my take on subnautica and other situations like it (1/x)
So you found out the creator(s) of something you like are utter bigots you wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole.
I'm in favour of judging the people who made the thing if either the thing or them are bad, but you don't have to feel bad if you joined in on it before you knew. Bought Subnautica before you knew about the whole crap regarding the devs? Go ahead and play it. But maybe don't buy it after finding it out.
my take on subnautica and other situations like it
@squirrel honestly same with like, the whole thing with Nick Robinson and all the videos he did for Polygon with Griffin like Car Boys and Touch The Skyrim.
I haven't gone back and watched any of them but TTS was one of my favorite YouTube series as it was going. Feels like now I can't really go back and rewatch them anymore -_-
my take on subnautica and other situations like it
@bunnylyn yeah exactly
car boys was fun, but i don't feel like finishing it now
but i won't deny i enjoyed it for a time
my take on subnautica and other situations like it (1/x)
@squirrel Yeah, I agree. I feel like it's kind of dangerous to try to pretend that awful people can't make good or enjoyable things, because then people can try to turn that around and say "they made [good thing] they can't be THAT bad".
Horrible people can make genuinely enjoyable things! It doesn't mean you should support them by buying or recommending the thing, but it also doesn't mean the thing itself instantly has to be bad.
my take on subnautica and other situations like it (2/2)
But you don't have to condemn yourself for liking the thing if you genuinely thought it was good and you got it before you knew about those things. It's fine. You can enjoy things.
Doug Tennapel is a transphobic piece of shit and I still know people who like the neverhood because they didn't know that when they played it. It's fine. Just reconsider your support for those people in the future now that you do.