#cmk comments

[no-context-comments]

Yeah I'll add this to the lore

#call me kevin #cmk #out of context #youtube #youtube comments #cmk comments

[jimpickenss]

Anyone else bothered that Kevin played the new harry potter game, and it was sponsored too?

Like I get it, the old games were a meme, and while distasteful, its not like new money was going to JK. This just feels, weird.

Even the comments on the video, I found one person bringing this up in like the top 100 comments. And that had transphobia under it as a reply. Everyone else was excited.

Like, I get that kevin has been queer friendly in the past, but its sometimes jarring that yes, someone being queer friendly and knowledgable about queer issues don't always go hand in hand.

Its not like this feels like betrayal, just disappointment that Kevin isnt as queer friendly as he could be, and that the rest of the community, isnt as safe as the one here.

#call me kevin #cmk #harry potter #transphobia #also like I dont make posts like this much but the reddit/discord are not great places to being up queer issues #and no helpful conversation has ever occured in a youtube comment section #so that leaves tumblr to vent

[roastedinmarch]

i keep thinking i’m done with kevin but i miss his videos sm. i can never go back to watching him, im so disappointed in his apology and i will never feel safe in his community again, but i love his content, i wish the whole thing just never happened.

#cmk #idk i just have a lot to say about it #the more reactions to his apology i read the more disappointed i am in it #it feels like he’s trying to appease his transphobic/racist/antisemetic followers and his trans/jewish/poc followers at the same time #like #if you can’t come out and say support trans people / stop being fucking borderline nazis #i don’t think he really gives a shit at all lmao #at the very least i wish he’d addressed it on youtube #most of the people leaving shitty bigoted comments aren’t even going to see the reddit post #and i’m so sick of people defending him by saying he’s just very offline #the man has an entire massive platform Online #he needs to do the bare minimum research #like?? he’s a youtuber his entire platform is online #i’m probably more upset now than i was when the video originally came out lmao #sold out his trans jewish poc followers for money and then halfassed an apology that was 80% “idk man i just don’t really use social media #also why does he think that because jk didn’t code the game she doesn’t get anything from it?? #like “people can feel it’s not endorsing her directly “ it’s her ip of course it’s fucking endorsing her she gets royalties #and then very publicly says she uses said royalties to fund anti-trans organisations #do people think the second the last movie in the series came out she just stopped getting profit from it??? #she owns the franchise #also can the man stop acting like he’s allergic to the word transgender #fucks sake

[rucow]

i think about this comment a lot (affectionate)

#cmk #using a lot of self control to not dump the dozens and dozens of comments i have saved #this one though. this one sparks joy ♥

[scarbignaturals]

rant about the Callmekevin situation

The fact that Kevin not only played Hogwarts Legacy but was fucking sponsored by WB to play it is honestly appalling. He had all the ability to do a five second google search before deciding to accept that sponsorship but he did it anyways. It’s fucking heartbreaking to see a community that I thought was inclusive and supporting turn into an echo chamber of hate against trans people and fans like me, who just want to see Kevin educate himself and delete the video.

While I understand that he is not the one spewing the hate that most people are talking about in conjunction with the Harry Potter series the fact that he accepted a sponsorship from them is what gets me. If there is a company or series that is widely associated with anti-trans rhetoric and hate you simply don’t associate yourself with them or you will be labelled as supporting of their hate or complicit in it.

So many people who I thought were supportive of transgender people immediately turned their back on the LGBT community as soon as it meant that they had to give up a fucking video game. Trans allyship doesn’t stop at voicing your support it includes the actions you take in helping trans people. Every single transphobe in the CMK community now feels comfortable in voicing their true opinions on LGBT people and , judging from comments and posts, are being extremely loud in them.

I posted one comment on the video in question and received replies calling me slurs. I honestly don’t feel comfortable staying in the CMK community anymore and I know that alot of you guys feel the same way. Until Kevin makes a statement on this situation I’m unsubbing from him.

#ok to rb #I'm sorry but this situation is extremely disheartening and I need to talk about it #I know I haven't posted much about kevin here but he's one of my favorite youtubers and is a large comfort for me #callmekevin

[bigjimbopickens]

About What Happened From Feb 7-9th

Hey everyone, I’m making another post and I promise it will be the last time I talk about this here, unless there’s a huge update. Since last time it was emotionally driven and I wasn’t in a good headspace I thought I would make another now that I’m in a better mental state and can think more clearly.  

For those who don’t want to read this insanely long post, here is a summarized version: February 7th Kevin uploads a sponsored video on Hogwarts Legacy. It brought a lot of transphobia into the community and it turned on each other. On February 9th Kevin wrote an apology on his subreddit and it has a mixed reception. 

With that out of the way I would encourage you to read the full post as I go into more detail, analyze Kevin’s post and also touch on the video itself since I did watch it when it was uploaded. 

Some trigger warnings will be needed for this. 

TW // transphobia and antisemitism mentions, topics on or related to suicide.

Should also mention that I am only trans, not Jewish, so I cannot speak on their behalf. But since HL has heavy antisemitic themes it would be unfair to leave them out of the conversation.

I am documenting this so it is not forgotten and we can learn from it. There may be things I missed and can add if I am informed. This is also all mostly from my perspective as a trans guy who was very active in all sides of the community during this, not just the subreddit or YouTube comments. 

A recap of the situation:

- February 7th at 12pm Pacific Standard Time, the video “Being a bad wizard in Hogwarts Legacy” by Call Me Kevin is uploaded. It is a sponsored video. 

- Within minutes of the video being posted, the comments become very toxic. People express their concern and/or disappointment that Kevin would promote that game to his audience. People in the replies tell them to off themselves or call them 41%ers, referring to the suicide rate of trans people.

- r/CallMeKevin discusses it in the comments of the bot post and the discussion is mostly respectful.

- The hate then spreads far into the community starting with the subreddit.

- A user wrote an open letter to Kevin about all of this and the comments were horribly transphobic with several upvotes and the thread gets locked. 

- People take to twitter to discuss it and fights break out there as well. The amount of tweets covering it makes the situation spread far outside of the community as outsiders also share their thoughts.

- Other subreddits, specifically trans ones, also cover what happened to what was once a safe space for trans people. 

- February 8th, 12 hours after the situation begins, Instagram account cmk_things, which is run by three trans admins, makes a statement. The comments on that post also become horribly transphobic, thus spurring on the hate to the CMK Instagram community. 

- Allegedly, Anna_Chess is also harassed about this. 

- February 9th at 5am PST Kevin makes the subreddit post titled “A letter to the CMK community”. It has a mixed reception with some forgiving him and others not. 

- A much smaller scale fight breaks out between the people most affected by this and people calling them soft for not wanting to immediately accept Kevin’s apology. 

- By the end of the day things begin to finally calm down. The worst of it has ended.

End of timeline, for now (but I hope it doesn’t continue unless it’s positive). 

Needless to say, this entire situation was horrible for everyone involved. I truly don’t want it to happen again and we can all learn something from this, which is why I have documented it. Next I wanted to analyze the post Kevin made to the subreddit.

Kevin’s Apology Post Link to the post if you haven’t seen it: https://www.reddit.com/r/CallMeKevin/comments/10xu9ot/a_letter_to_the_cmk_community/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf  In this section I wanted to touch upon this more since the wording of it confused me at first, but now that I am feeling better mentally I can properly comprehend it. This is all coming from the perspective of a trans man who’s been a very active community member for 3 years and an active viewer for 5 (and also was an A+ English student who did these a lot). I am not meaning to defend him or anything, rather just explaining it from how I see it. It starts off with him saying he is sorry and that he wanted to explain it from his side. In the next one he wrote “I'm not sure how this whole thing was covered in other countries but as someone who does not use social media this boycott was pretty much invisible.” I am from Canada and this pretty much wasn’t covered at all except online in places you’d only see it if you were from a minority the game impacts, so I will give him that. However, you’d think a gaming YouTuber would at least try to keep up with what’s going on in the gaming world. Kevin also wrote “I'm surprised that I've not heard any discussion within my recent streams or on my comment section given the scale of it.” There was discussion of it, though it was usually just one or two comments or were in places Kevin wouldn’t have seen it. During the stream on February 5th there was a conversation in the chat about it that did get missed where someone asked if he was going to play it and people started saying that they hope he doesn’t for obvious reasons. Though I understand why it was likely missed, Kevin wasn’t reading the chat much as he was playing with other people when it happened. In the next paragraph Kevin wrote “I had also heard of there being a boycott of some kind on the game but honestly assumed this was not a big thing, every other day I hear of someone/something being a problem and I just don't engage with that news.” So he admits to hearing about the boycott after saying it was invisible to him? Strange. Sometimes these things aren’t huge issues as the internet does like to blow things out of proportion (I mean, just look at this situation haha) but oftentimes it is serious and should be treated as such. I wouldn’t be surprised if he heard about it early on before the weeks leading up to the launch and made an assessment based off of that, but on the other hand, I still find it really strange how he didn’t know about how serious this was. Again, you’d think a gaming YouTuber would keep up with these things. Other ones I watch do, like RTGame and Kwite/Kwote. “When it comes to boycotts in a general sense I would disagree that buying something is endorsing the view of everyone involved.” Is the first line of the next section. To an extent he is right, not the devs’ fault that Rowling is a shitty person. Though giving your support to things like this gives the companies involved more incentive to continue, which is one of the reasons why the boycott happened. The problem also wasn’t entirely the fact he played it, rather it was the fact he was paid to promote it to his audience of viewers who were impacted by the game and how his community turned on itself. There is another line in this part that I pretty much have the same thing to say about so I won’t repeat myself, but it’s along the lines of “but JK Rowling wasn’t involved.” Kevin then addresses the comments. The first two statements have no issues, he is correct. Not everyone is as informed as others are. In the third one he explains that usually when his videos are promoted to an outside audience it does get more hate than usual. That is pretty standard for YouTube. He then explains that this time the hate was amplified by the situation and he disabled the comments on the video, which is good on him. Kevin ends this section essentially saying he doesn’t support people attacking others for who they are along with his community because “from my experience [the community] have been the most kind and supportive group of people.” I do a little gatekeeping here, I always have. I believe that genuine fans of CMK wouldn’t be transphobic or antisemitic. Though a lot of the bigotry came from inside the community with users who were either active subreddit users, had CMK related usernames and/or pfps or were usernames I recognized from previous kind comments I got on my artwork. I guess it was the 1% Kevin left out when he said 99%. Kevin then explains how he can see why someone would be on either side of this situation, which is probably not the best thing to put in an apology letter to your community after alienating them and, albeit unintentionally, enabling transphobia and antisemitism to go on. It’s not really a good idea to be neutral on things like this as one side will assume you’ve taken the other’s side and vice versa. It’s like he doesn’t want to make a definitive statement. I know he probably didn’t mean it like that but the way he worded it makes it sound like such. The final part is about how he doesn’t want to put out any more hate and apologizes about everything. When I first read it I actually started crying about the last line, probably because I was at my lowest during the situation and it was 5am. I didn’t sleep at all during those two days. The last line was “I'm sorry for any hurt I've caused you, I have felt terrible knowing I've hurt a group that have been nothing but nice to me.” I am glad he said something as I was very worried he was just going to remain silent or only apologize in a reply thread on Twitter where only a few would see it (like last time). Part of me wishes he did a bit more but I’m satisfied with this. I never once believed he would endorse this behaviour nor did I think he was transphobic. He made a huge mistake that has ruined his reputation and the trust his community had, he’s going to have to work hard to rebuild that. I’m a huge believer in that you can accept an apology but not forgive anyone for anything they may have done. I personally did accept the apology but haven’t forgiven him yet. He shouldn’t have done this in the first place and this situation could’ve been avoided. Though once more time passes and things calm down more I imagine I will. I am in a position to make that call, I am a transgender man who was targeted during this situation as I was very vocal about it. Though I’ll return to the community soon, I have projects that I started before the situation that I don’t want to scrap. I’m just glad that the worst of it is over, we can only improve from here. If Kevin is somehow reading this then I have this to say to you: I know I seem harsh but I don’t mean to be, though sometimes the truth hurts. I genuinely hope you learn from this and I know you never meant for this to happen in the first place. You’ve never come across as that type of person to me. For a while I’ve relied on your content and community as an escape from the real world that was nothing but harsh to me because I’m not the perfect cishet neurotypical catholic woman my family wanted. I would’ve hated for it to all end over something like this. Please, don’t let it happen again. I don’t want to see you become known as a YouTuber who prioritized money over real human lives instead of fictional. And also, skill issue tbh.

Not sure what else I expected from my favourite clueless cishet. It’s sad how he is the only YouTuber I watch who did apologize for this. All the others doubled down and I had to unsubscribe. Grateful Kevin didn’t go down that path.

My own apology: Now I want to take some time to apologize for the confusion that I have caused. I will admit I was not okay mentally when I wrote all those things and I said things I didn’t mean. I also understand that my words could’ve been easily misinterpreted, which did happen. I reek of undiagnosed bipolar disorder and I also have autism. I usually try to not let that fuel anything I talk about online but sometimes it gets the best of me. I’m not trying to use that as an excuse, rather it’s an explanation to why it happened. I will do my best to not let it happen again. I’m sorry. The video itself: I did actually watch the video. I wanted to so I could see if there was any mention of the controversy and so I wouldn’t make assumptions. I watched it while in a call on a Discord server I’m in. We all shouted “KEVIN NO” when we got the notification and continued to shout that once I said it was sponsored. The video itself doesn’t have many issues, aside from the obvious. It was an unbiased look at the game and didn’t feel any different from other CMK videos. If I am going to be honest, I would rather have Kevin do a video on it than someone who’s very clearly biased and the “I bought this game to own the libs” type. Though I still preferred there to be no video at all. He’s also not the only Irish Lad to do a video, Terroriser and Nogla also have and I’m not surprised. Its a video I won’t ever be watching again though. The first CMK video I actually hated watching. 

Addressing comments: During this I have gotten many comments and messages as I was very vocal during this and I’m also a fairly well known user. Even if you’ve never heard of me you’ve likely seen the things I’ve done. I wanted to publicly address them as it offers more insight to the situation. The most common one I’ve gotten were things along the lines of “You should’ve seen this coming” because he’s played the other Harry Potter games. Yes, I did see this coming. I knew he was going to play Hogwarts Legacy and I warned people that it would likely cause a divide. I never thought it would be this bad, I thought it would just be an argument on the subreddit again or something. If it was just a regular video that didn’t cause this mess I probably wouldn’t have cared as much. Another was “but Kevin played the other ones, does that mean those are bad too?” No, in fact I used to recommend Kevin’s videos to people who still wanted to consume Harry Potter content without supporting a TERF. I was never into HP growing up but I still loved his videos on it. Those games are old and you can’t buy them new anymore, so him buying them isn’t supporting J.K Rowling. It also wasn’t entirely about the fact he played the game, it’s the fact he was paid to promote it to a community that is harmed by Rowling’s actions and it turned his once kind community horribly transphobic and antisemitic. That was the issue. “But don’t you have more important issues to focus on?” I see where you’re coming from with this but do you think we have that kind of power? Also, what group of people are making these anti-trans laws? Definitely not trans people. We are doing what we can to tackle those issues too, trust me. There’s only so much we can do. I guess it only becomes an issue when it slightly inconveniences you. “Why are you so soft?” “You can’t hold onto this forever.” “He apologized so get over it.” If you’re not trans and/or Jewish you don’t get to make those calls. When I say “trans” I am using it as an umbrella term, it affected every non-cis person in the cult too. What happened was absolutely fucking horrible and it’s understandable to why we aren’t quick to forgive Kevin and the community. We had our trust completely broken and it takes a while to heal from that. You wouldn’t be quick to forgive someone either if this happened to you. What someone does is not up to you to decide, if some choose to never forgive him then that’s their choice and we have to respect it. “I wish he would take down the video though.” I do too, but since it’s a sponsored video he likely can’t as he’s bound by a contract. If he breaches the contract he can be sued and he’s not winning that lawsuit from Warner Brothers. A situation like this has happened before where he took a sponsor from Activision/Blizzard while they were being sued for allowing sexual harassment to go on, so I hope this doesn’t become a continuous pattern. Hopefully he learns his lesson this time.  “But people were harassing him!” Where? Fucking where? I mean sure there may have been a few extreme people but all I saw were people expressing their disappointment and getting called slurs for it. The only people being harassed in this were the people who spoke out. I’ve been sent death threats, told to “join the 41%” and purposely misgendered because people thought I was attacking Kevin. Trans rights, until it means your favourite YouTuber gets criticized for enabling transphobia. “It’s not that big of a deal.” How fucking privileged and/or oblivious are you to see all this happen and go “eh, not a big deal”. As ridiculous as this all was, it was a huge deal. Huge enough to damage Kevin’s reputation online and, well, you know the rest.  And these comments weren’t addressed to me but I thought they were funny. Basically people congratulating Kevin for “not going woke”. Like, the existence of his sims and GTA RP series invalidates your entire sentence. You gotta be new to the channel or something or you think Grognak the Destroyer is cis or Jim Pickens is cishet. I also just hate that phrase, woke. 

As we reach the end of this really long thing I originally typed up at 8pm on a Friday night on a Google doc, I wanted to take a moment to thank a few people. It was a horrible situation for everyone and it reminded me that the genuine fans were still out there. Thank you to my friends and partners who supported me and came to fight for me. Thank you to everyone who sent me kind messages and/or left nice comments on my posts and art. It gave me the hope I needed. I hope someday we can restore the cult to what it once was, but it won’t be an overnight process nor will it be the same again. Despite everything, I stayed behind and watched everything happen so I could document it. If the cult was coming to an end I wanted to be there for it. I’m glad it didn’t. If you don’t want to come back then that’s completely understandable. I think we need to follow Jim’s rules more with the first one being “Be kind to everyone.” The cult was the only safe space I had for the longest time as I grew up in an extremely conservative area with an unaccepting family. I also sorta grew up watching CMK as well, I discovered him when I was 14 and I turn 20 later this year. His sims series was my first exposure to queer content and it made me feel so validated because I thought I was the only one who thought it was weird that guys can only like girls and vice versa. I would roleplay as Jim once with other members of the community and realize that being referred to as a man felt right. The community would pay to draw the characters in maid outfits and fund part of my legal transition. They would always come to defend me whenever bullshit happened because a few users got offended by a pride flag or a fursuit. CMK is a pretty big part of my life and I was very heartbroken when all this happened. Still am. I cried so hard I pulled a muscle somehow, that was neat. It’s poetic in a way that I made the last post on the subreddit before this shitshow happened. What happens before a storm? A warning, usually. I was the warning for the upcoming storm. My arrival in the cult was a prophecy. That or it was just a massive coincidence, that is more likely.  - SnowfallWarning/Big Jimbo Pickens

#call me kevin #callmekevin #cmk

[samsaster]

man im so upset about cmk playing hogwarts lagacy and taking a sponsorship for it.

his community usually is so lovely and he said multiple times that he is really proud of that yet the comments on that video are filled with transphobic and antisemitic shit.

Just disappointed.

#call me kevin #hogwarts legacy

[eroticfriendfictions]

20 Questions for Fic Writers Tag Game

Thanks for the tag @babsvibes!

How many works do you have on ao3? 25

What's your total word count? 88,955

What fandoms do you write for? Currently just The Big Bang Theory, but I've also posted fic for Bob's Burgers, Friends, and Codename: Kids Next Door

Top 5 fics by kudos: Romantic Love and Other Treatments for Jamais Vu Uncommon Examples of Interpersonal Synchrony Collaborative Methods for Hands-Free Stimulation Sleep Tight Advanced Reading for Individuals In Utero

Do you respond to comments? Yes, I usually do.

What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? I don't really write angst. I think the closest I got was Wake Up (from Forget-Me-Nots and Marigolds).

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Probably Romantic Love and Other Treatments for Jamais Vu.

Do you get hate on fics? I have before, but it's been a while.

Do you write smut? Of course. ;)

Do you write crossovers? Not really, but I want to write a Call Me Kat/Big Bang Theory crossover sometime as a sort of wrap-up since CMK got canceled. The only thing holding me back is I feel like I need to rewatch a bunch of episodes first to get it right.

Have you ever had a fic stolen? I don't think so?

Have you ever had a fic translated? No, but that would be cool! I'd give permission to anyone who wanted to.

Have you ever co-written a fic before? Yes! I wrote some stuff with Morda back in the day. I'd consider doing it again. I do currently work with a beta reader on my BBT fics if that sort of counts?

What's your all-time favorite ship? Shamy has a death grip on my heart right now.

What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you will? Uncanny Valleys :(

What are your writing strengths? I've been told I'm good at dialogue and keeping everyone in-character.

What are your writing weaknesses? Plot. It's so much easier for me to write missing-scene type stuff or just a character's inner thoughts during canon events. Sort of going along with that, I'm awful at writing anything lengthy. I'll get to like 1000 words and be like 'okay yep I've said everything I wanted to say.'

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language? I don't think I ever really have? I feel like if I do it will end up being Klingon lol.

First fandom you wrote for? First ever? Recess. First that was published on a fic site? Codename: Kids Next Door.

Favorite fic you've ever written? Romantic Love and Other Treatments for Jamais Vu my beloved <3

#tagged #fanfiction

[a-kind-of-merry-war]

I was disappointed in the Kevin thing too but someone linked me his reddit post about it and I get it, if you’re never on social media you might just *not know* so here’s the link https://www.reddit.com/r/CallMeKevin/comments/10xu9ot/a_letter_to_the_cmk_community/

Ohh, thank you for sending me this! I totally agree with that one commenter who says he should post this on YT too, I only see him there and not anywhere else so would have totally missed this otherwise.

I don't necessarily agree with everything he says but I'm glad he's addressed this and isn't gonna post any more of it. CMK seems like a really nice bloke and his Minecraft videos are my go-to lunchtime watch, so it's nice to know he's not a massive shithead, he was just ignorant and has tried to educate himself.

[inachevees]

12/05/2023

Dans Le Ciel de Nantes Christophe Honoré écrit les didascalies à la première personne, lui-même étant personnage de la pièce, et partie prenante.

Je n’écris pas d’article pour le journal ces derniers jours. Pas envie, malgré la nécessité d’avoir de l’argent à la fin du mois pour payer loyer charges électricité manger etc. Je prends ma semaine. J’ai pris ma semaine à travailler sur la pièce. Je n’avais pas écrit grand-chose depuis longtemps. Oui, j’avais relu, corrigé, mais rien écrit de consistant. Ça me rassure sur le fait que c’est encore possible, je peux encore, et des choses nouvelles.

Hier soir, minuit. Guillermo m’appelle. Il est arrivé sur son chantier, il y restera deux mois. J’irai, début juin. Hier soir je suis chez lui. Il dit qu’il trouve ça bizarre. Je dis moi aussi ça me fait bizarre. Il redit non, ça me fait pas bizarre, je trouve ça bizarre. Être chez lui alors que lui est à plus de mille kilomètres. Je m’allonge sur le lit, comme lui de l’autre côté. Il voit que je porte son jogging en guise de pyjama. Je lui mens un peu, je dis que je passe chez lui seulement comme ça, parfois je dors quand c’est plus simple. Je ne lui dis pas que je lui ai acheté une chaise pour son bureau, pour remplacer celle qu’il avait déjà, complètement défoncée. J’ai acheté cette chaise pour moi, aussi, un peu, pour quand je suis chez lui. Je lui ai menti en disant que je ne mangeais pas chez lui. Non, je passe, c’est tout. J’ai honte. (J’en profite pour lui raconter à nouveau mon séjour dans la chambre d’Antonin il y a deux mois et ce garçon que j’ai fait monter pour une minute, pensant innocemment qu’on allait repartir tout de suite, puis cette honte quand je l’ai dit à Antonin, quand j’ai dit que j’avais ramené un gars chez lui sans lui demander — une honte que je ressens toujours aujourd’hui.) Chez la psy j’ai eu honte, aussi, en quelque sorte. D’où mon rire nerveux pendant la séance que j’ai essayé de faire cesser en continuant à parler de choses tristes, rire qui est revenu en sortant du cabinet, sur tout le trajet retour sous la pluie. Ce lapsus ridicule, mère/mort, « c’est ma mort qui me l’a appris… ma mère, pardon ». Et sur France 5, Didier Eribon parle de la mort de sa mère. Et ce matin, CMK de passage à Toulouse me dit qu’il a regardé son passage à la télévision, et qu’il risque de faire pareil avec sa mère, ou son père je ne sais plus, mettre son parent à l’EHPAD. Il me raconte ses problèmes avec Gallimard, grand ministère de l’édition aux comités de lecture tout puissants (là, c’est moi qui parle). On critique l’esthétique déplorable des couvertures dans l’édition française actuelle. À Ombres Blanches, on énumère, entre les rayons. Son passage par ici me rappelle à quel point Paris m’appelle — et mon désir profond d’y vivre, malgré tout. Comment dire à Guillermo que j’ai dû retourner le coussin pour dormir parce qu’il avait encore le parfum de sa mère. Je retourne à ma pièce.

[no-context-comments]

#vampires #call me kevin #out of context #youtube #youtube comments #cmk comments

[jimpickenss]

So Kevin has decided to post a reply:

Im not quiet sure how to collect my thoughts but after reading through it a few times:

Its more of a defense then an apology, and, its not a very good defense

He doesnt mention the transphobia or antisemitism by name. Which means he still doesnt understand exactly why people were hurt.

He doesn't think buying something means you are making endorsement of others views, but what about taking a sponsorship and making money off of it?

He doesn't address that this was a sponsored game, that he was sponsored to play a game that is surrounded in controversy, and that his defense at best is "Im too much of a hermit to care to look into who pays me money"

Which again, is irresponsible at best, and at worst, means he will probably fuck up like this again.

All in all, its annoying to see how many people are patting him on the back and saying shit like "I knew kevin had good intentions, his cluelessness is excusable".

I personally cant use my one lifetime to spend energy on people who I have proof that they would sell out the queer/jewish community for some cash.

#call me kevin #cmk #what does this mean for this blog? #i may post rtgame stuff here still #and eventually change the name/cover art #or not #it may end up rotting here #all in all to premeptively cut off anyone who may say to go touch grass #i was touching grass while writing this #tumblr mobile is a thing #/jk #but in all seriousness #dont waste mental energy on people who have broken your trust #kevin isnt a friend of mine - hes a youtuber #i dont need to forgive a youtuber after a fuck up if they dont give an apology good enough indicate that they may change

[roastedinmarch]

kevin apologised on reddit, if anyone’s interested. i don’t think i’ll ever go back to watching his content tbh, but an apology’s something.

#cmk #call me kevin #callmekevin #like it’s great he apologised but i can’t get over him not even bothering to look up a game before accepting a sponsorship #and i doubt he’ll take the video down #and no matter how much he apologises or donates it won’t make up for the transphobia he’s allowed in his community #people have said the most vile shit because he’s never spoken about it #and even if i and other trans people forgive him it doesn’t change that his community has become incredibly unsafe for trans people #his apology isn’t going to stop people calling us slurs and 41%ers

[rucow]

crying bc i didn't even notice that cmk has hearted two of my comments last night 🥺

#txt #i always leave only positive comments so im glad he sees them and appreciates them :) #i won't let him forget how much the community rly appreciates and cares him >:/

[transseandiaz]

JWIN CMK-1061 or JWIN MK-1261B?

I'll buy a Org and I have a low budget so I am considering to buy one of these, which one should I buy?

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[bigjimbopickens]

So Kevin has made a statement on the subreddit

I’ve taken down my post as I don’t think it needs to be up for any longer. I will take back what I said.

I’m very glad he didn’t choose to remain silent on this. He had a lot of people worried. I would’ve hated to see this be the downfall of the channel and community.

That being said, I’m not ready to return yet. I need time to recover. Everything happened so quickly and it overwhelmed me to the point I had stopped functioning. I will come back when I’m ready.

The worst of it is over. We can only go up from here.

#callmekevin #call me kevin #cmk