Going back to what I said about Caitlin Glass yesterday, I’m just going to elaborate why we should take everything she does on Twitter with a grain of salt, especially since she works at Funimation.
In a corporate environment, friendships take a backseat to making money, because money is what helps us survive. It's unfortunate, but it's true. Caitlin is in a much tougher spot than a lot of people think, because she’s in higher position than most of Funimation’s voice actors and she can’t risk losing that.
It’s even worse when you involve the lawsuit. Think about it: Caitlin has been friends with not just Vic, but also Monica and Jamie for many years. Imagine seeing three of your best friends involved in a bitter legal dispute that’s also having a negative effect on your employer. Now imagine if two of those friends happened to work at the same company as you. I would hate to be in that position. Obviously, Caitlin has to side with those two, especially when the number of friends they have dwarf the number of friends Vic has in Texas.
Also, unlike Monica, Jamie and Vic, Caitlin is a married woman. She’s got bills to pay, she’s got a roof over her head, she’s got a husband to support (to add insult to injury, last month, she revealed on her Twitter page that her husband’s two close friends are missing at sea). Do you honestly think she’s going to sacrifice all that to stay loyal to a former employee, even if that former employee is a friend? Not everyone is like Chuck Huber.
And here’s something else nobody’s thinking about: She could have been FORCED to not tag him for PR reasons. She could have been FORCED to like those Dallas Morning News tweets back in August. She could have even been FORCED to like any tweet involving Marchi, Rial, other voice actors and even several of their “fans”. A lot of Funimation voice actors could have.
People can disagree with her stance and her decisions all they want, but to argue that Caitlin did this to spite Vic and his fans is baseless and unfair, because guess who she is working for? The company that Vic is suing, the same company that fired him, the same company that happens to have Chris Sabat, Monica Rial and Jamie Marchi under their payroll, the same company that pays her bills. I absolutely sympathize in her position and I honestly wish everyone else would do the same.
