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To the fans of The Property Of Hate, I would like to sincerely apologize for how some members of the SMG4 community have been treating ModMad, their webcomic, and character (RGB). As a SMG4 Fan myself I am severely disappointed with how some members of this fandon have handled the current situation and I truly hope that things get sorted out very soon. Hopefully, with enough awareness brought to the situation, Luke (The Creator of SMG4), Glitch Studios, &/or Zaminations will come to address the current accusations and unjustified harrasment. I'm incredibly sorry for what you all are going through.

As to my fellow SMG4 Fans, please take some time to look at the full picture before commenting on the situation. For I have come to realize that Mr. Puzzles and RGB are not just similar in design but in writing as well. This is not me saying that Mr. Puzzles is a plagiarized character because I obviously can't confirm that. What I am saying is that we need to acknowledge to the similarities between the two characters and keep pushing for the creators and team behind Mr. Puzzles come out with the truth and say something about the current situation. For their silence has only lead to this harrasment getting worse. Now, whatever the truth ends up being, we will have to accept. Whether we like ot or not. So, prepare yourselves.

That being said, I do not think Calling All Villains is going to get canceled or that Mr. Puzzles will get a complete redesign if the plagiarism turns out to be true. As it seems that the Zaminations team already has everything set in motion. As for what could happen if the plagiarism ends up true, I don't know. For I am not a lawyer and I don't know how the law works. So, I'm not going to sit here and pretend I do.

If you have read this far down the post, I want this to be your takeaway from it all :

TL:DR I do not want to cancel the show, I don't want it to cancel me.

So I have been forced, basically, to make this statement as I am being asked about this character or 'introduced' to it (and the incoming new show) against my desires. I have deleted all previous posts about my encounters with this problem long ago for personal reasons that will be apparent, but people don't know about my situation and do deserve an explanation. I will keep this post short for my own mental health. This is the first time I have disclosed any of this information to the public, and it is hopefully the last. My silence has been a part of my uncomfortable situation, but it's clear the world won't let me try to just ignore it any longer, so it's full disclosure time.

1, Yes. I know about Mr Puzzles and his uncanny resemblance to RGB, my character from the on going comic The Property of Hate, who pre-exists Mr Puzzles by approximately ten years.

I did not, as a consequence, base RGB off Mr Puzzles...

2, I have received very violent and manipulative hate mail from fans of that character over the past few years due to this similarity, many threatening to slander me via cancel culture to discredit my own creations. The worst of these messages almost caused me to commit suicide which close friends can attest to (this period coincided with the death of my father which they used against me to full effect).

Since then the hatemail has been less frequent, but continues, and I am afraid it will pick up again with the advent of this new show.

3, I have contacted the smg4 management about these issues, to no avail. My first email was a request to tell their followers to cease sending me hatemail, which they did not attempt in any way. They have never responded to the large overlaps in terms of RGB's design, and when I finally sent them an email via a lawyer as a last resort (which cost me £4000) they did not respond. Please note that I did not ask for a cease and desist, I only wanted the hatemail to stop, and perhaps for them to alter Mr Puzzle's design very slightly to be a little less like RGB's. I even made this simple suggestion as an example:

Despite going out of my way (against the lawyer's wishes) to phrase the letter in a none-hostile manner, and offer them an alternative, they did not reply to this email at all.

I am a disabled indie cartoonist; I do not have the money to take further legal action, and in any case I do not want to. I hate conflict, and the emotional toll of sending that email alone was enough to make me miserable and exhausted for months. All I want is to be left alone, and for people to know that RGB was invented first. I cannot afford to do anything to protect myself or make anyone listen legally; this post is the most I can do, and it is the only post I intend to make about it.

that's it. that's the whole situation. please do not message me about the show, or the character, as both are very distressing to me: if you do I will either delete the message, or block you, depending on the angle. I have blocked all related tags, and I will unfollow if I see posts, so I am doing everything I can to take care of myself in a non-aggressive fashion. I have only made this statement so that people understand.

a small example of some of the hatemail (which was preserved only to be sent to the makers as evidence which, again, they did not respond to) below the readmore. read at your own discretion, it is unpleasant.

thank you for taking the time to read this.

Thank you to everyone who has been sending such kind messages, I promise I really do read them all, even if I can't reply, but while these messages are wonderful (and really. I mean it. just the nicest and most heartfelt things I've ever seen) the sad fact is they don't change my situation. But you can change it. You can help me.

If you know my situation, if you want to help me, please write to Glitch Productions. They are the only people who can, and I believe, might, be able and willing to save me. SMG4 has ignored me, even through a legal letter. I have no hope that they will do otherwise, but Glitch are a different case and I think they just genuinely don't know I exist. I have sent them a message, to no reply, but more messages means more of a chance they will notice. IF you are on twitter please message that way, I closed my account there years ago, and please be polite: I am not asking for hate, even if I've received it.