Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-4820209-20150202184613/@comment-25555436-20150210021702

I might get hate for this, but I only went through Denial and Acceptance.

The Denial lasted like 20 minutes, which I spent surfing the web to see if it was true what happened to Monty. Acceptance came right after, and the only questions I had left (What will RT do now? What will his family do now?) have pretty much been answered already.

I have a policy to not cry for the people I do not know, so I didn't (sad, because I wanted to meet him someday after I got out of my asshole country). I understand RT and his family felt sad about his death, it must have been like losing an organ for them.

However, this doesn't mean I won't do what Scout says he'll do: Regret any criticism towards the show. Nope, I'll keep it, and will keep it where it's due, along with the praise. If Monty, or RT, made a mistake somewhere, I won't ignore it. If they made something great somewhere, I won't ignore it either. If RT improved something between Volumes, or was going great then...not so great with the show, I won't ignore it either.

Speaking about his death, I remember a Youtube comment I got in 3 of this month. I don't remember what it said exactly, but I remember the context (NOTE: These are not my words, I'm just saying the context of the comment I got): "The RT fandom is glorifying him.

Ever since Monty died, every single RWBY fan and many RT fans have been treating Monty like if he was Jesus Christ reincarnated, like if he was some kind of god. But he wasn't one, he was just a normal person. Skilled, but normal, and he knew it. He wouldn't like people to treat him like some kind of superhuman, but instead treat him like any other human being, which he was.

Human beings die all the time, every day, we just don't notice most of these deaths. Only difference between Monty's death and any other human's death is that one was famous and known by many, but other than that, there's no difference."

And the rest I forgot. Been looking for that comment all day, can't find it. I know it was a response to an old comment of mine that basically vows down to "I respect Monty for all he's done with RWBY so far, but I can't applause to it". But I think I remembered now where I got it, I may bring it later here.