The Mysterious Mr. Enter / Jonathan Rozanski's "Growing Around" - IndieGoGo Campaign Failed, John going off the deep end, "Turning Red" is ignorant about 9/11 (later retracted)

[Tragedy of the Senate]

"Don't TELL me...how to go to therapy."

How the hell is anyone supposed to get in contact with him? He's inactive on DeviantArt, he has no Twitter, he barely responds to comments on YouTube and tries to end most conversations in his Discord unless it gives him the opportunity to rant about the pandemic. He's complaining about not being able to talk with many people due to being "locked in"; well the internet has a bunch of people willing to talk to him, so it's his fault for constantly declining the chances.

 

[Optimus Prime]

How the hell is anyone supposed to get in contact with him? He's inactive on DeviantArt, he has no Twitter, he barely responds to comments on YouTube and tries to end most conversations in his Discord unless it gives him the opportunity to rant about the pandemic. He's complaining about not being able to talk with many people due to being "locked in"; well the internet has a bunch of people willing to talk to him, so it's his fault for constantly declining the chances.

I think we can safely say that the existence of the Discord at this point is nothing but an echo chamber...except even the praise Enter doesn't want to hear.

Really, he wants something, anything to come around and magically make him feel better (and holy goddamn that sounds creepy given the potential fetishes this asshat is into), because all he wants are asspats because he's going through a rough patch in life (largely of his own making).

Frankly, I feel like if there wasn't a pandemic going on right now, what he needs to do is step away from the internet, from everything, and maybe go on some kind of self-discovery journey. As it stands, he can't do that even if he wanted, and so is extreme introvertedness and general anti-social behavior has ostracized him from really any kind of social support network that would help him through a depression.

I hate to say it but, as is always the case when using CWC as a benchmark, Growing Around has failed as Enter's CWCville as he can't even find sollace in his fictional utopia.

 

[The Decimator]

His massive hate-boner for that book is one of the most confusing things to me. It's a kind of obscure book. He's mad because it doesn't have his specific favorites on it when a book of this nature is just naturally gonna be opinion based. (The specific part he's complaining about there isn't even true, City of Heroes is online.) He apparently bought two editions of this thing he inexplicably despises. He's tried numerous times to either rewrite it or review it and constantly falls through on that. And he's been obsessing over it for years, he's been mad at this thing since before Growing Around existed, I think he was bitching at it back when all he did were pony reviews. I get that the 'Tism makes him fixate on dumb shit, but god damn.

I’d never even heard of this book until I saw Enter bitching about it. Is it supposed to be like those “1000 Movies You Have To See Before You Die” books?

 

[Deadman]

A note about the therapy thing, all things considered.

Its possible he doesn't want to see a therapist purely because doing so would suggest in his head that he's lost progress, and given his depressive state that certainly doesn't help matters. He may not realize that therapy sometimes is something people need for their entire live

Frankly, I feel like if there wasn't a pandemic going on right now, what he needs to do is step away from the internet, from everything, and maybe go on some kind of self-discovery journey. As it stands, he can't do that even if he wanted, and so is extreme introvertedness and general anti-social behavior has ostracized him from really any kind of social support network that would help him through a depression.

Let's face it....How long do you think before he tries to kill himself? Not even trying to be a alog. But i won't be surprised if this happen's.

 

[Jumbo Gay Threat]

I’m gonna say in the next month he would start with the suicide baiting. However Mr Enter is too much of a selfish asshole to actually kill himself but maybe he will prove me wrong.

 

[Corsola]

Enter's not going to kill himself. He cant deprive the earth of its greatest mind. Only his vast knowledge of My Little Pony and Spongebob can save us from Covid 19.

 

[The Littlest Shitlord]

Autistic people are at heightened risk of suicidal depression due to social, psychological, and biochemical factors. He really could kill himself. I've personally seen amazing results with nutritional treatment for a depressed autistic; I'd give out recommendations on what to take (it's all over the counter, at least in the US) but Enter doesn't take advice, especially not from us, so I won't bother. Given his stubborn, contrary and perverse nature, ironically the best way for Kiwi Farms to keep him alive would probably be to use reverse psychology on him by urging him to kill himself at every opportunity.

 

[AnAccount]

His massive hate-boner for that book is one of the most confusing things to me. It's a kind of obscure book. He's mad because it doesn't have his specific favorites on it when a book of this nature is just naturally gonna be opinion based. (The specific part he's complaining about there isn't even true, City of Heroes is online.) He apparently bought two editions of this thing he inexplicably despises. He's tried numerous times to either rewrite it or review it and constantly falls through on that. And he's been obsessing over it for years, he's been mad at this thing since before Growing Around existed, I think he was bitching at it back when all he did were pony reviews. I get that the 'Tism makes him fixate on dumb shit, but god damn.

Also lets just say halo combat evolved could only be played online. I love that game. if the game suddenly became unplayable, I'd still say its a must play game, just that its to bad that we're unable to do it.

Humans need water to survive. Its a must have resource.
If water is unavailable to you, it doesn't suddenly become unnecessary/worthless.

 

[Quintex96]

Enter's not going to kill himself. He cant deprive the earth of its greatest mind. Only his vast knowledge of My Little Pony and Spongebob can save us from Covid 19.

I’m gonna say in the next month he would start with the suicide baiting. However Mr Enter is too much of a selfish asshole to actually kill himself but maybe he will prove me wrong.

He's not the type to actively kill himself. The only way his death would be ruled a 'suicide' is if it was suicide by cop or accidental death to poor hygiene

 

[Optimus Prime]

Autistic people are at heightened risk of suicidal depression due to social, psychological, and biochemical factors. He really could kill himself. I've personally seen amazing results with nutritional treatment for a depressed autistic; I'd give out recommendations on what to take (it's all over the counter, at least in the US) but Enter doesn't take advice, especially not from us, so I won't bother. Given his stubborn, contrary and perverse nature, ironically the best way for Kiwi Farms to keep him alive would probably be to use reverse psychology on him by urging him to kill himself at every opportunity.

Well, what the fuck does he even do all day, anyway? Does he just live alone and shirk off the closest thing he has to a job which is watch fucking cartoons and rant about them while collecting unemployment checks every month? I can only assume he has absolutely no hobbies.

 

[AnAccount]

Well, what the fuck does he even do all day, anyway? Does he just live alone and shirk off the closest thing he has to a job which is watch fucking cartoons and rant about them while collecting unemployment checks every month? I can only assume he has absolutely no hobbies.

I think he's elaborately constructed a world where his hobbies are all 'work' to him

Watching cartoons? Oh that's work
Writing? Oh that's work
Talking to people on discord? Work
Oh that 1001 games thing? Well he HAS to write his own one which means playing games. So playing games is work.

 

[Optimus Prime]

I think he's elaborately constructed a world where his hobbies are all 'work' to him

Watching cartoons? Oh that's work
Writing? Oh that's work
Talking to people on discord? Work
Oh that 1001 games thing? Well he HAS to write his own one which means playing games. So playing games is work.

I really would like to ask Enter what he does that he would consider fun, since now I'm wondering if you're spot on and everything Enter enjoys doing has become work in his eyes.

 

[Tragedy of the Senate]

I think he's elaborately constructed a world where his hobbies are all 'work' to him

Watching cartoons? Oh that's work
Writing? Oh that's work
Talking to people on discord? Work
Oh that 1001 games thing? Well he HAS to write his own one which means playing games. So playing games is work.

In fairness, you can say that about many YouTubers; most end up converting their hobbies into jobs. It's just that Enter has so few hobbies that all of his ended up becoming a job. He doesn't run or play sports, he doesn't sing, he doesn't work with wood, he doesn't cook and there's so much more that he doesn't do. The only thing that might be a hobby is taking photos of nature, based on what he had posted on his DeviantArt account. But since he rarely goes outside, he can't do much of that.

Besides, most people are supposed to improve with their jobs. Enter's taken an opposite route. His reviews got a moderate improvement (better editing, more calm demeanour), but after the fundraiser failed, they got as bad as they were in the beginning; seriously, StarGiantProduction's editing is no better than what Enter was initially doing. His writing hasn't evolved much, and the forced cross-dressing and lack of focus on the main characters has been plaguing most of his scripts, old and new. Transparency and communication are things audience members value highly, and Enter can't even be bothered to answer basic questions without getting angry. Need I again mention how he's made no progress on "upping" that 1001 Games book, despite bitching about it for years?

 

[The Pink Panther]

StarGiantProduction's editing is no better than what Enter was initially doing.

I'd argue that StarGiant is a worse editor than Enter mostly do his concentrated autism. There are so many editing errors, that I'm surprised that neither Star nor Enter proofread them over.

 

[Doctor of Autism]

I'd argue that StarGiant is a worse editor than Enter mostly do his concentrated autism. There are so many editing errors, that I'm surprised that neither Star nor Enter proofread them over.

Also don't forget how very open StarGiant is about his fetishes where you can even see some fetish pictures within the editing through tabs and whatnot.

 

[FluffyTehFennekin]

Also don't forget how very open StarGiant is about his fetishes where you can even see some fetish pictures within the editing through tabs and whatnot.

OMG really? No wonder he’s so deranged.

 

[Doctor of Autism]

OMG really? No wonder he’s so deranged.

Yeah he’s extremely open about his giantess fetish

 

[Icarus B. Nezzer]

I knew it.

 

[Pachyderm Patriarch]

I knew it.

Loving the Arial font in the thumbnail. Really shows how much passion he's putting into this work.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

I knew it.

Only a couple seconds in and he's immediately bitching about the 'Rona again.

Edit: Obligatory Growing Around reference at 10:14.

So, the gimmick for this review is that he's complaining about the movie to his child and teen self. The VA for child-Enter isn't particularly good, but a special mention has to go to the one for teen-Enter, which is legitimately painful to listen to. IDK if he plans on having these in Growing Around, but if he does that isn't a good sign.

But, that's not what's important: A lot of the review has him making comments to his younger selves about his personal issues. It's like he used this whole review as some bizarre therapy session, it's one of the more surreal things I've seen him come out with and it's not making me any more optimistic about his mental state at the moment. If you want to skip to that, go to about 28 minutes in.