• VivianRixia@piefed.social
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    5 months ago

    I used to love Joss Whedon from everything he made. I grew up watching Buffy, and loved Firefly, then Marvel got him for Avengers and I was excited for him to be getting such a big break. He later Agents of Shield which I also loved. But then it came out that he was an abuser. His whole persona of championing strong women was merely a facade to hide this.

    Learning that Michelle Trachtenberg (RIP) had a clause in her contract while working in Buffy (2000-3) at age 15 that she was not to ever be in the same room as Whedon alone opened my eyes to just how bad things are. Not just how bad he was, but how well it was known that he was an abuser and no one did anything about it. That’s just how things were.

    I have a hard time watching Buffy or any of his works anymore, just knowing now that he was behind these things.

    • dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 months ago

      I literally learned to read so I could read Harry Potter books so I didn’t have to wait for bedtime for my dad to read them to me; even though I was a “boy” I badly wanted to be Hermione Granger when I grew up

      it’s really heart-breaking that she became so deranged and hateful, a lot of us loved her books growing up

  • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    I wouldn’t say horrible, but the shine definitely faded off Will Smith.

    He’s made some poor choices over the years.

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    5 months ago

    Schwarzi when he made his comment regarding covid but since he retracted thoses and I dont feel it s enough to abolish all his accomplishment.