#rt critical

Oh boy. Well I checked google and it looks like it is confirmed Burnie Burns bought back RT.

Nothing on if they have RWBY Back and I don't know if they could? Viz bought RWBY so I feel like RT won't be able to get it back? But I don't know honestly. This is a very strange situation I really don't know how I feel about this. Will fans make a stink to have Viz give it back to RT? Or will fans just abandon RT if they can't get RWBY Back?

Thinking on it though this must have been the news the VA's teased not too long ago which is strange do they think they'll get RWBY back?

Do you guys ever think about how when Mercury lost his semblance, his colors are mainly grey tones that possesses nothing that could connect him to the rest of Remnant, a society that relies so much on colors to express themselves and how it reflects his isolation by the hand of someone who was supposed to protect him?

Or how perhaps he sees the color red as a sign of violence because it was his father's color, and red to Mercury brings nothing but hate and pain that disregards the well-being of others due to how much it just catch your eyes and seemingly burn through other colors?

Or how because of that, he sees Ruby's enthusiasm and eagerness to be a warrior both ridiculous and destructive due to her own naivete, but at the same time envious of her because of the simple desire that he never experienced due to Marcus?

Or the potential of a duality with Yang, his antithesis in every possible way, and the burning yellow of her at her most boisterous self caught him off guard and slowly bring back the colors of his world? And how her smallest hint of violet reminds him of his colors before his father took it all from him.

Do you guys think that Mercury, had he been given better writing directions, would slowly grow past his red-stained past and incorporating the color with Yang's gold, turning it into the orange of his most recent design to begin taking back his life by his own hands, not a part of Marcus' legacy or remaining as Yang's enemy? But never forgoing his shades of grey because he has found peace with it?

Or do you just like... :) you know.

With everything going on funhaus and rooster teeth have come out and admitted their wrong doings, looking the other way, and how they have fallen short with racism in the community.

A year or so ago it was brought to the attention of the community that Matt Peake was following known white supremacists on twitter. In typical rooster teeth fashion, the criticism and concerns were shouted down and ignored. 

This is something that has been on my mind when watching funhaus videos ever since. if I see Peake in a video I skip it. I wonder how these people I love to watch every day and look up to can be friends with someone who actively hates a portion of their fanbase. 

This screenshot from @/startingoffred on twitter shows Peake’s youtube likes. 

As you can see there’s plenty of white supremacist and alt-right channels and talking points he’s liked and watched. Looking through his subscribed channels as of today (June 4) he is subscribed to: PragerU, St*fan M*lyneux, J*rdan P*eterson, and many other equally as gross channels. 

How can Funahus be committed to being better if they employ and continue to promote someone who believes that a portion of their fanbase are lesser. 

Talking to friends about being racist is hard, especially if they are falling down the alt right pipeline and no longer believe in the humanity of others, but Funhaus MUST address how Matt Peake’s personal interests affect the community. 

Does anyone know exactly what this means?? Was Pat laid off? Or did something else happen?

Update 2: according to Chelsea Atkinson this was NOT a lay-off.

you ever think it's kind of really stupid to have such a huge part of your life p much dedicated to a company? IDK this video that I just watched dug up and gave words to something I've been feeling regarding RT for a while now and it,,, it hurts. I've been a fan since I was 10 years old, I've basically grown up with the company and got to watch it evolve from 6 dudes in a janky apartment building to a whole warehouse full of employees. I used to take pride in that feeling of growing up with them, but now I just feel jaded.

Part of me misses the days where the first thing I would do after getting home from school was load up redvsblue.com or achievementhunter.com. Back when the paid subscription was called 'sponsorship' and not 'first' and I only had to wait 30 minutes before the video became public. Back when Ray was going cakeless, back when Monty was the main (and only for a while) animator for the company. But when I allow myself to feel that, I feel guilty. Geoff Ramsey (the creator of AH and voice of Grif) feels like the only genuine founder left, the only one who still cares. I feel that if I let myself become too jaded and cynical about my personal feelings of betrayal by the company, that I've let him down. I still want to love everything that Rooster Teeth is and the content that they create, and I'm proud of them for recently stepping up to the plate and acknowledging their complacency with the rampant racism and sexism within the community and company while also promising to do better. I still want to have that hope that they're still great, that they haven't lived long enough to "see themselves become the villain". But that hope feels fleeting. It feels disingenuous. I used to be proud of my love for them, but now I actively hide the fact that I still watch their content. Rooster Teeth has probably been The Most influential thing in my life, and the thought of leaving that behind is, quite frankly, terrifying. I don't want to abandon something that kept me alive when living was the last thing I wanted to do. I don't feel ready to move on and find a new special interest.

I want to see Geoff continue to succeed. I want to See RWBY achieve the greatness that Monty saw in it from the beginning. I want to witness the new generation of talent on screen and watch them shape and mold the company to be what those of us who have been around for so long know it can be. but holding out that hope feels so incredibly hard. I wish I could talk about this with someone who has been a fan for as long as I have, I wish I had more friends who watched RT at a similar degree as I do, who understand the feelings that I have towards this company with the background that I do. I love that the friends I have now have initially been open to watching their content. I'm incredibly thankful to have friends that were willing to try, even if some of the content isn't their brand of humor or entertainment. I'm thankful that I've learned and grew and I'm not nearly as pushy about it as I used to be. But that sense of maturity comes from the cynicism I developed towards the company in recent years. I'm not as pushy because I'm hesitant to get someone else as hooked as I was, only for them to feel betrayed, like I was. One friend specifically helped me with this. He was kind enough to try and watch Red Vs Blue because he saw how much I loved it, and he made it pretty damn far before deciding that it wasn't for him. I am so proud and thankful for our friendship, and I'm glad to have someone like him in my life, where we can learn these lessons and grow together.

I guess, at the end of the day, I've just gotta sit with these feelings, and continue to be critical while still enjoying the content that this company has to offer, and I'm choosing to hold on to that hope, that hope that they've still got that greatness in them that I saw so much of when I was a kid.