Hello everyone! One last update post because I have a couple of things (both good and meh) that I want to talk about really quick.
Good news first! My most recent video is the first of mine to reach an incredible 1,000 views! (which I do believe is more that Detective has ever gotten. maybe he needs to stop handing out content advice) Thank you so much to everyone. I could have never dreamed to hit this milestone so soon. I felt on top of the world when I saw that number, and I await that feeling many times in the future. My videos were also successful with a couple of their goals. I did spread awareness of Detective bad management. And, even if it was a bad response, Detective did feel the need to acknowledge my criticisms of him publicly. In addition to this, I also got to the truth of what DIY actually did. (that was never an intention on my part as it was never a goal to expose her. the chips just so happened to fall that way) If left to Detective, he would still have everybody believing that she tried her best. Which, is obviously not true. Unfortunately (or maybe not considering how bad his last response was), Detective has not acknowledged my most recent video about him publicly in anyway. Or at least I've never heard anything about it. And at this point he probably never will. If he does, it won't happen anytime soon. If this were the first video, "Taking A Stand", I wouldn't care. That video holds up on its own and rings true regardless of a response of not. But my most recent video does debunk the misinformation he was proudly spreading on his Twitter account with no issue. Both the information in favor of DIY and against me. So I find it questionable that he can pump out 2 responses for a video that didn't require one, yet he can't respond when I not only asked him to, but he also has an obligation to tell the truth to his audience. Its funny how he thought it was cool to paint me as heartless after that first video, but now when I come back at him he's not as confident any more. Even when Andrew came after me, I was quite shocked that he stopped after only 2 tweets. He talked such a big game but he didn't even last 3 days. Recall how Detective also said that he would defend and protect his friends against people who would attack them. Hope Andrew wasn't looking for any backup from Detective because radio silence from him again (or maybe that time doesn't count because Andrew started it). The only thing Detective hasn't contradicted is protecting DIY based on an imaginary scenario. Its almost as if Detective and his friends don't have any backbone, and now that they've come against someone who is smart enough to combat their ideas and brave enough to stand up for themselves, they tuck their tails and run scared. It's not drama that they hate. They hate confrontation.
But personal issues aside, I don't want the cause of this conflict to be forgotten. The way Detective and his cohorts act undercut the true severity of what DIY did. The nature of this problem cannot be understated. I would like to remind everyone that the reason we are here is because DIY Arts kept a predator in her discord server and Detective agreed with me in private that he would not have her in his public Discord server or stream with her. Detective then walked back on that statement 8 days later. He was aware that DIY is a risk. He claimed that she was on watch. He believed that what she did was wrong. And he ignored that to stream UNO with her. He actively continued to promote her when he did not know the full extent of what happened himself. He risked the safety of his community for one singular person. "Redemption" is not an excuse for endangering people. Detective does not even have the resources to offer redemption to people. Detective has admitted multiple times that he struggles mentally. He is not in the right head space to redeem people. I've seen where actions like this lead. Typically, there's no good that comes from letting these people back in to our communities. A second chance doesn't have to mean allowing people their same position in the community that they had previously. It could be amending mistakes against the people they've hurt behind the scenes. This could be giving up their position of power in the community to move on to other things. This doesn't have to follow DIY wherever she goes. Life goes on outside of the Sonic community. But because of sacrifices that she won't make and her support system refusing to hold her to a higher standard, this is something that became publicized. No matter how much Detective wants to ignore it, this will come back. If he continues making content, eventually he's going to make another mistake, he's going to make someone else mad at him. That's not me being negative, that's just the way people work. When/If that happens, my videos are gonna be found and bring the situation back up again. I wish no ill will against Detective, DIY, or Andrew. That's not an energy I carry in my heart. All I want is for my communities to prosper. For that to happen, I do believe that we should rid our communities of bad actors (DIY Arts in this instance) and people who will enable that behavior (Detective and his friend group). At this point, I would say do not interact with DIY, Detective, and whoever else continues to enable this behavior publicly or behind the scenes. They have decided that this is the hill they want to die on. Since they want to live in their dreamland, I see no reason why the rest of the should engage with their deranged echo chamber. I know I still have more to prove of myself. I have plenty more work to do to become a respected community figure. But I refuse to sit idly while knowing that I hold information that Detective purposefully withheld because he was too cowardly to face the fact that people will disagree with him. I do not regret speaking out against what Detective has done. True improvement, true change for the better won't happen unless we take a stand. And, at least for me, I'm choosing to fight for a brighter tomorrow, today.
Victory Lap done, now we can talk about the channel going forward! No, I'm not becoming a drama channel (sorry).
I do have another speed draw planned for this weekend. It is Splatoon themed (Listen guys, I want to make Sonic stuff. Really I do. But it's not MY fault third kits dropped AND there's a special Splatfest). Other than that, now that I have more confidence in myself, I want to focus on more creative content. I think I want to pivot to more discussion focused videos. At the moment it looks like I'm gonna rewrite that Sonic Prime video I've had sitting around for over a year at this point. If I'm lucky maybe it will grace all of us with its completion. I want to actually work on improving at animating, so maybe I'll do some animated stuff. Idk we'll see if Procreate Dreams hates me or not.
In the meantime I do intend on doing a channel update. Which means I'm making a new profile picture! (woo) I'm also going to completely overhaul the channel banner too. I've been trying to study art a bit more so everything I make doesn't look like garbage. Hopefully I can apply enough of what I've learned, so I don't have to make any changes anytime soon.
We've grown so much in such a short amount of time. I was going to do something to celebrate hitting 50 subscribers, but forget any planning because I didn't even notice until I hit 60 (and then we past that too). Maybe I'll still do something, but for now I hope this little scribble will suffice. If anyone has any ideas, I'm open to suggestions. Thank you again to everyone who has been so supportive to me. Thank you and welcome to all of my new viewers as well. (I hope you enjoy yourselves and stick around for a while <3). This is just the beginning for me and I look forward to seeing where the future leads.
LayMelody
Hello everyone! One last update post because I have a couple of things (both good and meh) that I want to talk about really quick.
Good news first! My most recent video is the first of mine to reach an incredible 1,000 views! (which I do believe is more that Detective has ever gotten. maybe he needs to stop handing out content advice) Thank you so much to everyone. I could have never dreamed to hit this milestone so soon. I felt on top of the world when I saw that number, and I await that feeling many times in the future. My videos were also successful with a couple of their goals. I did spread awareness of Detective bad management. And, even if it was a bad response, Detective did feel the need to acknowledge my criticisms of him publicly. In addition to this, I also got to the truth of what DIY actually did. (that was never an intention on my part as it was never a goal to expose her. the chips just so happened to fall that way) If left to Detective, he would still have everybody believing that she tried her best. Which, is obviously not true. Unfortunately (or maybe not considering how bad his last response was), Detective has not acknowledged my most recent video about him publicly in anyway. Or at least I've never heard anything about it. And at this point he probably never will. If he does, it won't happen anytime soon. If this were the first video, "Taking A Stand", I wouldn't care. That video holds up on its own and rings true regardless of a response of not. But my most recent video does debunk the misinformation he was proudly spreading on his Twitter account with no issue. Both the information in favor of DIY and against me. So I find it questionable that he can pump out 2 responses for a video that didn't require one, yet he can't respond when I not only asked him to, but he also has an obligation to tell the truth to his audience. Its funny how he thought it was cool to paint me as heartless after that first video, but now when I come back at him he's not as confident any more. Even when Andrew came after me, I was quite shocked that he stopped after only 2 tweets. He talked such a big game but he didn't even last 3 days. Recall how Detective also said that he would defend and protect his friends against people who would attack them. Hope Andrew wasn't looking for any backup from Detective because radio silence from him again (or maybe that time doesn't count because Andrew started it). The only thing Detective hasn't contradicted is protecting DIY based on an imaginary scenario. Its almost as if Detective and his friends don't have any backbone, and now that they've come against someone who is smart enough to combat their ideas and brave enough to stand up for themselves, they tuck their tails and run scared. It's not drama that they hate. They hate confrontation.
But personal issues aside, I don't want the cause of this conflict to be forgotten. The way Detective and his cohorts act undercut the true severity of what DIY did. The nature of this problem cannot be understated. I would like to remind everyone that the reason we are here is because DIY Arts kept a predator in her discord server and Detective agreed with me in private that he would not have her in his public Discord server or stream with her. Detective then walked back on that statement 8 days later. He was aware that DIY is a risk. He claimed that she was on watch. He believed that what she did was wrong. And he ignored that to stream UNO with her. He actively continued to promote her when he did not know the full extent of what happened himself. He risked the safety of his community for one singular person. "Redemption" is not an excuse for endangering people. Detective does not even have the resources to offer redemption to people. Detective has admitted multiple times that he struggles mentally. He is not in the right head space to redeem people. I've seen where actions like this lead. Typically, there's no good that comes from letting these people back in to our communities. A second chance doesn't have to mean allowing people their same position in the community that they had previously. It could be amending mistakes against the people they've hurt behind the scenes. This could be giving up their position of power in the community to move on to other things. This doesn't have to follow DIY wherever she goes. Life goes on outside of the Sonic community. But because of sacrifices that she won't make and her support system refusing to hold her to a higher standard, this is something that became publicized. No matter how much Detective wants to ignore it, this will come back. If he continues making content, eventually he's going to make another mistake, he's going to make someone else mad at him. That's not me being negative, that's just the way people work. When/If that happens, my videos are gonna be found and bring the situation back up again. I wish no ill will against Detective, DIY, or Andrew. That's not an energy I carry in my heart. All I want is for my communities to prosper. For that to happen, I do believe that we should rid our communities of bad actors (DIY Arts in this instance) and people who will enable that behavior (Detective and his friend group). At this point, I would say do not interact with DIY, Detective, and whoever else continues to enable this behavior publicly or behind the scenes. They have decided that this is the hill they want to die on. Since they want to live in their dreamland, I see no reason why the rest of the should engage with their deranged echo chamber. I know I still have more to prove of myself. I have plenty more work to do to become a respected community figure. But I refuse to sit idly while knowing that I hold information that Detective purposefully withheld because he was too cowardly to face the fact that people will disagree with him. I do not regret speaking out against what Detective has done. True improvement, true change for the better won't happen unless we take a stand. And, at least for me, I'm choosing to fight for a brighter tomorrow, today.
Victory Lap done, now we can talk about the channel going forward! No, I'm not becoming a drama channel (sorry).
I do have another speed draw planned for this weekend. It is Splatoon themed (Listen guys, I want to make Sonic stuff. Really I do. But it's not MY fault third kits dropped AND there's a special Splatfest). Other than that, now that I have more confidence in myself, I want to focus on more creative content. I think I want to pivot to more discussion focused videos. At the moment it looks like I'm gonna rewrite that Sonic Prime video I've had sitting around for over a year at this point. If I'm lucky maybe it will grace all of us with its completion. I want to actually work on improving at animating, so maybe I'll do some animated stuff. Idk we'll see if Procreate Dreams hates me or not.
In the meantime I do intend on doing a channel update. Which means I'm making a new profile picture! (woo) I'm also going to completely overhaul the channel banner too. I've been trying to study art a bit more so everything I make doesn't look like garbage. Hopefully I can apply enough of what I've learned, so I don't have to make any changes anytime soon.
We've grown so much in such a short amount of time. I was going to do something to celebrate hitting 50 subscribers, but forget any planning because I didn't even notice until I hit 60 (and then we past that too). Maybe I'll still do something, but for now I hope this little scribble will suffice. If anyone has any ideas, I'm open to suggestions. Thank you again to everyone who has been so supportive to me. Thank you and welcome to all of my new viewers as well. (I hope you enjoy yourselves and stick around for a while <3). This is just the beginning for me and I look forward to seeing where the future leads.
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