this is seriously gonna come back and bite them in the ass.

lamb

i was gonna stop posting about the watcher fiasco but i saw some really confusing???? takes on my dash so I'm throwing in my unsolicited thoughts even though it's not the most eloquent

1) people who were criticising watcher's decision after the initial announcement are NOT bullies. The boys made a bad decision and had to deal with the consequences. Just because you like them doesn't mean that people expressing their (understandable and quite just) disappointment are bullies

2) people who aren't won over by the apology aren't just "haters" and "internet trolls". While the apology seems to be a step in the right direction, we have NO WAY to know if they are sincere about it yet. They might show growth in the future but only time will tell. And even if they do show growth, fans whose feelings about watcher have been tainted because of this fiasco do not owe them their loyalty when said loyalty has already been disrespected once

Having a stroke sounds like a euphemism for jerking off