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NEWS: Vic Mignogna Sues Funimation, Jamie Marchi, Monica Rial, Ronald Toye

Ryasha wrote:

ronelm2000 wrote: Monica would have to prove that his dad joke is more than an isolated incident. As far as I know, replying to a fan with a shiptease merely that, a quip for a fan. The legal definition of sexual harassment doesn't include a onetime joke, afaik, unless it's that severe. Look, if Monics Rial has the proof, then I'm sure we'll see the proper response. Until then I will wait and ask questions. Ron Toye's claims tho are quite extreme (very likely his tweets were hyperbolic) so that will be quite a lead to follow. That was literally one example. There are likely many more. If there weren't, they wouldn't have been an investigation or reason to fire him. But regardless of all of that, it's still harassment. Per your own link, it's just not prohibited by the law if its a single occurrence or not severe. Nowhere does it say that him saying he ate her wouldn't be harassment. Just that if it only happened the one time or wasn't severe, it's not illegal. Just because it's not punishable by the law on its own doesn't mean its not still harassment. (Removed overquoting. --Crisha)

How many times does this have to be explained? Funimation is in Texas. Texas is an at-will employment state. Funimation can fire a VA for coughing too loud if they want. You have no point.

Yeah good luck with that, you miserable sack of shit.

Seriously, what the hell did this man do to engender such a mass of rabid deluded cultists? He had maybe one or two decent roles over a two-decade career, and somehow that equates to hordes of teenage girls slobbering all over him and all-night scumbags crawling out of the woodwork to defend him. Utterly ridiculous.

This is one of those rare times where everyone can come together as a community and get excited about something in the fandom. Regardless of what side you're on I think everyone can agree that this is the peak of what can be considered "must follow news". The evidence is really in how many comments a story like this gets compared to basically anything else on this site. I for one am having a blast and I look forward to following this story in the weeks and months that follow. God bless Vic and Monica for orchestrating this for the fans!

Top Gun wrote:

Yeah good luck with that, you miserable sack of shit. Seriously, what the hell did this man do to engender such a mass of rabid deluded cultists? He had maybe one or two decent roles over a two-decade career, and somehow that equates to hordes of teenage girls slobbering all over him and all-night scumbags crawling out of the woodwork to defend him. Utterly ridiculous.

As has been said in other threads, Vic is a very charismatic figure. He's on a whole different level from nearly everyone else whose acting credits are primarily anime/game voice acting - I'd even say comparable to an evangelical preacher or high-list movie or pop star - and that's something that I don't think even his strongest detractors would dispute. Although I've never met him in person, I've seen enough of him in "behind the scenes" video clips and heard enough of him on podcasts to pick up on that. People like that commonly attract rabid followings, whether outsiders think it's warranted or not. That's just the nature of charisma.

It’s certainly true that he had a rabid fanbase/some amount of recognition to start with, but I also don’t feel it’s accurate to say all of his supporters actually care about his work?

I mean, it’s not exactly hard to sell gamergate/comicsgate types on “this poor innocent man is being targeted by an ~Shonen Jump Weekly conspiracy~”, and that’s certainly been happening here. And even that approach definitely benefits off people recognizing his work - “hey, that guy from FMA/DBZ!” - but I feel like we’ve gone far past the point where it’s, like, active Rangers-level fans who are heavily supporting him. Much more just people worked up over the conspiracy/drama/revenge story they’ve been sold, or at least how that’s how what I’ve seen comes across to me.

I look forward to this all being behind us and Mignogna finding a new career where he won't be in any position of prominence or power. But I worry about all the pain to come for his victims in the weeks and months to come, and the broad schism this whole thing will have left in the fandom.

So, let's say he loses, those jerks who harassed Monica will apologize, right?

Oh, who am I kidding...

Aresef wrote:

I look forward to this all being behind us and Mignogna finding a new career where he won't be in any position of prominence or power. But I worry about all the pain to come for his victims in the weeks and months to come, and the broad schism this whole thing will have left in the fandom.

Honestly, I think concerns about some major schism in fandom are overstated. There are always subcategories of fans that aren't widely-respected (remember the whole business about "Narutards" a few years back?) and I feel confident that's how things will ultimately shake out here. A good test will be how attendees at major upcoming late spring/summer 'cons will be reacting towards the issue; I'll definitely have my ear out for that when I go to Acen next month. At that level, and in 'cons where Vic was never slated to appear anyway, I doubt it will have much impact.

A good test will be how attendees at major upcoming late spring/summer 'cons will be reacting towards the issue; I'll definitely have my ear out for that when I go to Acen next month. At that level, and in 'cons where Vic was never slated to appear anyway, I doubt it will have much impact.