Adult Swim cuts ties with 'Rick and Morty' co-creator Justin Roiland after domestic abuse charges

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[–]Musky 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Huh, didn't hear about that, but unless there's more to it, it seems like he's getting in trouble for suggesting an underage fan was jailbait, might be followed around by FBI, should be a camwhore when she turns 18, and he liked to use the word faggot. Also for a sexually explicit musical scene he wanted to do in Rick n Morty he sent to an adult musician. https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/rick-and-morty-is-officially-dead-to-fans-after-alleged-justin-roiland-dms-emerge/

I don't see anything necessarily nefarious unless there's more to it. Seems hypocritical that it is the kind of humor that inspired people to watch Rick n Morty, but they're bringing out the pitchforks now that the ex has made accusations.

[–]SMCAB 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

I listened to a 23 year old tell me how this show was revolutionary. It's funny sure. But fuck. Revolutionary? These are the people who watch this show, and anyone who would call a cartoon revolutionary would certainly turn on its creator for this.

Youth is wasted on the young brother.

[–]Musky 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

They're just blown away. To a person that age, the greatest show in their lives previously had been SpongeBob. They didn't have awesome 90s cartoons, they had Cartoon Network.

Youth is wasted on the young brother.

Amen.

[–]noice 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Spongebob was great though! What 90s cartoons did you like?

[–]Musky 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

My top picks would be Talespin, Duck Tales, Darkwing Duck, & Animaniacs.

[–]EternalSunset 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Funny to see how his sense of humor is as bad on dms as when he was writing that show.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm pretty sure the original animation did have paedo jokes in it.

[–]EternalSunset 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Even a bunch of the released episodes have weird stuff going on. Out the top of my head I remember one episode where Morty gets assaulted by a pedophile jellybean and that other one where Rick abandons Morty in favor of two crows and they play it like it a story about a romantic break up and Morty is trying 'get back with his ex'.