I know I'm not a very well known figure in the reflect studios community but I wanted to say my personal opinion on the situation surrounding wttg3 as a person who has gone through similar themes.
Personally, I saw this coming from a mile away. I always knew Tanner was strange, even before the controversy about his lines in scrutinized got popular. I believe that a man doing the things that he was doing, would not care about doing more extreme things aswell. To the shippers- come on. Luna was always the victim. She never once took interest in him, in fact I think her character was very basic and she hardly had anything to her but the story we got from her at the start. I believe that once shippers started forming, Adam took this opportunity to start pushing it. Posting things like "Im Luna and Tanner will never be yours." Seriously? Did you guys actually think she would say something like this about the man who was breaking into her house? Adam was literally wagging the ship above yall and you were falling for it. Adam wants people to ship Tanner x Luna because IT MAKES HIM MONEY. IT MAKES YOU FORGET HOW WEIRD IT ACTUALLY IS.
Adam made wttg3 because he wants the tanner fans and the luna x Tanner fans to stay. He was hoping that they would ignore the weird scenes because its Tanner right? But I'm glad yall are actually waking up. Yes Tanner is strange. Yes Tanner is a rapist. Yes if he had the chance he would assault Luna.
personally, I am not boycotting welcome to the game. I have never supported Adam, as i believe he has been a bad person for a while, and its only recently that people are waking up about this. I already knew this was coming, so personally I don't feel as if anything has changed. Lol. I will also still continue to draw Tanner if I feel like it. Like I said, I already knew about all these bad things, and I'm very big on the whole "you can enjoy characters without supporting they're problematic aspects" thing. I mean- look at my pfp.
Overall, I think everyone should just do what makes them happy. As long as you don't buy the game and support Adam in that sense, then you can enjoy the characters. Personally, I have my own wttg au that I use for my own personal use, so I can separate Adam from the franchise entirely. But if you don't want to leave the fandom, then don't. If you do, then do.
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I once again became fascinated with the symbolism of triangles (in particular, from the film "The Neon Demon") and wanted to hide triangles in their poses
I have a more thought out take regarding this Tanner shit.
At the end of the day, you are allowed to feel however you want. You can choose to interact or block content you see online, and that's ok. We all have our opinions and thoughts, however strongly we may disagree with one another.
My take is from someone who was raped and molested for years, starting when I was 4 years old and ending when I moved out at 18. This is how I see it.
So far, I have seen from individuals online that Adam has apparently disrespected people for voicing their discomfort with the Game Over sequence where Tanner pins Simon to the floor, licks him, says "You won't tell" then drugs him into the game over. It is very clear that Adam is implying Tanner rapes Simon after this game over.
I personally have not seen screenshots regarding Adam even mentioning this scene, but I do not doubt he has said some rude shit. I have never liked him, and he has always been a dick. Makes sense he'd say something and get defensive over his game.
HOWEVER
It feels to me like people are upset about the game over itself, and not necessarily Adam's response. Here's what pisses me off about those who are switching up and trying to boycott the game. Tanner does the same shit in Scrutinized. He pins Luna to the floor and drugs her in several game over scenes, and his lines include "I can't wait to taste you." Clearly implying Tanner rapes Luna. Full stop. This has been known and around FOREVER, and all of yall know about it.
It made sense when it wasn't clear if Adam meant it in a cannibalistic way or not, but he made it clear it was about sex. Adam also shared a series of Instagram stories where he responded to an individual who was worried over the Tanner rapist allegations. Adam says in his story that his games are about fucked up things and people, and that he won't sugar coat it. Tanner is indeed a "terrible person" as Adam put it. He outright just told us Tanner is a rapist, yes. But so many of you so badly wanted to say Adam doesn't know what he's talking about.
Well if he doesn't know what he's talking about and apparently has nothing to do with the writing, you forget he still makes the game. And he has just shown us in game that Tanner is a rapist. Plain and simple.
I've seen the argument "there is no warning" when regarding the game over, and that the scene is upsetting. I want to remind you all that this is the same game series that contains websites with rape, pedophilia, trafficking, gore and other fucked up shit that you can physically SEE. Tanner's game over screen is some fucking dialog and an insinuation.
What I'm saying is, get over yourselves. Seriously. None of you had an issue when Adam was being a huge dick to everyone over any criticism, or when his multi-player game failed. You didn't care about his morals and actions then. And you certainly didn't care about graphic content in the other games. You're mad because your hot boy Tanner is a rapist, and you didn't want him to be. Admit it.
I was also upset, and still kinda am. But it's a series about fucked up people doing fucked up things. It's to ve expected. You can like a character who does terrible shit without condoning their actions. Fandom spaces are for creative freedom. But it's insane that some of you want to act morally superior all of the sudden. He's a bad guy, end of the story. Move on. Grow up. Touch grass.
If you are so genuinely upset with the content, do not consume it. You are actively harming yourself by being so stressed and upset over this. This isn't some 2020 cancel culture, "we got you" moment. This is a game series that is open about how graphic and gross it is, that wound up being graphic and gross.
Media and art is allowed to portray terrible things without meaning the creator condones it. If anything, this has made a lot of you so uncomfortable and has made a point to show how terrible and damaging sexual assault and abuse is. It made a statement, one so strong that now people want to boycott it.
Adam has been marketing Tanner like crazy, and it does rub me the wrong way that he is leaning into the glorification and praise of Tanner. However, he knows Tanner is profitable, and hes trying to make money. This would be an issue if the series wasn't known to contain terrible things, but we all know it does. It sickens me that so many of you are suddenly switching up and acting like you suddenly care about the opinions of sexual abuse survivors. Our voices and opinions didn't matter to you before this, so why do they matter now? Because you want someone to blame and be mad at over Tanner? Insane. Fucking insane.
And this is targeted at several specific people, what I say next. You wanted to fight and argue so badly over this very topic months ago. You fought tooth and nail to tell us we were wrong, and that you were right. That we shouldn't have been upset because "Adam doesn't know what he's talking about. Tanner isn't a rapist." And now look at you. Suddenly virtue signaling the very thing you were so eager to fight over.
Say what you want, do what you want. Leave me alone, and realize the world is bigger than a fucking video game where a hot dude is a rapist. My rapist was attractive too, and no one could ever believe he would do such a thing to a little kid. No one wanted to believe it because he was so "sweet and kind and cute."
And stop censoring the words rape and sexual assault. You look corny as shit when you do it on Tumblr.
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There werenβt only 4 play testers. Adam banned everyone who spoke up about the animation or said anything about feeling uncomfortable by it, thus leaving only 4 people remaining.
Wttg fandom, please, do not let him silence us. Donβt let him silence the victims who shared how they felt uncomfortable with the animation. At the end of the day, this isnβt about Tanner. This is about Adam, his actions, his lack of respect for SA survivors and the overall topic of SA. He does not care for us. He does not care for you. If you sit back idly and do nothing, nothing will happen. We CAN do something about this. Do it for the victims who shared their pain but were met with disrespect.
