#fuck Ryan Haywood and fuck 2020

[seeminglyseph]

Watching the “Why We Were Here” stream and having like so many feelings. There have been highs and lows but like… Rooster Teeth and associated companies definitely has been like a lot for me in the past. I haven’t watched a lot of their stuff for years, but like. A few years ago it was super important to me, and like people worked hard for it. Some bad actors and a corporate overlord destroying the thing is so shitty, that one fic I wrote that has a really long word count for me and like was the first major project I ever fully finished in its own way like, really still means a lot to me?

And so like. Idk. I know it’s a complicated mixed bag for RT and associated but like. And I was never *in* the community, I’m like. Not the kind of person who gets in with main communities of fandoms or whatever a lot, but I really feel like smaller companies and stuff are special and like. Rooster Teeth is a loss, warts and all. I think the fault is Warner Brothers for a lot of stuff, like a lot of failings would be things they could learn and grow from. Like people can learn and grow and should have a chance to learn and grow. The loss of that chance is a tragedy kinda.

That’s kinda what it all feels like, whatever everyone feels like for the past mistakes for me, like… that loss of like. Opportunity for change and growth is the tragedy. Because like. Yeah they’ve had a lot of really public failures in the past and like that sucks, but I don’t think that means that there’s only other companies out there who haven’t failed. There’s just probably more companies who have hidden their failures better, or didn’t even bother to take those chances.

The fucked up, but also like. I feel like they’re people who have tried to break ground and fucked up because they haven’t always *known* the right thing, but as they’ve learned from their failures they’ve tried their best to grow and learn and change. There’s only so much a group of people can do under corporate mandates.

And like. It’s weird to have followed a lot of this since my teens in some way. Like I really watched RvB in high school. That was 2003 I think. I have up to like season 15 on DVD. I like. Got really parasocial for a while when I was young and I think I snapped out during 2020 and is part of why I try really hard work on my divide of personal feelings for creators because of how much I didn’t know how to deal with the Ryan Haywood drama mostly because in retrospect I didn’t have anyone willing to talk to me about it and I didn’t know how to feel about caring about an entertainer and then abruptly dealing with being repulsed by everything about him and then when I tried to talk to someone about it I was directly told “just get over it, it’s not serious, you don’t know him or anything.” And in retrospect I now realize my friend was just a bitch and it was fully reasonable to feel fucked up by that, it made a lot of comfort content impossible to watch and shook the whole company for a while. That was partially a personal thing, but. The long and short is still just. There’s so much here that is a loss of potential growth.

[saintofpride201]

As fucked up as RT is, I'm gonna have to give them kudos for axing Ryan Haywood on the spot as soon as they learned of his bullshit. Adult Swim knew that Justin Roiland had abused the woman he was with AND imprisoned her back in 2020, and didn't cut ties until recently when everyone found out about his OTHER crimes involving underage girls.

RT got so much shit for Haywood even after they took responsibility as soon as they learned what he did, but Adult Swim isn't even remotely getting shit on as much as RT did even though they knew for 3 whole years what Roiland did.

[treh-co]

Who You Should Fight: Achievement Hunter

Geoff Ramsey: You could, but like. Look at him. He doesn't care. He's tired. Why would you

Jack Patillo: Absolutely not. Not only would it make no sense because he's one of the nicest people in the world, but he could also knock you out in like two seconds

Gavin Free: Oh you could 100% fight Gavin, he has the structural integrity of a toothpick. The hard part would be catching him first

Michael Jones: See if we were talking 2015 Michael??? Fuck no he's like the embodiment of feral New Jersey rage. As for present day Michael, you still probably shouldn't. He'd just care way less. Like he'd still lay you out but he'd just do it so he can get it Over With

Lindsay Jones: Are you fucking kidding me. Lindsay Jones is a being of immeasurable power. She's given birth twice and deals with the AH guys for a living. She fears no mortal

Jeremy Dooley: Obviously not??? Have you SEEN Jeremy. Literally that's it that all I have to say on this. He Would Destroy You

Matt Bragg: I mean you could, but I can't see him putting up much of a fight. Like you could beat him up but it wouldn't be very satisfying

Trevor Collins: Fuck dude sure but again???? Why??? Look at him. He's doing his best. He doesn't want to fight you. He already has to deal with the entire AH office he has enough problems

Alfredo Diaz: We haven't seen enough of his physical prowess for me to make a full assertion on his stats but I'm gonna call it a hard maybe. He's from San Francisco so he probably knows how to throw a punch. Proceed at your own risk

Fiona Nova: Fiona would kill you in .4 seconds without remorse

#yes i made one of these posts in 2020. fuck you #achievement hunter #rtah #geoff ramsey #jack patillo #ryan haywood #gavin free #michael jones #lindsay jones #jeremy dooley #matt bragg #trevor collins #alfredo diaz #fiona nova #ghost.txt

[kayluh1915]

The audacity. He'd been doing the same thing for years when he made this """""""joke."""""""

I'm nauseous. 🤢

What a vile and morally bankrupt human being.

Subtitles can be found here.

#kayla's ramblings #achievement hunter #ryan haywood #the great leaking of 2020 #fucking disgraceful #Youtube

[vaxildanswhisper]

The only men I trust anymore are the McElroys. I am so tired.

#mbmbam #ryan haywood #he was my fav for like 6 years and now i dont know what to do man #the mcelroys #fuck 2020

[appleoftheireye]

Idk if anyone caught this or maybe it just stuck out to me but. The way she talked about her finsta at around 7? mins did it sound to anyone else like she was part of an “in” crowd? Like she was talking with other people who were sending pics to other RT folks, because she made it sound like she thought she was the only one sending pics to Ryan. But there was something about the way she said “if you’re unaware there was a culture there where if you were lucky enough to sleep with one of the members” that makes me think he wasn’t the only one.

So idk take that as you will but that’s just something that stood out to me about her video, and this whole thing, and it’s really not sitting right with me

#ryan haywood #achievement hunter #roosterteeth #adam kovic #rt #ah #also the way she talked at 8mins is literally just breaking my heart for her #what the fuck #what the fuuuuck #can 2020 take any more hahaha #i know we shouldnt put people on pedestels but damn dude this WHOLE thing broke my heart #i looked up to him man #tess video

[ineffablebuddies]

I don’t regret initially defending Ryan - I do believe in innocent until proven guilty - but I think he’s pretty decisively been proven guilty now. But the misinformation and the ease at which it spread at the start really obscured things for a lot of people and has made this even harder.  There’s still a lot we don’t know. But considering the manner in which Ah are reacting, who would know a lot more being at the centre of this, I think it’s safe to say that the details that will eventually come out aren’t going to make anything seem better.  I hate that he is a father. I wish he was just a guy without a family who screwed up; I don’t want to think about his two kids going through this or what they’re going to grow up with. And I hate that Ryan presented himself as a ‘dad’, like even in haunter he’d bring that persona up, and on his streams he’d present himself in such a homely manner and I’m like fuck you. Fuck you for what is clearly a lie that he deliberately concocted. 

I hate that I can think about Laurie saying “don’t bring shame to the family.” I hate that he was ‘yes dear’ haywood for so long. I hate that the only things we know about her are filtered through him and we know what a fucking liar he is now. I just feel so bad for his family. 

THe kids are too young to understand, they’ll just want a dad, and that fucking devastates me.  I hate too that he had such good relationships with others in AH, and outside, and now I’m thinking about the pain they’re going through. And that weird twist of anguish you have when someone you love does something terrible.  I hate that despite it all I feel for him, even though I know I shouldn’t. THat I can’t help but wish none of this had come out, that it doesn’t seem like there was anything good to be gained from this, that it’s just shit and there’s no silver lining to this whole mess. I hate that I want to blame the victim and not him. I hate hate hate that part of me wishes it was more severe/illegal so that we wouldn’t have this lingering ‘but it wasn’t that bad’ thing going on. i hate that I’m still concerned about him - wondering if he’ll kill himself, wondering what he could possibly do. I hate that I have empathy for him, because he presented himself in such a way for years, and I hate that I want to cling to the hope of redemption and change. I hate that its tainted so much and taken so much away. I hate that I’m caring more about content than I am a victim. I hate that I still want to defend him. I hate that I want to believe that something else will come out and it’ll all be better.  I hate that I still do kind of believe that. That it has to be a misunderstanding, that something else must have happened, because it couldn’t be him. He was one of the good guys. 

(none of this is logical - its tied to so much bullshit, but its what my emotions are doing. Let me rant, but know that it’s not right or correct any of it, no matter what I feel.)  I wish he’d died. I wish he’d fucking died before any of this happened because at least there’s a grieving process for that. I’d rather see AH grieving then them betrayed and hurting so bad. 

It’s not right. This is all wrong and I hate it. 

#ryan haywood #fuck fuck fuck fuck 2020 is the worst fucking year #heck it sounds like his behaviour started in like 2017 so people really are right when they say we entered the worst timeline in 2016 #it's just been downhill huh

[kalopsian-knight]

God

First I lost Cryotic, I know his mental state wasn't great leading up to the allegations but when they came up fuck man it was too much. He even admitted to it and apologized so pathetically like other content creators trying to save themselves.

Now it's Ryan Haywood, the guy who was hands down my favorite AH member since I started watching in 2014.

Three days ago. Three fucking days ago the news hit and I thought nothing of it. It was late, just some drama, some people hate Roosterteeth it's probably nothing. Next day I was full investigation mode. I was genuinely on his side mostly, half of twitter was calling for his death and the other half was saying don't believe shit on 4chan. Now? He's leaving Achievement Hunter and while no official statement has been made it's practically confirmed he has cheated and lied to us all. He was the last person I expected this from, the last person I wanted to hear guilty of anything. I had videos to watch with him in it that I had saved before the news even hit because I was stuck at work. I feel like I've wasted it, I can't ever watch those videos, I can't ever go to rewatch the King series or any of my favorite GTA or TTT videos. Why Ryan out of all people?? He was the most laid back guy there, he was a father figure, he was so well loved by the community.

My heart goes out to the AH members, those who knew him, and fellow fans who trusted him. I'm so sorry that there have been a stupid amount of beloved creators and artists getting caught doing horrible things this year.

I can't even cry about it anymore. If I lose one more person who I've been following to shit like this then I'm not going to be on this planet anymore.

Fuck 2020

#ryan haywood #cryotic #tw swearing #achievement hunter #roosterteeth #how the hell did this happen #I have no one to talk to about this #i have one good friend who watches both but she doesn't even know yet and i don't want to break the news #I want a do over #fuck 2020

[learn-and-accept]

I haven't been a big fan of RT or AH for a awhile now. They've done a lot of shady shit that I don't really approve of, so I stepped back, only casually enjoying content here and there. But they both still hold a special place in my heart and they always will. I think that's why this is all so devastating. Because Achievement Hunter has been a lifeline for me since 2014. When I first found them, I was so so so depressed and AH was one of the few things that made me smile. I had just lost my closest and, if I'm being honest, only friend. Achievement Hunter had filled that void and, in a way, they became my new friends. Watching Michael and Gavin and Ray and Jack and Geoff and Ryan always brought a smile to my face. And when new members arrived, that joy only grew.

But now that legacy, those memories, are tainted. Tainted by a man I respected and admired. By a man who I never, in a million years, thought could be capable of this. I think for the first day after everything leaked, I tried not to jump to conclusions. I tried to convince myself that yeah cheating on his wife is awful, but it's not the worse thing. He did something really shitty and wrong, but he could bounce back. Maybe take some time away, figure out his shit, and come back a better person. But she was 17, maybe 18. She was a fan. And she wasn't the only one. I am so sad and angry and devastated. But mostly I'm disappointed. I'm disappointed that Ryan wasn't different, that he turned out to be just another man abusing his power. I hate that he did this to young girls. I hate what he did this to his fanbase. I hate what he did to his wife and kids. I hate what he did to his friends and coworkers. I hate him for being another disappointment. But more than anything, I hate that a part of me is upset because of selfish reasons. I hate that I won't get to watch another stream or video or extra life with him. I hate that I can't even go back and watch old content because it's tarnished. Because he wasn't supposed to be like this. He was supposed to better. He was supposed to be kinder. He was supposed to be decent.

I'm so upset that he did this, that he was even capable of doing this. He manipulated all of us. I am truly so sorry to everyone who's been hurt by him. It's awful, but I promise you'll heal eventually.

And as for Adam, I honestly don't know what's going on with him. I saw the leak. I saw the apology. I saw the tweets from Lawrence, Rahul, Elyse, James, Alanah, Autumn, and a few other ig/fh people. I still don't know what exactly happened, but it doesn't look good. I've been watching Funhaus content almost daily for the past four years. I love the crew working there, old and new, and Adam is no exception, in fact, he's always been one of my favorites. But he's clearly hurt people and, like Ryan, I'm so incredibly disappointed in the person he turned out to be.

I just can't believe all of this is happening.

#my thoughts on the current cluster fuck because its fucking me up more than i thought it would #i hope everyone is doing well #or at least as best as they can #god I seriously can't believe this shit #2020 would mind chilling the fuck out?? #anyways friendly reminder to not be a fucking creep #personal #rooster teeth #achievement hunter #funhaus #adam kovic #ryan haywood

[champagne-vagabond]

No I did not have “global pandemic” or “ryan haywood is a predator” or “Destiel is canon” on my bingo list 

but thats just kinda the batshit year 2020 has been

fuck it all, johnlock canon by December why not

[monarchisms]

can somebody please tell me what rh did? sorry i really did not know this guy existed until right now when he came back from hell... he’s a predator?? is he still married?? why does he still have a platform? why are people still supporting him aaaaaaaa

general summary:

on october 6th, 2020, james ryan haywood, former member of achievement hunter, rooster teeth’s gaming division, was fired from rooster teeth after some pictures were leaked on 4chan and kiwifarms. from everything his victims have shared as time went on, he has shown to not only be predatory, but manipulative and physically abusive to the girls he has talked to and met. i don't know for sure if he's still married, and i'm so fucking angry that he even has a platform to crawl back to, since twitch still doesn't have the guts to ban him.

the only reasons that people still support him that i can think of are:

1. they forgot to cancel their twitch subscriptions

2. they didn't know everything ryan has done until now

3. they believe, after everything, that ryan did nothing wrong, which is fucking gross

if you want to read more about what happened, including all of the statements from the victims, you can catch up by reading the thread on the out of the loop subreddit, or this summary post on the achievement hunter subreddit. if you want to send another ask, feel free to do so!

#anyone's free to add on or correct anything i said #ryan haywood #<- for blacklist #i'm assuming you're here because he's on tumblr's trending list right? #he was trending in october too :( #lonelypalmtree #ask box 360

[achievement-winks]

RYAN HAYWOOD LEARN HOW TO SHUT THE FUCK UP CHALLENGE 2020

#achievement hunter #ryan haywood

[totallytranstazertoastedtatortot]

So, I’m not an AH blog, but I am an AH fan, and we’re all feeling some big hurt right now in the wake of some very heavy realizations about one of our favorite content creators, and I just wanna say some stuff.

Ryan was always one of my favorite Achievement Hunters, at times he was my favorite. My “I do Words Good” Shirt was my favorite AH shirt. And it’s okay if you’re angry, or sad, or don’t know how to feel. You’re not a bad person for liking AH or even for still liking Ryan. I know I personally will have a hard time going back and inevitably laughing at The Mad King. But its important to give ourselves the space for forgiveness and healing.

We may not have known him personally but the reality of YouTube celebrities is we FEEL like we do so for many of us this feels like a personal betrayal. Over the next few days I’d like to encourage every AH fan to take a deep breath, and maybe even step back a bit. If you need to, don’t engage in their content for awhile. If you need to leave the fandom, you’ll get no judgement from me. 2020 has been one sucker punch after another and this is just the latest shitty thing.

But for those who can, and don’t push yourself or hurt yourself if you can’t, let’s keep Ryan and the Haywood family in our thoughts. The kind of poor choices Ryan made of his own volition are not the kind of choices made in a vacuum. Chances are he had his own struggles he wasn’t addressing, and they manifested in infidelity and extremely poor decision making. I don’t wish anything bad on him, and the man as far as I can tell is otherwise a great dad and good and generous man, so I wish him the best. I hope he and his wife can either repair their marriage or at least find a way to amicably split, and of course I hope they and their children get some professional help dealing with all these feelings of loss, grief, and anger they must be feeling 10000000x harder than us since they actually know him. I hope Ryan learns his lesson, certainly he’ll get comeuppance for his mistakes, and I hope he can find happiness and fulfillment on the other side of the mountain.

I also encourage those who can to spare a thought for Ryan’s friends and coworkers, who now have to face the reality of their friend not being quite who they thought, while still continuing to make content for us. Especially for those who have been with AH and known Ryan through his whole career with them. Michael, Jack, Gavin, and Lindsay by name, but many others as well.

Finally, please please please give others space in this time. That includes fans, other AH and RT members, and the Haywoods. You may be angry, and that’s fine, but if you see someone continuing to engage in comfort content, or see a cast member trying to laugh and have a good time, or look around on Ryan’s social media DO NOT HARASS. It might feel like it’s helping you process your emotions but all it’ll do is make you angrier, and it might even hurt those involved. And with 2020 and this situation being what it is, I really believe we don’t need more hurt going around.

TL;DR Ryan Haywood is a deeply flawed man who fucked up bad. And as fans of AH, RT, or maybe even fans of Ryan himself we need to recognize that but also take time for ourselves to heal. Be kind, and let’s heal through this together as a community.

#achievement hunter #ryan haywood #roosterteeth #ah #RT #michael jones #gavin free #lindsay jones #jack patillo #2020 sucks folks #give yourself permission to be hurt #and do what you need to to make yourself feel better in time

[formorrow-sur]

On Adam and Ryan

Okay, I feel like this is going to get me some shit but here goes.

From what I’ve seen, there isn’t any actual proof of the claims being made against Adam Kovic and Ryan Haywood. Everything could have been hacked from them, and among all the evidence there isn’t any proof it was to an underaged person.

Please don’t get me wrong, if it’s proved they were doing what has been claimed, I’ll drop them both like two sacks of shitty bricks, and I hope RT does the same. If they were even just cheating on their wives, that’s fucking awful. But I really don’t want to be a part of an angry mob of persecutors, and if anyone reads this I hope you can sit and think critically on this issue.

People are allowed to be upset at even the prospect, but please consider the facts before anything like mob justice begins to happen.

If there has been definitive proof of anything, please let me know. What I’ve said above is what I know as of October 6th 2020, it isn’t meant to be opinion. My opinion is something I’m very happy to allow to be changed by the facts.

Edit: Considering all the evidence that's coming out, things aren't looking good. I guess there was no good outcome of this anyway, but I think there being truth in the allegations is worse than people lying. Thankfully, it seems the claims of paedophilia are incorrect, that's a blessing, but it looks like bad things are going on none the less. It's depressing, incredibly so. I hope everything comes to the right conclusion.

#Adam Kovic #Ryan Haywood

[kiracat15]

little something

Might this be almost 500 words of a rant of what’s been going on with a certain Ryan Haywood and the community, well yeah it is. I can get rather word vomitey. 

tldr; Fuck Men 2020. Leave the company and really everyone alone about the whole situation. Everything is shitty but we can all be here for each other. My ask is always open. 

Ryan was one of my favorite members of AH. Top of the list next to the ladies of course. I used to watch his streams pretty regularly and I subbed from almost the beginning. He was my favorite meet up that occurred at RTX 2 years ago. I am trying to remember where the picture of the both of us are still profile pics so I can change them. It hurts to see what he’s done to his family to the community, the betrayal, the pain, just everything that’s come out of this. 

So one could say that I liked the guy. But, this, this has no excuse. Cheaters get no forgiveness. Cheaters, liars and those who betray the ones they love don’t get anything. Yes, is it bad that it was a fan? Of course. He used his status as a so called internet celebrity to cheat. Am I saying those that did decide to message and exchange pictures are not also at fault a little bit? Cheating is a two way street.

But, really this is none of our business. This blew up. This was revenge porn. Pictures were shared last time I checked that was illegal. This was something that should have been more private between Ryan and his wife. This was something that didn’t need to get blown up on the internet, 4chan especially. When I was reading the posts on Monday I really didn’t want to believe what was happening cause the fact the news was coming from that site. I figured that we’ve grown enough to not listen to anything that comes from there.

Let’s think of the other party here in this situation. Feel for Laurie, she got cheated on and the whole internet blew up about it. She also got doxed not just Ryan. She was said to not really want anything to do with RT at a whole. She didn’t want her personal life out there. But now her and the kids are probably in danger. They have 2 young kids, those releasing their personal information were not thinking of them. Please just leave the family out of this.

Is this going to make me stop Achievement Hunter videos? Not really. Cause to tell you the truth I don’t know what the hell else I’d do. That really sounds kind of sad but besides playing video games right now there really isn’t much more. The rest of AH were also hit with this news like the rest of us.They had nothing to do with this. And really I’d miss watching the other idiots if I stopped.

#ryan haywood #achievement hunter #rooster teeth #also wrote this at like 2 am last night

[xanakin]

me 3 days ago: man i gotta cut back on drinking its unhealthy-

2020: ryan haywood tried to fuck an underage girl

me now:

#ryan haywood