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Reblog this if you’d interact with an old anxious and sad cow grandad !!

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Shane Dawson, your fandom is problematic (YFIP)

My main issue with Shane Dawson is that I’ve been watching him since he made offensive skits back in the day, with yellow backgrounds to his thumbnails, Shane Dawson and Friends, etc. I grew to love him, his dark sense of humor and how real he could be on issues like eating disorders.

He went through a few rough patches. That’s fine, we all do. I’m not going to cover his food reviews or anything of the sort regarding what kind of content he uploads, rather, the subjects of the content and their effects on others. For example...

Bobby Burns

Look, maybe the kid makes content you dislike, you think he sold out to YouTube, and you miss his old content. However, no one can deny that the hate he’s recieved from Shane’s fan base is ongoing and unnecessary. Posts calling him a tweaker, poking fun at his ticks, saying he looks weird and creepy...and downvoting all of his newer content to shut, regardless of what the kid puts out.

Essentially, Shane used this kid to further his own career as a YouTube Saint, regardless of his initial intentions. He used the kid up, spit him out, and didn’t offer any public support when his fans continued to harass the kid, unless you count a few meager tweets.

Oh, but he bought Bobby a car, so he should just take the abuse.

Shane could have handled the entire issue a lot better.

Tanacon

Shane built the entire narrative around the fact that he was going to confront Tana, and fans were hyped. The one thing missing from this series was accountability, in regards to Tana. Michael, the CEO of Good Times, was not equally represented along with Tana.

He was represented as more of a side character, an antagonist to poor Tana, who had good intentions but didn’t think anything through :((( The last part of the series was just filled with her cutting him off, yelling like a child, and Shane didn’t reign her in. It was disgusting.

The comments section was fairly supportive of both parties, the negative ones saying that Tana was manipulating Shane, and Shane is simply a victim. This man is thirty years old, and knows what he’s doing.

Fans started to leave constructive criticism of what they’d want to see improved, or what could have been handled better, and Shane immediately shut down any forms of criticism. This is when things started to go downhill for me.

I don’t really care about the Jefree series

But what I really want to talk about is the fucking Jake Paul series.

First episode had my jaw to the floor. The demonization of sociopaths, or people who have ASPD was shocking to me. Shane cannot make a video like that without accepting the fact that he is providing false information on an already demonized disorder to 10 million fucking subscribers.

And instead of hiring someone who actually knew what they were doing, he brought in a friend of his, who referred to people with the disorder as icky, gross, and the like.

His twitter responses were lame, subpar, and apologized that people were offended, without recognizing or acknowledging that he fucked up. I stopped watching from there, but by the tweets I can only assume that he fell in love with Jake Paul and sees him as another Tana. Another problematic, unlikeable public figure that he’s ‘saved’

Alright, so my points have been pretty muddled and thrown around, but my main two issues are pretty simple. They lie with Shane, and the Fanbase.

Shane Dawson doesn’t take criticism well at all, he has a Savior Complex, and he doesn’t consider the collateral damage of his content. He’s preaching to millions of people. This man needs to take some damn accountability and be more aware of the fact that these videos are taken to heart by impressionable young fans. Accountability, somethig he and Tana both lack.

Shane’s fans will defend him for anything. He could kill someone and they’d still be writing nasty tweets to the judge who sentenced their ‘queen’. For instance, the girl who made a reddit post about Shane, after he left a negative reply to her well meaning tweet. She was forced to delete her account as changing her username and deleting the post didn’t deter the harassment. For more info on that, just search ‘My views on Shane reddit’- it’s just a nasty situation.

I’m tired of Shane, I’m done with his drama. He isn’t allowed to snap under the pressure that he put himself under.

Be more responsible with your fanbase. Be an example for other creators.

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you say you’re a good girl, i say you’re a liar

how could such a good girl love a vampire?

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my problem with Ariana Grande’s fan base (YFIP)

this doesn’t go for the majority of fans, a lot of you guys are awesome, sweet, and just want to support her! however, like in any fandom, there’s a pocket of problematic individuals with a toxic have mind.

1. The Mac Miller Situation

When Mac Miller passed away, a few nasty individuals sent Ariana some hate in her social media comments, which was in no way right or necessary. However, this led to fans making posts about how terrible the situation must be for Ariana, and how they were sending Ariana their prayers and love. 

They turned a situation about a dead man into a situation victimizing Ariana Grande.

No prayers for Mac, or his family, or even reflection on just how difficult Mac Miller’s final hours must have bee. The fan base is sort of blinded to just how disrespectful their tunnel vision tweets can be, in regards to Mac. The world lost an artist, a family lost a member, Ariana just needs to deal with hate tweets.

The same hate tweets that are now being directed at her ex fiance...

2. The Pete Davidson ordeal

Not gonna lie, I thought they were pretty cute together.

However, throughout their entire relationship, Ariana’s fans were largely with me on this. So, what happened? Why the sudden Pete hate?

They didn’t work out.

Terrifying, right? He made the terrible mistake of rushing into a relationship, and deciding mutually that it just wasn’t the right time!

Can you believe it? Then photo shopped images of Pete outside on the street, begging for change began to surface. Terrible posts calling him degrading names, stating how ugly and undesirable he is, how he has no job, how poor he is, etc.

Pete was relevant before Ariana, and still is. For you young, teenage girls who are completely blindsided by this...

He’s an actor on a little show some of you might have heard of.

Maybe he’s ugly-cute, and maybe he’s got a larger, awkward frame. Cool. While Ariana receives supportive messages from fans, and well wishes, Pete has just been ridiculed into the dirt, specifically by these little demon fans. 

3. Martyr complex by proxy

In psychology a person who has a martyr complex, sometimes associated with the term victim complex, desires the feeling of being a martyr for their own sake, seeking out suffering or persecution because it either feeds a psychological need, or a desire to avoid responsibility.

Ariana’s fans have a Martyr complex, but with Ariana as their chosen martyr. She’s had such a hard year. Her ex OD’d! There was a bombing at her concert! Her engagement was broken off! Oh, how will the poor thing cope?

Yes, her year was hard, terribly so, and my heart aches for her plight. However, her fans erase the effect that these events have had on other people.

Mac Miller overdosed. His family must be torn and trying to pick up the pieces.

Children and adults were injured, maimed, and killed by an explosive at an event that was supposed to be fun and secure.

Pete was also in a relationship with Ariana, and loved her so much that he got matching tattoos, and proposed. His heart is aching too.

I don’t hate anyone, but this little group of ariana’s fans attack anyone who speaks one word against her, victimizes ariana in every situation, and believes she can do no wrong whatsoever. None of them consider the feelings of anyone except for their beloved Ariana.

It’s gross.

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some art scraps from 2018- feels like i’m improving slowly but surely ft. my MTA

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i love your style!! <3

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hiya, i see that you like the book the girl who could fly :D. i loved that book so much!! would you maybe want to do an art trade involving it? oh also uh. you should probably know that i'm 19. i just really, reALly like that book. (also when i started following you i thought that we were like 2 years apart rip)

guess we’re a little farther apart than that!! i haven’t found anyone else that likes the book so this is exciting!! i’d love to do an art trade or even a collab! im flattered you like my art! 

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I was talking with @ichikun on twitter and we discussed Kakashi with braces and I have a lot feelings about that because!! Braces are cute!! Braces on Kakashi though are INCREDIBLY CUTE!!!! ; w ; <3

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adoptable now open

had a fun time with pose practice and profile shots here!! mask and general concept inspired by Hollywood Undead!! Go ahead and bid on the auction by following the link if interested!

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your art and colors are amazing!! i love your style sm!!

doodle

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i love your art!! your colors are so nice ^^;

cause she hits where it hurts, stuck the knife in further than she realised 

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my latest art endeavor has been this elf boy realizing his inner beauty.

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had a bad day...but I drew a bunny, so there’s that 🔫