#Yandere dev grooming

[your-fave-jewish-magical-girl]

LONG RANT: You can't fix Yandere Simulator. Let it die

Yeah there's no beating around the bush here. Everyone know what happened. Alex is a groomer. If this is your first time hearing about this, look Yandere Dev up for two minutes and you'll be up to date.

And yaddada I am feeling a lot of emotions, mostly anger and a shred of disappointment watching the thinnest sliver of hope I had for this game die. I'm guessing about 20k of you feel something similar, that or you're enjoying watching the shitshow unravel.

I guess if you've been on this subreddit, or twitter, or tumblr, you probably know what my title is referring to. For almost ten years now, Yandere Dev would get into a controversy and the fucked up aspects of his game are exposed and fanartists and writers and devs take it as an opportunity to 'fix' Yandere simulator. The most notable example I can think of is Love Letter from 2020 I think. It's a good idea in theory, literally separating the art from the artist by recreating his concept without the problematic stuff. There was a time when I agreed with this idea and even wanted to do something similar on my own.

But now with Alex's practically confirmed abuse, this concept I guess is leaving a bitter taste in my mouth, It has for a long time, but now I think It's time to address the concept of 'fixing' Yandere Simulator.

For starters, I believe it has gotten to the point where you can't separate the art from the artist with Yandere Simulator. Not after this. And I don't wanna get into an hour long discussion about how that works, but Yandere Simulator is different because the source material was never good in the first place. It was something people were *following in hopes of getting good*. So when fixing the game, the question isn't really what you should repair, (assuming you are up to date on Yandere Dev's controversies) but what you should even bother keeping. It's like trying to redesign a building accidentally built to make sure tall people can't get in. Yeah you can redesign the doors and the rooms, but when does it get to the point where you have to throw out the building and start from scratch. That's the problem with Yandere Simulator. It's not one or two flaws. It's basically the entire concept. It's this murder borderline porn game centered around Yandere Dev's barely disguised fetishes about an inaccurately portrayed underaged person with some mental illness killing other schoolchildren (and pedos, accidentally based Ayano???) for a mediocre audience self-insert where you have to take panty shots to get information and all the people your killing are offbrand anime characters and everyone's name is bad Japanese and, well you're in this subreddit, you know all the problems with Yandere Simulator. Putting heart clips in Ayano's hair or making Taro hot or Amai chubby or give Osana freckles and make the teachers minors or making any of the character different races blah blah blah, that doesn't actually change anything systemically wrong with the game, story, and concept. It's putting frosting on a moldy boot

(btw, I'm not actually against the Yandere Archetype. You can write problematic stuff so long as you give it respect. But this is part of a bigger issue.)

So You could remove all of that, but at what point are you just, making other piece of Yandere Simulator that has loose inspirational ties. Not that there is anything wrong with that--It's actually a good idea--but you can't reasonably say that you've 'fixed' Yandere Simulator after throwing out 70% of it. Yes, it may be true, but It's not good writing criticism when you're erasing the core of what make Yandere Simulator Yandere Simulator. Yandere Simulator is an anime fetish amalgamation made up of what Alex likes taking place in a pseudo-dating sim world gone wrong where sexy murder stuff happens. Once you start to remove that, you're removing its (admittedly cringe) soul. Not to mention, comparing some of the content in the game to his abuse, it gives the game itself a bitter taste. Is this something that you really want to reform? Is this something that *should* be reformed?

It's always "When will someone finally recreate Yandere Simulator" and not "Why should anyone recreate Yandere Simulator."

Additionally, whether you like it or not, when you keep posting fanart and rewrites and advertising your fangame as 'inspired' by Yandere Dev. You are giving him attention and free advertising. Even if you put 'Yandere Dev fans DNI' in your bio. I promise that all this time you are trying to spend 'fixing' this horrible game made by an abuser, you could be spending so much of that time making fanart for actual indie projects who deserve your attention who could use that exposure to grow or maintain a community.

And getting to the elephant in the room when it comes to people 'fixing' Yandere Simulator. It's no secret that Yandere simulator fangames fail. Paper Will made a good video on this but oh boy do they fail hard. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRLCsWhiNTc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRLCsWhiNTc). But I don't think It's a curse problem--even though that theory is funny. Talking about why they fail outside a game perspective (young inexperience devs, reliant on volunteers, biting off more than they can chew, unrealistic expectations, drama etc.) Devoting years of your life to something you hate isn't sustainable. And most of these games DON'T last years, they last months. Because spite is a spice, it's awesome, hot, everyone loves it. But you can't serve a meal with spice alone. Making as something as difficult as a game out of spite is an absolute loaded task that requires the stamina of a God to achieve. And if you're thinking about doing this as an after school hobby. You're gonna get burned out fast. I don't have any data on this, but even though I don't do coding. Creating a project out of hate is so exhausting, because It just doesn't work as that good of a motivator down the line. Just investing all this time, resources and energy into constant hate, and to prove what? That you're better than possibly one of the worst indie game devs of the century? Who do you need to prove it to?

The heart of all art is love, love for something. Even satire and art made to criticize has love for something, even if it's just itself and the joke It's trying to tell or for the message It's trying to send. And spite isn't the worst motivator as long as it's not the *only* motivator. And that's really what these "Fan" (word used incredibly loosely) games fail at their most basic mechanics. It's not actually made for love for the source material, but to one up it and make a point, and the entire concept collapses in on itself.

And to finally addess why I made this post. Responding to Alex's grooming by posting about how you can 'fix' the story of his game and redesigning/claiming characters and stuff is downright insulting and inappropriate. Not every Yandere Simulator fixer does this so I'm not trying to lump everyone together. There was a time when Yandere Dev would do something embarrassing or whatever and posting about how his ideas could be fixed was insightful, but as a response to this situation, It's just bad. People are hurt, and making this about you and how you can redeisgn or rework the game is clout chasey and tone death. Please don't use grooming to one-up Yandere Dev for whatever reason. Nobody wants that. Not the victims, not the former staff and volunteers. Nobody. Just keep it to yourself.

I honestly am just tired. I hope anything I just said is even somewhat comprehensible. But if you as someone who thinks they can fix yandere simulator takes away anything from this, It's to just make your own original stuff. Enough with the fangames and redesigns towards a person who does not deserve even a spec of your effort. Stop giving this guy more publicity and trying to revive this dead horse that is Yandere Simulator. If you still like aspects of the game I beg you to just make your own yandere themed piece of media, webcomic, book, game whatever separate from yandere simulator. Post your ORIGINAL characters that are yours and not reskinned versions of whatever Alex made. And let's just let this goddamn game from by a groomer die. Don't try to fix it, don't touch it. Just give it the sad death it deserves.

Please.

Fuck.

#yandere simulator #yansim #yandere dev #alex mahan #Yandere simulator drama #Yandere dev grooming #grooming

[thesassyravioli]

likes charge, reblogs cast or whatever

#yandere simulator #if this wont end yansim nothing on this godforsaken planet will #hoping that the vas/volunteer/whoever left will be treated well tho #yandere dev #yanderedev #yansim #tagging him for blacklist reasons #tw: grooming

[rose-above-dark]

Me showing up to yandere dev’s downfall AGAIN

#yandere dev #yandere sim #yandere simulator #rose talks #he was caught grooming a kid btw

[terminallyspookystudenteagle]

REMINDER THAT ALEX "YANDEREDEV" MAHAN GROOMED A 16-YEAR OLD GIRL, INTIMIDATED HER INTO SILENCE, AND COPYRIGHT CLAIMED AN EXPOSÉ OF HIS ACTIONS. (WE GOT CONFIRMATION THAT ALEX DID SO USING HIS VICTIM'S NAME)

THIS IS AN ARCHIVED LINK OF THE EXPOSÉ. THIS IS HERE FOR YOU TO SEE DUE TO THE STREISAND EFFECT; BECAUSE ALEX MAHAN DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE IT.

DO NOT SUPPORT YANDERE SIMULATOR. DO NOT SUPPORT YANDEREDEV.

IF YOU ARE A MINOR IN THE FANDOM, GET OUT NOW WHEN YOU HAVE THE CHANCE BEFORE HE PREYS UPON YOU NEXT.

IF YOU ARE AN ADULT IN THE FANDOM, CONDEMN ALEX MAHAN FOR HIS VILE ACTIONS AND CUT ALL SUPPORT TO HIM.

IF YOU STILL SUPPORT HIM DESPITE THIS DAMNING EVIDENCE, DO NOT INTERACT WITH THIS POST. YOU WILL BE BLOCKED FOR AIDING AND ABETTING HIM.

#tw: grooming #tw: abuse #yandev drama #yandev allegations #yandere simulator #yandere dev

[very-uncorrect]

This YanDev screenshot is kinda really fucking funny out of context

#the grooming #yandere dev #tw yanderedev #tw yandere dev #tw swearing #tw cursing #he is absolutely deranged #i hate him

[awesomeartiah]

TW: I will be talking about grooming. Please beware before moving on to this.

Hey guys! Ik I don’t make posts like this but please bare with me. I wanna spread this and I wanna use my platform for good. Ik im an artist but I just wanna help out.

Yandere Dev being exposed has a groomer. Yandere Dev has been a controversial person for years. You may ask yourself why. Well, I don’t wanna make it long af but their literally a pedo, a r@pist, etc. in the game. "Oh, Artiah the characters are 18+ yandere dev said that.” Bro you got me fucked up if you think I’m actually gonna believe that excuse. 

I am not surprised by the stuff in his game/ how it acts that he’s a groomer. I do encourage anyone even yandere sim fans to watch this video. Their is literally screenshots and screen recording. Yandere Dev before has confirmed to multiple people that these are real, but claims what he did was a mistake. Grooming minors is not a mistake. Especially when your over 30 years old. Talking about how big your penis is, what kind of breast you like etc, TO A MINOR Is not cute. And then when they gonna post and expose your ass you wanna be a manipulative. "My career is over” good. Do not give predators a platform. Especially those who doesn’t hold themselves accountable. i beg of you to play watch the video below. If you wanna know the truth please watch.

If there are any other people out there who were victims of yandere Dev don’t be scared to come out. People just like me and others are here to support you.

Yandere dev needs jail time/ needs to be off the internet. Please don’t let him get away with this.

Edit: please be aware I do make updates. Looks at reblogs I do talk about yandere dev talking down the video and etc!

#yandere simulator #yandere dev #anti yandere dev #tw: grooming #I better not see comments defending grooming or else I will argue with your ass idc how old you are #Youtube

[oddlyhale]

Losing my absolute mind over YanDev fans forgiving him for his predatory behavior just because he donated $1000+ to an organization.

That doesn't fix anything. That just means he can slap money on a problem and people will forgive him as soon as they see the payment receipt. That is despicable. The victim is still affected. People always want to forget the victim exists.

If money is all it takes to make people leave YanDev alone then he's just going to keep doing it over and over again, thinking he can just get away with milking money out of his fans to donate to an organization.

"Wow, you donate a lump sum of money! We forgive you, YanDev!" It's not your apology to accept.

He's been sus for years and it's all come to this point. I wouldn't be surprised if he's already done this many times but he's never been exposed for it.

#yandere dev #yandere simulator #yandere sim #tw grooming

[lemonthepotato]

“The victim of grooming doesn’t consider herself a victim of grooming.” WOW it’s almost like that’s what GROOMING does to the victim. Who would’ve thought that grooming, the act of establishing a connection with a minor to lower the child’s wariness about those sorts of topics, would lead to the victim having difficulty knowing that they were groomed. WHO WOULD’VE THOUGHT?

The Snapchat messages don’t exactly help your case.

#yandere dev #yandere simulator #tw grooming #lemons random rants #yansim

[castielsprostate]

i am 4 days late but. you know

#sjonnies edits #destiel news meme #yandere simulator #yandere dev #this is so funny #he literally said “i groomed a child but that was the game's fault and the child's fault” #tw yandere sim

[ddlc-against-yanderedev]

Hello Everyone. I know its been awhile since anyone has last posted here, but considering the recent developments I thought it was important to make some sort of post. Yandere Dev, aka Alex Mahan, has recently had another person come forward with allegations against him. Some of you may know that before this most recent set of allegations, he has had prior allegations against him by sisefs, which you can find detailed on this blog and theirs. I'm glad the people who associate with him have since stepped down from the project, but there is a long way to go in removing any power he has. I know yandere sim is still dear to a lot of people, but at this point I think that making fanart, stories, videos, ect, will potentially expose more minors to Alex. It is hard to turn a child fanbase against it's creator, the comments of his blogpost prove that. We have to make sure any route for him to get in contact with underage people is as hard as possible.

If you would like a more comprehensive summary of the allegation's, AllyMcC has video on them. Yandere Dev also has a blogpost that confirms most of what was said while also "woah is meing" about it, if any of you care to read you can find it on his blog. The gaslighting and voice calls are absolutely disgusting. You can also hear so many of his past opinions shining through. I'm sad more young people have been hurt by Alex, but I hope that this brave persons story has prevented any future victim's of Alex. I'm glad she came forward to Ally, may she have peace and healing.

-Mod Natsuki 🍭

#mod natsuki #anti yandere dev #yandere simulator #yandere dev #alex mahan #grooming #i may make a more personal post later on #but this is way more important now

[g0ldgauntlet]

I do not feel sympathy for Michaela Laws.

This is sort of a vent post (and likely the only post I'll ever make about Yansim since anything else I could say has probably been said by several other people), so feel free to scroll past this if you're not interested.

If you are, then proceed below. (Tw for grooming)

A few days ago, Michaela Laws resigned from her role as Ayano Aishi from Yandere Simulator after learning that its developer had groomed a minor. I want to first make clear that I am glad that she left, and she did the right thing by leaving. However, all I could keep thinking was one thing: Why did it take her this long?

So many people already knew about how horrible Alex Mahan (aka Yandere Dev) was. Surely someone must have told her-

Oh wait.

I found out that multiple people did, in fact, tell her about his past actions. Her response was to defend him, and then she doubled down on defending him when she was informed of the more current actions that Alex had committed at the time.

If you don't believe that's her, the post is still up on Tumblr via this reblog and here. Michaela knew about all of this as far back as 2017.

I find it most interesting that in these screenshots and posts, she referred to everyone who despised Alex as "anti-dev masses," and she ignored the things he said and did because she is, in her words, "an intellectual who can separate fiction from reality."

She even claimed that the people telling her that he treats women differently (which he does) are "sexist," even when said people told her that he very well could have hurt other people even if he was nice to just her.

The cherry on top of this is her unironic usage of the term "SJW," which tells me everything that I need to know about this. And you know what? Her saying in her resignation tweet that she still hopes that the game gets completed makes perfect sense to me now despite how out of place it feels compared to everything else. If she believes in separating fiction from reality, then she likely believed that she could still separate content from the creator.

In Alex's case, I strongly disagree with that notion, but what feels more contradictory is this other statement in the tweet:

I did not join to be a defender or arbiter of anyone's actions outside of the project.

However...That is literally what Michaela did. As I said, she defended Alex because of the "rumors" being spread about him.

She doesn't get to cry on Twitter about things turning out like this when she willingly claimed that Alex was only getting so much bad attention because "people don't like him."

She was the one who said "don't believe everything you hear." It was her who downplayed Alex's actions as "mistakes" or "accidents," and she claimed that he is "just a guy trying to make a game and be a game developer."

She doesn't get to backtrack now and pretend that she didn't knowingly defend Alex and stick by him for six more years after the making of that Tumblr post.

It took her six years and another minor after sisefs getting hurt for her to acknowledge what most people who knew about Yandere Simulator already knew about this man - That he is a terrible human being.

To be clear, I am not putting any blame on Michaela for what happened to the victims. I do not believe that she could have known about the current victim, or even the past one at the time of when the information came to light. Also, I do appreciate her giving support to all of the victims involved and correcting her previous statement since some (myself included) thought that she was perpetuating victim-blaming. However, that is as much benefit of the doubt that I could possibly give her. As for everything else? I cannot do that, and here's why:

It is my belief that she was well aware of what she was doing, and she either didn't see anything wrong with what Alex did or just didn't care until she finally realized how badly this all reflects on her now that Alex has been shown up-front once again to be an awful person (I also believe that this is connected to the backtracking in her resignation tweet as well).

Basically, my frustration comes from how far things had to get before she finally decided to denounce Alex and his actions.

She made her choice. Given that she previously claimed that she does not care about trying to look better and said that she would delete attempts to "sway" her about Alex, it seems clear that this was also the hill that she was willing to die on. Well, look where that got her. I cannot, for the life of me, understand how she didn't expect that a terrible person with a rightfully terrible reputation would end up doing something even more terrible, and that she was willing to ignore everything up until now. I don't understand how she didn't think that this would also negatively affect the game by association of the developer, but at this point, whatever happens to the game doesn't matter nearly as much as what Alex has done and likely will continue to do since it's been proven time and time again that he will never change as a person.

So no, I don't feel sympathy for Michaela Laws. I don't feel bad about her saying that she stuck with this game for almost ten years despite sticking up for Alex and sticking by him for six of those years. She did this to herself, and Yandere Simulator is probably something that she will be connected to for a long time since she is well-known as the voice of the game's main character. She could have left sooner, but chose not to and made it clear that she didn't want to until the truth had to be shoved right in front of her face.

So for that, Michaela only has herself to blame.

Edit:

I would like to add this Twitter thread that proves the point I was making here.

Michaela, three years after the Tumblr post I linked, straight up admits that she doesn't care about what Alex does, and she accuses a victim of Cryaotic (another groomer) of lying.

Even if Michaela apologized for the latter bit, it just goes to show that she was more than willing to ignore what people told her about Alex and still stand by him and the game.

This whole thing is a recurring trend with her. Had Alex not been exposed again, she probably would still be defending him even now.

She isn't sorry about being a part of the project at all.

And if she isn't sorry, then I don't feel sorry for her either.

#gold's rambles #yandere simulator #yansim #yandere dev #michaela laws #honest to god i seriously don't know what she was expecting #yandev being horrible again?? what a shocker #vent post #grooming

[twistedtrashposts]

This post really doesn't need to be made, but when has that ever stopped me?

Content warning for mentions of grooming, p*dophilic behavior, and such forth.

We talkin Yandere Dev.

So another set of allegations have been made against the creator of Yandere Simulator, and these ones are evidently concrete enough that even he can't weasel his way into calling them fake or hate. Imo, a long time coming.

Yandere content is a lot like BDSM in the sense that consent should be placed above all else. It contains a lot of dark acts, psychological "issues", and violence that should not be forced upon those who are not keen to read or see it. Minors cannot consent. And yet, a large portion of his fan base are minors.

As a huge enjoyer of yandere content myself, and someone who unfortunarly played this game in midde school, I cannot express enough how glad I am that his project is now on the road to dying, and how much I hope that it remains on that road. Several larger youtubers that played the game regularly like Kubz Scouts (or however they're spelled) have said they're no longer going to play it, and many of the team is leaving, such as the voice actors and volunteers. Good.

I don't have the receipts to share, personally, but there are multiple videos out there for you to see yourselves from creators, some victims and some just compiling the evidence, if you look for "yandere dev controversy" on YouTube.

Take that with his previously incel/misogynistic behavior, his constant sexualization of many of his characters, and his previous fanfics where he writes about forced intimacy. I read a lot of noncon. But I don't then make a game based on high schoolers using PANTY SHOTS as currency. No, they aren't all 18. Because one of the "18" year old characters has a younger sister...who is also 18? Make it make sense.

If you are a minor, or you know minors who enjoy this sandbox of a game, please ensure that you know what kind of manipulator is the one designing it.

#not twst #not twisted wonderland #tw: grooming #bri rants #anti yandere dev #yandere dev #yandere simulator

[megami-against-bs]

Coming out of retirement to say a few things.

What Yandere Dev has done is absolutely unforgivable and beyond disgusting. If you are in any way excusing his actions, I implore you to take a good hard look at yourself and ask why you are defending a confirmed groomer.

Stop supporting Yandere Simulator in any way. Support the VAs who have quit and call on the remaining VAs to quit as well. Do not forgive or forget the awful things Alex has been allowed to get away with for so long.

Both because I do not wish to, and because it is legitimately disturbing, I won’t go into detail about the grooming Alex is confirmed to have done, but if you do decide to look into it, I have to warn you one of the victims was allegedly 9 years old when it started. Jesus Christ. Even thinking about it makes me want to puke.

Fuck Yandere Dev, fuck Yandere Simulator, and I pray for peace and justice for his victims.

#yandere simulator #yandere critical #tw grooming #yandere dev

[kellodrawsalot]

You know what's messed up? Yandere Dev wanted his victim to lie and claim the phone calls was his ai voice and not his real one. Ai technology will muddle the waters so real groomers could get away with their crimes by the abusers saying: 'xIt was all ai! ''and the falsely accused will be seen as suspicious regardless.

Innocent people can be accused of doing the most horrendous shit because some sad loser makes that prompt.

This shit needs to be regulated

#Anti ai #ai art #ai voice #ai is theft #male yandere #yandere dev #tw grooming

[inkher0]

About the Yandev situation:

I'm more confused why he's facing punishment now for what he's done. He's been accused of this stuff before, and he's been accused of general pest behavior in the past. Hell, I assumed most people hated him purely because of how badly he sucks at making a game. Knowing people were still into him despite his controversies being within a single Youtube search is disappointing, to say the least.

I think this is important to say, as someone's who's experienced a crumb of attention from a younger audience: If a content creator really loves you, they won't want to be your friend. They are so concerned about making sure you understand the boundary between you two, it sometimes comes off as being cold. They'll block you first if you try to get too personal with them. They will be friendly in public, but they will never invite you somewhere alone with them. They will never want your Snapchat, your email, your phone number- nothing. You are a username and an icon to them, and sometimes a face they'll forget. That's how it should be. Expecting any more should be met with an iron wall of rejection. That's what boundaries are.

To the fans and other creators that stayed, even when there was plenty of reasons not to: Shame on you. You put each other in danger, and you need to support his victims the loudest now. You aren't the problem itself- that belongs to yandev alone- but you are part of it.

Quite frankly, I'm fucking sick and tired of the "but muh Fandom", ESPECIALLY from people my age and older. Get the fuck over yourself, you literal fucking nerd. Your anime clubs are full of pedophiles, transphobes, and racists. How you can stomach those "cherished memories" knowing it was there is beyond me. Either choke them out of your groups or leave the group. Sometimes you can salvage a space, sometimes you can't- it sucks, I know.

Do it anyways. This isn't a request.

#yandere dev #tw: grooming mention #yandere simulator #hero gets heated at the end as always

[very-uncorrect]

Yandere Sim is 99% getting cancelled now

#Yandere dev #yandere simulator #DIE DIE DIE DIE DIEEEEE #tw yandere dev #tw grooming #fuck yandere dev