原文標(biāo)題：Coming forward about the recent issues with Silverslipped.

發(fā)布時(shí)間：2022年6月23日

就SilverSlippedVA最近的問題發(fā)表意見

在得到許多人的鼓勵(lì)之后，我現(xiàn)在要站出來為這件事發(fā)言。

我厭倦了在幕后被虐待，也厭倦了看著朋友們?cè)谀缓蟊?SilverSlippedVA（Gabe Linan）虐待。我可能會(huì)成為導(dǎo)火索，但我已不想隱藏我的觀點(diǎn)——從今往后，我不想再與他或他的作品產(chǎn)生合作。我將不再繼續(xù)所有與他所扮演的角色有任何關(guān)聯(lián)的曼德拉創(chuàng)作或社區(qū)工作內(nèi)容。

我想要首先聲明，我完全有談?wù)摯耸碌臋?quán)利，因?yàn)樵谑盏椒劢z們的消息后，這也成為了我分內(nèi)的事——這一切都在我的眼前，或者說當(dāng)著我的面在私信中發(fā)生。

簡(jiǎn)單來說，Gabe將他的主頁圖片更換成一個(gè)“The Community”節(jié)目中一個(gè)角色對(duì)暗夜精靈的Cosplay——但在這張圖片上戴著黑臉。而這一集已經(jīng)被全平臺(tái)下架了，

因?yàn)?/p>

黑臉的玩笑。

Gabe對(duì)自己的平臺(tái)有足夠的認(rèn)知——決定將自己的主頁圖片更換成那個(gè)角色，因?yàn)樵诹硪粋€(gè)配音演員 FruitMasseuse 的慫恿下，他發(fā)現(xiàn)這樣做會(huì)很“有趣”。我在語音聊天中質(zhì)問Gabe，他說他不知道這會(huì)被認(rèn)為是黑臉，也不知道這甚至可能類似于那種玩笑。然而，那個(gè)角色的整場(chǎng)表現(xiàn)都

圍繞

著黑臉笑話，甚至還有另一個(gè)角色對(duì)他喊話“

那是黑臉”

。很明顯，這個(gè)“笑話”是有兩層含義的。Gabe實(shí)際上對(duì)我撒謊了。他也應(yīng)該知道這是冒犯性的，因?yàn)檫@一集已經(jīng)被Netflix以冒犯為理由禁播了，他不得不去其他平臺(tái)尋找它。實(shí)際上，這是他們的一個(gè)大冒險(xiǎn)，這證實(shí)他知道這張圖片有惡意——因?yàn)槿绻]有爭(zhēng)議，或者對(duì)他們來說并不“有趣”，這件事根本就不會(huì)發(fā)生。

Gabe繼續(xù)撒謊，他說在Discord收到的私信（我不會(huì)公開展示截圖除非私信）并不是他將那張?jiān)谥黜搾炝税胩斓膱D片取消掉并道歉的原因。他說他是被我的私信提醒，才意識(shí)到了情況的嚴(yán)重性和“玩笑”本身的惡意——然而，兩小時(shí)前他就在與其他配音演員的群聊中發(fā)了一條解釋了這個(gè)笑話是什么的消息（要截圖請(qǐng)私信）。

在其他場(chǎng)合中，每當(dāng)我試圖幫助Gabe時(shí)，他會(huì)撒謊，并且他只在乎自己——比如，當(dāng)他在多個(gè)平臺(tái)公然網(wǎng)暴粉絲（超過了玩笑的程度）并導(dǎo)致其陷入抑郁，是我給他發(fā)了私信，才讓他向那個(gè)粉絲道了歉。

Gabe在幕后繼續(xù)給許多人制造麻煩——包括制作成員和朋友——已經(jīng)達(dá)到了他必須為此承擔(dān)責(zé)任的地步?？吹饺藗?cè)谒牡狼富貞?yīng)中說“他這也是無奈之舉”或“他不知道這很冒犯”，我很不高興——因?yàn)檫@不是真的。他在他的意圖和對(duì)情況的認(rèn)知上對(duì)他的聽眾撒了謊，而我厭倦了看著這種事發(fā)生。

我很生氣，因?yàn)樗麨榱诉@個(gè)“玩笑”把我、同伴們和朋友們拖進(jìn)了泥潭，并傷害了許多粉絲——他公然的無知行為導(dǎo)致了不可否認(rèn)的、不必要的壓力和痛苦。需要有人站出來說些什么，所以這就是我的解釋。

I'm coming forward about this (after being given the go ahead by multiple people).

I'm tired of being mistreated behind the scenes, and I am tired of watching my friends being mistreated behind the scenes, by SilverSlippedVA (Gabe Linan.) I could make a burner but I have no intention of hiding my opinion- and after today I have no intention of being associated with him or with his work. I am discontinuing my Mandela Art and my work in the community if it has anything to do with the character he plays.

I want to preface this by saying it is entirely within my right to talk about this as all of this has become my business after being messaged about it by fans- and it all happened in front of me, or to my face in DMs.

To summarize, Gabe set his PFP as an image of a character from the show “The Community” sporting a dark elf cosplay- but also wearing blackface to go through with it. The episode was banned from all platforms BECAUSE the joke was about blackface.

Gabe is aware of his platform- and decided to change his PFP to that character because he found it “funny” after being dared by another VA, FruitMasseuse, to do it. I confronted Gabe about this in voice chat, and he said he had no idea it would be taken as blackface or that it could even resemble that sort of joke. However, the entire scene with that character CENTERS around the blackface joke, with even another character shouting “ITS BLACKFACE” at him. It’s obvious that the “joke” is double layered. Essentially, Gabe lied to me. He also should have known it was offensive as he had to go out of his way to find the episode on other platforms, seeing as it had been banned from Netflix for being offensive. The fact it was also a dare proves the point he knew of its mal intent- seeing as if the image were not as controversial or “funny” to them, it wouldn’t have been done at all.

Gabe continued to lie, as he said messaging him in a discord DM (I will not show screenshots unless Dm’d) wasn’t the reason he apologized and took down the PFP after it was up for half a day. He said he had woken up to my Dm and came to realize the gravity of the situation from there on, as well as the mal intent of the “joke” itself- however, he had sent a message in a group chat with other VA’s two hours beforehand, the message even being an explanation of what the joke was. (Screenshots if Dm’d).

Gabe has lied and only held himself accountable on other occasions when I am the one to try and help him- for example, when a fan fell into a depression after he blatantly bullied them on multiple platforms (past the point of a joke) it took me DM’ing him to get him to apologize to that fan at all.

Gabe, behind the scenes, continued to create problems for multiple people- both crew and friends- and it has come to the point that he must be held accountable for it. I’m upset seeing people in his apology’s responses saying “he didn’t know any better” or “he didn’t know it would be offensive”- because that isn’t true. He has lied to his audience about his intent and his awareness of the situation, and I am tired of watching it happen.

I am angry because he has dragged me, coworkers, and friends through the mud for this “joke” and hurt many fans- his blatantly ignorant actions have led to undeniable and unneeded stress and pain. Someone needed to say something, so here’s the explanation.