What witchcraft did Cover use to tardwrangle this menhera for over 2 years?
I'm pretty sure back then wasn't as bad, or at least more manageable. as much as people dislike corpo-culture, some people strive there.
remember her behavior was never the issue, it all happened because discord/obs being niggershit, which then lead to the fallout. after getting terminated she had to deal with everything on her own, that loss of (controlled) environment would have an effect on everybody, I said as much even back then. there's a big difference in finding a good tardwrangler, even without the baggage, than get one assigned and the company takes care of the rest, on top of all the other stuff you suddenly have to deal with. that's not an excuse, but still important factors. another thing to keep in mind, by her own admission she's not the brightest bulb in the box. even kirsche has trouble finding reliable people, and she's a lot smarter; now imagine being THE former top earner of cover, dabbling in GFE which breeds it's own kind of shizo, just got a very public termination. can't even imagine what kind of bullshit must have flown her way.
all those things considered is why I cut her some slack.
it's not a simple office job you can get back doing just for a different company, not only is there no real alternative in the professional sphere for cover (lol nijisanji), the graduation made her toxic to anyone else. vshojo might be a corpo in name, but they don't necessarily offer the same "service" with the inevitable limitations, which some people like kson prefer.
tbh while I can understand why cover had to drop her, if they instead had put the fear of god into her while adjusting procedures we'd probably look at completely different situation. now it sucks for the audience, her and even cover.
I mean yeah, objectively, but by the same virtue "too afraid to leave the house and talk to people" doesn't magically become a healthy lifestyle just because people start paying you to do it, nor should it warrant any more esteem than your average hiki just because people start paying you to do it. It's cool that they get to make a living now but they're not being incentivized to overcome the things keeping them from a normal life. I feel like you got hung up on the phrase "real job" and missed my point that a lot of these people are the definition of mentally unwell.
I don't really have a point besides remembering to be mindful of that reality when these gremlins are talking in your ear, I guess.
the problem is shit like that is often self-reinforcing and/or environmental. and you can't just go "duh just leave the house" just as you can't say "bro stop coughing and being sick". doesn't work like that.
so if there's an external influence that breaks them out of the cycle or changes the social environment enough they can improve I'm all for it, therapy can have many forms.
it's less what gremlins talk into my ear, more that I've seen that shit firsthand, so I kinda understand where they're coming from.