Thread by @woot_master

A little while ago I was informed by a former acquaintance of Etherium Apex that prior to joining the brony fandom he was an member of the right-wing furry community under the name Aethryx.

This thread will detail that history and why its important.

cw: pretty much everything

This information was confirmed by the business email on his youtube channel where he does music.

To begin with, during late 2017 a number of right-wing furry discord chats were leaked, showcasing nazi infiltration of the community. Aethryx's old logs were included in these leaks. Here are a few shared with me by someone involved in the furry community at that time.

In addition to these caps, I wanted to go through the leaks myself. As such I found the original leak files and have uploaded them for documentation here:

mega.nz/folder/JA912BQ…

Use this site to read them: dht.chylex.com/build/viewer.h…

As you might have guessed, he spent a lot of time talking about jews.

There's also talk of how he would run an ethnostate, if given the chance.

He makes sure to make exceptions for when it would personally affect him, of course.

In stark contrast to his more subtle approach in the pony fandom, back then he proudly claimed the nazi moniker. He wanted to antagonize those he disliked, so he threw in with actual fascists, and ended up becoming one himself.

You may have also noticed some familiar names in these caps. As far back as 2017 several right-wing bronies were also present in the server.

It seems like they were attempting to sell nazi furries on joining the pony fandom. BabsZeeb tells them the fandom is "still growing"

At first bronies were mostly rejected. But as pressure mounted from anti-fascist furries and more leaks happened, I guess that attitude changed.

In October 2017 he created an account on Equestria Daily and plugged his music to the fandom.

forums.equestriadaily.com/index.php?/pro…

It appears that the prospect of being able to start over again in a new fandom that had little to no experience with ousting right-wing extremism was too lucrative to pass up. Aethryx rebranded as Etherium Apex and well...

You know the rest.

Now why does any of this matter? After all these conversations happened YEARS ago. Surely someone can change in three years?

You're right, they can change. Some people are barely who they were a month ago even.

But Etherium hasn't.

When I first confronted Etherium about his ideology he told me he was going to be more "apolitical" on twitter and offered disavowals of those beliefs. He just wanted to "enjoy ponies". I gave him space and laid off of him.

But now he's back at it.

Its actually gotten so bad that he's actually angering people who should by all means be on his side. Even 4everfree brony has had enough. Despite our past disagreements this guy is EXTREMELY patient and nuanced, so if he thinks you've gone too far that's an issue.

Etherium has shut himself off from any and all criticism. He's cut himself off from everyone, SAVE only people who will enable him.

Really, his ideological beliefs never actually mattered. His support of fascism was just a cover for his real desire: to be a giant asshole to everyone for attention. Politics provides an excuse.

He's not a jackass because he's a nazi.

He's a nazi because he's a jackass.

He's being enabled by the people around him who just want to "own the libs" and cause chaos. People like Queen Buggo don't want him to become a better person because then they lose their favorite weapon. They don't care about his mental health. They NEED him to be an asshole.

He fled the furry fandom once it got too hot and tried the exact same BS here. He lied about being apolitical so how can I trust that he's actually disavowed his past beliefs?

He can change, and he can get help, but only if he wants to be helped, and it seems like he doesn't.

In conclusion, I think Etherium is sliding back into his old ways, and he's being urged on by people who only want to use him for political slapfights and trolling.

Until he gets away from these people and truly shows he wants to change, I'm done with giving him second chances.