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he doesn't like it when you fail at darts

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Jesus Christ please vote idc if Biden is in hospice care we cannot let Trump become president again

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Regarding Moze’s ENG va, Chris Niosi

you may have heard people discussing how hiring him was a fucked up choice. if you don’t know why, here’s a summarized explanation with sources

this is just a screenshot from wikipedia, but here’s a web archive of his tumblr blog from that date, since the original posts have been deleted

here is a post from a previous girlfriend of his, here’s a post from a former friend, and another very long post with a few former friends talking about their experiences with him.

i really recommend looking at the posts yourself, but here are some important excerpts.

this is the beginning of his own (now deleted) post (it can still be accessed through reblogs if you cant get the web archive to work, here’s one)

these are from his ex girlfriend, in the post which i linked above (this one)

and, here is a tweet from today (July 18th 2024) from an ex friend who says he has NOT changed at all, nor was the worst of the abuse ever made public.

please reblog for exposure and look into sending feedback to hyv if you do NOT want to play a game that has someone like this cast in it.

hsr email is hsrcs_en@hoyoverse.com, hyv’s is support_os@hoyoverse.com.

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I am so disappointed in Hoyo for hiring a known sexual and emotional abuser, Chris Niosi, as the VA for Moze. I really fucking hope that the past abuse was somehow not noticed during the hiring process, otherwise it makes Hoyo look really fucking bad. I really hope people make a fuss as during the Tighnari VA incident and Moze's VA is replaced. Hoyo's Star Rail email is: hsrcs_en@hoyoverse.com

I already sent an email asking for the VA to be replaced and I ask other HSR fans to do the same.

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I figure it’s worth putting on the Tumblr radar since much of this is current discussion of Niosi is happening on Twitter.

(content warnings for sexual assault, abuse, manipulation, and otherwise taking advantage of people)

On Chris Niosi, and Kyle McCarley’s defense of him:

Recently Chris Niosi (aka Kirbopher), who has admitted to abusing people around him for at least a decade, was cast in Honkai Star Rail as the character Moze. Five years have passed since his public apology, where he addresses some specific callouts from victims to debatable effect, but unfortunately he’s lied about apologizing to all of his victims (1, 2), and the specific apologies he has written are now deleted from his tumblr, calling his efforts into changing for the better into his question. Furthermore, as he has a history of taking advantage of his fans even in his more underground days (1+2, 3), putting him in a situation where he has access to more fans to put him on a pedestal is dangerous. Other users have iterated much of this already on tumblr, where it was already discussed in previous years, so this is just some context.

But I’m here to talk about something related that hasn’t gotten any Tumblr coverage. For example, people here have talked about Griffin Puatu’s reddit post defending him already. But nobody has mentioned Kyle McCarley defending him yet.

On July 19, 2024, in the replies of Moze’s introduction tweet, he had this to say:

He addresses his use of “bad boyfriend” downplaying legitimate abuse later. I don't think it's great but we’ll get to that. However, “the court of public opinion” is a concept that he does stand by, perhaps reinforced by the backlash he received for this. Some of this was vitriolic, given the kind of person he was defending from further criticism, but others did try to reason with him, including some of the above and more as evidence that Niosi isn’t being entirely truthful about his atonement, and overall most responses expressed disbelief and disappointment more than anything else.

Still, he deactivated his account the following day, on July 20, 2024.

Unfortunately, our story doesn’t end there. In the early morning of July 21, 2024, he made an announcement in his Discord server.

So here's the thing about Niosi not being a confirmed sexual abuser or rapist or pedophile. I don't have everything, with this being such an expansive case so this is off what I've found. You know the time he planned to take advantage of his girlfriend at the time while said girlfriend was intoxicated (plus this follow-up where he attempted to cover for himself)? Drunk people cannot consent, especially not when drunk sex is already a hard boundary. Although this technically doesn't make him a rapist, to my knowledge, if you're gonna argue semantics it'll just sound like "well he didn't ACTUALLY rape someone so it's not as bad". Is it not already terrible that he tried to and still downplayed it when called on it? Besides, as mentioned in Lighty's testimony linked above, he's let other in his sphere groom minors under his watchful eye, and his other ex Audrey had things to say about how he weaponized sexual favors too. If someone actually has more on a history of sexual abuse and pedophilia, though, please bring it to my attention. I'll add it to this post.

Either way, we don't know what he knows. At best, Kyle has a very incomplete picture of the situation, and at worst he does have a complete picture and he just doesn’t think it’s valid or up-to-date criticism. The person who first brought this to people's attention on Twitter also mentioned that her messages in the server were being deleted when she spoke up to provide evidence, so for someone who welcomes others to share evidence how open he actually is to it is questionable. (UPDATE: There's more to this part of the story but we'll get to it in a future update.) His final message a couple of hours from these just solidifies it.

Having joined the server myself to see, around the time of the announcements seems to have been scrubbed clean, but there is some current discussion of the topic as of this post. Furthermore, someone there has stated that they're compiling sources to send his way to give him a better understanding of the situation (even if they're not sure if he still wants to talk about this), so maybe this will finally get him to reconsider his stance! Only time will tell.

Overall, though, I stand by my point that if Niosi makes a living, it should be somewhere far away from the public eye. Don't give him a platform to find new fans to take advantage of. Don't give his victims the opportunity to be retraumatized whenever they start a new game of show. He's been given more than enough chances. It's time to turn over a new leaf instead of digging his heels into the ground.

Still, I don't know if Kyle will change his mind at this point. I want him to - I tried, back when his Twitter was still up - but even at this stage he's doubled down on a situation he knows he might not have the full story on and I'm not sure if I can trust that. For any other fans, give this some thought - keep an eye out for any future developments if you still want to have faith in him, move on from him if you can't stand it. I just want him to at least hold his friend accountable instead of trying to shield him from the lasting consequences of his own actions.

(I'll be linking future updates here: #1 for now.)

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If you see any of Niosi's VA friends claiming that he's changed for the better because he supposedly went to therapy, know that they're full of shit.

None of his victims have forgiven him and the only reason he's still getting any work is because of his industry connections.

Also, if you're wondering how he managed to get cast in a major franchise despite the fact that he broke NDA back in 2019, it's because MiHoYo games are non union.

So yes, while he didn't get paid the standard union rate for this project, he's still being given a massive platform.

Please don't stay silent about this, let MiHoYo know that they've made a big mistake by hiring this piece of shit. And even if they don't recast him, let every con that is willing to invite him as a guest know that you don't want him there.

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UPCOMING STUFF!

-I have finished all of my first drafts for P3 girls week, going to go through them and edit as well as possibly having a friend beta

-I joined a bang (my first bang!!!) so i will be working on that piece for a bit. Unsure how long I want it, or my exact pitch yet, but I'm excited.

-I applied for a zine. I won't apply to any more zines until I hear back from that one so I don't overload my plate with work.

-I plan to update/finish Keep In Mind and fired up in the near future, since both are quite close to completion and have been left unfinished way too long.

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i was talking to this guy yesterday and he said "i'm pretty sure i'm straight but i might be a little bicurious. there are definitely some guys i might hook up with. like samson." and i said "samson?" and he said "yeah. like from the bible"

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I'm really enjoying the Tales of Arise post game DLC but most especially the Alphen learns about weddings subplot which... as someone who finds weddings kinda boring, is a bit surprising. Or would be if Alphen were not absolutely the weirdest about this.

Alphen - Do not tell Shionne I'm doing this. It's a surprise. Also, I may one day want to marry someone. Some day. And I should know about weddings so that I am not putting all the weight of the wedding planning on that person. Who is definitely not Shionne. (But still. Don't tell her about this, it's a surprise!!!)

Law - So you want to marry Shionne? :D

Alphen - *panicked flailing*

Kisara - *smack's Law* Shut up and let him be vague.

And then there's that one guy in Ulzebek who hears that Alphen is learning about wedding planning for definitely not proposing to Shionne reasons and is immediately going 'No, I'm supposed to be the next one to get married! You can't just jump the line, dude' and now he's given Alphen & co a love letter to deliver to his lady love because dammit he will not be letting Alphen jump the line.

Alphen - But... I have not proposed to anyone yet? Why would everyone just assume me wanting to learn about weddings means that I want to marry someone right now? *gazing soulfully at Shionne*

(Law - Yeah, it's a real mystery there, buddy.)

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Honestly so glad I transitioned because it made my experience with bisexuality so much more freeing, in a sense? Looking back I really did not like the trappings of a standard "straight relationship setup" that I had with women and because of that I looked for men as an escape and as a way to properly express the other half of my sexuality. It felt like there were a lot of standards and expectations I had to meet when I was dating cishet women as a (at the time) cis bi guy and I never saw those same trappings when I looked at male/male relationships. I didn't know the words for it at the time but I desperately craved specifically queer affection, with all its weirdness and lack of rules. Now that I've transitioned it feels 1. So much nicer to be with others in a body I actually love being in and 2. I realize I don't and never had to adhere to those trappings I was so afraid of!! I can just be Mason in a Relationship first and foremost and all the perceived "right" ways of dating women are out the door. Now none of that matters!! I like them all in equal fashion. It's very liberating to no longer carry those biases and external expectations.

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ah my favorite zelda game *looks at smudged writing on my hand* Wind Baker

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I'm really enjoying the Tales of Arise post game DLC but most especially the Alphen learns about weddings subplot which... as someone who finds weddings kinda boring, is a bit surprising. Or would be if Alphen were not absolutely the weirdest about this.

Alphen - Do not tell Shionne I'm doing this. It's a surprise. Also, I may one day want to marry someone. Some day. And I should know about weddings so that I am not putting all the weight of the wedding planning on that person. Who is definitely not Shionne. (But still. Don't tell her about this, it's a surprise!!!)

Law - So you want to marry Shionne? :D

Alphen - *panicked flailing*

Kisara - *smack's Law* Shut up and let him be vague.

And then there's that one guy in Ulzebek who hears that Alphen is learning about wedding planning for definitely not proposing to Shionne reasons and is immediately going 'No, I'm supposed to be the next one to get married! You can't just jump the line, dude' and now he's given Alphen & co a love letter to deliver to his lady love because dammit he will not be letting Alphen jump the line.

Alphen - But... I have not proposed to anyone yet? Why would everyone just assume me wanting to learn about weddings means that I want to marry someone right now? *gazing soulfully at Shionne*

(Law - Yeah, it's a real mystery there, buddy.)

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why are so many automatic soap dispensers so shy

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it’s been said before and it will be said again but i’m begging you all nicely to restrain yourselves from being so casually aggressive and rude and obnoxious in the tags & reblogs of a complete stranger’s posts. no one wants to know that you hate [tv show that op giffed]. no one wants to know that you hate [character that op drew]. no one wants to hear you being ugly and negative for no reason. say what you want to say in your own post. don’t hit the reblog button. blacklist relevant tags. unfollow or block relevant accounts. log out. shut down. get help.

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oh right. fangs in your neck friday