ribbit’s #1 fangirl

wow. i can't believe that it's over.

i started this blog back in December 2025 with two goals in mind: talk about ribbit and blow up on Tumblr.

seeing this post get hundreds of likes made me so happy. i guess, in my mind at least, i've achieved both.

the TADC fandom has been so shitty recently, between the racism, the leaks, and some of gooseworx's old tweets (that she hasn't apologized for) being brought to light. there were a couple weeks where it was exhausting to be a TADC fan, specifically a BLACK one. and, as that time period went on, it became harder to separate the art from the artist, and I slowly but surely lost my love for the show.

this has happened to me with other fandoms that i've left after I realized how toxic/problematic they or their creators were (hh, hb and genshin impact if u care). but never like this. never a fandom I was so thoroughly engrossed in. never a fandom with a character I so deeply attached myself to. and never a fandom that helped me blow up on ao3, and, later, on tumblr.

i appreciate all 52 of my followers, and the numerous others who've supported my posts, but I think the time is long overdue for me to step away from the fandom permanently. I wrote this draft in advance--by now, you'll probably have seen me talk about all or some of the controversies.

this is my final post on this blog. if you'd like to keep supporting me, i've moved onto a (still problematic but slightly better) new fandom called Disventure Camp! my tumblr for that is @aidenbrooksapologist, and my Disventure Camp-themed rant account is @superstarwafflebatter on TikTok. of course, my main Tumblr is @star-waffles, which I'll definitely try to be more active on, and I always appreciate support on ao3.

i just can't with TADC and the fandom anymore, save for the good parts that have opened my eyes to how horrible things have gotten. the decline of this show that used to inspire me, and this person that used to do so, is as sad as it is just insane. and while i'm sad to leave this blog behind, there is nothing left for me in this fandom. I have no more love, time, energy or creative passion to dedicate to it.

this is, in the most literal sense, the last act.

I'm so tired of this fandom's nonsense dude. Like I'm being so deadass. Receipts if you care:

We had less than two months and this shit is brought to light. From the bottom of my heart this is frankly sad and disgusting behavior, no I don't care how long ago it happened it still happened. Honestly I don't know who I'm more disappointed in the accused in question or the fandom.

Gooseworx, Michael, Ashley and Sean all took ZERO accountability and their apologies were so fake, like even if they knew that the accusations were false apologizing hurts literally nobody??? Especially in this political climate we're in addressing and taking accountability for these instances is the moral thing to do, and the fact that they're unwilling to be open about how their actions could be perceived as controversial and apologize sincerely for any hurt caused says sooooo much about who they really are as people.

And. This. Fucking. Fandom. I read the TikTok comments and it's all 'why are we being so sensitive!!' 'they didn't actually say the N-word come on guys!!' 'the allegations are false because _____!!' 'happened years ago btw!!'

This is laughable because of how stupid and sad you all sound. There is no fucking way you're defending RACIST JOKES and POTENTIAL GROOMERS because you love their work or this show or their character. Everyone grasping at straws to defend so obviously and blatantly not-so-great people is honestly pathetic.

This fandom has to be full of people with attachment issues, there's no way you're so attached to Michael Kovach that you're defending him laughing at the word 'nega' for almost a minute straight and doing literal mental gymnastics to downplay how that joke could be taken. I don't give a fuck if it happened in 2019 (peak of the BLM movement btw), timing is never an excuse and it only makes it more disappointing that this wasn't addressed sooner.

And also, what happened to believing the victim guys? Sean Chiplock has fucking grooming allegations and that's all being swept under the rug for some reason? The racism needs to be talked about too but the fact that the LITERAL ACCUSED GROOMER is getting less backlash says so much about how you guys can defend a voice actor if they voice a fan-favorite character. Send your best wishes to the victims involved and GLITCH.

Which, speaking of. Poor GLITCH. They currently don't have any allegations so I feel so bad for them, along with Alex, Lizzie, Amanda and Marissa. Gooseworx is a POS for making racist jokes on Twitter, a climate she knew that racist jokes would be easier to downplay or get ignored. And it's tragic, because, as an African-American girl I genuinely looked up to her and wanted to follow in her footsteps one day.

Now I want to be better than her, and I already have a head start because I can take accountability and I don't say racist things on the internet. Or at all.

The defenders in this fandom are exhausting, the accused are exhausting, and I'm so disappointed in the experience TADC is turning into. This is not how I, GLITCH, or anyone wanted this amazing and thoughtful piece of media to end, and it says a lot more about the toxicity of fandom culture than we realize.

is that jax in the corner

well

"peeled jax symbolizes jax not wanting to show his true self!" "peeled jax symbolizes his fear of vulnerability!" lemme do you one better

Peeled Jax, when corroborated with the maid outfit incident and the Spudsy's one, leads me to a theory that the show has basically confirmed itself: Jax does not like losing autonomy or control over his own body.

once it could've been played off as a joke, but three times? with similar reactions?

Regardless of each scene's context (shock, embarrassment and fear, respectively), Jax's posture is tense and closed off. He's protecting himself. He's shielding himself. Not to mention that I found this:

I'm no expert but I think Jax might have some sort of anxiety disorder, or even OCD. Something definitely traumatized him in the past to the point of specific anxieties and being protective over his own bodily autonomy to such an extent.

based purely on knowledge from the show:

Caine is not a malicious creature in the slightest. Not the scalding take you all were expecting from me, I know, but I don’t think he’s a villain. I don’t think TADC even has villains, not even Bubble or Abel as some ‘twist’ villain in the end. At most, Scratch is the villain in some sense of the word. If not, then there is no villain. Everyone here is a victim of circumstance.

ok I guess I'm talking abt Kinger and/or Caine tmrw

which btw

fine as all heck 😍 especially kinger raw next question

well its bc 1. I'm busy and 2. im cooking up a bunch of good posts bc I'm about to go on spring break!!

ummm yeah I guess that's all and-

I meannn look at her

kinger wdym 'i think i killed caine' twin WHAT