#merch mishandling

[bugeyedfreaks]

Someone awesome recently alerted me that a PPG villains’ shirt existed, and I was halfway to the register with this thing until I noticed the branding inside. They did this with the Gangreen Gang shirt, too! Ugh! Pass.

CN or whoever is in charge of this stuff, I swear I will buy merch. And thank you for acknowledging fans who dig the villains. But when I see stuff like this (merch with two totally different logos on it), I have like zero confidence that you’re not gonna do this with a reboot if it happens, and that you still don’t fully understand the brand. 😔

…also you gotta stop mixing the art assets. I know most people don’t care (and I was gonna buy this thing anyway because villains stuff is SO rare) but for a fan it looks bad when you’ve got like S1 Fuzzy Lumpkins alongside horrible elf ears movie-era Mojo.

[theliterarywolf]

You ever see a situation boiling up and all you can think is 'Wow. It's almost as if you had done this ONE BLATANLY OBVIOUS AND EASY THING then this issue would never have gotten to this level.'

[fantasticalleigh]

thoughts about the new rey movie and people’s reactions to the announcement

i was gonna reblog a post about this and just slide my opinion in the tags but it’s getting to be an essay so i think it warrants its own post

i’m not trying to attack anybody with this but this has been rampant since the announcement and i have thoughts:

i understand and share in the opinion that ben solo is a wasted character and that he (and TROS and the sequel trilogy in general) was severely mishandled, and i would not be sorry to see more of him. adam was one of the best things about this new trilogy. i was hardly a star wars fan until the day i went to see TFA on opening day. that experience was something i’ll never forget and i fell in love with kylo/ben and rey from the second they both appeared on screen during their respective intros. without them i don’t think i would enjoy SW the way i do now.

i’m so happy for daisy to have this new opportunity to continue rey’s story. She deserves it.

And before you chime in--yes, Ben deserves for his story to be continued, too. No one’s ever really gone, and all that. if he comes back i will be screaming on the way to the theaters with the rest of you.

but i have seen so many people state outright since the announcement that they refuse to watch the movie if ben isn’t coming back.

i understand that sentiment, i do--none of us want to get burned again TROS-style. we want to see the dyad together and alive and happy. we want lucasfilms to get a friggin grip and just--DO BETTER.

and remember, this is my opinion, but it rubs me the wrong way when people say they won’t watch the movie without ben (and i’ve seen it said over and over and over both here and on instagram) because it’s sort of implying that rey has no value without ben, like she is not interesting enough on her own.

now i don’t actually believe that’s what people mean when they say that (at least, not everybody) but that’s the feeling i get from it. i love rey and ben equally and so i’ll take any new content with them in it, even if they aren’t together. will it hurt? will it be bittersweet? yeah. but imagine if the new rey movie gets a really low turnout and then disney execs look at the numbers and go ‘hmm--let’s not do that again’ and then a new possible trilogy is cancelled or any chance we get of maybe a dyad reunion is also gone. bc we all know the mouse listens to money above all.

i love rey. i think she’s a great character who has just as much potential as ben and i can’t wait to see what she can do in a film where she’s top billing (until they throw in a mark hamill cameo because we all know he’ll be in it to some degree) but my point still stands. and daisy is a great actress who brought such depth to rey that i’m so excited to see her return and i can’t wait to see her as rey again.

do i still have a tiny bit of hope that it will be better this time and that ben will return? yes. i’m not gonna lie about it. this clown makeup is tattooed on. but it’s a cautious hope and i’m trying not to feed too much into it, because the reality is that it’s rey who’s back and i love her so i’m going to support her because i think she’s interesting and compelling on her own, just as she was in TFA before she ever met Kylo/Ben.

[genericpuff]

I've watched both (this is a hazbin hotel ask btw) but tend to keep my eyes closed to merch sales (and such forth) unless it can pierce my five degrees of separation

also gotta admit that I've been not keeping up with HB since... honestly the since the season end. yeah I'm behind.

What do you mean they're waiting for what's functionally pamphlets? It's taking MONTHS for a pamphlet?

That's funny in the bad way 😭

yeah so from MY UNDERSTANDING (i.e. correct me if I'm wrong) the playbill was part of some exclusive package deal where buyers would receive some keychains, trading cards, and a playbill which was supposedly going to be filled with exclusive interviews/quotes/background information/etc. about the show's production. That playbill was exclusive to the pre-orders, meaning if you didn't pre-order this merch package, presumably you could still purchase the merch package on its own (or possibly its parts separately on the merch site like the keychains n junk) but the playbill would ONLY be sent to those who pre-ordered.

The pre-orders started around a year or so ago, but then roughly 9 months ago when the bundles started to show up, people reported that the playbill - literally the centerpiece of the marketing - was missing.

Since then, the playbills still haven't arrived, but customers have gotten TWO separate emails written from the "characters" of Hazbin Hotel updating them on the situation. Yes, you read that right, the emails meant to update people on the part of their pre-order package that was still missing - a package that cost them $76 and again, the playbill was exclusive to - were written in-character like a roleplay post in a message board forum.

And for some reason, the A24 staff decided that Husk would be the best character to deliver the bad news, a character who is, like many characters in Hazbin, just an asshole.

It's wild that this even got approved as an official email from the A24 team because let's face it - if you had spent $76 with the good faith expectation that you were gonna get everything you were promised in return for that $76 is this really the response you'd want to get? I'm not exactly sure when this email was sent out but according to some of the people reporting on it via Twitter, it was around the end of January (so the end of the month that folks were expecting it to roll in). Not a great way to tell people that the product they're waiting on - and didn't expect to be missing in the first place - was delayed.

Months later, a second email rolled out, and A24 sort of learned their lesson, not by actually addressing their customers as human beings, but this time as Charlie, who is at least not a complete dickhead.

It still doesn't really answer any questions though because it's putting the responsibility on fictional characters to explain what's going on. So of course everything is masked behind the "teehee, Alastor did a naughty and Niffty got stuck in the printing press machine!" roleplaying talk which literally does not actually tell anyone what's really going on, just gives them a vague impression based on what they chose to make a fictional character say.

Sure, it's nicer than Husk, but it's still disingenuous and frankly just cringe esp when this is concerning the interests of paying customers.

I don't know if this is Vivzie's doing or someone else on the A24 team, but it really feels like they're trying to operate the same way HH would have operated back when it was just a Youtube series... but it's not a small-time Youtube production anymore, it's a full on Amazon show with hired employees and a customer base that expects the thing they paid for to actually show up. So at best this is just really immature mishandling of a situation that should be taken at least relatively seriously.

And really, out of all the things to delay... the playbills? Really? For anyone who's not familiar with what a playbill is, it's literally just a booklet. Professional, "Playbill" branded playbills that you see in legitimate theatre productions are (if I recall correctly) anywhere from 30-60 pages, but a lot of those pages are often dedicated to ad space of other productions and companies, with maybe only 10-15 pages dedicated to the actual production. People love collecting them though because you typically only receive them when you go to see a play itself, so it can be a great souvenir from limited run productions.

It's kinda like comic collecting for theatre-goers, they can serve as memorabilia or as "proof" that you were there to attend a specific show. Though playbills don't tend to accrue as much value as much as comics can, they can still have a lot of sentimental value.

Hazbin Hotel isn't a play though. It's a streaming show available on Amazon Prime that anyone can watch anywhere in the world. It doesn't exactly have the need for something like a playbill, because the exclusivity is simply tied to how much extra money you're willing to give them for the pre-order, not to any sort of unique in-person experience of going to the theatre and watching the show live with your own eyes.

Granted, Hazbin Hotel does obviously take heavy inspiration from theatre culture as it is itself a musical, so I can understand the novelty and appeal of creating a unique playbill for it. I just don't really understand why that's the item that got delayed when a booklet containing exclusive info should be one of the easiest things to make, especially when it comes to production costs (printing a bunch of playbills shouldn't be anywhere near as expensive as producing keychains and trading cards).

But there was an update on reddit about this a couple weeks ago and it seemingly contradicts what A24 - sorry, 'Charlie', sigh - said months ago that they were working hard on specifically printing and packaging the playbill orders-

FINALLY the HH fandom gets a real human being from A24 responding, but they're saying that the designs are still being worked on??? So this means they haven't even started printing the things yet?? So that's an entirely DIFFERENT issue that hasn't been addressed up until this point.

So yeah, again, I don't have any stakes in this and it's definitely not something that I'm like, putting a lot of emotional investment into, but it has still been fascinating to check in on every now and then. Big condolences to the HH fans who paid $76+ for this package and are still waiting for the MAIN CENTERPIECE to show up - if you're one of those fans and are now reading this, you're probably gonna be waiting a little while longer because apparently they haven't even designed them yet 💀😆

[blossomthepinkbunny]

Poor rendition of queer characters in HH and HB

Here I am again talking about queer representation in Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss, this time just more generally. Because it's always a little weird to me when people claim HH/HB to have good queer representation, when in actuality most of the queer characters are either just blatant stereotypes or get mishandled somehow. And with Helluva Boss recently winning the Queertys - Web series reward I think that this is probably a pretty good time to acknowledge that kind of stuff (as people have done before).

TW: Sexual assault, R@pe (when referring to the actions of characters)

Blitzø (Pansexual): is very sexual and seen on screen multiple times either having sex or just having had sex. Pretty much fits the general stereotype of queer men always being sexual and also the stereotype of pansexuals just sleeping with everybody. Like, he literally screwed the mutual Ex of his coworkers even though he knew how much that guy hurt them.

Stolas (Gay): also mostly sexual (from how he was introduced) and he is in a pretty terrible "relationship" with Blitzø, which includes coercion, SA, Power dynamics and fetishization. Another very sex-driven queer man. Also just great proof for the people assuming that queer relationships are inherently predatory, unhealthy and never work out.

Moxxie (Bisexual): is often forced into a very feminine role because even in relationships with women, queer men always have to be pointed out to be feminine and putting a guy in a dress is funny I guess.

Fizzarolli & Asmodeus (Queer): they're actually better than a lot of the other characters here but there is still some of that uneven power dynamic going on with them and there are obvious issues with their relationship. Overall they aren't too bad though. They didn't get that much sexual focus and what they got is kinda warranted since Ozzie is the Lust demon. But there is that one scene with Fizz stepping out of his car with Dildo confetti canons (I think) and that was sorta weird, since in an episode before that they presented Crimson as being homophobic and stereotypical for assuming queer men are all obsessed with dicks. Which is just interesting because thats most of the queer men in Vivzepops stories.

Chaz (Queer): just a sexually abusive asshole because we definitely needed more predatory queer men in this show.

Sally May (Trans mtf): basically the single recognized trans character in both shows and she only had one line. After that they made fan merch for her which consisted of her in a bikini with her bulge being drawn pretty visibly (multiple times). Of course there's nothing wrong with Trans people who don't have surgery but it's just a tiny bit weird to me that fanservice merchandise is what she got reduced to, when something like that wasn't even the joke of the only line she had in the show and because she hasn't recieved any kind of focus after that.

Angel Dust (Gay): now there is a lot of stuff that could be said about Angel. On one hand he is another very sexual gay man whose screentime often just consists of sex jokes and references. On the other hand that's a big point for his character. How he tries to act confident in his sexuality when in reality it's the main source of his problems. Though he does often harass other men in the show and that's just so unnecessary. Talking about Angel mostly leads into discussing if he is good representation for SA victims or not, which is something I don't want to talk about that much because I feel like it's not my place to judge that as someone who never has experienced SA. I'm gonna say that I do find Viv's treatment of him outside of the show insensitive (with the pro-shipping, diminishing Valentino as an Abuser and general sexualization of the characters) but as far as the portrayal of him in the show goes I've heard different opinions and you should read the discussion's of actual r@pe survivors about this topic if you want to know about more about it.

Husk (Queer): I don't have anything to say about Husk. He is a very refreshing queer man in these show's and there is nothing bad about him I could think of right now.

Valentino (Queer): for him I mostly want to talk about how he is treated outside of the show which doesn't sit right with me. He is a villian in HH so it's understandable that he is gonna do effed up stuff. I also like that the show tries to make a point about how men get sexually assaulted too (wether they succeeded in that inside the show I'm not gonna judge too hard like I said). But there are a lot of people who not only sexualize him, but also his actions and his relationship to Angel and from what I know Viv never really spoke out against that. She actually interacts with people who do that stuff and I it's just kinda gross.

Vox (Queer): I also don't have a lot to say about him. He and Val are a couple so he is dating a r@pist but he is also a villain so you can't really expect more from him. Especially since he would still be interacting with a r@pist even if they weren't dating.

Alastor (Aromantic, Asexual): is obviously not interested in relationships or sex but his identity is pretty much ignored by a huge amount of the fandom. Vivzepop never say's anything about people blatantly invalidating him like that. It seems to me like she doesn't care about characters who can't be involved in shipping but still wanted to have more diversity in her show so she just called him AroAce. In Hazbin Hotel he isn't bad representation though. His sexuality is never the focus but thats fine, it's mostly just the treatment he gets outside of HH which I don't like.

Charlie (Bisexual): doesn't have a lot to her sexuality. This is something I talked about pretty lengthy in my other post, specifically about the lack of Sapphic content in both shows, so I won't go into too much detail here. Her relationship with Vaggie would probably be the best in both shows if it wasn't for the fact that they both never get the real spotlight as a couple. And there is that thing in Vivzepops stories where the women are pretty much sexless without men and that's obviously something that is generally an issue when talking about the lack of Sapphic representation (which is also a topic heavily tied to sexism). Charlie's portrayal isn't necessarily stereotypical but that's just because there is nothing to her identity in the show.

Vaggie (Lesbian): like I said I already talked about the Chaggie relationship so now I wanna focus on something I didn't even mention in that post. Her name literally being Vagina and that's apparently funny because she is a Lesbian so she obviously likes Vagina. That's just incredibly stereotypical and also excludes Trans Lesbians and Asexual Lesbians who don't want sex. The whole joke was that Adam named her that because he is obsessed with sex and he's a jerk. But her name was always Vagina even in the pilot (from what I know Adam wasn't conceived then and neither was the idea that Vaggie even is a former exterminator).

That's all the queer characters I could think of. I hope I didn't miss any.

I thought about including Millie here too. But she was also already included in my other discussion post and I still don't know if she is canonically Bisexual of if that is just a headcannon so I didn't put her here.

I'm just gonna say that i don't have a problem with queer men being sexual (or any queer person in that regard). But it's pretty much every one of her queer male characters. This is especially bad when a lot of the relationships are toxic as well.

I just think too many characters fit stereotypes and to me that isn't good queer representation. If you like the depiction of queer characters in HH or HB that's good for you and you don't have to agree with me. But you also can't really deny a lot of this stuff and you can't expect others to just be fine with bland, hurtful and sometimes even toxic representation like there is in these shows.

[billyboyblue]

Even just seeing Shane's and Ryan's faces makes me feel sick now. The idea that they never thought of their poorest fans and their fans overall before betraying everyone's trust like that is laughable. They just bet wrong. They knew exactly what they were doing. All three of them, Sara. But it's also qwhite interesting that Lim (a permissive racist) and Ryan (spineless) were getting the hate as these masterminds and Shane some poor wilting flower.

These douche canoes had adsense, Patreon, YouTube subs, sponsorships, live shows, Merch. The fact that they mishandled their finances so bad that that wasn't enough to sustain them is somehow our fault. They are the definition of sellout. So now they'll get all those things plus, watcher+ money and all it cost was the trust and understanding of fans that have been here since the beginning. But it's super chill, clearly their fans have more in common with Paul brothers fans than I thought. Fuck em all.

Money hungry hacks.

[biscuit-and-jam]

THIS is one of the aspects that I hate the most about the handling of Angel's plotline. Interacting with this fandom will be near impossible once this bullshit REALLY kicks in. Can't wait for people to ignore his role in the story and start to simp for the r*pst character

Man, I think when talking about the mishandling of angel dust's SA (beyond the meta stuff) it's important to recognize that, even though there's many good scenes that showcase his trauma and situation. One of the core problems is the reception of The Abuser character as well.

You can't portray a matter as heavy as this while at the same time giving said chatacter merch drops and being lenient with people ignoring his role in favor of just?? Admiring him? Or the way he looks? It's about the disconnect between "I think SA is being handled seriously and respectfully" and then turning around and doing THAT, or making posts like "bully this man haha" with replies like "lol he's bald" HE'S ANGEL'S R*PST???? Fandomifying him creates such a weird rift and a vibe of unseriousness. And if people wanna be like "Well it's not that deep he's just hot" then they forfeit the right to proclaim the SA plotline is being handled well. You can't have it both be serious and unserious

Like if people wanna simp over this mf that'd be on them, but no one can say that the SA stuff is handled respectfully if we let it go unchecked, that's all

[ynbabe]

I actually think Williams future is looking pretty good? I don't necessarily think James is lying about their upwards projection (this is coming from a Logan fan btw) and to a certain extent, I think he's even right.

Their fixing their biggest problems (the whole Microsoft word doc situation...), and they have a solid line up for next year. They have two strong drivers who are experienced and can give the feedback about the car that Williams will need. They also have a lot more sponsers on their car, and we can assume Santander isn't going to stay at Ferrari/ will go to Williams with Carlos (though this isn't exactly a done deal looking back at Fernando and Santander staying after he left). Carlos will bring in a lot of sales too with merch and advertising in general.

They also will most likely have the Mercedes engine for the 2026 season which is supposedly very good (major reason why people suspect Alex signed his renewal).

It really sucks, but being a junior academy driver doesn't seem to mean much when it comes down to things.

I think that it was the right decision, but that also doesn't mean that I'm not praying that Logan will find a seat somewhere though, even if it's not on the F1 grid!

Hmm while all this is absolutely true and they have a good driver pairing for 2025, Williams is not good at handling both drivers equally as we’ve seen, they always favoured Alex now we have Carlos up in the mix and he isn’t going to settle for second driver in Williams, and Alex isn’t going to take a back seat after all this time of being the priority.

And while they may have everything packed down in the technical aspects of the thing they have and are going to continue to lose fan support in they’re treatment of Logan, we still don’t know the extent of his mistreatment (even if the rumours have been dismissed, Logan isn’t going to talk shit about his employer)

While it may look like a good decision, personally I feel like this whole situation was grossly mishandled, where Logan was continuously given the poorer, heavier car, with no update and once even have to use parts from last year. They can’t expect a driver to perform when they don’t give him the tools to do so. Cause we’ve all seen how talented Logan actually is, out qualifying a redbull around 7or 8 times now.

And ngl I feel like this is a questionable decision from Carlos’ end as well, it’s going to be interesting to see him go from the contender team to a bottom tier one.

[helioshellion]

Hiiii um so I've been in love with this blog since I first got into RGG. I stopped engaging with the fandom sometime after I got halfway through Y5, because I found Mirei and Majima's story rather upsetting tbh. I could rly only find comfort in the fact that some ppl at least acknowledged that this series mishandles heavy topics (esp when it pertains to female characters), but even then, I was still seeing a lot of mischaracterization of my faves and/or brushing off of key flaws and traumatic events, by both the actual writers and the fans. Which just made RGG hard for me to enjoy overall because like. Everything felt so watered down and patronizing to like... peddle more character merch or something? Idrk. But then there's YOU and holy SHIT. Your art and AU designs are so galaxy brain. I would argue that you understand and respect these characters more than their creators at times. Everyone has depth and history, nobody's just a plot device, stuff connects in ways that feels more natural and interesting—I could go on forever. And not to mention your OC designs are just MWAH MWAH MWAH!!!! I think complete creative control of RGG should go to you and I want fifty copies of every fan game you come up with it's so inspiring ok thank you goodb y e

I think there's something really interesting in focusing on details that even creators rarely look at for their own characters. I think that's something I've always handled how I engage with media. I enjoy being critical, even if sometimes it seems I'm hypercritical, it's enjoyable to grow your perspective by forcing your brain to analyze what you're absorbing no matter what, the positive and the negative. That's sort of my philosophy when it comes to character writing. Thank you for this message. It was hard thinking of the words to reply to this with because it was just. really kind. I want to create more and write the sort of stuff people really enjoy.

[chaifootsteps]

Honest to God I can't wait for a whistle-blower to happen over the blatant fraud/mishandling of business Vivienne is conducting. She's lied to patrons, she's cyphening for nearly an open ponzi-scheme given how much she desperately offers merch sales and offering positions within 'Spindlehorse'. The fact that there legally isn't an official business license of commerce or an address for spindlehorse 'studio' is super obvious. It's only a matter of time the spindley legs of the horse will snap to break over the weight of vivs crushing sins that are underpayment her animators and treating them like subhuman trash acting like she's a key-frame veteran when she's just a SVA student who had an okay thesis film within holidaze. :/

Can't wait for season 'three' and halfway through viv gets arrested for blatant money fraud for her patreon to get shut down. Her patreon is the animators' paychecks and it's fucking telling, only a matter of clicking precious seconds before it collapses.

Aside from agreeing with all of this, just letting you know that "spindly legs of the horse" is one of my favorite metaphors to come out of this whole thing.

[salad4sgo]

hi salad hope you are well ! after you are done with your current batch and reclaims, can we please get an update on the 2ha manhua and omodoki merch?? their status on the sheet hasn't updated and its been 3 years since i ordered (im not in the fandom anymore for merch so i want to plan accordigly... ^^;)

Thank you for allowing me more time, more that you already did. As I mentioned before, some of the merchs arrived to me, but some didn’t. I shipped out what I could, and followed up with the store re the missing items. They made a delivery to my warehouse before the summer, but I checked the pictures from warehouse and there are still missing items. At the moment, I’m trying to identifying undelivered items from warehouse’s blurry pictures, to request refund for them.

If there is any mishandling/mismanagement of this GO, it is because of THE STORES, and me (I’m the GOM, so even if I didn’t do anything wrong, there is a level of responsibility that I have to take), so I hope you don’t feel hesitant in reaching out to me via email. Pretty please! I’d like to make accommodation to you. Also, for me to check if I miss-deliver to you or if there is any misunderstanding.

[bugeyedfreaks]

while I'm so glad to see the recent surge of more ppg merch conceptually, I'm still annoyed that it's all using the 2016 reboot designs for some reason? Like, compeltely separate from ppg 2016 as a show, i just feel like the designs are weaker. It especially bothers me that Blossom's bow isn't candy red and tall and sharp anymore because it's such an icon feature! Her bow being rounder and less red makes it look like 2 uncooked hotdogs on her head 😭

It seriously DOES look like two hot dogs. It’s not cute. Canonically, Blossom is a wiener (see: Criss Cross Crisis and Not So Awesome Blossom), but do they have to rub it in? 😩

But you’re right, and I agree: I am also very much not opposed to new merchandise, but it really frustrates me that they aren’t consistent with the brand. I would genuinely love to be a fly on the wall to find out what their strategy is by doing stuff like this. Do normies just not care (likely)? Do the people in charge just not care (likely)? I see Warner Bros. doing a really good job with a lot of their other brands (and I know these are films, so maybe it’s comparing apples and oranges, but I’ve really liked how they handled the Barbie movie and Beetlejuice sequel marketing and merch) so when I see them mishandling the PPG, I just don’t get it.

[patchesjam]

i would actually love to hear the business-related drama from tubbo. every time he mentions his beef with certain companies it sounds worse and worse. i would love it if some of the streamers were able to band together to take out some of the shittier companies and i feel like tubbo would be on the front lines if it weren't for legal issues

oh my god anon yes you get me i am almost even more curious about this than beeduo i am soo nosy about company drama i reckon probably a lot with various merch companies especially revolt because they were called out loads, i guessed misfits because i thought they mishandled tubnet but tubbo seemed up for signing with them again so idk but i would be so interested to know about that

[just-orbiting-you]

outside of sc00ter braun, you've got:

the hiring of min heejin, her grabs for power and ADOR's gradual fall from grace

the mishandling of suga's scooter controversy and seemingly no protection from harmful media and hate.

bang sihyuk's push for AI usage at the company.

weverse becoming an almost unusable platform with no regulation of proper harassment or filtering in live comments to protect artists.

bang sihyuk's repeated headlines about meeting with sex workers and exorbitant spending habits.

enhypen and txt overworked and burnt out.

le sserafim and illit hate going unchecked from within their own company.

consistently ugly and cash-grabby merch rollouts that are not worth anyone's money.

poorly run and pointless pop-ups to make more money off of fans.

NOW, you have an idol from the most accomplished group at the company stating that young artists should not be used as shields for corporate disputes. standing with the younger generation of artists at a company built on the backs of him and his members.

and employees at that company have the gall to mock him and call him names on an anonymous platform where employees share grievances.

how fucking more ridiculous can it get. and this is all on top of a subsidiary CEO parading racist propaganda and funding a genocidal state, bringing other industry people just like him into hybe. tainting every project in which he is thanked in the artist's credits.

so-called "angry streaming" only puts more money in these people's pockets. the people that do not protect your idols, care for their wellbeing, and would rather watch them work themselves to death so they can make more money.

as time has gone on, i have just become more shocked and appalled at the behavior of this company. a company some thought set itself apart from the big 3 of kpop. if you were someone who was confused about the boycott, please be wary of what hybe enables in every day of its operation. please think critically about how you interact with your favorite groups and what they share with you. their treatment becomes abundantly clear the more you stop streaming and pay attention to their words and actions.

i miss bighit entertainment. i miss bts. i wish for a time where i can support my favorite group guilt-free without feeling like i am enabling the exploitative measures of a company driven by capitalistic greed.

this seriously brought me to tears. who knows if tone was lost in translation, but he still speaks positively of him. what happened to these people that cared about their artists they work for. what happened to putting them first.

[cluemily]

For anyone having issues getting their Life Series merch still, there's a big message in Scar's Discord about it and what steps to take if you've still not received it.

Text version below cut:

Hi everyone!

If you are on this thread it's likely you ordered some Life Merch and it's taking its sweet time to get to you. In an effort to be as transparent as possible, I am going to personally write about the issues that have occurred behind the scenes and the options you have.

First of all, I want to say and enormous thank you for the overwhelming support on this merch drop and my sincere apologies about the delays and handling of the issues and my delay in writing something like this. I've never has to handle issues like this before so it's a bit of a new one for me.

The company we used are a small family run business using products made in the USA. There was a huge amount of orders made before the 5th of November cut-off, but should have been doable - Unfortunately there was a 3 week delay on getting the stock in to embroider on, and since most orders included hoodies, that pushed back an already tight production. This is why many Christmas delivery orders were not met on time and instead were up to 3 weeks late, overwhelming demand meets time constraints. The biggest mistake here on their part was not being good with communication about the situation. I myself ended up writing Christmas cards and emails to parents who were a Christmas present short (It was quite stressful). I have a lot of personal guilt about the missed Christmas orders, as creators we live and die by these promises and I was disappointed that a proportion of orders (It wasn't all of them by any means) didn't meet the deadline. It truly was out of my hands though.

Post-Christmas, the catch up continued on getting orders out and reports of support emails being unanswered started to pile up. I can't speak for the company's support team but I am so sorry that these emails went unanswered, that is incredibly frustrating. I am assured now that there are people answering emails within 24 hours. I got a few sent to my business email, and passed those along to be dealt with, which they were.

The most recent issue is actually one that is affecting most people now as the pre-Christmas order date orders have all been sent out, but as some people have reported have been stuck on "Label created" and no shipping tracking has progressed. It seems that orders (Specifically sent on the 13th January) have not been scanned properly by the postal service and seem to be in postal Limbo with no signs of moving.

So, after talking extensively with GlassEmbroidery, here is what to do:

"I ordered after the 5th of November and my order hasn't shipped"

Don't worry - your order is being worked on and is on track to be shipped this month. With all the orders made after November the 5th, they were always going to be due around this time in Q1.

"I ordered before the cut off and my order hasn't been shipped"

I am SO sorry that this has happened. If you can email Glassembroidery@gmail.com directly with your order number, I have been assured that it will be handled as a matter of priority.

"My shipment has been dispatched, but it's stuck on "Label generated" (most likely happened if your order was sent on 13th January)

These are the orders that seem to have been mishandled by the postal service. If nothing has arrived after 2+ weeks, a new package will have to be sent to you and the company will file insurance on the original. This is really frustrating, but again the only thing to do will be to check your tracking and if you are affected, email Glassembroidery@gmail.com directly with your order number and they will get another sent out priority.

"I don't want my order anymore."

I totally understand, and don't blame you if this is something you want to do. Please email support and request a refund on your order, no questions asked.

I think that's everything and hopefully provides everyone with enough info on the issues we had and ongoing issues with delivery.

As a final note I can only apologise one last time for the lack of communication and the delays, but please be assured that all orders will be fulfilled and when you get them I hope that you love them!

Grian

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I saw your take on vivziepop and I was like woah what the heck Viv? I am a Black asian Non Binary trans person I wanted to ask some questions only another non binary person can answer. one I can get more advice on especially for my mental health as a trans enby because it's been bothering me a lot.

Why do people love to erase us nonbinary and trans folk? Why do they love disrespecting us? Seeing the posts and evidence against Viv makes me super upset that I feel like I'm basically not allowed to exist as a trans nonbinary person. Or that were not allowed to exist as human beings because we keep on being erased. I didn't know Viv would take it this far by Erasing a Clearly trans character in the show for queer people. Does Viv hate nonbinary people too? Because I don't see a damn enby character anywhere at All! For a queer show runner she should stay consistent! But she's not! There was actually a horrible person on Twitter somewhere that said you can only be non binary if you are intersex??? Which doesn't make sense to me at all because it's different!? I... I'm super offended by Viv and people disrespecting us. I am non binary and trans so that's that! I will never be erased!

Im cis, but I am ok with being referred to with different pronouns besides "He" and "It" since im not comfortable with those. But to answer your question, there is a freind I know who is nonbinary, so I decided to ask for their say, and this was his response:

"I understand the frustration. Personally it makes me upset to see in Helluva Boss's case that Viv can have gnc queer men as jokes, and the one trans character we get has 3 lines and tons of merch making it feel like we're only valued as something to sell.

Let alone it hurts to see characters like Moxxie are treated like jokes for being gnc when for me it feels like Im being told there's something wrong with people i know who are gnc. Or like me who considers themselves trans masc but has long hair and isnt passing.

I want to think Viv means well, I really do, at the same time I'm not gonna pretend she didn't have a trans masc character who in the show was now a cis and only gave her trans woman character 3 lines and then sold a ton of merch of her in a way that feels even more unpleasant seeing that a character who was intended to be trans masc was made to be cis.

Viv can say she hates terfs, but she actively supported terfs in the past and hating terfs doesnt mean youre normal around trans people.

I think when we face things like this its all the more important to be vocal about it. Not just the times things are mishandled and how and why but when they're good as well. It can be great we have a trans girl character, but it doesnt feel as great when you erase another trans character and seem to only use said trans woman character to sell merch. It borders on performative especially because Viv is indie and has far more control than most people.

Im not sure if that covers enough but lemme know!"

-from, (will only send the blog with permission.)

DISCLAIMER:

CIS FANS, DO NOT DERAIL THIS POST.

THIS IS FROM A TRANS PRESPECTIVE SO DO NOT ARGUE OR DERAIL!