A frank discussion about the Rippa situation
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For years now this scene has mocked a group of nepotistic elites, high in their tower, not allowing mockery or criticism, blind to the poor quality of the work they produce, while milking money out of super fans and living in their little bubble where they enjoy a privildged life thinking they’re hot shit while never having paid their dues to develop talent, grifting off the stature of their friends to insert themselves into entertainment.
Kara Lynn is chill. But Rippaverse is run by a bunch of Karens, and headed by a Kathleen.
Had a wonderful day engaging with some Rippa stans on twitter. What a bunch of fucking low lifes you stans are.
So just to be straight up, Eric July got this goofball arrested over harassment? I say this because only if there were existing court orders would the police overreact like this. The guy was following orders outside. Rippa really showing his true colors here and willingness to exploit the legal system. Fucking shameful.
Then you shit heads have the audacity to laugh and celebrate an innocent man being locked up over a harrasment call from a bunch of fucking Karens?
This is escalating VERY quickly, it’s gone from a silly situation and now calls into question what little respect anyone had for this scene.
You Rippa stans need to look in the mirror. Being a bunch of hall monitor fucking narks that call the cops at the slightest provocation and whoop and scream for joy when a man is arrested and life is destroyed is a TERRIBLE fucking look.
Probably not even worth the effort posting here, this scene isn’t what I thought it was. What a bunch of fucking embarrassing cringe and grifting this all turned out to be. Thought we were better than this.
Not condoning this goofball’s toxic actions, but he has a right to be a goofball moron, just as you guys have the right to be goofball morons supporting this Rippaverse trash, it’s a free country. Shameful to see you guys celebrating this excessive use of authority. If we’ve learned anything in the past couple decades, it’s when cringe lords get the slightest bit of power they turn everything to shit.
Wherever you stand on Rippaverse, you can’t deny the dividing affect this entire venture/ grift has had on this “fandom”. I don’t even know who we are any more. We’ve been calling this for MONTHS now, letting Eric poison the minds of his rabid fandom has ruined this fucking scene. Hope the $$$ was worth it.
We’re a cringe cancel cult now. Shame on you fascist Rippastan manchildren.
Gave Eric the benefit of the doubt, but as more info comes to light this is looking HORRENDOUS for this scene.
I thought maybe this all stemmed from credible threats of violence. Maybe Riley was sending pics of weapons, or more aggressive threats that could be construed as actual wants to cause harm.
This dumb goofball literally only threatedned to shave Erics shoulder hair and used a set of oversized scissors.
I’m sorry guys, this is absolutely fucking stupid, and you should all be ashamed of being involved in this whole fucking weak ass cowering to authority.
All these years talking about Kathleen Kennedy’s grift, her bubble, her high in her tower bullshit and manipulations to get what she wanted.
This Rippaverse sphere is actually worse. This has reached levels of abject stupidity.
How fucking weak is this scene? Can’t even take a fucking joke. Calls the cops on, and attempts to ruin the life of a goober fellow comic fan like Riley.
Shameful. This is not going to go well, and it’s legit deserved.
I respect Eric wanting to be great, do something great, and cultivate a fun space for you guys. But acting so hostile and spreading his petulance has been an absolute fucking disaster. What a joke this all turned into.
If there were ONE video of Eric attempting to break bread with Riley this would be so different, or anyone for that matter. But Eric has exposed himself as being hate filled and petty. He’s also a compulsive liar, he either lies about being feeling threatened to police or that he’s a tough guy to his fans, because these “threats” are not substantial, and Eric went out of his way to foster Riley’s ire.
Eric doesn’t try to mend bridges, doesn’t try to help others, the dude is singularly focused on building his empire for himself and views all others outside his personal circle as enemies. I don’t enjoy typing this shit, the drama is fun, but I honestly miss how this scene used to be when there was “room for everyone in this space”. This new aura of gatekeeping, hostility, and chest beating has really ruined this scene, and taken a lot of fun out of everything.
There are elephants in the room.
It didn’t have to be like this, Rippaverse would have been FAR more successful had Eric had just a bit more humility and this scene would have been far more fun and vibrant and unified.
This thread will continue to be seen as an attack and a threat to the Rippaverse and that is exactly why Ripparvse failed to become the wonderous success for us all to be proud of that it could have been.
There’s a lot to like about Eric, espeically if you’re in his circle. His drive and charisma could have been such a positive in this sphere, but instead it has only brought the worst out of this scene. It’s made a mockery of the call for better entertainment, it has made a mockery of the notion we are accepting and open to all creators and views, and it has destroyed the notion that this scene respects its fans and the medium of comics. The Rippaverse just ain’t it.
At least this is entertaining as all hell! This whole thing plays out like a Better Call Saul episode. Was Nick Rekieta some sort of sleazy mastermind here? Did they set this whole fiasco to get Eric to expose himself? I swear this feels like something out of a Hollywood TV show (I don’t mean that as a slight, better call saul was the shit).
Hope you keep writing from the heart, because I do enjoy reading you. There are cases to be made against EJ, but I’ve not heard them clear and clean. Maybe Ethan or Vito is articulating it, or Rekieta, but I have yet to hear any good points. Check that, I have heard the gatekeeping remark, but with this guy, what was there to gatekeep? Is he an artist or writer? I don’t even know.
One thing you must know is that Riley or Clippa or whatever his name is, his own fans said he’s SOL. The people he approached at the event were my kind of people, super polite, but his fans were laughing at how everyone wanted to get away from Riley. Another comment on Riley’s own stream video said that from testimony that Riley himself gave to the cops is enough evidence for a stalking charge.
I’m only telling you what I read on Riley’s video and not even defending July, but I thought the event looked really well done and that’s one thing GnG does super well is event planning. It’s super impressive. In addition to the stalking evidence Riley provided to the police, Eric has a screenshot of some kind of bizarre grave desecration that Clippa did that was totally creepy, like horror movie level. All of this is documented online, for crying out loud. It’s almost ironclad and indefensible.
Btw, I am totally neutral on Rippaverse. I don’t know Eric aside from a few good videos a while back that touched a political nerve and that’s it. I admire anyone who tries to do their own comics. I do see where the critics are coming from, but they are not very good at explaining their issues with July yet. OK, last thing, but after the stuff Gary Nerdrotic has gone through, he cuts negative people out right away and when you are out, I think that’s about it. Guess what? I am actually used to that kind of treatment. Some fan made a video saying that Gary actually went up to everyone standing in line to greet them, so instead of them lining up for him, he was lining up for them. Dude did jail time and if you get on the wrong side of someone like that, who gives plenty of slack, then that’s where the relationship ends.
I do not recommend this book, but am very glad that I grew up before social media really took off. It has warped people’s minds and it is changing the neuroplasticity of their brains and bio-chemically affecting their neuro-pathways with dopamine. Some people get high off trolling and take it too far. Unfortunately, I think Clippa needs professional help at this point. The whole stream kind of reminded me of Rick Moranis from Ghostbusters being attacked by demon dogs on the outside, looking in on the other half at a fine restaurant.
He should have just chilled out and played SeaCrit, but maybe his stunts are enough for some internet fame. https://illtemperedtuna.itch.io/the-seacrit-fish-game
Someone also said EJ already had a restraining order?
Pressed for time. I don’t think anyone hates your guts at all. The days of compliant conformity are over because all of us were raised in that, well behaved and betrayed by all institutions: corporate, academic, politcal, etc. Ethan actually gave good feedback on his last stream, according to the comments section, trying to help out Yaira.
You have skills. SeaCrit is fun. A little buggy, but I liked it. Wish more people would play it. I think they’d enjoy it. I’m not a gamer, so I got a kick out of it, swimming around and flipping and charging and bouncing above the water.
As for quality content, I am somewhat satisfied with them just ripping on Hollywood. There is no longer any escape from woke. I’ve tuned out all entertainment, but just got into a show about Exorcists called “Evil” with the actor who played Luke Cage. It’s a good show, but woke, as they demonized 8chan and there are a lot of very typical woke political messages in it, which is too bad. So, the fans have replaced Hollywood for me, but the gatekeeping comment bothers me a bit because we all know how the Hegelians like to lead all sides of movements and arguments. All you can do is kind of make your case about things. One thing is for sure, TV no longer dictates. In fact, I avoid it. Best advice ever from the failed Doctor Who was “Go Touch Grass,” so I am doing that. Legs getting stronger from running on the grass and the jab is poppin.
Rippa:
https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxpH47Ws8TmVUga0dYA3BkfX_ZOM4ViU_Z
Stan:
Rippastan:
When will Eric change his slogan from “Be great” to the more accurate “Be petty”.
To qualify my post before I’m inevitably labeled a hate filled troll just trying to shit on July. There was honestly a time I thought July was going to be good for this scene. I thought he was going to do right by the fans and foster a positive energy here, to follow in the lineage of good comics and a positive community akin to what the others in this sphere have fostered.
There is a lot of good in this community of geeks and gamers, but Eric July has just come right out and said he’s going to play dirty, he’s going to exploit people around him to destroy and get rid of others, and that it’s justified.
What does he bring to this sphere? Greed. Spite. Underhandedness. Petulance. Between Mr. July and you Rippastans you feed off each others negative energies and this get worse week by week.
Oh well, it is what it is at this point. We’ve made appeals for things to get better, we’ve wanted to see better from the Rippaverse, but at this point, it has shown us its true colors. Green and Yellow.
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