I didn't want to suggest it. But it is hard to read that any other way.
Edit: Also that Captain America gif... Beard will be crawling along the walls keeping his head down if he ever sees a courtroom again.
Having never seen a superhero movie since Iron Man, what's the significance of that Captain America GIF?
The biggest different between then and now is really MeToo. While years ago Vic brushed it off, he couldn't this time and got 'fired'. Which is why I said Vic basically had no career, but I guess I should have added not in the near future and I was talking about the current. Not him being accused years ago.
That isn't quite right for the case we're dealing with either. It wasn't that the accusers weren't believed per se. There was plenty of talk around Funimation's office about it and we've even had someone go on record about physical security measures being put in place to protect staff from Vic.
The real issue was that Funimation's owner was a friend and supporter to Vic, and as the one with all of the power, the decision fall upon him regardless of what the public sentiments are. The most direct reason for Vic being booted is that Funimation was bought by Sony, and with the new owners not having that special relationship, Vic no longer had special protections.
#MeToo was probably a factor in setting a climate wherein Sony is encouraged to act. But in the real world, this is how a lot of serial predators are able to continue unpunished for years. There is an establishment around that allows them to do it even when it's known. That's a reality that is far older and has a much wider reach than #MeToo, and when the version of #MeToo that you recognize - it originally started in the black community before being picked up by white celebrities - gained notoriety it was because it was finally bringing down people who had long been protected by the Hollywood establishment.
Of course, this is the same situation that had protected Bill Cosby an R. Kelly for a long time. They also had an establishment defending them.
The next part isn't really about you or even this case so I'm hoping it comes across as thought-provoking rather than hostile. But the fear of #MeToo is also far more widespread than any particular ethnic community, with even articles in Japan noting how men feel afraid to talk t women now. Overal, the fear is less grounded in realities than in discomfort at being held to any kin of standard of behaviour whatsoever; sexual assault is one of the harder crimes to pursue legally due to high burden of proof in criminal cases and the difficulty of producing evidence from behaviour presenting itself as normal social interaction. But abusers have always liked to frame themselves as victims because victims are the ones who gain sympathy.
