Jadester

Turn around Courtney. You can’t ignore it forever.

Jax started befriending Pomni with the intention of eventually sloughing her off like he did in episode 6, because he hoped it would send a message to Ragatha. And it did, but not the intended one. Instead of taking away that she is worthless and Jax is better than her and that she is inherently unlovable, which is what Jax wanted her to, Ragatha realized why her relationship with Pomni had been faltering. So, she began to take steps to heal from her unhealthy belief that she is responsible for the emotional wellbeing of her friends and that asking anything of them in return would be wrong, starting by actually approaching her and asserting her feelings without apology.

And Pomni was all the more receptive to it because this is EXACTLY what she wanted to see in Ragatha. She was SO relieved that Ragatha was finally capable of expressing her feelings.

As a person of color, hearing the N word by people who aren't my skin tone/race/whatever floats your boat is always shocking & makes me uncomfortable. It's never fun when people you admire or look up to turn out to be racist a-holes. I get the feeling. It's never a good feeling! BUT....we're in a complicated mess with Ashley & Michael's situation. Did they actually say the N word? Well....Okay, I know it sounded like that (you're not wrong for thinking that), but I know they actually said 'NEGA' & things got out of hand & misinterpreted. It was during a stream, I think. People keep bringing that up. Still, people can have their own thoughts on the meaning of 'nega' which I fully understand. You can have that. Did I think the joke was all that funny? No. I did cringe at it. Jokes like these are never funny even if you didn't mean for it to come out insensitive & offensive. Still, this was SEVEN YEARS AGO! Even though they were in their twenties making that joke, we're all still capable of doing stupid sh*t! Who is in their twenties & can tell me they've never done anything messy before? Tell me! Nobody's perfect! Yes, they're old enough to not be this immature, but who HASN'T been at least a little immature at that age range? It's not just teens & children! BUT.....just because I'm saying all this, don't get any ideas that I'm "a traitor to my race for defending the racists". Don't go there with me! THAT IS NOT WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO!!! I don't like racist/racist-like jokes at all & I don't get down with that humor, but I can understand when someone does something dumb & learns from it later. I just hope that they haven't done more of these jokes in recent years because we never really know what someone is doing every minute of the day. Let's be real! I don't believe Ashley or Michael have anything against people of color, but I will agree that they should not have made that joke. Still, it was YEARS ago & I can believe we can grow from stupid awful choices we did in the past. I mean, unless you're genuinely a terrible person from the start! THEN, I can't save you from the flames, bro.

Also, I wanna call this out because I can't be silent on this anymore! A. If you think that you can "get back at them" by harassing them, doxxing them, & sending them ANIMAL GORE then I have bad news for you! YOU ARE NO BETTER BY DOING THAT!!! YOU NEED HELP!!!

B. It's come to my attention that some people are more forgiving of Michael, but more aggressive towards Ashley! Is this sexism? Maybe. People are more willing to soften up on the voice actor for their favorite bunny man?! Guys...don't do that. You're making yourselves look bad!

Micheal and Ashley are - and, 7 years ago, were - adults. I hate when old stuff is dug up as much as the next person but if something like this is simply swept under the rug it does more damage if its overlooked than if its ignored. The argument that this isn't "that deep" because it was years ago means nothing here; Both VAs should know better than to make shitty, tasteless edgy jokes on a livestream no less when they're both ADULTS. Microaggressive humour like this is not only unoriginal and unfunny, but allows for larger hateful acts to occur. I do not think Micheal and Ashley are racist but they have extremely large fanbases now and they risk fostering a subcommunity of actual racists if they are careless with what they say. Ultimately, they should've both kept their mouths shut.

Their individual apologies were good too. They were simple and addressed their behaviour, and they agreed to keep the VOD up so they can't hide from accountability. I genuinely appreciate their transparency. Despite this, black fans of these creators are entitled to feel however they wish about the jokes they made. I do not care what a nonblack fan of these two think regarding that matter. If you are black and you are upset at these two creators for their actions, that is completely fine. Personally, I am neither forgiving nor resentful of their actions; this sort of thing is unfortunately so common I have grown numb to even hearing it, and I cannot feel anything but disappointment when situations like this occur. However, I am obviously very disappointed and felt uncomfortable watching the clips; Me being slightly numb to this doesn't make it any less of an issue. There is nothing funny about the n-word. White people have no reason to be joking about it. I may be a minority myself but I wouldn't dare use words meant to harm other minority groups I am not a part of for my own enjoyment. It's pointless, and honestly most edgelords aren't even good at what they do and are extremely unfunny.

Fandom spaces are predominately queer, yes, but the same cannot be said for how accepting of different cultures they are. Admittedly the reaction to both Micheal and Ashley's apologies were more infuriating than their actions to me. People are so willing to sweep everything under the rug for their own safety. The idea of their favourite voice actors being "problematic" is terrifying to them - its such a parasocial mindset. I don't give a fuck about their contributions right now, there's a larger issue at hand. I don't know Micheal and Ashley, and I don't care to - I enjoy their voices in TADC and other proj3cts but they simply make content for me to enjoy. I am not their friends, and YOU aren't either. It's extremely privileged to only care about the integrity of their roles as Jax and Zooble right now and it's pretty easy to have basic empathy for black TADC fans by just admitting that the VAs' apologies are not YOUR apologies to accept or deny, and listening to the group affected. Your witty two cents isn't always wanted.

If you genuinely think this situation isn't a big deal, and are silently hoping it'll dissipate and people will forget so you can feel good about yourself interacting with Digital Circus content -- Fuck you. You're a part of what makes fandoms so unsafe and unwelcoming for people of colour. The sad part about this is there are definitely people who don't care if black people have it harder in the fanbase but I am choosing to ignore them because it's hard to change the minds of racists. Please feel free to unfollow and/or block me if you actually care more about these two fully grown adults' reputations than how black people feel. Noone wants you here.

It's actually really calming, like a stressed cat getting pets from their favorite person.

So then Jax gets a bit annoyed that she's enjoying it.

"Thanks Jax." She says with a cute smile. "That helped a lot."

"Psch." He walks away. "Im not doing that again."

He eventually comes around and breaks down, opening up to the others and getting started on a redemption arc

He doubles down and chooses to go down an even darker path and get even more evil, which will inevitably lead to his death

More theatres added! Due to the huge overwhelming demand and tickets selling out fast, we're expanding to Mexico AND getting more screening times/dates in US theatres. Pre-sale tickets should be announced early next week. We're also currently in talks with more international theatres, your messages and emails are getting through!! More updates this coming week!

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