Just a little artsy guy

On the CC's side, it seems like they all got together to figure out the truth and then handled everything privately before ever letting us know things were going down. Then when they did come out with statements and stories, they took the time to gather their thoughts and say everything the way it needed said. They've also been really good about getting permission to share screenshots and names before bringing things up as evidence. Despite all the distrust that's apparently been sown between them the last few months, they still had each others backs and presented a united front on the issue. That's a big deal actually. It's also nice to see how everyone has teamed up to raise support for their friends that lost their jobs from this whole mess. Every stream I was in today had people yelling not to sub to them, but support Musithical, Peeporp,and Box instead. Immediate action, no nonsense.

Everyone's also been very clear about how they want this situation handled going forward. Every statement I've heard/read has started with some variation of "Don't spread hate or harassment" and "I'll talk about this once and never again". The goal is to let people know what's happening, not start discourse. As Cleo said, "living without them is our reward". The problem has been handled, now it's best for everyone to put it behind and move on. They've also been extremely clear about how disrespecting people's identities is never an appropriate response and spreading hate isn't helpful to anyone. They could have turned the tables and started a smear campaign, kept digging this up for weeks to profit off the drama, but they aren't and I honestly respect that so much.

And not to give certain people too much (or any) credit, but at least they didn't double down and start trying to sway the viewers. I could speculate why, but whatever the reason, they totally could have turned this into an "I said, they said" back and forth drama to try and keep some of their fans, and I think we can at least appreciate that didn't happen. We've seen that before, especially in mcyt communities. Accusations are made, people get angry and defensive, lies and misinformation spread until no one knows which side is in the wrong. I'm just really glad we skipped that this time around.

I've also seen so many posts, both from fellow fans and CCs about not blaming ourselves for not knowing. There's been so much reassurance that none of us were bad people for liking and supporting past projects, or still caring about those stories. Everyone was lied to, that's not our fault. And everyone is making sure the blame is pointed at the right people. Not at fans for supporting them, not at friends who were lied to and manipulated, but at the people really at fault. Alternatively, something I haven't seen is people condemning other fans for not immediately deleting works or posts mentioning these people. Some people have been doing that, but i haven't seen many people saying that you should be doing that or you're a bad person, which I've seen before over far less. You're not a bad person for having loved something without knowing better. You're not doing anything wrong by still caring about something you've put time and effort into.