You know, when I first saw this, I was very much behind it with the message it was putting about discourse, but then I started looking into a bit more and giving it a more skeptical look.
Not saying it's fake, but maybe not exactly the whole truth https://twitter.com/SaraIMZ1/status/1297093224641822720

This makes sense and I would say this is pretty heavily implied to be High Guardian Spice, since it's the only example out there of such a backhanded trailer, but it would also be something I would agree with and believe, which is why I initially retweeted

But I noticed a couple of things that don't make too much sense
Here's what specifically caught my eye
If we're thinking about HGS, why is it that we're blaming the creators and showrunners for the promotion that Crunchyroll made? And that promotion didn't promote diversity in--

-the show, it promoted diversity among the creators, there was nothing inherently progressive highlighted about HGS
The creators themselves didn't make the promotion that way, their part in it was simply being interviewed
There's a namedrop of WIA but I found these replies

I looked up WIA, and it's a non-profit made to support women in the industry, help them make connections and learn about it, they don't produce shows or pitch them, like the reply said, they're not a studio, so that tirade seems a bit odd.

Like when I really think about it, I can't really think of any other shows marketed with "diversity", only with discussions about it being had after these shows have been made, or towards the end of their run. For most it'd probably be difficult to market it that way

See, this part seems to be honest, it's not as accusatory or blaming as the other parts, but of course, there is no way of proving either or, and even if I'm skeptical, that doesn't mean I don't believe this person

This is a smaller thing but I couldn't find much regarding this person's work outside of AR
https://twitter.com/SaraIMZ1/status/1297259129514471424?s=20
Here they say the twitter flopped but it was created this month?

I dunno when I see discussions of diversity I'm always against the kind of pandering that companies like Disney do, but I see a lot of people who typically are against diversity and would call it pandering commenting and retweeting this post.

But what sets it apart for me is the fact that the showrunners were more prominent than the actual show
the HGS trailer only had 5 whole seconds where one person spoke about the diversity in the show as a reason as to why they were drawn to it

Honestly on a rewatch of the trailer, it's not pumped as full of diversity talk as everyone makes it out to be, it literally only takes up like 17% of the trailer, am I missing something?
Forgive the thread for derailing, but now this is on my mind
I already thought the backlash-

- was over the top and sensationalist but it had me thinking the trailer was pretty much talking about the showrunners and their diversity, but mainly it's just a couple of vague statements about the show, like I'm confused now, were there two trailers??
And also with HGS, the--

-Show hasn't come out yet, so it can't be considered a failure
The backlash can probably highlight that it's going to get a lot of negativity, but in this current moment it seems weird to do so.
Like it reminds me of how Thundercats Roar was discussed before it came out

I'm sure I got into another debate about this recently, a person called WIA a scam and that you don't need them to get your show out, and comparing the reaction towards Hazbin Hotel and HGS, which I felt were unrelated.
It doesn't say much, but it's odd that it's happened twice

I dunno what my verdict on this is, I could be crazy but it seems like something that happened that was twisted into something a lot less genuine