r/TheDragonPrince • u/MrBKainXTR Soren • Nov 06 '19

Announcement Harassment Allegations Megathread

Please keep all further discussion of the workplace harassment allegations regarding Wonderstorm and Ehasz in this megathread.

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Allegations:

https://twitter.com/danikaharrod/status/1191957269774245888?s=20

https://twitter.com/luluryounes/status/1191813982832644096?s=20

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1191924533696950272.html?refreshed=yes

Edit:

Ehasz sort of responded to some of the allegations back in august.
https://twitter.com/generalamayas/status/1192217818965643264

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u/MajestyMosquito Jelly Tart Nov 06 '19

I don’t think Aaron is a complete sexist who dismisses women’s ideas. Hell, his wife is Elizabeth Ehasz who is also a writer and wrote for a plethora of episodes on Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Danika Harrod was Lead of Community Development. Not a writer. And while Lulu was a Writer’s Assistant, that is also different from the actual role of a writer. Also keep in mind that Aaron is co-creator of TDP, so his vision would have final authority.

Furthermore, Aaron’s own sister is gay so I don’t think he’s really against LGBTQ+ either. Source is this SoundCloud interview from 30:24 - 30:50

“When I was thinking about this character. I was thinking of this very poised, confident young woman. And I thought a lot about my daughter and my niece. And my sister who is a lesbian, and is married to a wonderful woman, and they have a beautiful family and a beautiful relationship. For me, provided a lot of inspiration about how I was thinking about Aanya and her family.”

This isn’t to dismiss the alleged behavior and fright control Aaron imposed on his subordinates. It appears he is too authoritative with the way he manages people so that is something which must certainly be addressed.

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u/apurplepeep Nov 06 '19

you're making a huge mistake downplaying the roles of these people in this. You're taking Aaron's side because he made a cartoon you like. The roles of the people you are saying aren't high up enough to make these allegations, you realize wonderstorm is like 15 people, right? It isn't just about being homophobic, you can support gay people openly and still treat women like trash, to gaslight and control people and make it feel like it's their fault for "raising a stink" about something inconsequential when it isn't. I question if you've been in this situation before.

What literally would they have to gain by saying these things? don't be this guy. Don't do this now.

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u/LaFemminaVolpe Sun Nov 07 '19

They could gain the bragging rights of ruining his career and tanking his show just as an example.

Wonderstorm can be 15 people, it can be 5 people but when it comes to story only the few who know the story inside and out know what's right or wrong for it. Maybe they were trying to push their own beliefs into characters, maybe the changes they wanted to add would have been so major that it wouldve curved the entire plot. As I mentioned in another thread, what could they have suggested to add to characters who are similar to them? The struggles theyve had growing up? The persecution theyve endured? The Dragon Princes world doesnt have bias against same sex relationships so anything they wanted to add would be shut down as it is irrelevant to the world they've created. If they kept pestering and insisting then it would cause frustration or jokes in response to their suggestions because would you simply allow someone to try and force you to change your story?

I dont know whose right or wrong. I dont assume hes a saint, but I'm also not going to assume hes sexist or manipulative without real proof. And before you say their comments are proof, all I read is an inexperienced unconfrontational boss not a "sexist gaslighter" and I myself am a woman. Maybe both sides are wrong, but assuming someones bad without evidence is just ignorant.

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u/FeistyBookkeeper2 May 01 '20

Exactly. These accusations come across as a bit absurd. Why should anyone other than the creator of the show have "ownership" of the characters? That's not even a valid complaint, and makes it hard to take the rest of the complaints with any degree of seriousness.