History Heartwarming / HBomberguy

-->'''Hbomb:''' I wore this to a wedding!

* While the ''Pick-Up Artistry'' video is a mostly bleak overview of their particular lifestyle, Hbomb presents the video in a suit and waistcoat, with a bowtie made by his mum, which he goes out of his way to mention and show gratitude for. It's very cute.

* In "''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' Is Garbage, And Here's Why", Harry discusses the show's [[TakeThatAudience unflattering portrayal of its own fanbase]] as a club of weird conspiracy theorists (and at least one YaoiFangirl, who is ridiculed even by the other members of the club) in the episode "The Empty Hearse." He points out that while a lot of fan theories, including the "secret good fourth episode," were indeed stupid and unrealistic, he can't really blame fans for coming up with them because the show frequently expects its audience to take equally ridiculous plot developments at face value. He also argues that the fans who come up with these elaborate theories to fill the gaps in the plot are the truest fans of ''Sherlock'' and harshly criticizes Creator/StevenMoffat for his apparent contempt for them.

*** It goes from heartwarming to a mix of heartwarming and sad when one considers the conflict he had in trying to upload the video: after a [[https://www.eff.org/wp/unfiltered-how-youtubes-content-id-discourages-fair-use-and-dictates-what-we-see-online repeat string of copyright claims following his initial piecemeal uploads]] of "''RWBY'' is Disappointing and Here's Why," Harris was forced to re-edit the video's various parts "a million times" with the aid of a lawyer in an attempt to deal with the issue. Not only that, but, [[https://mobile.twitter.com/hbomberguy/status/1337142885813280771?lang=en as he later claimed on his twitter]], "The most shocking thing about Rooster Teeth in particular is they're actively abusing the system. They aggressively block content in order to get people to email them privately and agree to their terms, and if you agree, the claim is downgraded so they MERELY monetize your work." Basically, according to Harris, Rooster Teeth uses the Youtube copyright system to block videos with Content ID matches longer than five seconds until the creators of the videos give Rooster Teeth the entirety of the videos' revenue. Harris goes on to explain in later tweets how utterly disappointing this behavior is from a company that [[{{Hypocrite}} rose to prominence]] by [[Machinima/RedVsBlue using portions of others' creative properties to create something new]]; i.e., ''fair use,'' and that doing something like this is far worse in his eyes than making a bad show. It's heartwarming in and of itself that Harris went through ''so much'' to get the video he dedicated to Monty Oum and an honest criticism of Monty's treasured project up, but it's clear that the process of doing so [[BrokenPedestal seriously damaged]] Harris' respect for the current Rooster Teeth as a whole.

*** It goes from heartwarming to a mix of heartwarming and sad when one considers the conflict he had in trying to upload the video: after a [[https://www.eff.org/wp/unfiltered-how-youtubes-content-id-discourages-fair-use-and-dictates-what-we-see-online repeat string of copyright claims following his initial piecemeal uploads]] of "''RWBY'' is Disappointing and Here's Why," Harris was forced to re-edit the video's various parts "a million times" with the aid of a lawyer in an attempt to deal with the issue. Not only that, but, [[https://mobile.twitter.com/hbomberguy/status/1337142885813280771?lang=en as he later claimed on his twitter]], "The most shocking thing about Rooster Teeth in particular is they're actively abusing the system. They aggressively block content in order to get people to email them privately and agree to their terms, and if you agree, the claim is downgraded so they MERELY monetize your work." Basically, according to Harris, Rooster Teeth uses the Youtube copyright system to block vidoes with Content ID matches longer than five seconds until the creators of the videos give Rooster Teeth the entirety of the videos' revenue. Harris goes on to explain in later tweets how utterly disappointing this behavior is from a company that [[{{Hypocrite}} rose to prominence]] by [[Machinima/RedVsBlue using portions of others' creative properties to create something new]]; i.e., ''fair use,'' and that doing something like this is far worse in his eyes than making a bad show. It's heartwarming in and of itself that Harris went through ''so much'' to get the video he dedicated to Monty Oum and an honest criticism of Monty's treasured project up, but it's clear that the process of doing so [[BrokenPedestal seriously damaged]] Harris' respect for the current Rooster Teeth as a whole.

* His "Vaccines" video ends with the optimistic conclusion that, despite how hopeless and beset by intractable stupidity the world sometimes seems, seeking out and revealing the truth is nevertheless worth it because many people are actually surprisingly willing to change their minds and accept the truth when it is placed before them. To illustrate, he points out that while COVID vaccinations started off slow in many nations before gradually increasing as people slowly came to trust them, in Britain they have been consistently high, likely because people remember and have learned from the whole mess around the vaccine controversy he has been unpacking.

*** It goes from heartwarming to a mix of heartwarming and sad when one considers the conflict he had in trying to upload the video: after a [[https://www.eff.org/wp/unfiltered-how-youtubes-content-id-discourages-fair-use-and-dictates-what-we-see-online repeat string of copyright claims following his initial piecemeal uploads]] of "''RWBY'' is Disappointing and Here's Why," Harry was forced to re-edit the video's various parts "a million times" with the aid of a lawyer in an attempt to deal with the issue. Not only that, but, [[https://mobile.twitter.com/hbomberguy/status/1337142885813280771?lang=en as he later claimed on his twitter]], "The most shocking thing about Rooster Teeth in particular is they're actively abusing the system. They aggressively block content in order to get people to email them privately and agree to their terms, and if you agree, the claim is downgraded so they MERELY monetize your work." Basically, according to Harry, Rooster Teeth uses the Youtube copyright system to block vidoes with Content ID matches longer than five seconds until the creators of the videos give Rooster Teeth the entirety of the videos' revenue. Harry goes on to explain in later tweets how utterly disappointing this behavior is from a company that [[{{Hypocrite}} rose to prominence]] by [[Machinima/RedVsBlue using portions of others' creative properties to create something new]]; i.e., ''fair use,'' and that doing something like this is far worse in his eyes than making a bad show. It's heartwarming in and of itself that Harry went through ''so much'' to get the video he dedicated to Monty Oum and an honest criticism of Monty's treasured project up, but it's clear that the process of doing so [[BrokenPedestal seriously damaged]] Harry's respect for the current Rooster Teeth as a whole.

*** It goes from heartwarming to sad when one considers the conflict he had in trying to upload the video: after a [[https://www.eff.org/wp/unfiltered-how-youtubes-content-id-discourages-fair-use-and-dictates-what-we-see-online repeat string of copyright claims following his initial piecemeal uploads]] of "''RWBY'' is Disappointing and Here's Why," Harry was forced to re-edit the video's various parts "a million times" with the aid of a lawyer in an attempt to deal with the issue. Not only that, but, [[https://mobile.twitter.com/hbomberguy/status/1337142885813280771?lang=en as he later claimed on his twitter]], "The most shocking thing about Rooster Teeth in particular is they're actively abusing the system. They aggressively block content in order to get people to email them privately and agree to their terms, and if you agree, the claim is downgraded so they MERELY monetize your work." Basically, according to Harry, Rooster Teeth uses the Youtube copyright system to block vidoes with Content ID matches longer than five seconds until the creators of the videos give Rooster Teeth the entirety of the videos' revenue. Harry goes on to explain in later tweets how utterly disappointing this behavior is from a company that [[{{Hypocrite}} rose to prominence]] by [[Machinima/RedVsBlue using portions of others' creative properties to create something new]]; i.e., ''fair use,'' and that doing something like this is far worse in his eyes than making a bad show. It's heartwarming in and of itself that Harry went through ''so much'' to get the video he dedicated to Monty Oum and an honest criticism of Monty's treasured project up, but it's clear that the process of doing so [[BrokenPedestal seriously damaged]] Harry's respect for the current Rooster Teeth as a whole.

*** It goes from heartwarming to sad when one considers the conflict he had in trying to upload the video: after a [[https://www.eff.org/wp/unfiltered-how-youtubes-content-id-discourages-fair-use-and-dictates-what-we-see-online repeat string of copyright claims following his initial piecemeal uploads]] of "''RWBY'' is Disappointing and Here's Why," Harry was forced to re-edit the video's various parts "a million times" with the aid of a lawyer in an attempt to deal with the issue. Not only that, but, [[https://mobile.twitter.com/hbomberguy/status/1337142885813280771?lang=en as he later claimed on his twitter]], "The most shocking thing about Rooster Teeth in particular is they're actively abusing the system. They aggressively block content in order to get people to email them privately and agree to their terms, and if you agree, the claim is downgraded so they MERELY monetize your work." Basically, according to Harry, Rooster Teeth uses the Youtube copyright system to block vidoes with Content ID matches longer than five seconds until the creators of the videos give Rooster Teeth the entirety of the videos' revenue. Harry goes on to explain in later tweets how utterly disappointing this behavior is from a company that [[{{Hypocrite}} rose to prominence]] by [[Machinima/RedVsBlue using portions of others' creative properties to create something new]]; i.e., ''fair use,'' and that doing something like this is far worse in his eyes than making a bad show. It's clear that despite having a level of respect for the company while filming and editing, that respect for them has since been [[BrokenPedestal seriously damaged.]]

*** It goes from heartwarming to sad when one considers the conflict he had in trying to upload the video: after a [[https://www.eff.org/wp/unfiltered-how-youtubes-content-id-discourages-fair-use-and-dictates-what-we-see-online repeat string of copyright claims following his initial piecemeal uploads]] of "''RWBY'' is Disappointing and Here's Why," Harry was forced to re-edit the video's various parts "a million times" with the aid of a lawyer in an attempt to deal with the issue. Not only that, but, [[https://mobile.twitter.com/hbomberguy/status/1337142885813280771?lang=en as he later claimed on his twitter]], "The most shocking thing about Rooster Teeth in particular is they're actively abusing the system. They aggressively block content in order to get people to email them privately and agree to their terms, and if you agree, the claim is downgraded so they MERELY monetize your work." Basically, according to Harry, Rooster Teeth uses the Youtube copyright system to block vidoes with Content ID matches longer than five seconds until the creators of the videos give Rooster Teeth the entirety of the videos' revenue. Harry goes on to explain in later tweets how utterly disappointing this behavior is from a company that [[{{Hypocrite}} rose to prominence]] by [[Machinima/RedVsBlue using portions of others' creative properties to create something new]]; i.e., ''fair use,'' and that doing something like this is far worse in his eyes than making a bad show. It's clear that despite having a level of respect for the company while filming and editing, this has [[BrokenPedestal done serious damage to his respect for them.]]

*** It goes from heartwarming to sad when one considers how Rooster Teeth treated him in return: after a string of copyright claims on his videos following his release of "''RWBY'' is Disappointing and Here's Why," Harry was forced to re-edit the video "a million times" in an attempt to deal with the issue. Not only that, but, [[https://mobile.twitter.com/hbomberguy/status/1337142885813280771?lang=en as he later claimed on his twitter]], "The most shocking thing about Rooster Teeth in particular is they're actively abusing the system. They aggressively block content in order to get people to email them privately and agree to their terms, and if you agree, the claim is downgraded so they MERELY monetize your work." Basically, according to Harry, Rooster Teeth was holding at least some youtube videos that used their content hostage until the creators of the videos give Rooster Teeth the videos' revenue. He goes on to explain in later tweets how [[BrokenPedestal utterly disappointing]] this behavior is from a company that [[{{Hypocrite}} rose to prominence]] by [[Machinima/RedVsBlue using portions of others' creative properties to create something new]]; i.e., ''fair use,'' and that doing something like this is far worse in his eyes than making a bad show.

*** It goes from heartwarming to sad when one considers how Rooster Teeth treated him in return: after a string of copyright claims on his videos following his release of "''RWBY'' is Disappointing and Here's Why," Harry was forced to re-edit the video "a million times" in an attempt to deal with the issue. Not only that, but, [[https://mobile.twitter.com/hbomberguy/status/1337142885813280771?lang=en as he later claimed on his twitter]], "The most shocking thing about Rooster Teeth in particular is they're actively abusing the system. They aggressively block content in order to get people to email them privately and agree to their terms, and if you agree, the claim is downgraded so they MERELY monetize your work." Basically, according to Harry, Rooster Teeth was holding at least some youtube videos that used their content hostage until the creators of the videoes give Rooster Teeth the videos' revenue. He goes on to explain in later tweets how [[BrokenPedestal utterly disappointing]] this behavior is from a company that [[{{Hypocrite}} rose to prominence]] by [[Machinima/RedVsBlue using portions of others' creative properties to create something new]]; i.e., ''fair use,'' and that doing something like this is far worse in his eyes than making a bad show.

* In "''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' Is Garbage, And Here's Why", he points out that while the "secret good fourth episode" theory was stupid and ridiculous, he can't really blame fans for coming up with it because it's the sort of thing that you would come up with if you took what was presented in the show at face value. He then argues that they are the truest fans of ''Sherlock'' and criticizes Creator/StevenMoffat for his apparent contempt for them.

* For all the faults he has with ''RWBY,'' Hbomb admits that he has no small amount of respect for what Creator/MontyOum and the team did in deciding to just make a show of what they ''wanted'' to see, as creative endeavors are always challenging. It also comes through a lot in his review that he has no small amount of respect for Monty as both a creator and person who, even if it started rough, was just happy to be creating something that people latched on to.

* For all the faults he has with ''RWBY,'' Hbomb admits that he has no small amount of respect for what Monty and the team did in deciding to just make a show of what they ''wanted'' to see, as creative endeavors are always challenging. It also comes through a lot in his review that he has no small amount of respect for Monty as both a creator and person who, even if it started rough, was just happy to be creating something that people latched on to.

* In "''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' Is Garbage, And Here's Why", he points out that while the "secret good fourth episode" theory was stupid and ridiculous, he can't really blame fans for coming up with it because it's the sort of thing that you would come up with if you took what was presented in the show at face value. He then argues that they are the truest fans of ''Sherlock'' and criticizes Steven Moffatt for his apparent contempt for them.

** The sincerity of his claims to respect Monty Oum are rather suspect however given the following:(https://old.reddit.com/r/RWBY/comments/idkcam/the_hbomberguy_video_genuinely_upsets_me/)
** Despite claiming how much of a big fan he was of Monty, how "he is humbled by his work" and enjoyed the RWBY trailers, Hbomb actively mocked his use of Poser in the pas, showed disdain for the series from the start and mocked Monty Oum's work habits and using language portraying Monty as if he was a NEET. This is a heavy contrast to his breathless claims of admiration for him and thr trailers in his video, and given he made no claims as to having changed his mind, but presented himself as having always loved Monty Oum & his work, it is clear he was lying.
*** Ah, Ruh-Weebee. I will probably never watch this show but the title itself and the gifs that keep popping up will be jokes in themselves for all time. I thought the action in one of the trailers looked semi-neat, then opened up a random episode to see if it was good and discovered horrible 'anime-esque' dialogue and had to turn it off. I didn't think it was possible to be more anime than anime. It's like an anime replicant.
*** Poser is garbage. It is poop. It is not a real program. I don't know any other way of saying it. It would actually be better to make it in Microsoft Office.
*** Maybe the key slowed him down because it got covered in greasy sweat and/or cheeto dust, or got broken from the sheer pressure of being violently mashed at incredible speeds.
*** It's very odd to desire speed and efficiency but have to use an old program and destroy your keyboards in the process, while using 'like nine' monitors, in order to rip off a fight from the Matrix but with lesbians
*** This is basically it. Monty Oum is the ultimate anime fanboy, and by appreciating 'his work', viewers are vicariously appreciating themselves. This is why relatively straightforward critique ("mutilating your tools and purposefully using a worse version of a software is not good practice") is being imagined as school bullies (with mental disorders, because why not?) picking on a kid in the cafeteria. While the kid is technically Monty Oum, The Oumchild is a stand-in for everyone else who appreciates anime in his very specific way, but didn't ever get the chance to make it themselves. Interesting side-point: Oum is treated as if a frail child, even in the imaginations of those who like him. This is telling.
*** This ties into my theory about this show and others like it removing all the good parts of anime through obsession with the signifiers of good-ness. Because there's nothing actually good in the show, a fan's discussion of the show necessarily has to revolve around how successful it has been, how much of a workaholic coolguy Monty Oum / Rooster Teeth are, their personal fanfiction character and how they would fit into official canon, and continuous re-insistence that the fights are 'cool'. The point is the part where you actually enjoy the show in some meaningful way is endlessly deferred elsewhere. It is weaponized desire. Monty Oum is a genius in the very specific way the creators of porn are geniuses.
*** If Oum had taken his choices more seriously, he would have made better ones.
*** I'm looking for a second lead animator on mine if you're interested. I need someone to tween the boobladies around as if they were sliding across a frictionless floor. And no, it won't be official RWBY unless you post pics of your broken keyboard. My control key is acting up ever since I pissed all over it though so I might have to tear it out.
*** Also, german words pronounced properly are great. That's why animes love them. If you're not even gonna pronounce it properly there's no point. "Like I love anime and am gonna make my own and do all the things animes I like do, but actually not at all. gently caress you" - Monty Oum

** Harry's own personal favourite moment in the stream, as described in a TED talk he did about it, was when a trans couple mentioned in the chat that one of them was raising money for a new wheelchair, and their fundraising goal was surpassed and multiplied in minutes, causing them to openly cry with joy over the chat.

* During his Ted talk about the ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' livestream, he claims that he learnt something about the goodness of humanity, and how there IS a difference between doing something bad to someone you don't like, and doing something good for the people you love. He thanks his friends for helping him to retroactively make the right choice.

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** At around the 27 hour mark, he realizes how much money he has raised, and nearly breaking into tears.