#dcdouglas

EDIT: since I made this post, some genuine and very disturbing evidence has come to light about his manipulative and abusive behaviour towards various partners and other people. It is now clear that Douglas is not a feminist, I no longer have any respect for him and Capcom made the right choice in firing him. I have left this post up for accountability: deleting it felt disingenuous, like an attempt to cover up the fact I was ever wrong about someone. I’m not the type to jump on the “I never liked him anyway!” train when bad things come out about someone who’d previously seemed decent. I do not have any magical ability to detect bad people, and sometimes I’m very wrong, and I’m not about to hide the evidence of that. I apologise I did not believe the first allegations I heard, and I apologise for my part in the misinformation that spread about the victims. I have been in contact with those of the victims I could, on Twitter, and have apologised personally, and the apologies were accepted, though I realise this does not undo how wrong I used to be about this.

Also, if the young person who I once encouraged to meet Douglas at a con because “he’s a really nice person and I’ve only heard good things about how much fun he is from fans” ever sees this post: I’m sorry. At that time, I really HAD only heard good things. If I had heard even a tenth of what I now know I’d have told you to stay away from him. I hope he didn’t harm you. I hope you’re OK.

Below the cut are my incredibly wrong takes from years ago. I don’t know why you’d want to read them, except perhaps as a reminder that you never really know for sure what a famous person you’ve never met is like, no matter how many nice progressive statements you’ve seen them post on social media. Deleting it feels dishonest so I’ve left it up, but PLEASE, PLEASE don’t like or reblog or spread this post around and risk contributing to the misinformation.

Transmission_Initiated Transmission ID: 00028 TFNation_2018 Operation: We want to show you something naughty

Do you like zombies? Are you over 18? Good. Because we want to show you something naughty...

By popular demand, on Friday 17th August 2018, TFNation will hold its first ever adult only segment: The Notorious [Zombie Related] Erotic Fanfic Show. Performed live by voice actor and TFNation guest D.C. Douglas and... you.

This segment will take place in the Pavilion Room, on the Friday of the event at 9pm. There will be no late seating (and perhaps, no escape!) so you must arrive on time. What happens in the show, stays in the show.

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Please note: This panel utilises very strong adult humour and is rated 18+. It is not suitable for minors. If you find adult humour not to your taste, or are concerned about the contents of the show, please think carefully before choosing to attend. Viewer discretion is strongly advised.

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A repeat of an NCIS episode came on TV. And when one character is on, I’m thinking “hang on, that voice sounds familiar. But it couldn’t be...” [googles it] “Holy crap, it IS DC Douglas!” I didn’t know he did live action TV.

This is fun. DC Douglas might not be actively racist, but he sure was super concerned about not having any Black people in the "Wesker Children" during the BLM protests in 2020 because he was "really" concerned about shooting Black Cops in RE2R when he streamed it. If he hadn't hidden it (which he did) then you would be able to hear the constant worrying about how many Black folks were in the game. Abelism? DC? No way. I only had to tell him not to use the r-slur to describe an Albert Wesker render that he thought was ugly to a group of Neurodivergent kids who had been called that slur a lot in the 90's. Don't believe me? Here's him using it as late as 2010 (I scolded him in 2020 or early 2021, pre April when we had out falling out) on Wikipedia. Matt Dusing aka Matt Haunter also used the word "because retarded is a medical term" like baby just because you have low IQ doesn't mean the rest of us do just because we're autistic, silly Matt.

DC Douglas also routinely misgendered one of the two trans people in our streaming group. Victor Lindemann is also trans, but he passed as soon as he switched pronouns to he/him and came out. There was another person who was also Trans, and DC routinely misgendered him by using she/her pronouns despite said person being out as Trans for most of their life, including when DC met them. He would often try to struggle to gender them correctly publicly and get it right sometimes, but when alone or trans friend wasn't around, he would openly say "she/her" and once went so far to say that, "gender is visually coded and you look like a pretty girl!" I hate to be the one to tell you that his anti-transphobia and ableism is performative.