The Lost Repository

this is an old western-bro fandom myth fabricated during the early days of 4chan/evageeks. anno, hayashibara, and co. have never said anything remotely suggesting the sort (rather, anno’s described rei as the ‘most inexpressible’ part of him; hayashibara remarking similar) - this also evades everything rei is to justify never considering her beyond the surface level (if rei was supposed to be ‘creepy’, what else is there?)

rei is existential - rei is isolation, rei’s entire narrative gestures heavily at what it means to be a body (”the body as an identity involves resources”) - what it means to be defined by your trauma, physically and psychologically. people don’t relate to rei because she’s “creepy” (she’s not), people relate to rei because she’s othered, ostracized, abused, socially inept. rei was forced into a life of constant-dissociation by an abusive man, a life in which she is a stranger to herself, and pretentious nerds still have the gall to call her ‘creepy’ as if they’re saying something subversive

The funny thing is that it seems only western fans have been dissatisfied with Rei. But then the Red vs Blue conflict is still very much alive. In Japan she’s actually tops with fans. Rei’s beaten out Asuka for the top of popular contests for many years. Her character type has been cloned many times and applied to many other characters in the last two decades. Anything with Rei on it will sell out in hours. For both good (and for ill) Rei is a very popular character.

Rei is one of several characters in anime that western fans have shat on because they don’t understand her. Even more so after the events of EoE. (Though I remember back in the day it was a toss up between Shinji and Rei on who was hated more. But then anyone who’s watching Eva should realize that it’s a venture into the most horrifying, disgusting and ugly places in the human psyche. Every single member of the cast is twisted like a car around a tree.)

i did the thing

It seems that the point has been missed. I’m not complaining because I’m unaware of the fact that RT has cloned the crunchyroll model. I’m complaining because I shouldn’t have to pay or register to watch a series that up until recently and for the first three seasons it ran was completely free and without conditions.

You mean to tell me they’re not making a mint off of the merchandise and both foreign and domestic licensing to keep it registration free on their own site?

And anyone who read though my whole post will note that I say I don’t care about waiting. I just thought that I’d be able to watch it from the main site. I wasn’t and I bitched. Like I said, if I had the $5.00 to spend in the first place I wouldn’t give it to RT who up until the last six months or so didn’t require registering.

The base facts are that things cost money to make. You can cry that RT is “making a mint” off of everything they do, but odds are that’s not very true. Every single employee has to be paid. And with big-time voice actors in RWBY, that can potentially be much more than what they;re regular employees make.

They have to pay to keep the power on at their facility. They have to pay for their access to the internet. They have to pay to make the products they produce. They have to pay to store those products. And then they have to pay to put those products into boxes. 

The entitlement is too real in this fandom smh

Y’all wanna keep feeding a hydra go for it. I outright refuse to pay extra benefits to a corporation who is clearly making more money then any of us will ever see.

Changing methods mid race is underhanded that’s what sits at the core of this. Rooster Teeth is owned by a company called Fullscreen which it’s self is fed by another called Otter Media. Otter Media also owns Crunchyroll which means if you have subs for both you’re paying twice. Otter Media itself is owned by AT&T and another company I can’t remember at the moment.

So no I am not throwing a ‘tantrum’ or ‘acting like a spoiled brat’. And they are ‘getting financial compensation’. And yes if a series started free and without conditions I do deserve to see it though in the same matter. In the post linked I talk about the reasons for which I would see it as fine. None of which are met here.

plus this system has been in place for a good while. It ain’t new. If you started watching at volume 4 it might seem like the episodes were free but when they came out they weren’t

The subscription is as low as 5 dollars a month and if you get a free account you only have to wait a day for episodes to become free. Wait a week and it’s free on youtube.

If they work to make a product for people to enjoy they deserve to be compensated financially. That’s it. No one cares that you don’t want to wait or pay for a product.

Plus if they get more money they can start expanding their animation team even more as well as other departments.

It seems that the point has been missed. I’m not complaining because I’m unaware of the fact that RT has cloned the crunchyroll model. I’m complaining because I shouldn’t have to pay or register to watch a series that up until recently and for the first three seasons it ran was completely free and without conditions.

You mean to tell me they’re not making a mint off of the merchandise and both foreign and domestic licensing to keep it registration free on their own site?

And anyone who read though my whole post will note that I say I don’t care about waiting. I just thought that I’d be able to watch it from the main site. I wasn’t and I bitched. Like I said, if I had the $5.00 to spend in the first place I wouldn’t give it to RT who up until the last six months or so didn’t require registering.

The base facts are that things cost money to make. You can cry that RT is “making a mint” off of everything they do, but odds are that’s not very true. Every single employee has to be paid. And with big-time voice actors in RWBY, that can potentially be much more than what they;re regular employees make.

They have to pay to keep the power on at their facility. They have to pay for their access to the internet. They have to pay to make the products they produce. They have to pay to store those products. And then they have to pay to put those products into boxes. 

The entitlement is too real in this fandom smh

Y’all wanna keep feeding a hydra go for it. I outright refuse to pay extra benefits to a corporation who is clearly making more money then any of us will ever see.

Changing methods mid race is underhanded that’s what sits at the core of this. Rooster Teeth is owned by a company called Fullscreen which it’s self is fed by another called Otter Media. Otter Media also owns Crunchyroll which means if you have subs for both you’re paying twice. Otter Media itself is owned by AT&T and another company I can’t remember at the moment.

So no I am not throwing a ‘tantrum’ or ‘acting like a spoiled brat’. And they are ‘getting financial compensation’. And yes if a series started free and without conditions I do deserve to see it though in the same matter. In the post linked I talk about the reasons for which I would see it as fine. None of which are met here.