The whole thing is… unfortunate, to put it lightly. FUNimation had its problems before but how they, as a company, handled the Vic case was the final nail in the coffin for me.
I think on the upside Vic will largely be fine; he’s talented in other fields of work and he’s lucky to have so many supportive fans (other men have been through similar situations and haven’t come out of it okay: False accusations of sexual misconduct can destroy a man’s life). What’s a shame is that his voice acting career is basically over: Even if they aren’t woke, other studios are unlikely to hire him for fear of reprisal.
Something like this had sadly been building for a while: For years there were weirdo’s at conventions trying to get Vic to reveal certain political positions and tumblr was full of unverified stories of Vic being a sexual predator (which honestly read like a teenage girls idea of what they think a sex pest is like). Then when Trump gained prominence in recent years, several actors at FUNi went full TDS, but Vic just kept whatever thoughts he had to himself. I think he basically understood that as a public figure he was around to entertain people, not use his position to give protracted political lectures that no-one appreciates.
Dude is a Christian and the Left hates Christianity, so I wonder if that’s why he became a target, regardless of whether he’s a liberal, conservative or even apolitical. But he’s based. One heckler tried to get him to admit to being against gay marriage. Vic gave the perfect response:
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