Sena Bryer is right: the hatred that Smile gets is highly problematic

[MartinFreeman]

As Sena Bryer has said:

My eyes roll hard whenever he says anything. Stop listening to him.

The song was bad and did not fit the game. Does not matter if it was sung by a white, indian, or whoever. It. Sucks!

[Infindox]

This made me laugh a bit from a XIV subreddit - "Yes, you read the title correctly: Any discussion about Sena Bryer is now banned..."

https://www.reddit.com/r/ShitpostXIV...rounding_sena/

Okay, I'm about as "woke" as certain groups like to say, and yes I am also against death threats towards her or just hating because of her identity, but really? Guess the meme about reddit mods is true.

[Ratikal]

This made me laugh a bit from a XIV subreddit - "Yes, you read the title correctly: Any discussion about Sena Bryer is now banned..."

https://www.reddit.com/r/ShitpostXIV...rounding_sena/

4. These posts tend to lead to political discussion that is sometimes completely unrelated to FF14. Some people may not want to see this in a subreddit about a game.

Because these types of people always brought this shit up. Think back to 2020 when certain world and national events/protests were happening. Is this not what these people wanted?

[ReynTime]

Far be from me to defend reddit but there is a clear cut reason why they're doing that.
If a sub-reddit can be proven to become a "harassment sub" it can be terminated by Reddit's terms. They're trying to protect the sub from falling into that label.

[Ramiee]

So people aren't allowed to not like music anymore without it being bigoted? Lol.

[Infindox]

Far be from me to defend reddit but there is a clear cut reason why they're doing that.
If a sub-reddit can be proven to become a "harassment sub" it can be terminated by Reddit's terms. They're trying to protect the sub from falling into that label.

Fair enough, I can see that.

[MartinFreeman]

This made me laugh a bit from a XIV subreddit - "Yes, you read the title correctly: Any discussion about Sena Bryer is now banned..."

https://www.reddit.com/r/ShitpostXIV...rounding_sena/

Right on cue. The LGBT shield of defense rises against any criticism.

We shall now refer to him as "He That Shall Not Be Named."

[Aniise]

I already said what I think about her tweet in the other thread, which is locked now. But oh well...

It was a stupid move of Sena to post such a bad take online, and I really wonder....if she has an agency or something like that, shouldn't they be the ones to beg her to stop at this point? It's already a very bad look and a stain on her career, and she's not making it better by stirring the fire on X and shooting against the player base.

That being said, I didn't like the song at all. It felt so...forced and out of place for the game as a whole.And I'm sad to say this, because so far every credit song holds a special place in my heart.

When it played for the first time during the crowning ceremony...okay...it was not 100% unfitting there but I still cringed.
When it played during the bomb building scene with the train however, I couldn't believe my ears. That was...so utterly unfitting. Who thought it would be a good idea to place it there?! And then again, during the ending credits...I just put the game on mute.

This is not because I think the singer or the vocals are terrible. I like AKINOS voice, and standing alone, this might be a fine piece of music on it's own. It just...does not fit. Not at all. Adding to that, I didn't really enjoy Dawntrails MSQ that much, and the song just reminds me of that...which could also play a huge part in me disliking it.

[Bonoki]

Far be from me to defend reddit but there is a clear cut reason why they're doing that.
If a sub-reddit can be proven to become a "harassment sub" it can be terminated by Reddit's terms. They're trying to protect the sub from falling into that label.

This makes logical sense to me and I don't fault them for it. I'm more surprised that the comment section is acting like anyone who discussed Sena/Wuk was behaving this way.

[Xendros]

This makes logical sense to me and I don't fault them for it. I'm more surprised that the comment section is acting like anyone who discussed Sena/Wuk was behaving this way.

That's virtue signaling at it's finest.