Snow Frostflame

2 hours ago, Key Sharkz said:

Here's my take:

 

Let's be clear here: Toon is not the only person in this fandom engaging in sexual misconduct. I can confirm personally as I was an admin on a few brony sites that this issue happens more than just this once. I'm not going to call it an epidemic, but the fact that people keep screaming "not the entire fandom!" and "it's one guy!" is pretty telling. When I worked on those sites we were explicitly told to downplay incidents like this and try to keep them from going public for fear of the fandom looking. Now look at what so many of you guys are doing: exactly that.

The problem here is that the focus for most even in this blog alone is try to find a way to excuse the fandom of blame or protect the precious reputation of the fandom. That comes off as many of your first and for some only priority here. It paints an image that this is the kind of fandom that tries to downplay these things to protect its own ass rather than focusing entirely on the problem and neutralizing it.

The fact that the discussion of defending the fandom is even happening during these trying times is pretty telling and honestly anyone who is trying to defend the reputation of the fandom is taking attention away from a serious problem and downplaying it. Screaming crap like "it's just one guy!" is sort of coming off as "it's not that big a deal" to some, including victims of sexual assault. It tells them your priorities are making it about yourself and not the victim. Seriously, you're not helping your own cause here.

This fandom has had a bad reputation since day one, I know that, and so does everyone else on this site. I understand that there are problems within our community... though its not just our community. Every group to ever exist will always have at least one bad seed. I'm not trying to play off anything, I'm well aware that there are pedophiles, and all sorts of malicious men and women who represent this fandom... but those people don't make up our majority. I can't say I've been a victim of sexual assault, nae can I say I know any loved one who were... my condolences to Toon's victim. Though our point isn't to downplay sexual assault in the name of defending the fandom, our point (or at least my point) is that leaving behind what you love over one event is completely ridiculous.

21 minutes ago, Veil said:

I thought this fandom believed in love and tolerate... guess things just change.

Please, I welcome more comments. Feel free... and be honest.

You're being a bit hypocritical there Veil, if you believe in love and tolerance like the rest of us then why are you causing so much drama over something that isn't effecting you? You're only proving my point further that you're here simply to cause drama.

Just now, Veil said:

You truly believe its just one person? Are you sure about that?

I never said that... every group in existence whether it be professional, or a fandom will have its bad apples. What I did say, is that you seem to be flipping out over a single YouTube celebrity doing some questionable things. I don't condone what he did, but if that's enough for you to write a five paragraph essay on why you're leaving the fandom then truly you're a sad person Veil. But like I said back then, I'm not here to convince you to stay, I just wanted to show you your own ignorance. So if you truly feel this way, then leave without a second thought. Cause all you're showing to me and everyone reading these comments is that you want to cause drama.

Leave if you want I'm not going to stop or convince you otherwise, but I must say you're acting very ignorant. I've been a brony since I was 15, and I've had no problems making friends... hell I don't even hide the fact I'm a brony, I have plushes, shirts, even my monitor is covered in mlp stickers. Your argument only gets worse if you find the actions of ONE HUMAN BEING, more than enough to convince you that this fandom is not as it seems.

I wouldn't say it completely sucked as Sea of Thieves finally got a somewhat release date, which made me pretty happy... I've been following that game since 2016. Though there were a lot of games I'd of loved to see showcased like Read Dead Redemption 2, and The Escapists 2. Perhaps they just weren't ready to be showcased yet.

technically its only been 17 days..... I just counted the extra 297 days because 314 days ago I joined the forums..... it just took me 297 days to figure out how to make a blog