That Is Fucked Up. Like, Genuinely Messed Up.

That is fucked up. Like, genuinely messed up.

The merch got worse

I never posted two times a day about the same thing but I’m just gonna leave that here.

It just feels gross to sexualize the guy whose hypersexuality is the result of sexual assault, if you want more proof that Viv just doesn't give a crap about victims, then I don’t know what to show you. And seriously, now we’re making jokes about the fact that Angel can’t say no?

Simple answer? Money. It's probably less expensive to recolor a figure and call it a day than it is to make a whole new one. They were probably thinking, "What character can we recolor that make sense? Oh wait, didn't Alastor have a shadow form or something? We should do that!"

Was it a good idea? No, yeah, no. Sorry, no. Is it going to save vivsipop money? Probably. If I'm being completely honest, from a marketing standpoint, it makes sense. Companies do that all the time, but it does show a certain amount of laziness, and the want for money overshadowing the want to truly please the audience. If that makes sense.

Anyway, that's just my opinion on the situation. Still kinda messed up, though.

Another failed merch

Regarding Alastor’s new figurine, I perfectly understand what they were trying to do, it was supposed to be Alastor’s Shadow or something.

But, they don't look alike at all, the shadow doesn't have eyes or teeth and the antlers are supposed to be bigger. If they wanted to make a figurine of it, they should have given it a more malicious expression and a different pose. Otherwise it’d feel like buying the same thing but recolored.

They could have made those neons' red/blue eyes and mouths to reference the pilot and it could glow in the dark.

It just looks odd to do that, especially regarding what happened recently with the blackface.

But why do we even need an Alastor shadow figurine when it’s not even a character, it’s an asset to give more “mystery” to Alastor, most people who watched the show don’t pay attention to it. Why didn't Vaggie, who’s a much more important character, have a figurine?

This is so cute!

QuillSketch

This is so unfortunate. It really sucks that Viv is treating her artists this way.

Throwback to when Viv was pissed that someone who worked on the pilot asked for credit for them and someone else before swiftly deleting her tweet.

Omg! This is adorable!

I'm having thoughts..

I mean, what do I even say at this point? I feel like, at this point, my feelings towards this show and Viv have transcended hate. This is not okay. The way Viv acts is not okay, and the way everything is handled in the show is not okay. This show is harmful, and so is Vivsipop.

🧍‍♀️ I hate it here (CW-mentions of abuse & other forms of abuse)

That youtooz description for Angel Dust is absolutely vile. Literally poking fun at his abusive situation & I saw that a lot of comments saying "WeLL ThAts tHe PloT".

Yeah the plot was sexual abuse & here's a "quirky" box description reiterating Angel's very soul is owned by Valentino his abuser, has no agency or choice to "say no matter how many", how many what. How many times he's assaulted at work, how many times he wants to say no to sex scenes & just let's whatever happen to him, how many times Valentino sexually abuses him.

Also for the love of all above, its a really glaring issue how many MINORS in this fandom stan Valentino & find Angel Dust & extent his "relationship" with Valentino, again is a relationship of physical abuse, mental abuse & sexual abuse... alluring, fetishising it & all focus is on the abuser, Valentino.

Like this user (DO NOT IF YOU FIND THEM HARRASS THEM they're a minor & I censored them for good reason DO NOT!)

Like these tweets speak for themselves. They have a level of sympathy for Angel Dust, but its in a fetishistic way. "Oh no poor Angie how crule, but also Valentino...yippee". All focus is really on Valentino or brought back to him.

I don't blame this user in all extent. Yes what they're doing is vile but what does one expect when Angel Dust's trauma was storyboarded by Raphielle who has a rape ship between Angel and Valentino, a rape fetish aswell (irl its cnc in their work its not & that fetish got showcased on a show supposedly showing the trauma of a victim of sexual abuse). Vivienne is buddy-budy with him, gave her blessing for him specifically to storyboard Angel's abuse in the music sequence.

It was showcased as a fetish & people are starting to fetish it, that was the whole point.

And its continuing like in this youtooz figure. I'm sickened, I hate it here.