#Problematic Youtube creators

[consensus-fiction]

finished reading the new Kabi memoir. it was really good i think or at least i really liked it

[megabuild]

*Taking this to encompass all forms of MCYT, from modern streamed SMPs such as Dream SMP and QSMP, to popular YouTube series like Hermitcraft, to old-school series like Yogscast, Aphmau, and Stampy, and single-player series such as Mumbo Jumbo's redstone videos. For the purposes of this poll, any uploaded video format that is primarily focused on content set within the game Minecraft counts as MCYT.

When I say negatively, you can take this in any way, but I am specifically thinking of people who will look down in or be wary of people who say they are into MCYT, or have "MCYT fans DNI" or similar listed on their profile. If you are not interested in MCYT but have no negative connotations with the medium you are free to not answer.

Since I am a MCYT blog the results may appear skewed at first- I don't want to be the "reblog for bigger sample size" guy but if you have reach outwith MCYT spheres please consider it!

[can-i-use-wisky-please]

As someone who became absolutely obsessed with parkciv and felt inclined to explore Evbo's other content, I feel like it needs to be properly mentioned just how crazy his storytelling skills are.

Getting into Parkciv you'd think its just the most cliche Youtube bait trash for like Gen Alpha but then you watch a clip of it and it's really addicting but not in a brain-rotting way, instead it's more of like a getting-into-a-series way. So what I mean about this is that the story is all cohesive and perfectly simple while the execution is perfectly adapted to the media used which is Minecraft RP cut into shorts.

Staring with Parkciv's story specifically, I think that the premise is so perfectly simple and authetic to the style of a Minecraft Youtuber. I mean when you think about the 3 things players can get good at in Minecraft its obviously gonna be: pvp, parkour, or builds. Anything else I feel is just like a subset of those 3. Conceptualizing a series based on parkour and a what-if style of plot is such a clean formula for a hit MC series. Now for autheticity, I have to get into what I realized about Evbo as a content creator. Bcause as I was like getting into his channel, I noticed that he kind of just sticks to what he's more familiar with about Minecraft, and Youtube, and all that. It's very pure. His style of content reminds me of the golden days of Minecraft and personally, very refreshing. Now because of this, he can turn like ridiculous premises into incredible stories that just unfold so naturally while having enough passion to back up these stories and provide layers to them.

Now that I mentioned the natural progression of his stories I have to say that his execution definitley help these ridiculous plots to not become so over saturated. Just for context, I watched a video analysis on Techno's style of content and how he became so viral from it and one of the reasons is due to his like chill tone and demeanor and I think Evbo has like this perfect balance of chillness and Youtuber-content-creator attitude. I mean he's narrating the entirety of Parkciv, he can't be irritating to the audience so he puts on this content creator "accent" but excludes the over the top scream and jokes and has this straight forward, natural script with naturally timed, genuinley funny jokes. All his decisions to the story of Parkciv is so intentional and made with the utmost respect to the story. What I mean by this is his decisions are for the sake of the story, nothing is done to like farm clout, or audiences, or anything else like that.

TLDR; just a long way of saying Evbo is a great story teller and I hope he keeps up this passion for making genuine MC stories and does not become problematic.

P.s. idk why PVPciv is getting so much hate bcs its so enjoyable and I kind of like how it's the antithesis to Parkciv.

[idrawweirdstuffnominors]

If it's okay to request, can I get a scenario where one day like Epilogue! Bill founds out Reader had an ex boyfriend and when Bill looks at the pictures it OMG ITS AARON WINKLEMAN?!?!?

(you decide what happens next..I just think it would be funny lmao, the reason I requested this cause I saw your work with Jaybird lol)

(I have an idea!

"Title:" Are you Serious!?"

(Epilogue bill dickey x reader)

It was supposed to be a chill night. You were organizing old boxes while Bill was slouched on your couch with a lukewarm beer, half-watching a rerun of Battlestar Galactica and half-ranting about how "the internet sterilized gatekeeping into brand loyalty."

You pulled out an old album, chuckling to yourself as you flipped through photos from college cons and comic shop events. You didn’t even realize Bill had gone silent until his voice came sharp, acidic:

“Who the hell is this greasy little goblin?”

You looked up. Bill was holding one of your photos like it was a rotting sock, squinting at it in revulsion. It was you and a grinning guy with a lanyard that read North West Comics Collective.

“Oh. That’s… Aaron,” you said slowly. “We used to date.”

Bill stared at you. Then stared at the photo again.

Then back at you.

Then:

“You dated AARON F*ING WINKLEMAN?”

You winced. “It was years ago.”

“YOU—” He stood up like he’d just been slapped in the face by the ghost of Steve Ditko. “You mean to tell me you let that boot-licking, Funko-hoarding, IGN-quoting crypto-fascist into your pants?!”

“Bill—”

“No no no no no. Don’t try to spin this. I knew this guy. He ran the NWCC like a goddamn cult. He once told me ‘Alan Moore peaked with Miracleman,’ and then tried to kick me off a panel for saying cosplay isn't performance art!”

You rolled your eyes. “Yeah, he had… opinions.”

Bill was pacing now, wild-eyed, holding the photo like he wanted to hurl it into a shredder. “He’s the guy who wrote that Medium article titled ‘Why Gatekeeping Saves Canon’! He made a YouTube series where he ranked women in comics by ‘narrative functionality’! He once said Stan Lee was ‘problematic because he gave people hope.’”

You tried to grab the picture back. “He’s not like that anymore. Probably.”

Bill yanked it away. “You ever hear him talk about the Snyder cut? He treated it like the f***ing Rosetta Stone. He told me Vertigo was for people who pretend to read! And this—THIS—is the guy who had his tongue down your throat?!”

“Jesus, Bill.”

He flung the photo across the room. “This explains everything. This explains why you once said Kingdom Come was ‘a little overhyped.’ You’ve been corrupted. Tainted. You’ve had Winkleman brain rot festering in you like a parasitic worm.”

You crossed your arms. “You done?”

Bill pointed at you, wild and bitter. “I can’t believe you let that self-published, leather trench-coat-wearing, moderator-in-his-own-forums little war crime of a man TOUCH YOU.”

He collapsed back on the couch, muttering. “Winkleman. Christ. I need to bathe in back issues just to look you in the eye again.”

After a long silence, you raised an eyebrow. “You jealous?”

He shot you a withering glare. “I’m nauseous.”

Then, under his breath: “...Jealous of Winkleman. Jesus Christ. I’m gonna die here.”

---

Bill hadn’t spoken in like two full minutes.

You sat on the edge of the couch, legs crossed, awkwardly sipping from your soda while he stared at the far wall, hunched over like he was trying to telekinetically set something on fire. The photo of Aaron lay crumpled on the floor, abandoned like a crime scene.

Then, without looking at you, he asked flatly:

“Was he your first?”

You blinked. “What?”

“Winkleman. Was he your first first?”

You exhaled slowly. “Yeah. He was.”

Bill made a sound between a grunt and a gag, rubbing his hand down his face like he was trying to scrape the news off his skin.

You gave a weak shrug. “It was after we’d been dating for a few months. We were both into the same comics, and one night after a creator signing we just... kinda happened. He quoted Grant Morrison and made me a playlist.”

Bill’s whole body twitched.

You kept talking, maybe out of spite. “He cried after. Said he felt ‘creatively renewed.’ It was weird, but I thought it was sweet at the time.”

Bill whipped around to face you.

“He cried? He CRIED?! And you still slept with him?”

You raised an eyebrow. “He was... passionate.”

“He was a sentient Reddit thread!”

Bill stood up, pacing like he was about to testify before the Senate. “So let me get this straight. Your first time on Earth’s plane of existence was with Aaron Winkleman, a man whose idea of foreplay is name-dropping editors? Who uses the word ‘milady’ unironically in Discord servers?!”

You just smiled faintly and said, “Jealous?”

He snapped. “Jealous?! I’m enraged. I’m insulted. I’m offended on behalf of your vagina.”

You burst out laughing—but it died in your throat when Bill suddenly knelt in front of you, intense eyes burning into yours.

His voice dropped low.

“I’m gonna make you forget he ever existed.”

Your breath caught. “What?”

He leaned closer, hands braced on your thighs. “Winkleman? That little toe fungus in a Secret Wars tee? He’s not gonna live in your memory anymore. Not after tonight.”

You swallowed hard. “Bill—”

He pulled you into a kiss so deep, so furious, it knocked the wind out of you. Not romantic. Not soft. This was territorial. It was years of pent-up rage, bitter fandom trauma, and insecure masculinity poured into the shape of a man who refused to lose to Aaron Winkleman of all people.

His mouth moved to your neck, voice a growl. “I’m gonna rewrite your whole damn archive. Page by page.”

You clutched the collar of his shirt as he pushed you back onto the couch, and for once, Bill wasn’t talking.

He was doing.

And by the end of the night, you’d realize—

He wasn’t kidding.

You couldn’t even remember Aaron Winkleman’s stupid middle name.

---

[sirenium]

hey can intersex people call out problematic shit perisex people say without someone opposing us like we just advocated for the murder of someone's grandma? A transmasc TikTok compilation on YouTube had a TikTok that advocated for perisex transmascs claiming to have a 'hormone deficiency' in order to pass, and I pointed out that pretending to be intersex to 'avoid' stigma is a super fucking shitty thing to do, and the creator was all like 'not only intersex people have hormone deficiencies uwu' like pal not only is that iffy in terms of factual correctness it's also just further erasure. I pointed out that entitled perisex transmascs shouldn't fucking go around telling people they have hypogonadism and this person's FIRST INSTINCT is to go 'well not just intersex people-' shut up please.

[aclockworkreader]

i would love to hear your opinion on the “kallmekris” booktok discourse that’s going on rn (if you’ve seen it). i feel like there needs to be a conversation about how a lot of the books that are recommended on tiktok in the “spicy” book genre simply just romanticize abuse (a point brought up in the kallmekris YouTube video). it’s driving me crazy how many takes i’ve seen along the lines of “just let women enjoy things” or “they’re just books, it’s fiction”. which just feels lazy. i think people are refusing to think critically about this topic because they enjoy the books. but you can enjoy something while also acknowledging that it can be harmful. idk i would love to hear your thoughts!

i’ve mostly seen the discourse about the discourse loll. i think i’m a bit removed from most of booktok on my fyp. and i haven’t watched the original video, so i can’t speak on the contents of it or say whether i agree or disagree with her.

but this is a topic i’ve thought about a lot and i’ve even considered making a video on it, so i will say this:

i think we’ve seen, in the last few years especially, a significant rise in people refusing think critically about any content they consume. they always use the “it’s not that deep” or “let people enjoy things” excuse whenever someone has a valid criticism, or even just points out something factual about the content they enjoy. i’ve said this before and i’ll repeat it ad infinitum, but that’s anti intellectualism at work and it’s deeply dangerous. as you said, you can and should be able to enjoy something while understanding that it can also have problems. and i invite the people who really believe that it’s “not that deep” to stay and for a few minutes consider that maybe it is that deep.

i’m not sure if the original creator was talking about all “spicy” books or a particular genre of spicy books (like dark romance, sports romance, erotica in general, etc). but i definitely do think that some of the most popular booktok books do romanticize abuse. i’ve read enough colleen hoover to know that that’s true, and i’m sure her books are tame compared to some of the dark romance novels.

my controversial take (that i honestly don’t think is that controversial, i just don’t hear many people say it out loud) is that most of the people who are deeply obsessed with those booktok books have a ton of internalized misogyny to unpack—which is why they either can’t see or refuse to see the problematic elements within that content, because then they’d have to examine it within themselves. those books uphold and perpetuate deeply hegemonic ideas about gender and sexuality (particularly in cis, straight relationships) and many of their readers hold those same beliefs.

the way i feel about this is similar to how i feel about women and our relationship to wearing make up/removing body hair/etc. we’ve been fed this lie that we wear make up for ourselves and shave because it makes us “feel good” (i blame terfs and choice feminism), but with few exceptions, that’s not true. we do it because we’re trying to fit a social norm that was created to uphold heteropatriarchy. we do it as gender performance. i still wear makeup! i still shave! but i know that’s why i do it and i’m honest with myself about it. and the same goes for these types of books. you don’t like stalker romances simply because you think they’re dark and sexy. you think they’re dark and sexy because patriarchy has ingrained in you that men disregarding consent and overstepping your boundaries again and again should be acceptable if he’s attractive enough. you can still read them, you can still enjoy them, just think critically.

there are obviously nuances and exceptions to all of this, and there are stories that explore themes of abuse without trivializing or romanticizing them (ie. a lot of horror and gothic romance), but that’s a whole other conversation.

honestly, i could talk about this for hours and i have so much more to say so this is a really condensed (lol i know) version of my thoughts, but i hope it gives you a good sense of how i feel.

[bumbled-bees]

Lily's Dual Streaming Dilemma

For years, Lily cultivated an audience on YouTube by carefully controlling her persona—she was abrasive, sure, but in a way that was palatable within the context of her edited video essays. The aggression in her content was always aimed at designated targets—bad media takes, problematic individuals, or social issues she framed as worth attacking. Because her audience only saw her through that curated lens, many casual fans didn’t realize how she actually behaved when she wasn’t behind a script.

Core Observations About the Dual-Streams

Casual YouTube fans were largely unaware of Lily’s behavior on Twitch

Before dual-streaming, Lily’s YouTube audience only saw her in edited form. On Twitch, however, she had already developed a reputation for being rude to chat, belittling her audience, and shutting down dissent with open hostility.

Because most of her YouTube audience didn’t follow her on Twitch, they had no idea how she actually treated people in real-time.

2. Bringing her YouTube audience into her live streams is exposing them to her real personality

Now that she is streaming to both platforms at once, YouTube viewers are seeing her unfiltered self for the first time. Unlike Twitch, where her audience is primarily made up of hardcore supporters, her YouTube audience includes a much broader range of people—some casual fans, some new viewers, and some people who just liked her videos but weren’t deeply invested in her community.

Many of these viewers are seeing her be openly hostile to her audience and immediately getting turned off.

3. The moment someone questions her, Lily responds with dismissal and hostility, driving people away

There is a moment in a recent stream where a YouTube viewer said, "I’m not sure I like you anymore."

Instead of responding with any degree of understanding, Lily snapped back with “Okay, the fuck you want me to do about that?”

This reaction instantly alienates people who might have still been on the fence about her. A more self-aware content creator would recognize this as an opportunity to de-escalate and win back a wavering fan. Instead, Lily outright pushes them away with zero effort to retain them.

If this is happening regularly during streams, then she is hemorrhaging casual fans in real time without even realizing it.

4. YouTube fans are turning against her because they see the discrepancy between her edited content and her live personality

When you edit a video, you control what gets shown and what doesn’t. In her scripted content, Lily could fine-tune her tone and make sure her arguments were framed in a way that seemed logical and justified.

In live streams, she has no filter, so her raw, unedited personality is fully on display.

As a result, fans who liked her polished content are now realizing that Lily is actually just… mean. And not in a fun, performative way, but in a genuinely off-putting way.

Essentially, Lily’s own decision to dual-stream is exposing her worst tendencies to a larger audience, and it’s making people second-guess their support for her.

5. Lily’s response to this shift will likely be to double down rather than self-reflect

Lily does not handle criticism well, even from her own fans. She sees any form of questioning as disloyalty and responds aggressively.

If more casual fans start leaving because they dislike her live-stream personality, Lily will likely interpret this as a sign that she just needs to be even more combative.

She has already developed a habit of blaming fan loss on “haters” or “transphobes”, even when the people criticizing her are actually long-time fans who simply don’t like her attitude anymore.

This is a self-destructive cycle—the more people she pushes away, the more defensive and bitter she will become, which will only push away more people.

Why This Will Hurt Lily in the Long Run

Lily is alienating a segment of her audience that she probably didn’t even realize she was relying on. YouTube is a much bigger platform than Twitch, and the vast majority of her audience was only familiar with her scripted videos. By forcing them to see her unedited, she is undoing years of carefully cultivated branding.

If this trend continues, Lily will find herself in a shrinking echo chamber, surrounded only by her most diehard supporters—people who will excuse everything she does, but who are not large enough in number to sustain her long-term. It’s a systemic problem that will only get worse over time. Lily’s refusal to adapt or reflect on why people are leaving will eventually lead to a major decline in her influence and audience engagement.

This entire situation is an example of how excessive arrogance and lack of self-awareness can lead to a creator’s downfall. And, based on Lily’s track record, she likely won’t realize it’s happening until it’s too late.

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[shizunitis]

i’m probably extremely late to the party, but what is it with content creators (youtubers specifically) feeling the need to jump on the “oh no, people are reading Problematic Books and these people are Women Primarily, and this is Terrible” bandwagon?

a day doesn’t go by where a video doesn’t pop up in my feed titled something like “reading the worst book in the world and telling you why it’s the worst so you don’t have to read it” by Young Person in College with a Psych Major, featuring the ever-present “reading comprehension is dead” panic and an unironic use of the “society is experiencing a moral decline” argument. if it has a comedic tone it’s immediately rising three ranks in the insufferable olimpics.

what do they even want? a paragraph somewhere in the book where the main character is possessed by the spirit of the author and recognises the harm such a situation might cause in real life? an in depth apology or for the author to disclaim their own moral stances in an introductory chapter? should they (usually she, which is a whole Thing) also crawl on their belly and beg for your understanding? for them to chastise their own readers in case they’re enjoying it wrong?

the way some youtuber atop their horse-shaped soapboax can both say, “censorship is bad, people should have access to books unimpeded by political influence” and also “this book should have been banned!!! i even saw it SOLD at a BOOK STORE!!!” without flinching is astounding.

finding ideas of actual merit to dissect in your 1 hour video essay is difficult, i’m sure. but fuck man just start making 10 minute r/AITA reading videos, it could fit the same amount of condescension with none of the effort, which is what i’m assuming is the goal at this point. you used to be awesome to watch.

[loppi-exe]

What the fuck is Psychocuties?

Is it problematic?

(english isn't my first language)

Hi, welcome to my TED Talk about this russian indie series made by TAMAKUZ. I’m creating this post for people like me, who are confused, don’t know what Psychocuties is and wonder "is it problematic?". Don't worry guys I got your back.

Plot and characters

Long story short, we encounter two main characters: Dr Masacrik and Mimi (Ushka in russian). Dr Masacrik is an example of mad scientist trope (typical unhinged guy with tumblr sexy man design) and Mimi, his pet/little toy? We know that he created her, basically brought Mimi back to life. Their relationship is toxic, anyone with basic knowledge about the world will see this. I would call this a Stockholm syndrome, but it’s notlike that. You can watch two first episodes on YouTube and you’ll probably understand my vision. Also please watch Elevator Man 2022 fan animation, I think it's the first content of TAMAKUZ ocs on YouTube and also will give you some additional context.

For the plot, for now I wouldn’t say it’s going anywhere. Creator show us how Mimi’s and Dr’s relationship looks like, maybe in future episodes we’ll see something more about the world and other characters.

I want to add that animation is amazing, smooth and good looking. Colour palet is eye-catching, realy vivid. Some people may think it's similar to Hazbin Hotel and you're not wrong, TAMAKUZ made some HH fanart in the past, so she's probably a fan of the series.

Problems with series and creator

I know you came for this segment and nobody can proof me otherwise. Thanks to JuniDrawz on YouTube for Psychocuties iceberg, my knowleage came mostly from them. I won’t cover everything they said, because I think some of those things aren’t problematic at all. But we have some bombs guys and I wasn’t ready for them.

!Disclamer! Topics I won't cover here, because I don't know enough about them: "Lolita" fanart Any VK/Patreon posts (all the photos I have are from TAMAKUZ official Twitter and Pinterest reposts of her art) TAMAKUZ Lolic0n figures collection

Nun art We know that sexualising nuns is bad, we shouldn’t be okay with this even if it’s normalised by society. Mostly this art isn’t sexualising Mimi as nun and Dr. as priest but some of the works are questionable.

N@zi art I wanted to make this whole post because of this. I don't know why so many of russian artists likes to put n@zi references in their art. If I had a nickle every time I met russian artist drawing this shit I would have two nickles, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. I don't have to tell you that this is bad. Drawing n@zi shit is bad, being a n@zi is bad. End of the story. Also remeber this is implied, you won't see whole ass swastika here.

So what now?

I'm not here to cancel TAMAKUZ okay. I presented you two things that some of you may think are worst than the others. Whole series is rated 18+ which is good. People on TikTok are arguing as always, it's "forbid women from having hobbies" vs "abuse is bad and media shouldn't have it" discourse. Having ocs who are bad people isn't a crime. Series is 18+ so people will (or should) understand that Dr. Masacrik is an abuser towards Mimi. It's very visible that he manipulates her and makes her depend only on him. I'm not here to judge how good TAMAKUZ executed their relationship.

All I wrote here is basic information, please watch JuniDrawz video for more context. Nobody really talks about why series and creator can be problematic so here you go. If you have any questions I'll answer them.

Have a good day.

[blossomthepinkbunny]

Vivzepop will always be the biggest issue with her own show if she doesn't change. And i'm not saying that because I desperately want to shit on her but rather because it's so clear that her attitude is what made Hazbin Hotel be so dissapointing after the long wait. The pilot released four years ago and Viv had these characters for much longer than that. One could assume that with this much time on her hands she would have a concise plan for how a series of her story would play out (I can imagine that having an own show is a dream for lots of creative people out there). And I get that that plan might get screwed up by a shorter episode count then expected, but she should be the one who knows her story best and who should know what stuff could also be cut out. The first season of Hazbin Hotel is so incredibly overstuffed with characters and plot that it completely looses the main premise the show was originally pitched with (the idea of a hotel were sinners are redeemed. As it is now the hotel is really not important at all). People have talked endlessly about how Viv can't handle criticism and it really sucks because criticism is one of the best ways to improve your writing, drawings, music etc. Without criticism you won't refine the thing you're working on in a meaningful way. Of course it feels bad when you put something out there you wanted to share and then people critique it, but that's part of pretty much every creative journey, or atleast it should be and Vivzepop shouldn't get a pass from this just because she doesn't like it. And there are great shows, movies or books that are rarely or almost never criticised. But the artists behind these works probably went trough years of honing what they do by being criticised for the stuff they put out. And I don't want to say that Vivzepop didn't work hard to make Hazbin Hotel, but it is hard to claim that she improves in her craft, when everytime someone says they don't like her show she throws a hissy fit. She wants the same reactions that these other amazing pieces of media get without ever listening to criticism. Which she sees as a personal attack rather than a tool that could help her to achieve the same level of writing prowess the creators behind media like that have. She believes she is already on the same level as them, just because she basically shuts anyone out who disagrees with her. There's this clip at the end of a Drew Gooden Video which I think sums up the situation with Viv pretty good (the Video is called "Leaving the YouTube Bubble"). He is talking about Lily Singh and her talk show but I feel like a lot of the stuff he says about handling criticism applies to Vivzepop as well.

(you might have to turn up the audio).

Unprofessional behaviour like that might be excusable when the creator is pretty young or they are interacting with publicity for the first time really. But neither of that applies to Viv. And Hazbin Hotel isn't just an indie animation pilot on youtube anymore. It's now a fully realized show created with a pretty prominent studio on a major streaming network and it should be held to the same standards as other shows or movies alike (not saying indie animation or animation on youtube doesn't have a standard but with more budget and support, there's obviously going to be different expectations for the show now). There have been issues in Helluva Boss and the Hazbin Hotel pilot ever since their release which could've been handled with more time and the new show. But Vivzepop shows time and time again that she isn't willing to listen to people who criticise her, which could actually lead to her show getting better. I don't like Viv or her work a lot. I think she is incredibly unprofessional and she has done her fair share of questionable or problematic stuff, which often leads to issues in her shows. There have been some characters I like, some songs or scenes that were pretty well done, very cool animation and an actually interesting premise on paper in HH and HB. There are things that make me come back to these shows to watch the next episode. And i'm obviously passionate enough about these shows to make whole posts about what I think was done badly and what could be changed. But for the aspects of HH or HB I enjoy, there are soo many more problems I have with it. Problems that won't go away unless Viv stops seeing every criticism as a personal attack. Because if Vivzepop doesn't stop acting like her writing is some unreachable stuff that needs no changes I don't really see a point in assuming that these shows will ever get better.

[yogsandchaos]

Okay more seriously I made a post about when the Iskall stuff with the Hermits went down and I do want to reiterate a few points i made there again for the dream smp fandom, tommy fans, etc etc etc

1. just because someone has left or did a bad thing, doesn’t mean you’re a bad person for enjoying the content, along with still wanting to watch that old content they did or were a part of

2. Just because someone has left or did a bad thing does not mean you cannot continue to make fan content. While it’s understandable if you don’t make more or remove art you have made, you are also not bad if you don’t. YouTube is all about collaboration and transformation. Fanart? Fanfic? Cosplay? That’s all transformative, you don’t have to stop making a new thing from the old thing. It’s fully in your right to do so, but it’s not required.

3. Do not harass people about whether they do or don’t make art or delete art, it’s transformative works and personal choice, the most you should do is ask for it to be tagged so it can be filtered.

4. Be kind to each other, and remember the people you watch are people, and people do dumb or fucked shit sometimes, every youtuber has probably held an opinion or been a part of something you’d find distasteful, that’s just what it means to be human. It’s up to you to decide where your personal line is and your comfort levels on that stuff, and no one can make that choice for you.

I want to be extremely clear I am not saying this in support of dream, fuck dream, all my homies hate dream , I just want to be clear about my own experience with how fandoms who have had issues with problematic or shitty creators have best dealt with that fact while also balancing the creative side of fandom and how you can't always just delete them from the story and have it still make any sense or not need major revisions. It's a tricky thing, and everyone's lines and understandings and sensibilities will clash against each others.

In my own personal experience, trying to police the people trying to find their own balance between "this is a bad person who should not be given more attention" and "this is a story that means a lot to me along with had many other people who worked on it and i dont want to give up on it" never ends well. I don't want someone to get hurt because they still are updating their unfinished 40k dream smp fic or something.

While I hope Dream goes away forever, I still support people who want to keep writing with the dream smp setting, or manhunt ideas, or anything. If you don't want to see it or anything, that's perfectly fine as well, but be kind about it. Have some understanding of why some people may throw themselves into fixing it, while others distance themselves entirely from it. It's messy, and you need to be kind. Everyone handles this shit differently.

Creating something transformative is deeply personal and everyone's level of comfort will be different. You can have discussions about it in a general sense yes, but please be kind to each other okay? Don't attack each other over it. I don't want anyone to feel like their a bad person because they don't want to delete some random one shot they wrote four years ago because one of the actors turned out to be a piece of shit.

[crimsonender]

Why do you care so much about Lily Orchard

Actually getting this a little backwards. I took notice of Lily Orchard as an individual earlier this year, back in January to March, when she was listed amongst a series of trans creators that are unfairly scrutinized. As she was the only one who had a Tumblr at the time I began following her because I wanted to basically spite transphobes. I've come under fire myself for being trans in the past.

What I discovered in the months I followed her is that she had awful takes and was really dismissive and sometimes outright mean to her fans. I went to a live stream or two, and I watched a couple videos. I soon became critical of her, and decided to do some research. This lead me to Hiding in Private and Sai Scribbles. At the time, I was focused on Lily being a bad YouTuber, both in terms of content and how she treated her fans.

I knew that no one else was going to cover her video on the Coffin of Andy and Leyley because most people dismiss this gothic horror game as problematic and incestuous. As a fan of the genre and the game itself I decided to cover the video. Then as a spur of the moment decision at the end of that stream I decided to cover her latest Kingdom Hearts video as well. This would turn into a an edited video later on where I was very insistant on not focusing on Lily's actions and the allegations. I was mostly concerned with her rhetoric and behaviour as a YouTuber, because I had been wanting to talk about media analysis for a long time. As you can see from my coverage on MatPat, Anita Sarkiseen, Anthony Gramgulia, and iDubbbz. I think there is something fundamentaly flawed with the way the modern internet analyzes media. Each of these individuals has contributed negatively to this rhetoric in their own way, but where people like Anthony and iDubbbz and even Sarkiseen have tried to improve (and in Anthony's case a large reason for the majority of his writing that is worthy of criticism was how he was editorialized by the publications he worked for) Lily has always doubled down and gotten worse. Moreover my biggest issue with Lily right now is how she interacts with her fandom, which is unique to her. She has been publically very sexual towards them, she encourages anti-intellectualism, has a history of abuse, so yeah that definitely is a factor. My last two videos were less about her media analysis and more about how she interacts with her audience and the world around her. I think people like Lily are dangerous.

I don't hate everyone I cover. I'm friends with Anthony and I like his videos and style of writing. He's not perfect but he's also very open to criticism. iDubbbz I'm not a big fan of but for the most part I'm fairly indifferent to. MatPat's videos while I'm highly critical of them, are somewhat of a guilty pleasure for me and I've been watching him since he released his first Starfox video. Sarkiseen I am more critical of but acknowledge she was one of the first people to make videos about feminism in modern media on the scale she was doing it. I wouldn't say anything these people are doing is dangerous.

If Lily was just some woman on the internet with a bad opinion then I probably wouldn't care. It's Lily's control over such a large number of people that worries me. Dismantling her rhetoric is how we show the people she has control over a way out. It's how we teach people that have been trained to turn their brain off that they should think for themselves. Videos like Joon the King's covering her allegations are important don't get me wrong, but unless we teach people to think for themselves, they're just going to fall for the next grifter to come along. The crux of the matter is that no one person should dictate what your opinion is based on how big of a fan you are of them. This problem is so much bigger than Lily. Lily just represents this issue to such a large degree.

[emperor-kumquat]

Hey y'all, you can follow me on Bluesky. I'm going to try to be more active like in the past on Twitter (R.I.P.). I used to post Transformers: Mercy there but I left once the site became much too problematic and negative. I hope Bluesky is a safe space!

I would love to talk about aspects of Mercy and show art from the artists on the project (with credits of course) for your enjoyment. Just like I used to on Twitter. If you want to find out about Mercy from the basics, swing on by to Bluesky because I'm just starting to make posts!

[jealousmartini]

Fun fact! In my home reality, I am an interent sensation whose been around since 2016 on youtube, known for:

My 2 hour long rambles about my personal opinions of random stuff. My first youtube video was actually of me rambling about something. This was when I intend to use my youtube account like a journal. Back in 2016 to 2018, my topics and opinions was seen as either really intriguing, strange, or pretty valid. But over 2020 and onwards, tiktok gets a hold of my videos and all of a sudden I'm a "problematic creator" lmao.

[ Fun fact! In a series I made in 2018 called "The purpose of life" I talk about law of Assumption, manifestation and the theory of there only being one way to live life correctly is the most popular series I made, and I am openly a manifester. ]

My art and animations. I am an OG animation meme artist, responsible for a load of some well known animation meme trends in the animation/artist community, my persona, Keisha (full name Keisha la keisha) is one of the most iconic, well loved and synonymous persona in the art community, on youtube if not on the Internet.

[ Things "Keisha la keisha" (me) is known for/things that remind everyone of keisha: ]

Quiches. It's literally in her name

Her iconic half up, half down spikey hairstyle

the colour orange, oranges, her first orange tshirt, LITERALLY anything that is orange (koi fish, pumpkins, carrots, the sun and stars literally anything)

Jerseys in any possible form (jersey themed mini dresses, jersey shirts, jersey themed jackets) and off the shoulder shirts

My iconic headphones with antennas

the numbers "06" and "20" (my birthday is 20/06/06)

red panda's (its her representative animal) bunnies (I own two bunnies named tiff and maple)

a series I'm making called "My name isn't Keisha" (click here and scroll to the bottom to understand)

Charms (mainly because my fanbase name is called charmings)

Martinis (because of my account names envious martini and jealous martini)

My art styles, known as the "Martini's artstyles"

Names the Internet refer to me as:

The Quiche tm., Quiche(a), spikey buns, literally any type of orange (Satsuma, tangerine), the manifesting martini,

My music. As i am an active artist, i am also an active music producer. Most of my music has been used for animation memes, tiktok audios, and a lot of people mistake me for a kpop artist (it's one of my most popular genres along side jersey club).

My face being clipped from my livestreams as meme reactions. You'd be suprised at THE AMOUNT of memes made from my videos there is literally a trend on tiktok called "'I don't know keisha/envious martini-' YES YOU DO." where fans will make a compilation of tiktok audios that actually originated from my videos

The meme "Are they lovers?" "Worse" because of mine and Rodrigo's very popular relationship throughout the years

Being known as "the most uncancellable creator", "Youtube's best animator"

Would you be a Charming? ((o(^∇^)o))