This is the "art of posting" according to Bluesky?
It is kind of funny that after years of "TERF island", the US comes up from the rear to show the rest of the world how transphobia is done and kind of shows how reasonable the UK actually tends to be on this stuff.
I had similar thoughts too. I've always thought it's absolutely ridiculous that the UK has somehow gained a reputation as a bastion of transphobia (because it has a high proportion of famous people who have denounced trans activism and the NHS being unable to meet their insane demands?) when in reality, besides Canada, it's probably the best place on Earth to live if you ID as trans and it's not even close. The UK in general is very secular and relatively socially liberal. Toob absolutely loves playing the martyr and LARPing as a revolutionary, and the recent Drumpf EO might put a wrench in the works of his embarrassing LARP. Nobody can seriously claim with a straight face now that the UK is transphobia central. I honestly wouldn't put it past him to still move to the US as he's been hinting at for a while.
If it makes him feel any better, he wasn't a big enough part of The Acolyte to affect the overall quality. (But replacing him with a better actor for all three of his lines would have made it ever-so-slightly better.)Shade at The Acolyte.
I've said similar things before. I've never been part of the 'TTD' crowd, and I don't really care about adults changing their names and their clothes. Stuff like the Congressional bathroom bill might make some Kiwifarmers clap with glee, but it's exactly the kind of thing that does actually turn public opinion in favor of trans people.
The Acolyte wasn't bad or any worse because of Olly, it was bad because it was the kind of show to hire someone like him to play a lesbian woman.
The TRAs pushed far too far too quickly, through diktat and without seeking consent from the public. As people became more aware of the most extreme effects of the ideology, things like children "transitioning" in school without their parents' knowledge, medical mutilation, rapists in women's prisons, sports, etc, the anger and disgust grew. A retvrn to the status quo ante is needed before any compromises can be sought.
if you like, but I firmly believe that the tide has already turned on this. I know it's anecdotal, but I know quite a lot of people who were firmly pro-trans a few years ago who have now either softened their position substantially or have completely peaked. In the US, I think we'll have a better idea of what the future holds in 2028 - will the Democrats choose a candidate who panders to troonery, and will he or she win? I think the answer to that question is going to have big implications. If a pro-trans Democrat loses or a moderate Democrat wins then I think that'll be the nail in the coffin of the movement as a political force, at least until the younger generations come of age. If one of the other two scenarios happens then we'll have to wait and see.I think you're being overly optimistic I'm afraid. I agree it should be a source of shame, but I think the chances that Hbomberguy has actually done any serious reflection on the subject are exceedingly slim. If you were to ask him, I'm sure you'd get the usual brain-dead spiel that any and all criticism of Mermaids is just bigotry and 'transphobic talking points', etc.
I'd Get behind him and oli london being landmine girls with their combined sums of taxpayer plastic surgery.
Judging from people's responses to his post, he means characters from his PT videos, such as "The Arsonist" or the nun in fetish gear, or Belle from Dracula's Ex. While he'd love to see someone dressed up as Sharako or Eurus, he'd get a special thrill from someone making an effort to dress as one of his own inventions. I wonder if any of the guys at the con costumed like "Sad Olly" from the self-interview will be in with a shot at the prize.
The "wet look" really doesn't suit him, his hair just looks crunchy.
Hilariously it didn't even occur to me that Ollie was talking about one of his TV show characters, I was genuinely assuming he meant he wanted to see someone cosplaying "TERF Journalist strawman" or "misogynistic Boss Babe caricature".
Oli London had a bit of an adventure because after attempting to transition to Korean, he then attempted to transition to Korean woman, but then mysteriously "found Jesus" and detransitioned
I mean hey despite being a mental freakshow at least Oli is dedicated to chasing the latest trends to keep the spotlight on him, even if he'll never be a true Trans-Race woman like say, Ariana Grande.
I'm 100% convinced he meant only the characters in his YouTube and Nebula videos. Cosplaying as a character he played in a TV show won't satisfy his narcissism nearly enough. He wants to see people dressing up as his characters that he created because he's so amazingly talented. Preferably troons/women who he can flirt with too.
Nietzsche, the Donald, Jordan Kermit Peterson and the H man? Truly riveting and original content, surely nobody has ever made the connection between Trump and Hitler before.
JESUS CHRIST. The complete lack of self-awareness in this PRETENTIOUS fucking man. He's incredible! Truly a once-in-a-lifetime talent.Worried American fan asks for advice, gets the entire St. Crispin's Day speech in response:
Probably reading to much into it but this is slightly bitchy / some strange shade to throw at hbomberguy. Bearing in mind the small pond he's a medium size fish in and that this an anonymous ask they've chosen to answer its weird theres not even lip service paid to "it was a great/big event i was pleased to take part in" or even "oh that takes me back" . They dont answer the askee's straightfoward question either . Rather he takes the opportunity to remind everyone he was in a relationship in 2019, which fair enough i guess, but that is 6 years ago. Reads like the response of a guy who still expects his exes to come crawling back and is also confident they cyber stalk him . Also , just cos he doesn't come up very much in this thread, i fucking hate hbomberguy.
Hbomberguy's not released a video since his plagiarism one that got James Somerton to DFE and suicide bait - I kind of wonder if that's not damaged his standing and made him a bit controversial. Also Mermaids was obviously found to have serious mismangement issues and accidentally revealed the personal details of a bunch of children, so possibly as Ollie's trying to make it as a "serious actress", he might be genuinely trying to distance himself a bit.
Everyone on the list is either American or Canadian, raising money for an American organisation. It's quite possible they're mostly looking for North Americans to share their perspectives on Trump's EO and don't really want to hear what some random Brit has to say about it (or one who'll go off on a tangent about the NHS or whatever) - especially one notorious for constantly putting his foot in his mouth by making sweeping statements with no regard for optics. The stream's 6pm - 6am our time so he easily could have done it.
