#ew discourse

[mxttellion]

society if people stopped associating eddsworld characters with their irl voice actors

[mr-3rr0r]

Hey folks, let's commission artwork of the Eddsworld characters just to spite Mr Hargreaves for fun

[teary-eyed-tiaras]

Personally i'd rather be disgusted, offended, and angry than bored, so in my opinion the fan movie is the worst. No hate to anyone who likes any of these things though, i'm glad you liked something i didn't. I would feel worse picking on these projects if at least one of them didn't have some kind of huge cardinal sin against it, like dear starboy idolizing suicide or the best of both worlds weird incest/selfcest shit.

[lbat1901]

uh why this there a sudden trend of people sharing the lost tord video?

there's a reason why that video was deleted and was never found and it should stay that way

[dinos-eddsworld-sidebolg]

hey what happens to me if I secretly feel kind of weird about Matt H making so much profit out of Tord so much these days? Am I killed? Do I get executed because I don't like the Tord figurine?

please, somebody correct me if I'm wrong and don't take this as fact because I'm not sure, but didn't Tord L say he didn't want to be a part of eddsworld at all anymore? I thought that meant his character too? I think the jokes and stuff and like little cameos or whatever in the episodes are fine but making merch of him seems a little weird, maybe it's just me

[skaluli]

people are a lot more critical of eddsworld on tumblr so if u wanna just go off and post a whole college essay of ur criticisms then dont worry about getting eaten alive for it or anything lol

lmao sure king, i know youre probably thinking of the "criticisms of eddsworld" post that i had in my drafts but i need to finish that. instead so nobody is hungry, ill post the script of me "the end of the eddsworld discord server" here and honestly i have always felt safer here. i left twitter because of certain people and certain feelings. mental health is shit and my paranoia is shitter.

The End of the Eddsworld Discord Server

(A script by skaluli for a video that never came out and probably wont.) click" Keep reading" to begin. its kinda long? and has some pictures. (Also afterwards are extra screenshots from the discord that didnt fit into the video itself.)

Well- Cuts to - yes im using the dementia music, this video was supposed to come out before or even close after the closure of the server. Stuff happened and I’m tired. Please excuse what I say that may not matter anymore. I just want to get a video out and it starts by pushing this. ZZZZZZZZ. Happy Halloween or Christmas honestly it could be either.

I suppose it was going to happen at some point, it’s finally the end of the eddsworld discord server. Well expect for the patrons, they still get to do whatever lol. If you’re not in the loop, eddsworld had a discord server, to sum it up it was a place to converse with fellow edd-heads and well isn’t amino. But of course, it doesn’t come out with its own flaws. I mean there was a whole twitter account to showing the weird side of it. It’s over, the eddsworld discord is dead. Whatever the fuck all this is, is gone. Originally this was going to be made a few days before the closure of the discord but I got busy. Busy to the point where the discord server closed like a month ago [THAT’S SO FUNNY SKALULI ITS BEEN EVEN MORE MONTHS] and I’ve only started this script now. It’s called poor time management, don’t be me. [AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA] So, let’s just attempt to bullet point this stuff. Also warning now, I might not have screenshots of everything and I can’t get anything else because well paywall, and even if I did pay, I don’t even know if the original chat still exists. AAAAAA, anyway. I guess I shall start with the “paywall”. So as you know or maybe didn’t or didn’t hear what I said before, the eddsworld server technically didn’t close, just to access the chats and stuff you have to be a patron. But listen kings we get the bloody announcements and twitter feed, yeAHHH. Ahem. Some questions being asked were along the lines of, well why didn’t you just make a separate patron server. Therefore, people not paying still get a somewhere to talk to other eddsworld fans under moderation. Of course, many questions like that and more being asked because well this kinda came out of nowhere. One of the issues is the fact that nobody was answering any of the questions being asked. Avoiding it essentially. Saying things out of the blue, I assume to try and calm the scenario that was created.

Which well got people angry, because well they have a reason to, and you can not deny that. But the thing is the anger got so out of hand that people just started death threating mods. A big note I have to make is that the mods, the crew of which is not Chris or Matthew, and or any of the pateron supporters had a choice in this. They most likely didn’t even know it was coming. You shouldn’t death threat mods and not even just mods just other patreon supporters. [I don’t have screenshots of this but im going by word of someone who said that that was happening to them.] You don’t need me telling you this, it’s basic knowledge. But you do know why they’re doing it though. Because what do you expect by suddenly taking a once-free community and putting a pay-wall over it. Of course people are going to be upset and lash out, even to these extremes. Yes the mods don’t deserve to get treated like this, but they’re getting treated that way by the fans in this case because of what you did. You being Chris and or Matthew. And you yourself not answering on behalf of mods. Leaving themselves having to speak for themselves on a situation that they had no control over. Having to dose the fires of a fire they didn’t even start. An issue being said that the server was getting to out of hand, so it’d just be easier to do what they did [kill the server]. But then why don’t you just hire more mods to manage the community you created? Who knows.

Also not to put my own opinion in here but I kept seeing messages being like “Edd wouldn’t have wanted this” what the fuck. No offense but don’t say that, never say that. Stop. Just pretty please don’t try to speak on behalf on a man that’s been dead for over a decade and act like you would know what he would have wanted. Sorry for the tangent just I see this happening when whatever happens and kids commenting “Edd wouldn’t have wanted this.” Please shush.

Listen I hate kids, I know they can be dumb as shit, I mean after just hearing all that especially. But also, at the end of the day I care about them and if they like and feel safe in the hell of the eddsworld server than you shouldn’t take it away from them. I understand that fan servers are being made but oh god my paranoia of something going wrong since it doesn’t have “trusted moderation” I’m not sure how to put it. It was really only the official safe space to communicate with other eddheads. I just worry that there will be some with ill intentions. I think you can allow me to think that at this point.

And to end it all off, you know how the server’s purpose was just to keep patron content to patrons.

Damn that sure did work.

-cut-

[Note I didn’t write this “now” I wrote this a few days after I mashed this script together.] Okay originally the script ends there on a somewhat snarky remark but while pacing I thought about how I want to make sure my point gets across. I make these videos to help and not harm, by saying that I mean there seems to be a lack of communication between the fans and the crew. And personally, myself I want to try and make a bridge between the two, my own attempts being to show each side and see everything through a different view. Not only I criticize the fans because I want them to improve, I criticize eddsworld because I want the same out of them. Neither is better than the other.

Bonus readout:

Also a request for someone:

Vine thud and then cat thumbs up

END OF SCRIPT

do note that sometimes i change things while recording and dont edit it into the script since well im supposed to be the only one who sees it and says it blah blah.

i have many other various screenshots i took before the discord closed, as i didnt know exactly what i'd need for the video.

here you can have them:

finally the dates of the files since i last touched them: word doc:

audio:

sony vegas:

if you need any clarification on what i mean or say just ask /gen most times i just word things in a way so i can understand it because my brain is fucked.

only thing that isnt here is the audio i recorded for the video and the beginning of the edit of the video. you dont need to hear my voice.

if you need anything else ill be around. i have other screenshots of various other things. 

even something that i dont think the person knows anyone got a screenshot of.

anyway im tired like always and forever, i need to work on it. maybe actually take my meds lmao. thank you eddsworld tumblr for allowing criticism of the show. have a good rest of your life.

[crystalwhisp]

Redditors try not to be toxic challenge (impossible)

Did myself a favor and left the eddsworld subreddit because good god the behavior in that community is putrid

Example being users will post random artist’s ship art (almost always tomtord) just to gather people to hate on it. And nobody comments about how it’s messed up to use some artists’ hard work just to take the piss out of a ship? Like hello

Also are just always angry if anyone ships tomtord? Like these characters are so silly, dude. Goofy. Not meant to be taken seriously 99% of the time. Have some fun. The distinction between the characters and irl people was made YEARS ago. Literally unclench that asshole it is not that serious. Official eddsworld team has teased tommatt for gods sake

Like zero fandom etiquette, zero creativity, zero consideration :\ blah

[yoinkschief]

Every time I finally start feeling some sort of blissful about the Eddsworld fandom and how cool it is Hargreaves starts hating on the fandom again

[mxttellion]

Not gonna lie I think some of you in this fandom should reconsider how you treat and view autistic adults

[teary-eyed-tiaras]

I feel like ew beyond is gonna ruin eduardo's character, i think they're just giving away anything likable or interesting about him and giving it to other characters. Jon died so he doesn't have his mean girl clique anymore, his house blew up so he's not even edds neighbor anymore, the beach bullies have basically replaced him and his friends, and he's so sad we never even see him be an asshole anymore (shouldn't grief make him more of an asshole???).

I know the beyond crew didn't write legacy so jon dying and all that isn't their fault and i know we havent gotten to see much about eduardo yet, but they did decide to keep jon dead when they could of easily just resurrected him, literally no one would care if you did.

Im really anxious for that sad eduardo episode they have planned, i worry that they're gonna ruin him by just making him a poor little woobie and getting rid of all of his other personality traits.

[crystalwhisp]

Yep yep! Except I see it more often with tordedd shippers unfortunately

// rant

I genuinely think it's really funny how Eddsworld fans (mostly TordEdd shippers) will use The End as an excuse to say that "TomTord is this" or "TomTord is that" but when it comes to T*rdM*tt or TordEdd (or even TordJon) they automatically pull the "Clone Theory" card like if Tord didn't abuse Matt and Edd in The End as well.

I'm not saying all the ships are bad (cuz all of them have their way to be special, even TomTord) but it's like people didn't watch The End correctly. Yeah sure only TomTord is toxic you totally didn't watch The End completely nahhhhh

[lbat1901]

This is your daily reminder to not harass people who enjoy Eddsworld Beyond and not drag them into drama just because you hate the era and the people who are currently working on it

It's fine to have different opinions and all but be respectful and civil about it

[stitchedcosmos]

Made a series of infographics to explain the Red Army side of the fandom to make it easy for new edd-heads to get involved :D

(The Red Army is referred to as "The RA" in the slides cuz character limit)

[skaluli]

I’ve seen said mods post and the part where they say „my pride“ feels kind of off. Is this about hurt feelings because they’re not in a position of power over thousands of minors?

im not them so i could be talking bullshit (take all of this with a grain of salt) but i assume the "pride" was being a part of eddsworld. not in the having power of others way more just being part of their dream job way. ( sure they were an a discord mod but that still is a starter to becoming more involved with the show and crew. leading up to the potential of becoming an animator for it. ) said mod deeply cared about eddsworld and their personal dream was to work on it so i believe its the pride of saying they finally got to achieve their dream. ( not in the bragging way more of the, “hey younger me i finally achieved our goal, we did it, we made it.” kind of way. )

i believe said mod doesnt mean "my pride" in that way ( "position of power over thousands of minors" ). again i dont know them but i discussed with them a little bit and i dont think they mean anything malicious by saying "my pride". i believe they are a genuine and nice person and i feel horrible for what has happened to them.

[myfandomrealitea]

Oh yeah the WC fandom is fucking insane.

There's a very popular fanartist who has an OC that's a villain and people were harassing her because her villain is a white cat in a clan of black cats, and she was bullied and abused by them for her fur color.

People were literally accusing her of being a racist because "The white cat is being abused by the black cats, the artist is clearly saying that black people are evil and violent and want to victimize white people!"

The artist literally based the dynamic on how crows will ostracize birds in their flock that have albinism and people were going, "Why did she have to do this story with cats? Why not just do it with crows? Kind of sus :/"

Like,,, hello? What? It's fine if the story is about birds, but if it's about cats, it's racist? How does that make any fucking sense.

[trickostars]

some people were way too quick to sexualise the “edgier” black and brown boys in atsv (miguel, hobie, miles-42) and feminise the dorkier ones (miles, pavitr)