Right so in his case him and a lot of other content creators who focus religiously on this, it's a money/influence kind of thing. They know what they're doing, they're targeting people in this outrage mob thing just to get clicks and support. Happens every time there's something dumb like this and people always laugh it all the way to the bank.
Nerd culture has always had a bit of a problem from the very start as it was always for "nerds"
true, personally I've never really thought of myself as a 'nerd' or 'geek' or anything really, labeling myself based on a few of my interests always seemed like something that would only serve to restrict my view of myself and others
I sure as hell don't. Most anime fans can't even name the person who voices Goku much less name the voice of Broly and then on top of that even more of them refuse to watch dubbed versions and prefer subs. This is a vocal minority, and also a really small minority at that. They're loud sure but all it really is is they're internet savvy and know how to make it look like they're popular but they ain't shit.
Nerd culture comes with its own built-in victim complex, for historic cultural reasons, and victim complexes can be very, very easy to massage into far right beliefs.
It's certainly making me uncomfortable with the company I share r/AnimeDubs with. The amount of Vic stans in the thread about the lawsuit there is depressing as fuck.
It's always been there, the only reason it seems worse now is because the internet allows it to be seen. I think it's important to remember that these people are in the minority, they are just extremely loud and practically make it their jobs to be loud about this stuff online. Look at the Vic stans on twitter, they practically tweet about this nonstop all day.
No. If all the good people bail then you leave the trash behind and prove that point.
I would feel sorry for the people who were touched by his performance in FMA.
It's frustrating. I think back to catching late night reruns of FMA episodes on Adult Swim as my gateway into anime. It's easily my favorite anime. I love Edward Elric's character and I definitely attribute some of that to Vic's performance. Don't know if I can separate the art from the person though.
I used to like his Tamaki. I also used to like Todd's role in that show. Barely watch dubs these days but Ouran was one of my favorite dubs, so much so that I used to prefer it to the sub. And to some extent I still really admire a few of the cast members, especially Michael Tatum, Ayers, and Monica. So it breaks my heart that I'll probably not be able to watch the Ouran dub again without feeling disgust in a way. They say "separate the voice from the voice actor" but after what Vic and Todd have pulled? I don't think I can do that.
Todd assaulted and raped a female cosplayer named Jessie Pridemore after getting her drunk. Pridemore talked about how she was assaulted by Todd when not mentioning his name, and ended the story by saying Vic, who was aware of the assault, mocked her by making a rather insensitive joke about her and todd. Todd then later outed himself as the assailant in her story and claimed it was consensual. A third party who was present before the assault came out in favor of Jessie's story, saying that she was too drunk to consent. Heard Todd is suing Jessie but no confirmation yet. his actions are pretty gross and I believe that Jessie was telling the truth. Todd himself doesn't even like Vic, someone leaked a screenshot of him mocking Vic for having a 30+ year younger girlfriend, he's possibly banding with Vic's lawyers from what I hear because he's vindictive against Jessie. But he outed himself when Jessie kept his identity anonymous so I fail to see how he could win in a court of law.
Actually if he did, that would really risk getting this lawsuit in the mainstream media since they follow Musk around like nothing else which I'm sure he doesn't want.
Nerd culture has always been like that since the beginning. When "nerds" wrap their whole life around that identity.
