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INTEREST: 'Far From Perfect': Fans Recount Unwanted Affection from Voice Actor Vic Mignogna

My gut instinct says everyone's being a little too harsh on old Vic

Joe Carpenter wrote:

My gut instinct says everyone's being a little too harsh on old Vic

I believe so. Even if one thinks Vic is guilty, even if Vic turns out to be 100% guilty, seeing industry people like Jamie Marchi and other voice actors calling for people to find and assault/murder Vic is just inexcusable. This has become complete mob rule, and perhaps more frightening is not a single industry person has stepped forward and said "Hey, actually, calls to violence actually aren't cool. Let's maybe reign it in a bit"

Jamie Marchi made a few pretty obvious jokes about how Jesus would want to "light him on fire and send him to hell," a joke she admits she took from Daniel Tosh. I feel like people who would be really quick to tell feminists and progressives to "learn how to recognize jokes/satire" when we talk about finding something offensive, should take their own advice here.

How on Earth is wishing death on someone a 'joke'? If these are the kinds of jokes you find funny, I am not laughing.

I believe so. Even if one thinks Vic is guilty, even if Vic turns out to be 100% guilty, seeing industry people like Jamie Marchi and other voice actors calling for people to find and assault/murder Vic is just inexcusable. This has become complete mob rule, and perhaps more frightening is not a single industry person has stepped forward and said "Hey, actually, calls to violence actually aren't cool. Let's maybe reign it in a bit"

Here's the thing: Vic deserves to lose his job whether or not the allegations of out-and-out assault are true.

Let's say for a minute that he didn't commit any of the assaults he's being accused of. Personally, I believe the victims but for the sake of argument we'll say that they're all liars. He still:

1. was inappropriate with his young fans and violated many people's boundaries. You don't touch people so intimately without consent, especially on the face, especially if they're 35+ years younger than you, ESPECIALLY if you're in a position of power over them. If people are uncomfortable with his actions, it doesn't matter if he was trying to be friendly! As some have said in the thread before me, it's not up to him or me or you to decide what's a big deal - it's up to the people who were put in an uncomfortable spot.

2. was an unpleasant diva who acted entitled and rude to convention staff members and other guests. When you're at a convention you're ON THE JOB. If I act like an asshole while I'm wearing my press pass, then my editors are going to hear about it and I'm going to get in hot water. If I'm late to a panel, run over, or violate the age rating, I'm not going to get to be a panelist at that con anymore. Vic didn't think the rules applied to him and made the people around him miserable.

3. was also apparently unpleasant to work with. It speaks VOLUMES how few of his colleagues, the people he works with most closely, have chosen to stand by him.

I mean whether or not it's a funny joke is beside the point of if it's obviously intended as one, and therefore if it makes sense to call it a "violent threat" or "wishing death on someone." Most people on Twitter were able to figure out she wasn't literally calling on Jesus to burn anybody. Again, I've seen your side get mad at progressives over way less obvious cases of "can't get a joke." But once a woman makes jokes in anger over a predatory man, suddenly we're clutching our pearls, I guess.

To quote the Youtube comments of every male anime fan who feels he should continue his reign of creepiness unabated:

"Do you have any evidence?"

2. was an unpleasant diva who acted entitled and rude to convention staff members and other guests. When you're at a convention you're ON THE JOB. If I act like an asshole while I'm wearing my press pass, then my editors are going to hear about it and I'm going to get in hot water. If I'm late to a panel, run over, or violate the age rating, I'm not going to get to be a panelist at that con anymore. Vic didn't think the rules applied to him and made the people around him miserable.

Who's the employer in this case? Because from what I've been told over the past week, voice actors are freelance and not employed by a company. That should mean if a voice actor goes to a convention as a guest for their own individual panel, not on a panel for a show, they are self-employed and representing themselves. I ask because if rudeness was a friable offense, I can think of numerous actors who are much, much bigger divas and more rude than Vic could ever hope to be should be fired. I'd be curious to know how many actors were ever blacklisted specifically for rudeness, because it seems completely unrelated to their line of work. They're not a cashier meant to interact with customers, they're an actor who's only obligation is to read lines.

Heck, even his fanclub, The Resembool Rangers, is named after the home town of Edward Elric.

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Heck, even his fanclub, The Resembool Rangers, is named after the home town of Edward Elric.

That begs a question: now that his employers have finally listened after over a decade of complaints, will the fan club be expected to change it's name for copyright or licensing reasons?

UPDATE:

Mignogna has responded in regards to the actions by some of his supporters:
https://twitter.com/vicmignogna/status/1094013989653237762