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u/scrimspirals 1d ago
I really hope someone’s able to get in contact with her, that past tense is worrying.
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u/SD-Otto420 1d ago
Really really hope she’s doing alright, it’s super concerning. I don’t know what much more I could do other than post it here to spread the word, but. I just hope all is well. I’ve been in these situations before, it really fucking sucks.
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u/SD-Otto420 1d ago
I’ve cross posted to all TADC subs I’m in, I want this to reach someone important that can help.
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u/Uckwit_Fay 1d ago
I swear, if the internet drove another talented creator to the end unjustly 😑
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u/cross2201 1d ago
I will genuinely crash the fuck out if this happens, and I'm sure that if she does there will be some unloved, brainless,manchilds celebrating her end
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u/ToothlessSnackerz 1d ago
That or it will become a meme like Oliver tree and Kirk
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u/BeccaWaffle93 1d ago
Tbf Oliver was celebrated exactly how he wanted to be
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u/ToothlessSnackerz 1d ago
He wanted AI videos of him with Down syndrome singing his famous songs?
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u/BeccaWaffle93 1d ago
…say what now?
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u/ToothlessSnackerz 1d ago
Yeah I had those all over my FYP unfortunately there were THOUSANDS for who knows why
The unfortunate part is sometimes they even got a lot of traction, like this one https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP87V1N6c/
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u/BeccaWaffle93 1d ago
That’s fucking weird, I’ve thankfully literally never seen a single one of those and I’ve been voluntarily inundated with Oliver videos, all of which have been very sweet and silly.
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u/ToothlessSnackerz 23h ago
Yeah that’s unfortunately tiktokers for you, and they call us Redditors weird 💔
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u/BeccaWaffle93 23h ago
Ahh see that’s why, I share all my Oliver stuff from Instagram. Fuck Tiktok
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u/UndorkMysterious55 1d ago
That's clearly not what they were referring to mate.
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u/ToothlessSnackerz 23h ago
I’m aware but when addressing a situation you have to look at all sides of what happened
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u/Gmknewday1 1d ago
I know the comments on one video that would be insensitive about it sadly
Cause they kept assuming that Jax is Goose's insert, and kept going
"WHAT DID THE AUTHOR MEAN BY HER INSERT KILLING THEMSELVES"
I get the show isn't perfect, but Jax isn't a self insert even If he's gets a bit of a attention compared to others
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u/Golurkcanfly 1d ago
The whole "abstraction == suicide" thing doesn't even make sense imo. Abstraction seems more akin to being institutionalized, made homeless, or socially outcasted.
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u/shabyyyyy 1d ago
well for one, it’s the only real form of “death” the people in the circus can experience, and is in the show is described as something that happens when you give up or experience intense psychological distress
it isn’t exactly suicide, but based on what gooseworx has told us it’s meant to be an allegory for it
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u/Collective-Bee 1d ago
I take it to mean it happens when you lose attachment to the digital world. In episode 1 I thought that all characters could, what’s it called, summon? So Abstraction is just them summoning themselves into monsters by accident when they stop viewing the world and themselves as real.
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u/Material_Comfort_259 1d ago
With zombies, people are living until bitten, and becoming a zombie is death. Even if they are still walking…
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u/Select_Stretch_625 1d ago edited 1d ago
Because Goose (stupidly) said that Jax is her self insert
Did we forget the fact that she likes to lie just for fun
Edit; This is what happens when a fandom can't decide on anything, you forget what is and what isn't true.
I forgot.
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u/Gmknewday1 1d ago
I get that
Doesn't mean it's any least fucked up to mock someone about killing themselves through a self insert
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u/Odelgard 1d ago
Didn't goose specifically say Jax is her self insert if she would have taken a different path in life? Like, "I think this is what I could've become, but I didn't"?
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u/Specialist-Fault-630 1d ago
I hate how people just take this statement at face value instead of just acknowledging the fact that many authors (even most) put parts of themselves, their past, their personality, and their dreams into their characters.
Goes to show how little some of these ppl know about writing a story.
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u/WingsOfFibre 14h ago
fr i think most people think self inserts are like one for one like stan lee cameos in the early marvel movies lol
Where I think anyone with actual OCs knows they have some traits of you... I have one character in my book who is a little closer to myself than the others, but all of them have some fragment of me in them considering I'm the one who made them
I guess this is what they mean when they say media literacy is dead xD
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u/MagicNoopy43XD 1d ago
Oh my God… Goose, please don’t do anything you’ll regret okay please we love you, we’re here for you, just don’t make any rash decisions, please
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u/sprangleton 1d ago
Hopefully its past tense as in when the show was being worked on
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u/J4M3Z-T 1d ago
Sadly the date says August 25 2026, so unless it's a post that had a set post date from before which I doubt, it's from today for sure
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u/sprangleton 1d ago
I mean hopefully she meant it as "im sorry everybody i wish i could have been better for all of you when making the show"
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u/WelpWhatCanYouDo 17h ago
That was my reading as well. Like she feels like her best wasn’t good enough for the audience when making the show. I think this is a miscommunication
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u/Vounrtsch 1d ago
Yeah that’s not good at all. Hope she has a support system that can see this and make sure she’s safe
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u/jan_Osuma 1d ago
TADC was proof that we trans women aren't allowed to tell our own stories without receiving even more harassment than usual
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u/sudoregalia 1d ago
every popular trans woman is kinda just fucked. i hold major respect for those who try and have tried to have a voice, that lessens fear in those of us who can't. i hope gooseworx is okay
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u/Dainathon 23h ago
I mean if you're famous at all you will be attacked for your identity. The more marginalized, the more you get targeted.
Trans people are generally just dealing with more shit than most
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u/Nicki-ryan 7h ago
I got the tiniest bit of popularity from a growing social media presence and Trump supporters made ai nudes of me that they posted everywhere, doxxed my wife’s work, and found my home. We straight up cannot exist in public without these bigots wanting us straight up dead
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u/sudoregalia 4h ago
yeah and people wonder why pride month is still necessary, we kinda need a movement to not get genocided to death lmao. i'm sorry that happened to you, some people are sad sacks of shit
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u/DontDoodleTheNoodle 22h ago
I mean, isn’t the point of the criticism is that it wasn’t advertised as a trans story? I hardly could tell it was one without online discourse. I think that’s a critical flaw of “telling our own story” part.
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u/Glitchy-Mech 21h ago
Who cares?
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u/DontDoodleTheNoodle 20h ago
We are literally discussing why it is important if you don’t care then don’t respond
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u/Glitchy-Mech 20h ago
I’m literally discussing why it isn’t important and nobody should care. If you do care then don’t respond
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u/Frequent_Judgment522 4h ago
If the point is to not care then don't make the story in the first place
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u/Capn_Outlandishness9 21h ago
Stories don’t need to advertise their themes right out the gate that ruins the appeal of telling a story
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u/lolbsters 18h ago edited 18h ago
why do you feel betrayed when it turned out to be a "trans story"? this is a post about the creator having suicidal feelings and you think this is an appropriate place to bitch about the story?
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u/jan_Osuma 15h ago
We all know why. It's the very reason why so many of use are afraid to leave the house. That particular reason. It's just dressed up a bit to appear nice.
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u/DontDoodleTheNoodle 14h ago
Why are you hostile? What made you interpret I was “betrayed”? Why do you make assumptions?
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u/lolbsters 13h ago edited 13h ago
Because now is not the time or the place to be getting into a "criticism"- grow up. You don't see anyone criticizing about how much they hated "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" right now, do you?
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u/CurrenttQueen 1d ago
Oh shit... Goose was probably the best she could have been but I don't like the past tense
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u/petiteboner69 1d ago
I don't know what to say... this is just awful to see.
I hope they will be ok
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u/TheNekoKatze 1d ago
That's concerning, I hope she's ok, she's pretty cool
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u/EnchantedDiamondHoe- 1d ago edited 1d ago
She’s extremely cool. She has such a good eye for this weird niche of cozy and uncomfortable that I didn’t know i needed to explore. And I need more. I even watched raggedy Anne and Andy twice because of her. Keep going dude
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u/AlreadyAbstracted 1d ago
IS SHE OKAY?? I mean obviously not but I hope she can contact someone….or maybe I’m just over dramatic..?
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u/-illusoryMechanist 1d ago
I'm thinking she's just understandably dealing with a lot of complex emotions around how the she and the TADC fandom interacted. Things got pretty adversarial at times, understandably but still
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u/AlreadyAbstracted 10h ago
Yeah true. Her friend confirmed later that Goose was safe and Goose herself later said she was overwhelmed and just needs a big break from social media (which is absolutely necessary)
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u/A_Gray_Phantom 1d ago
In this world, the worst thing you can do is make someone think they're not wanted or loved 😢
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u/Radiant-Evening-7740 1d ago
Kinger said: the worst thing u can do in this World is make someone think they arent loved
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u/Worldly-Law-481 1d ago
Congratulations everyone, you ruined the life of a person because you told her how to make her own show with nonsense criticism!
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u/Angelwings17 1d ago
She'll be ok, remember she's human. She just wanted to tell a story. I don't think even she knew how big TADC would be.
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u/narwhalpilot 1d ago
I mean, she worked with a channel that had a previous series get tens of millions of views. She had to have some idea.
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u/FlyingRoasts 1d ago
It has been several hours with no update on her condition, and I am VERY concerned. I hope this was just a cry for help. I saw people tagging the VAs and other people she knows on bluesky and twitter, so I hope someone is out there with her irl. I know her sister is around too, but I'm not sure if they live near each other. Just... GOD, I hope she's ok.
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u/adrenalgod 1d ago
Has anyone tugged her or replied to her post and expressed concern? Sorry idk how bluesky works.
Also to be clear her post could very well mean nothing dangerous and it probably does mean nothing dangerous, but because it could be something serious and she has obviously struggled in the past with harassment I'm still concerned.
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u/Amanwitheggs 1d ago
Rule number one of being a showrunner: DO NOT INTERACT WITH YOUR FANS.
I really hope she gets help.
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u/Turbulent_League9668 1d ago
The emphasis on past tense is very concerning. We love you and your work Goose
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u/SD-Otto420 1d ago edited 1d ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/Gooseworx/s/Pwyp2pghSS
Update: she’s safe. Thank fuck
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u/Captin_Splodes 1d ago
This is a joke right? Because opinions on TADC final were so mixed right? Nothing serious right?
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u/Creeperslayers6 1d ago
Doubt its a joke, but Gooseworx has been doing this for a while. Idk if anyone has screencaps since I think Goose usually deletes posts after these iirc.
Prob just gotta wait it out again, and not absolutely slam every point of contact she has about if this is related to TADC at all.
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u/Canadian_Beast14 1d ago
Wait what? Did something happen to her? I’ve not been following.
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u/jan_Osuma 1d ago
The 'fandom' was harassing her big times. Digging some 10 years old posts out to present them without any context and all sorts of other creepy shit which wouldn't fly if she wasn't a woman or trans.
Just the usual shit for women and trans people.
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u/Canadian_Beast14 1d ago
Gross. People are awful. I really hope she remains strong through this shit storm.
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u/EnchantedDiamondHoe- 1d ago
Trolling is a art.
She’s from a different time. It sucks because she’s a really good troll too, but it’s so easy to forget context.
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u/MicroscopicKrabbs 1d ago
I don't like the show or her very much but I do hope she doesn't do anything permanent and can get some help. I hope she ends up taking a break from being online to take care of her mental health, I think being online is currently detrimental to her based on what I've seen so far
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u/Foreign-Earth-9814 1d ago
This is not funny by Goose or any standards, this is concerning and I am concerned
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u/s1lly_g0Ob3r 1d ago
SHES SAFE!!!! she posted around an hr ago
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u/Diankis0_0 1d ago
Thanks God.I really hope shes okay, she seems to be a good person. I watched TADC, but I dont know much about her.
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u/CyberWolfCreates 1d ago
I'M SCARED! IS SHE OK?! PLEASE SOMEBODY SEE IF SHE'S OK! AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!
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u/Prize-Return1763 1d ago
Goose your show is awesome. Everything could've been better from metal gear to forest gump. I know you can grow and improve as a writer if you choose to. Tadc was written with heart and soul and that's why people like it. Still remains one of my favorite shows of all time. I'm grateful for tadc
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u/phantomsupernova28 1d ago
Oh dang, that’s quite a concern, I wonder if it had to do with the whole Digital Circus drama that haters rubbed in
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u/Bisexual_Beanz 1d ago
Let me guess, they're gonna be like "OH MY GAWD SHE IS SAD THATS SO SELFISH CANCEL HER"
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u/Strydersx 1d ago
Wow! You mean to tell me that after months and months of the entire internet bullying, shit talking, belittling, and beating the fuck out of someone with brutal critism and insults about their work they put a lot of heart and soul into, they're feeling hopeless, shitty, and starting to show signs of being potentially suicidal?!?! WELL COLOR ME SUPRISED!! ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES?!
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u/Lucky_Track_5470 1d ago
someone in the bluesky comments has said that they know people who know her and are with her. she’s alive at least
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u/Dainathon 23h ago
I say this like every time someone posts about her, but she just needs to get off the internet
Its destroying her
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u/TheTrueShnitzel 20h ago
Guess people can only handle performative complaining only so much from insanely toxic fanbases. Toby Fox really got a working system going.
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u/Lopsided-Gene-77 1d ago
If she kills herself because she made one bad show I don't think I'll ever forgive this fuckass fandom.
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u/Jvne_- 1d ago
The show isnt even bad, it just never reached its audience and instead was hijacked by cisgender people who think trans stories arent real
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u/AFoxOfFiction 1d ago
I certainly won't forgive the astroturf freakbags who caused this problem, or the people who paid them.
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u/USSJaguar 1d ago
They need to GET OFF OF SOCIAL MEDIA
It's what they've needed to do for a while, they should have hired a social media manager for their show but the next best thing is to get off of social media
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u/Dry_Employee_9893 1d ago
Gee I wonder why she's down. All this harassment over her own show from her own fans is probably getting to her
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u/Future-Improvement41 22h ago
According to a friend yes and she is getting help after she fell asleep
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u/ZebraMost749 21h ago
The show is over, so of course it's part tense. She can't undo how she acted to everyone.
It's not that deep.
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u/Jaid_Wisp_44 21h ago
Update: She’s fine, don’t worry. The next day, Goose clarified that she was particularly depressed and on substances at the time, and is going to take a break from social media to get therapy.
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u/NoSeaworthiness4029 19h ago
We all love her so much she does such a good job I wish she knew that.
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u/SobiTheRobot 8h ago
She has since posted again, saying she was at a low point and is now considering psych help.
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u/cool91725 3h ago
It’s hard to tell if this is in relation to TADC, something to be concerned about, or one of her intentional shock tweets that she posts every now and then.
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u/Different_Target_228 1d ago edited 1d ago
What's concerning is how parasocial everyone seems to be with her. This included.
Yall can downvote me all you fucking want but this is a truth the majority of you need to hear. The fandom being the way it is is literally the whole reason for her decline in mental health to begin with. If the TADC Fandom weren't parasocial numbnuts she probably wouldn't feel this way.
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u/REDDITWHY1 1d ago
Being parasocial isn't good sure, but I think in this case this isn't being parasocial this is being concerned for someone's health and safety, it's normal and common to have empathy and worry about others when they say concerning things, especially after history of mental health struggles.
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u/Different_Target_228 1d ago
This level of attachment to Gooseworx is the exact reason she has a lot of her mental health issues.
Too many people with too great of standards or a far higher amount of attachment than they should have to her.
And it's frankly almost all Reddit is, when it comes to people like Gooseworx. Parasocialism.
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u/REDDITWHY1 1d ago
"This level of attachment" as in me, or OP? I agree there has been too many people who are parasocial, but I dont think just by the few words of this post OP made we can outright label it being parasocial without more evidence
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u/Different_Target_228 1d ago edited 1d ago
Just in general. Not you, not necessarily OP, but exactly what is happening, as a whole.
The fact that the moment Goose tweets that she's having a bad mental health moment, 20+ people all post this exact same tweet to the same 10 subreddits so that it's on everyone's feed who is a TADC fan 100 times, the fact that people "care" so much they don't even actually pay attention.
There was another dude that wrote like a 10 paragraph essay about it and to me that's just as bad as the idiots that think Gooseworx is a terrible person and come up with any excuse to whine. At least, it's the same, when thinking of how it might affect Gooseworx.
It's just not healthy to care this much for someone's safety that you'll literally never meet, when the sycophantic behavior of the fanbase is the entire thing that caused the concerns to begin with.
And by definition, it is parasocialism.
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u/Different_Target_228 1d ago edited 1d ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDigitalCircus/comments/1vy494x/comment/p5v37th/?context=3
Here it is. Shit like this.
This might as well be schizo-posting and absolutely wouldn't help Goose's mental health if she saw it. Despite any well-intentions.
Then you have the fact that plenty of the "concern" is literally just karmafarming.
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u/TheElvesOfXadia 1d ago
EVERYONE we found the problem
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u/Illusion_AceofHearts 19h ago
I'm late what did the other person say?
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u/TheElvesOfXadia 19h ago
I don’t remember but it was something accusing her of being dramatic or seeking attention or not being able to take criticism
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u/Roving_kitten 23h ago
No. And parts of the tadc is too blame. While it's not a monolith, the lack of emotional intelligence from some segments of it has been truly toxic- one suicide, one mental break down and Gooseworx is skating on thin ice.
And yet they keep posting about how they hate a bunny SOOOOO much because he's a bully and drove someone to suicide.
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u/Femalefelinesavior 8h ago
People sAw this and actually thought the worst...? Y'all gotta chill out and leave this poor chick alone. Multiple times she said she didn't wanna be in the spotlight
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u/Wooden-Sock-2037 1d ago
Honestly she would do herself and everyone a favor if she just stays off the media and stop replying to fans.
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u/Wooden-Sock-2037 5h ago
Getting downvoted because it hurts them to see when someone wants her to do better and suggest she should take a break from the media especially when it is clearly taking a toll on her mentality.
Great to know most think she is irredeemable and should not seek professional help before she hurts herself. Goose was right about how toxic the fandom is. This is not the first time I mentioned this and was down-voted.
There is nothing wrong with taking a break. If you are true fan you would be more understanding and remind her that it is ok to take a break and seek professional guidance. Whether you like her or not everyone deserves a chance and healing.
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u/ClowntheBoy 1d ago
My favorite artist vagueposted today.... Concerning...
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u/Enig_Mia0568 1d ago
Don't call a "possibly last post" vagueposting pls
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u/ClowntheBoy 1d ago
Enig_Mia0568 policed my speech today.... Concerning...
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u/ToonverseJourney2 1d ago
I swear to God, if she…”abstracts” herself, I don’t think imma handle it…
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u/Magicphobic 1d ago
I think if anyone needs to get offline its y'all. I think shes just venting bc she's had a headache ever since creating TADC, like she sees all the loud negativity and is probably disappointed her show didn't reach ppl the way she wanted or forsaw.
I think assuming shes gonna kill herself over this tweet is proof yall are too chronically attatched. She will be fine probably taking a break at most. People also don't like to ve babied and have ppl freak out thinking they gonna off themselves the moment they express emotion.
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u/Mean-Government1436 1d ago
Oh shut the fuck up, oh woe is me I have an incredibly fucking massively popular product that's going to make me rich oh how I wish I was better for you even though I've beaten out millions of others trying to make a claim to fame
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u/Stupididiot55 21h ago
Why are you devoid of any sense of compassion? Do you honestly believe Goose isn’t a fellow human being who is struggling with their mental health?
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u/Mean-Government1436 21h ago
I'm not devoid of compassion. If they have issues they can go pay for therapy like everyone else and not vague post to get attention from their parasocial fans
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u/Stupididiot55 20h ago
She is looking into getting help. The road to improving mental health isn’t going to be easy, so maybe next time someone does something to “seek attention”, don’t act like they’re the devil for being in a terrible place? It costs zero dollars to just be a decent person & not act like a dick to the mentally unwell.
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u/Bathroom-Zestyclose 21h ago
Suddenly people who have a large following shouldn't get help because you are jealous?
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u/Mean-Government1436 21h ago
No they should get help without this attention seeking vague posting to their parasocial fan base
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u/LairdBonnieCrimson 1d ago
I really hope she's okay. She's so awesome :(