Hey guys! Sorry for the annoying blurring around 5:00. Marapets is trying to have this video taken down for 'violation of privacy' because it showed Ian's name and pfp so I had to censor it. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that's not the only reason they want the video taken down, considering they were talking about having it taken down for 'slander' in their forums. It's totally fine if they disagree with my takes but filing false reports to silence criticism is big lame. Hopefully it stays up, thanks for watching!!!! :)
"Disney has Tinkerbell on their logo, we have the obese fairy haha" Disney actually also has a plus sized fairy character in the Tinkerbell movies called Fairy Mary. They never fat shame her, insinuate that she over eats and she actually helps Tinker bell with calming herself down in "Tinkerbell and The Lost Treasure". Not to mention that she's also a very talented ice skater. If a company like Disney can do the bare minimum, it's embarrassing that Marapets can't do the same.
tbf a majority of overweight ppl are overweight becuz they over eat and/or don't exercise (coming from a fat guy whose family has a lot of fat ppl in it, its our fault that we are fat).
'the obese fairy' genuinely looks like a lovely person, the kind to act like your grandma even if you aren't related. Making sure you always eat you fill with home cooked meals, getting you gifts and presents, and giving you tons of hugs.
I admire to be her! I’m on my way! Got some cooking experience on my hand (but not much, I’m still a kid, so I need to merely help my dad ho does some stuff like chopping hot peppers, and getting the stuff in and out of the oven/atop the stove, but I DO know how to properly and safely chop things up with knives like tomatoes, potatoes, fruit, florets of broccoli off of their heads, etc etc etc....)so, IMMA BE THE GREATEST OBESE FAIRY THERE ISSSSSSSS! Feeear meeee **hiss** ✨
If Marapets was born in 2005, when Ian was 15, that means he is now 31. This edgy offensive behaviour from a teenager in 2005 is cringe but not unexpected. This edgy offensive behaviour from a 31yo in 2021 is fucking embarassing
One time on animal jam at my school we got banned because one of my friends had a girlfriend and she asked him to “drink her milk” in front of a teacher. We were 9
Obese Fairy? More like that nice substitute teacher that everybody liked but she leaves the next day and then the whole class is grumpy and sad the for the rest of the week
Hot take: you can make chubby characters in animation without making their weight a joke. My favorite examples are Fairy Mary from the Tinkerbell series and Sophie from Anastasia. They’re both plus-sized women, and neither of them are made into jokes because of it. Or y’know you can be fatphobic on your 2005 washed-up flash game. Whatever works.
Right? It actually takes effort and care to make something wholesome and worthwhile. Being mean on the other hand is pretty easy to do. As easy as, say, typing k.
And Sophie from Anastasia was a DOLL. Her dancing and charm and flirtacious personality made her stand out in what little screen time she had. i loved her as a character.
The fairy godmother of Disney's original Cinderella was a older and bigger woman and her appearance was never made into a joke either There are people really less progressive than a movie made in the damn 50s lmao
@@TyrannosaurusTREW well, as stated, Ian was an old age pensioner who immigrated to Argentina in the fourties... so CLEARLY the definition of edgy teenager holds Wait... no... Ian started the website when he was fifteen--and based upon the stuff he has posted... he does appear to want to try to push the envelope, with his skill regarding that mostly held back by the inexperience that youth brings... So uh... no, not everything is being called that. An edgy teenager is, however, being referred to as such
the "obese" fairy seems like a kitchen fairy to me. She channels her magic through food and loves cooking and experimenting with different recipes all day. She bakes the best cakes and probably runs a magic pastry shop with all kinds of enchanting sweets. In her free time, she writes recipe books about different dishes/ingredients and their magical properties, she also loves baking with her friends.
That’s an amazing bio, I wish they used that instead of “ShE lIkEs tO eAt” Edit: I have an add on to this! “She has won numerous baking competitions and has been the biggest contributior to community bake sales” :D
Alternative names for the Obese Fairy: Auntie Sugarcane Candi Floss Mama Sweet-Tooth Sugarplump Fairy Granny Sugarplums Sugar-Mum Fairy Aunt Floss Ms. Sweet Sugars Cherie Bakewell The Sweet-Tooth Fairy Candy Fairy Mrs. Sugar Grandma Cupcake Aunt Sweetiedrops Edit: Wow y’all REALLY like my comment lol. And thanks to all those who have created new names. I’ll add them to the list right now.
Ayyy! I played that shit religiously, I had a whole handbook help to complete islands and had a ton of coins(or whatever the currency was called). Gotta give the website credit, you could buy junk without paying a cent very easily. Top tier game idgaf
If only the "Obese Fairy" had an actual name, and a tweaked backstory (just imply that she can't fly, you don't need to type that out), she would be one of, if not THE most popular character on Marapets. Example: She's a baker, with a love for sweets. There, was that so hard?
@Death Hand Studios idrk tbh, I googled snails with knives so my username used to be Snail With A Knife but then I got bored of that and then came Coming Out day so I changed it to A Lesbian Snail With A Knife cuz coming out day lol-
I am personally an artist, and 5 dollars for a unique character design is an EXTREMELY bad deal. I understand 5 dollars for maybe a small discord emoji that not too detailed. But a full character design? Most artists sell their art for 20 - 30 dollars which makes sense on how much time it can take.
I mean tbh $20-30 should be for like... Something simple like a chibi or something. I'd say $30 should be minimum. You gotta not only factor in hours taken, but the experience you have.
I spend $20-30 for ych's with so much of the work already done, I can't fathom being a professional paying a fraction of that. If I ever become that much of a financial waste of life I hope someone will have the decency to just put me down like a sick cat.
It sometimes makes me wonder what kind of life these people lead where they think its ok to love a character dearly and also make their entire description a hurtful, bigoted dump on their life. Really sad because she is a beautiful character that was obviously designed by an artist with love. I doubt the artist was given that bio to work with when making her. A mascot is supposed to be the face of your brand and be the top example of what your site has to offer. In a way, she's fitting. A deceptively cute look that makes you think "wow, they must be great accepting people here, just look at their wonderful mascot. . . . oh."
@@HelloHamburger well if everything is hated, i guess theres really no reason to think this thing is racist, fatphobic, or homophobic, mainly cuz it hates everything equally
I had a neighbor named Beth who was just like her, she smelled like bath & body works moonlight path all the time. And she always made cakes and cookies for me on my bday.
Ok so the "Obese" fairy is now the baking fairy and she bakes cake for her close friends. She has an apron on her image and the reason why she loves food is because she enjoys to bake. You barely have to change anything just no obese fairy!!
My new headcanon is that her name is Candi Floss. After an accident she was no longer able to use her wings, as she managed to rupture some of the muscle tissue in the stems. So, she had to quit her job as a delivery worker at Sweet Dreams Bakery, and moved to a different village. She decided to open her own bakery, and now makes cookies and other sweet treats for her friends in the village.
The fairy (I refuse to call her by what they given her) looks so adorable. She looks like she can be an auntie figure for anyone who works at a holiday store, and can be darn good cook/baker. This fairy deserves so much better. The way you drew her in the speed paint made her look so much better.
There were a lot more options rather than "obese fairy". Such as: Food fairy Candy fairy Sugar fairy Bonbon fairy Pastry fairy Or if it needs be an adjective: Sweet fairy Sugary fairy It's disappointing, really.
lets drop kick the source code of mara pets and snap it in half and delete half of it and label one as "half of an idiot's creation" and dainty dip the other one into a volcano
I've noticed that there are many pay walls to get things required for goals on the site too. you need so much real money to buy the plushie or potion packs for a chance to get a rare pet. what I love about other games (neopets, lioden, Flight Rising ECT.) is that you don't need to pay real dime on it to get rare things or stuff like that
One of the things I find so shocking is how little love and support Turtle Islanders have for Hawaiians, Polynesians, and other peoples colonized by the same ethnic cleansers. Working in an indigenous health department really shattered the illusion I had of indigenous unity I had as a white person. Sending you love from way up north, my momma was a marine biologist in the west of the islands and helped me realize how much pop culture fed me poisoned information.
The "obese fairy" is a pretty darn cute design. Yes, she is big. She's not even disproportionatly so, and they went the typical offensive route... The wording is ridiculously exaggerated
@Random Songs In Locrian alright then, lets talk about it through that lens! obesity and morbid obesity are medical conditions in and of themselves, and if someone is getting to those types of weight gain where they are becoming a danger to themselves, then its more likely they have some kind of underlying condition, whether it be something that hinders their ability to regulate their weight, such as hyperthyroidism or side effects from medication, or an underlying disordered eating problem. when someone is *morbidly obese*, whatever the cause of this may be, they are ill, chronically ill! and thats something that they deserve to be treated for just as much as you, or any other person under universal healthcare. universal healthcare is there to help EVERYBODY, and that *does* include people that you may believe have "brought it on themselves", such as people suffering from eating disorders, addicts, and anyone else suffering from what is a psychological problem than can be fixed with the right care and support. i appreciate your frustration as a disabled person, im mentally disabled myself and lord knows ive had my grievances with the way that the healthcare system operates in my country, are you really going to turn around and say that certain people dont DESERVE support and treatment, just because you dont personally see them to be as high priority to you??
@Random Songs In Locrian You need to take a bit to reflect on yourself. PLEASE. I was trying to ignore your comments but nearly all of them support public shaming and are ridiculously mean spirited and I'm getting fed up of people with your beliefs. I am someone who benefits from public healthcare as well. My father has several invisible illnesses, including but not limited to EDS. We'd both be dead without public healthcare. Blaming any individual person for "taking your resources" is absolutely disgusting and toxically individualistic of you. If there is an issue getting your healthcare to pay for something that is a fault of the system and not a fault of someone who is also benefitting from the system. It's foolish to think everyone who reads as "obese" to you actually has health problems related to their weight, either. The character in this video who is designated as "obese" would likely be perfectly fine. She's not even that big. Most people I know who are fat are physically healthier than I am as well. Some people are born fat. Some people become fat out of mental illness. Some people have an eating disorder that makes them fat or are recovering from an eating disorder which may also cause them to gain weight. Even if this wasn't the case there is NO FUCKING JUSTIFICATION for bullying someone based on their appearance! Even if they did this to themselves by being "lazy" (which is also usually a sigh of a mental disorder), what other situation would you mock someone for hurting themselves to the point of needing care? Do you hold the same opinion of people who do drugs and then need rehab? Do you believe they should be socially shamed for developing an issue? What about people who self harm or try to commit suicide? Do you believe they're a strain on others and should be denied help, that they should be shamed for trying to hurt themselves? I'd also like to point out that being "big boned" is in no way pseudoscience? People can be percieved as fat because their bone structure is different, the same way some people have extremely wide hips even though their skinny or no jawline even though they're skinny. There's also the fact that fatness is often hereditary and entirely based upon outside appearance. Someone who is considered of "normal" weight can look fat because of the way their weight lies on their body. It is never your place to judge someone and mock them based on what you can see. You have no idea what's happening in their life. You state that you don't have the same opinion of poor people who become fat out of inability to be healthy, but by your logic you also wish to taunt every fat person that you see. How the hell can these two work together? You'll end up shaming the people you don't want to be shaming. This doesn't make any sense. This is bullshit. Your opinions are so fucking hateful and you need to stop spreading them around. I'm really hoping that you're a troll and you don't actually believe this, but if you do you need to invest in therapy. I don't understand how one person could be so goddamn hateful.
weird and offensive content made by pre teens in early 2000's was unfortunately common, kids trying to be funny and edgy, and it unfortunately never stops
When you pointed out the voodoo problem it was really nice because a lot of people don’t know/care about the watering down of Voodoo, though I’m not part of that religion I have to remain aware of it to avoid accidentally appropriating it through my own craft.
TBH, both the problematic content and the creator's response are exactly what I expect from marapets. From what I've always understood since I stumbled across the site years ago, is that it was "edgy" on purpose, in a "if you're gonna ban me, I'll just make my own virtual pet site! with blackjack... and hookers!" Kind of way. (Granted, when I think of edgy marapets content, the death mechanic and at times gruesome artwork is usually what comes to mind, not blatantly racist imagery) knowing now how they treat their artists is another reason to be glad I got into neopets instead.
I know this comment is old, but the DEATH mechanic??? Gory art!?!??! Marapets looks almost exactly like Neopets, what in the living hell were they thinking?????
@@ciciplease9909 I mean Neopets was kinda edgy way back then before they had a child-friendly fanbase. I mean the Best Friend card used to have blood before it was changed to green slim
The “obese fairy” honestly makes me really sad 😢 she looks like she is a super sweet and wholesome lady, like the stereotypical sweet grandmother or aunt who would always be there for you to bake you cookies and cheer you up 😖 poor girl
Nice to finally see one of my favorite youtubers addressing the Marapets controversy! As a continued Neopets fan and user I never felt the desire to migrate to Marapets, mainly because of the oddly mean-spirited content seen here. And that's not even including stuff like the canon backstories for the Trash Fairy, Homeless Fairy, etc. It all just feels very edgy and needlessly cruel. You can tell a 15 year old initially made this and it just never grew up with them. A time capsule of bitterness
I do kinda like Marapets over Neopets because MP has a better response team/time than NP, who i tried to contact over a year ago because i couldnt get into my account/it said it was 'frozen' despite me doing absolutely nothing/it must have assumed i was trying to hack my own account since i was logged in on and old laptop and tried to log in with my new one. When i try now its like 'there was a data breach, you should change your password' etc. and i dont have access to /dont remember the email i used to make the account (i was like, 10-11 when i made it) and never heard anything back from them
“Obese Fairy” is supposed to be the joke??? She looks CUTE AF and the only thing I liked about any of this tbh. I'm lucky enough to have never heard of this website before but my instant first reaction was thinking that chubby fairy was ADORABLE! And then came the character description...and everything else after that...Big Yikes.
The "obese fairy" is even that obese at all, she definitely on the chubby side but not to the point that she's morbidly obese. She's honestly pretty adorable.
I love her design she looks so adorable and friendly!❤️❤️❤️ she would be the kind advice character like Navi or maybe the character in the game you have to visit in order to gain power ups like Merlin in PMTTYD 😁 long story short I love her!😍 And I think she deserves a sweet name, like Aunt Candy or Shirley Swirl
You have no Idea how excited I got when you mentioned wizard and pirate 101- My dad is the head writer for wizard 101, and I just get really excited when someone mentions a game he helped make.
@@error.pleaseremove4308 alright! I respect that. I think you can find a video from Gilbert and Sullivan. The title is close to 'interviewing actors' and you can also find him online in recordings for Gilbert and Sullivan's pirate king! He played the pirate king lol
Hey!! I know I'm super late to this video and comment, but if you could let your dad know that W101 is one of my all time favourite games and is one of my major inspirations for pursuing Game Dev as a career, that would be very cool
Neopets would never smh. Seriously though “obese fairy” and only talking about how she eats in her bio. It’s so dehumanizing. People are more than just their weight.
What I would rename the “obese fairy” “Candy the sugar fairy” “Candy lives in the candy castle and loves baking. She is so busy baking and testing new products for her pastries, so she doesn’t really use her wings anymore. She makes pastries and candies for all the pets in the clouds, but sometimes she can get carried away with her sweets!” See? Completely kid appropriate, and no fat phobia.
Also fun fact about the new fairy “Candy” She sometimes gets so busy that she gets sugar highs XD There will be a mini game where you have to help her bake cupcakes! The more cupcakes you make, the more coins you’ll get!
Storm made their own description for the Obese Fairy, she's a kitchen fairy who channels her magic through food and runs a magical pastry shop. And honeyplaza wanted to rename her to "The Sugar Plumb Fairy" as a nod to the Sugar Plum Fairy and as a play on words to sound less offensive. They both sound cute! What do you think of those ideas?
If I had to redo Obese Fairy. I'd name her Mother Marry (the fairy). Her Bio could be this, "Mother Marry use to be the queen of the fairies until one day she went missing. She found an old witches house and asked for a better life. Without knowing the cost she agreed to be the best baker who makes beautiful sweets across the land in exchange for not being able to fly. Some people say if you meet her daily she will give you sweets that tell the aftermath of her disappearance from being queen." If you collect them all and not use them for yourself but for her when you collect them all then she will tell you the story herself then she will give you a free outfit.
I wish more people knew about Littlest Pet Shop Online (LPSO is it’s nickname)! I really loved the art style and the plush pets! Unfortunately it closed down in 2011. It was also ran by EA.
She's not the Obese Fairy. She's the Grandma Fairy (Not because Grandma's are fat cuz not all are but because she looks really nice, I had to clarify before people in the replies got mad)
For some reason the name Candi Floss comes to mind when I see her design. She looks like a Candi to me. Like the aunt who always makes you freshly baked cookies and a cup of tea whenever you visit.
man, I hope all the artists from this site are doing better now. a lot of these character designs are legitimately super cute, especially the “obese” fairy n it’s clear the artists doing assets for marapets were straight up robbed. I’m glad I was a bit too young in the late 2000s to get sucked into a scam and not know any better
Can we rename the obese fairy? I'm thinking Wendy would be a good name for her Edit: there's a lot of good names and I really enjoy reading your ideas, so keep leaving them in the replies :D
Marapets: Wait, no! I’m sorry! Club Penguin: Don’t apologize to us! Apologize to the woman you killed! Coolmathgames: Your sins cannot be repaid..with money! Poptropica: *aggressively punches Marapets*
you can tell this ian guy has never taken a single games design class. i'm studying games design and coding right now, and the professors are super quick to crack down on anything that could be taken as offensive
@@dantemcedgelord9331 Not really, no. Why purposely offend people through stuff like this? If this is the only way you know how to be “funny”, you desperately need to find a better- and quite frankly, more advanced and mature- sense of humor.
Oh my god I remember Marapets. I visited the site in its very early days and I swear to god there was even more offensive stuff than this. A ton of weirdly specific and insulting stereotypes, the site almost seemed downright fixated on the idea. It wasn't in a cute way either, it almost seemed downright insulting, like I can remember a costume based around basically trailer trash that made the pets unkempt and wearing overalls, plus a lot of the other ones you mentioned in this video. As a kid I just remember picking up on the mean-spirited vibes. Even when I was young I recognized that something about the site's designs just seemed kind of unpleasant. There's this line being crossed between fun parody and mean-spirited ridicule that it just loves crossing for some reason. Also, idk if it's still the case to this day but they used to instantly ban anyone who talked about Neopets on their forums. That's totally unrelated, I just found it hilarious.
Yes, and the trailer trash costume pets all had dark brown fur... and there was also a "skinny" costume which made the pets skeletally thin, and included a description about it being the preferred costume of the in-universe version of hollywood, because "nobody there eats". So, mocking anorexia.
Can we give the "Obese Fairy" a new name? Like Strawberry or Raspberry? Idk, I just want her to have a cute name and not an offensive rude one, yaknow?
I remember marapets, I tried to get back into it a year back and there was a pretty big adult fan base then but it was pretty toxic and hard to get back into (kinda glad abt that) glad goatlings exists now
"The *Sugar Plump Fairy* is in charge of Gourmet Foods. She loves her food and baking. You may say her wings don't work because she is heavy, but in reality, she needs artificial candy wings to fly as she was born with microptergaly, meaning her own natural wings never grew since she was born. Besides that condition, she has unique abilities to process and cook food without using her hands or cooking tools, needing to also wear bracelets to inhibit her power to turn anything she touches into sugar. She can also manipulate said sugar and use it as projectiles."
4:02 I'll be honest, I had no idea that Voodoo was proper religion with such a long history. As much as I love the idea behind the modern depictions of Voodoo, reading a bit about it show how different the tropes are from reality.
@@stankyratman5685 he talks just like a 14 year old i know. it's not representative of all 14 year olds of course, cause that's how jokes using generalization work
i hate how people think calling the fairy the “obese fairy”. and making her description all about her being “obsessed with food” is ok. and those pet skins are discusting. you shouldnt do that especially on a kids game. and the way they reacted was basically them saying: ‘’if you dont like us then bog off back to neopets because we aint doing nothing.’’
I remember I had an account there and then said nope when I saw the obese fairy. My mum struggles with weight issues so yeaaaaah struck me too close to home. Like she is well designed but ya know, that is where the good ended.
@@roguedragoon9212 Agreed. The funny from edge comes from it being shocking, unexpected and obviously wrong, not just downright shitting on people or yourself.
Her name and description are bland as hell. She's a thick woman with a retro 50's sense of style. You can do better. She's already really interesting as it is.
It seems like they just keep using free for an excuse. "Hey this person is extremely racist buuuut its free so everyone should thank him!" Like how dumb does that sound
Yeah... ngl the pets stereotyped from races is really offensive. It’s alright to make a character based of a culture but to make the pets fur yellow just because their Asian is really offensive if you ask me and isn’t funny. Also looking at the other pets I’m surprised this is even allowed
John Ross From what I remember, was really fun! You got to choose a monster to take care of, you could buy furniture for your home, etc. I think it got shut down last year or back in 2018, which was sad.
A couple of the "voodoo" costumes actually look super cool, but would be better without the "voodoo" label attached to it. I think that goes for a lot of them though. They would be super cool with no context. Like having a genie outfit without having to slap "India" or some shit on it
the "mental" one really got me. that bullshit isn't real, In fact, it's quite the opposite. we're real people with *real* feelings and were just the same as you, just because we have "mental issues" doesn't mean were monsters. I know *MANY* people with mental health issues (including myself) and they act *NOTHING* like the costume intends, in fact, they are some of the *KINDEST* people I know. It's gross to think that someone would make fun of everyday troubles people with "a mental costume" have to face. It's gross and just wrong. edit: so glad thee are more people who agree with me.This shits wrong and should be called out. I hope your struggles get solved very soon, I care abt yall.
The mental thing made me feel gross as an autistic girl. I'm surprised they didn't make 'autism' pets but they spread slurs and harmful stereotypes all over the designs
Honestly their biggest issue is probably just being lazy like the costume design itself would be fine if they just called it something like "cannibal costume" or something along those lines, the voodoo costumes would be fine if they called them something like "spooky costume" idk man I'm not creative but like it's all too easy yaknow? They didn't put in effort they just wanted a "haha funny" moment at someone else's expense. "The obese fairy", the yellow Asian skins, the red indian skins, and the "skinny" skins were probably the worst because it can't be all chalked up to being lazy but like... It's all such easy fixes, at that point I can't even find it offensive because of just how... Cookie cutter offensive it is.
As someone who spent time in a psychiatric ward I completely disagree with the idea that the "mental" costume is a problem. It's a neat design playing with a well known trope for, maybe if you look at it wrong, a little shock value. Big whoop.
Kenetic Kups Some people might just naturally be bigger. If a person eats so much that they’re bigger than they’re naturally supposed to be then yes that’s unhealthy, but that’s their business not yours so you shouldn’t be a douchebag about it. And again, everyone’s natural and healthy size is different.
idk, refusing to pay your artists and exploiting cheap labour seems like the actions of a bad person to me, regardless of if the offensive costumes were intentionally offensive or not
Really? i was really confused why the youtuber was angry i do not see the problem, apart from over the top stereotypes but that is nothing bad in and on itself and only becomes problematic when it is used as anti-something propaganda like the nazis with that jew with bigass nose thing, but if the stereotype is just made for funs or for looks with no harm intended there is nothing wrong with using over the top stereotypes, any person reasonable enough can understand that a stereotype does not represent real people and are just caricatures.
@@diablo.the.cheater Well over the top stereotypes can be really offensive and harmful to people. Even if it’s “just a character”. I understand your point of view, but to some people this can be very offensive because of how a stereotype affected them harmfully, and seeing that in a kids game as just harmless character could come off as really uncaring to what those stereotypes can imply. Another big problem was the artists. I don’t know if you know this, but artists to be treated like that is very unethical as explained in the video. The average for a full body commission is usually around 15-25 dollars. Five dollars is a very low amount. Not to mention asking for as many as 50 drawings a day. The artists were being overworked and were inexperienced when it comes to commissions, so they were treated horribly and targeted unfairly. Sorry if this comes off as rude, I just wanted to clear things up for you :)
Looking at all of the pet colors is so sad because you can see some kind of cute and interesting color ideas, and then you realize what game they're from and cry.
I remember poptropica, Habbo hotel, and wizard 101 from when I was younger. I enjoyed playing all of them. Also, there are like a million other things this guy coulda called the “obese” fairy. She coulda been called the sweet fairy, or the bun fairy, or even the candy fairy. Literally a whole world of possibility. But he comments on her weight.
@Kob its a character purposely created to be fat so the creator could make fun of fat people. it physically cannot lose weight and obviously it's not the creator's intention that it ever will. I don't know what point you were trying to make here lmao
The “obese fairy” design is actually kinda cute. She looks like a sweet bakery owner that would give out free leftover treats to you! In fact, she reminds me of a character you would see on a candy land game board.
Ian's profile pic is full of blood splatters, the words "pyscho" & "die", and his avatar is a creepy skinned man with a knife through his head... Yeah, he's DEFINITELY a sane and levelheaded person. 🙄 Slightly unrelated, but I was a bit disappointed when you forgot to mention Toontown.
Aw the fairy looks so cute and nice. She looks like a friend and she deserves better than the name "Obese Fairy." Look at her apron and picnic basket; this is a cottagecore influencer bringing homemade cupcakes to her friends.
honestly since we’re on the topic, animal jam’s history of cultural appropriation is .... sucky. i haven’t played in a long time so maybe stuff has changed, but i doubt it. it’s definitely not nearly as bad as mara, but still disappointing. i’m gonna use headdresses as an example. they’re clearly ceremonial native american headdresses and were removed from stores for being controversial, however that just made them insanely “rare” and sought after. basically instead of just removing the item entirely, they goofed up and made them one of the most popular items in the game. and it’s too late for them to remove them now (not that they would bother to anyways) because a whole group of 8-13 year olds who are uneducated on CA would absolutely lose their minds. this is only one example, there’s also many other items like dreadlocks that are still in the game and the game mods refuse to address it. :// rlly disappointing
@Spare Bun They added a season pass, made a lot of "season pass" (aka membership, you have to pay for literally most of the cool stuff that's in there) species/animals, etc.
@@authorhazel1554 you don't rlly have to pay to get cool stuff though, so it isn't much like Animal Jams membership imo. I mean, it would be silly to assume they wouldn't make money off the game in some way. I bought a season pass and all it does is give you like, an cool animal, and a bunch of weird "missions" to complete to earn items (that you can already get without the pass lol)
@@authorhazel1554 also even when your season pass ends you still get to keep the stuff you got so.... Immediately 200x times better than Animal Jams membership
The ""obese"" fairy doesn't look obese...? All this is pretty nasty, and what you said about racism in kids' media at the end very good point. I'm a white American, so when I was younger I watched a lot of movies and shows that sometimes had primarily Black and Native American stereotypes. Movies like Peter Pan and even the occasional Tom & Jerry episode had these stereotypes, and they badly affected how I saw actual people then. I've been trying to educate myself more on different races and cultures, but I have to admit I still end up leaning towards stereotypes sometimes. I'm much happier for knowing how people actually are, and I'm actually very interested in learning about other cultures now. I dread to think of how I would be now if the media I consumed later in life was just as bad, or worse. I don't think I would've seen anything wrong with things like these Marapets...things, or any kind of racism for that matter.
thanks for being honest about this. lots of people either dont realize or they try to lie about how racist childrens media effects people for the rest of our lives. Even though it's extremely obvious. Being constantly bombarded with racist stereotypes as kids just makes white kids grow up super racist and makes black and brown kids grow up thinking something is wrong with them. Not good for society and not good for people's minds. Glad you are aware of its effect on you.
Man, I remember playing GaiaOnline when I was in middle school like a decade ago. Isn't GaiaOnline dealing with problems of stealing art/OCs from artists on twitter/tumblr and selling them as items on their website? I saw some twitter artists talking about how they were notified that their OCs were being stolen & turned into items on the website. I think there's even a twitter account dedicated to comparing the items on GaiaOnline to artists' OCs/drawings.
Oh my god, so many of the games you mentioned bring back so many memories. I completely forgot what Pixie Hallow was called until now, I used to play that and the lazy town website games on the computer, and my Animal Jam account I made when I was so little that I misspelled the word "Magic". too many memories.
Loved your illustration of the Cooking loving fairy! (Which is what i would have called her!! Or something like "Grandma Fairy", idk, something cute, you know!)
Hey guys! Sorry for the annoying blurring around 5:00. Marapets is trying to have this video taken down for 'violation of privacy' because it showed Ian's name and pfp so I had to censor it. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that's not the only reason they want the video taken down, considering they were talking about having it taken down for 'slander' in their forums. It's totally fine if they disagree with my takes but filing false reports to silence criticism is big lame. Hopefully it stays up, thanks for watching!!!! :)
Hey if they give you a ton of crap about it make sure you make noise about it. Let them Streisand effect themselves.
Garfeild
Took em 10 goddamn days
@@toomanyblueberriesss not for me
I love the good side of body positivity, even though it is a contentious topic for everyone to talk about..
"Disney has Tinkerbell on their logo, we have the obese fairy haha"
Disney actually also has a plus sized fairy character in the Tinkerbell movies called Fairy Mary. They never fat shame her, insinuate that she over eats and she actually helps Tinker bell with calming herself down in "Tinkerbell and The Lost Treasure". Not to mention that she's also a very talented ice skater.
If a company like Disney can do the bare minimum, it's embarrassing that Marapets can't do the same.
Dang i forgot she ice skates! Thats so cool!
Fairy Mary was so cute. Now, as an adult, I see her kinda like a motherly figure to Tink or something along those lines.
I LOVE so much the plus sized Disney characters, they're so well designed and have so much personality
Fairy Mary is and always has been one of my favorite animated characters.
tbf a majority of overweight ppl are overweight becuz they over eat and/or don't exercise (coming from a fat guy whose family has a lot of fat ppl in it, its our fault that we are fat).
'the obese fairy' genuinely looks like a lovely person, the kind to act like your grandma even if you aren't related. Making sure you always eat you fill with home cooked meals, getting you gifts and presents, and giving you tons of hugs.
Her only problem is how small her wings are.
@@Dressup_Doll she dont need em she got her own magic
I admire to be her! I’m on my way! Got some cooking experience on my hand (but not much, I’m still a kid, so I need to merely help my dad ho does some stuff like chopping hot peppers, and getting the stuff in and out of the oven/atop the stove, but I DO know how to properly and safely chop things up with knives like tomatoes, potatoes, fruit, florets of broccoli off of their heads, etc etc etc....)so, IMMA BE THE GREATEST OBESE FAIRY THERE ISSSSSSSS! Feeear meeee **hiss** ✨
She looks like she'd frequently say "oh my stars"
more like a really nice aunt who would let you stay with her on the weekends
If Marapets was born in 2005, when Ian was 15, that means he is now 31. This edgy offensive behaviour from a teenager in 2005 is cringe but not unexpected. This edgy offensive behaviour from a 31yo in 2021 is fucking embarassing
not embarrassing, more like PSYCHOTIC because who shows this stuff to KIDS?
Exactly what I was thinking. He was 15, that's pretty much par for the course.
@@AngelKiller666Kitsune do you even know what psychotic means?
nah 💀 I obviously wasn't paying attention because I thought this was all in the past he still acting like this 💀
I love lan slander!
One time on animal jam at my school we got banned because one of my friends had a girlfriend and she asked him to “drink her milk” in front of a teacher.
We were 9
Oh. My. Gawd.
Well yeah, that’s hella nasty lmao
oh my god 😂
Wtf
Wait a minute-
Obese Fairy? More like that nice substitute teacher that everybody liked but she leaves the next day and then the whole class is grumpy and sad the for the rest of the week
I had a substitute teacher like that too.
@@thegoodwitchluzura same
@@thegoodwitchluzura sameee
Same
Ok
Hot take: you can make chubby characters in animation without making their weight a joke. My favorite examples are Fairy Mary from the Tinkerbell series and Sophie from Anastasia. They’re both plus-sized women, and neither of them are made into jokes because of it.
Or y’know you can be fatphobic on your 2005 washed-up flash game. Whatever works.
Ok
Right? It actually takes effort and care to make something wholesome and worthwhile. Being mean on the other hand is pretty easy to do. As easy as, say, typing k.
And Sophie from Anastasia was a DOLL. Her dancing and charm and flirtacious personality made her stand out in what little screen time she had. i loved her as a character.
@Rach Her personality alone made her such a good supporting character
The fairy godmother of Disney's original Cinderella was a older and bigger woman and her appearance was never made into a joke either
There are people really less progressive than a movie made in the damn 50s lmao
i asked the official twitter what their favorite neopet was and they blocked me
Power move
Lol
AAHHAHAHAHAHWWYUWHAHWHQQA I FUCKING CAN'T
ps if anyones curious i like lutaris and draiks
@@onlineskitty I'm an Aisha person myself
A site originally made by an edgy teen being offensive and racist? Yeah I can see that
aight now is everything a edgy teen or what?
@@TyrannosaurusTREW well, as stated, Ian was an old age pensioner who immigrated to Argentina in the fourties... so CLEARLY the definition of edgy teenager holds
Wait... no... Ian started the website when he was fifteen--and based upon the stuff he has posted... he does appear to want to try to push the envelope, with his skill regarding that mostly held back by the inexperience that youth brings...
So uh... no, not everything is being called that. An edgy teenager is, however, being referred to as such
@@NimhLabs ok
@Parker French haha yeah lol so funny
@@TyrannosaurusTREW You alright?
the "obese" fairy seems like a kitchen fairy to me. She channels her magic through food and loves cooking and experimenting with different recipes all day. She bakes the best cakes and probably runs a magic pastry shop with all kinds of enchanting sweets. In her free time, she writes recipe books about different dishes/ingredients and their magical properties, she also loves baking with her friends.
That’s an amazing bio, I wish they used that instead of “ShE lIkEs tO eAt”
Edit: I have an add on to this!
“She has won numerous baking competitions and has been the biggest contributior to community bake sales” :D
Ok
This is good and pure. Thank you.
Whos with me on running to rewrite shitty characters
@@Freshieroleplays yes
Alternative names for the Obese Fairy:
Auntie Sugarcane
Candi Floss
Mama Sweet-Tooth
Sugarplump Fairy
Granny Sugarplums
Sugar-Mum Fairy
Aunt Floss
Ms. Sweet Sugars
Cherie Bakewell
The Sweet-Tooth Fairy
Candy Fairy
Mrs. Sugar
Grandma Cupcake
Aunt Sweetiedrops
Edit: Wow y’all REALLY like my comment lol. And thanks to all those who have created new names. I’ll add them to the list right now.
@Mary Ann Avery Auntie Sugarcane thats so cute!!!
I agree with the other two replies, Auntie Sugercane it is
what’s wrong with saying obese fairy lmao
Aww I like Candi Floss :)
@@songsong6311 because it’s fat phobic, and she’s not even obese
Shoutout to all my homies who used to play Poptropica every day at school until the website was just randomly blocked.
Ayyy!
I played that shit religiously, I had a whole handbook help to complete islands and had a ton of coins(or whatever the currency was called).
Gotta give the website credit, you could buy junk without paying a cent very easily. Top tier game idgaf
@@djdragondrawer9339 Poptropicoins? And yeah, I watched Thinknoodles videos to cheat my way through. >:)
"Used to"? I still play it way too much lol. Ringmaster Raven deserves better :>
Damn that game is old. I remember watching my mother play when i was little. Good times
Dude poptropica was my jam. It was the first game I ever got a membership in I played it so much.
If only the "Obese Fairy" had an actual name, and a tweaked backstory (just imply that she can't fly, you don't need to type that out), she would be one of, if not THE most popular character on Marapets.
Example: She's a baker, with a love for sweets.
There, was that so hard?
The "Obese Fairy" looks like she would be a loving aunt named izzy or jen
shes officially our aunt.
She looks like the loving and accepting aunt that I absolutely need in my life, I just wanna hug her HHHHHHHHHHH-
@Death Hand Studios idrk tbh, I googled snails with knives so my username used to be Snail With A Knife but then I got bored of that and then came Coming Out day so I changed it to A Lesbian Snail With A Knife cuz coming out day lol-
"Oh yer boyfriend broke up with ye? Aww cmere. I made brownies!"
-aunt izzy
@Death Hand Studios r/wooosh
when I heard 70 drawings for 5 dollars each I almost had a stroke
One time someone asked for “40 drawings in 2 hours” they were going to pay me a dollar each drawing,
@@ashtynmyles6988 jesus thats absurd
@@ashtynmyles6988 i hope you laughed in their face
@@ashtynmyles6988 You ever watch a commissioner with no experience in art whatsoever get angry because you don't have inhuman speed
@@ashtynmyles6988 draw 40 stick figures
I am personally an artist, and 5 dollars for a unique character design is an EXTREMELY bad deal. I understand 5 dollars for maybe a small discord emoji that not too detailed. But a full character design? Most artists sell their art for 20 - 30 dollars which makes sense on how much time it can take.
If someone tried to pay me 5 dollars for the time and effort it takes to design a character they're getting a stick figure or a colored base
@@user-oj7np2ej1z Yeah i would do that to lmao.
I mean tbh $20-30 should be for like... Something simple like a chibi or something. I'd say $30 should be minimum. You gotta not only factor in hours taken, but the experience you have.
I spend $20-30 for ych's with so much of the work already done, I can't fathom being a professional paying a fraction of that. If I ever become that much of a financial waste of life I hope someone will have the decency to just put me down like a sick cat.
It sometimes makes me wonder what kind of life these people lead where they think its ok to love a character dearly and also make their entire description a hurtful, bigoted dump on their life. Really sad because she is a beautiful character that was obviously designed by an artist with love. I doubt the artist was given that bio to work with when making her. A mascot is supposed to be the face of your brand and be the top example of what your site has to offer. In a way, she's fitting. A deceptively cute look that makes you think "wow, they must be great accepting people here, just look at their wonderful mascot. . . . oh."
I hate to say it, but I think the offensive things were done intentionally :/ how many times does it have to be a coincidence to be a pattern?
@[REDACTED] 4:12 Would like to have a word with you.
@@HelloHamburger well if everything is hated, i guess theres really no reason to think this thing is racist, fatphobic, or homophobic, mainly cuz it hates everything equally
Even if it was done intentionally, who the hell thought those costumes were a good idea-
@@insert_edgyname8848 it's still really horrible because he scammed artists
@@insert_edgyname8848 no it just means theres multiple types of bigoted stereotypes displayed on the site.
The "Obese Fairy" looks like your sweet aunt named either Patricia or Cathy who always has really nice food cooking and always dotes over you lol
I had a neighbor named Beth who was just like her, she smelled like bath & body works moonlight path all the time. And she always made cakes and cookies for me on my bday.
@@yuzubrain that's so wholesome i love it
i love your icon
*reads comment*
*has aunt named Patricia*
*visable concern*
Ok
Ok so the "Obese" fairy is now the baking fairy and she bakes cake for her close friends. She has an apron on her image and the reason why she loves food is because she enjoys to bake. You barely have to change anything just no obese fairy!!
I like to think of her as a nice grandma or aunt that loves to bake for kids!
My new headcanon is that her name is Candi Floss. After an accident she was no longer able to use her wings, as she managed to rupture some of the muscle tissue in the stems. So, she had to quit her job as a delivery worker at Sweet Dreams Bakery, and moved to a different village. She decided to open her own bakery, and now makes cookies and other sweet treats for her friends in the village.
@@Cheetahgirl_Studios YES
@@Cheetahgirl_Studios YESSS
The “Obese” fairy looks like her name is Maggie.
You know what, I’m calling her Maggie, Maggie the sugar fairy.
I see her as more of a "Babs the Sugarplump Fairy"
Margaret, she emits Margaret vibes
Margret art thou
Thou art The Obese Fairy
Thou hast acquired a new vow
@@benedictdwyer2608 yep
@@benedictdwyer2608 persona reference? 😂
I get more mary or lou vibes
The fairy (I refuse to call her by what they given her) looks so adorable. She looks like she can be an auntie figure for anyone who works at a holiday store, and can be darn good cook/baker. This fairy deserves so much better. The way you drew her in the speed paint made her look so much better.
lets call her auntie pixie sugar
There were a lot more options rather than "obese fairy". Such as:
Food fairy
Candy fairy
Sugar fairy
Bonbon fairy
Pastry fairy
Or if it needs be an adjective:
Sweet fairy
Sugary fairy
It's disappointing, really.
I'm somewhat of a sugary fairy myself
*BONBON FAIRY*
I wanna name her Bonbon
I like The Gourmet Fairy since it fits her gimmick and doesn’t have as negative connotations.
Thicc Fairy. Hell, Chubby Fairy would have been more adorable still
Those "mental" costumes are legitimately horrifying.
lets drop kick the source code of mara pets and snap it in half and delete half of it and label one as "half of an idiot's creation" and dainty dip the other one into a volcano
Ugh yeah. I'm Autistic and it's so fucking messed up to see happy go lucky depictions of disabled people being tortured.
@@aftonstan5494 i'm autistic too
Yeah
I have a mental illness and the costumes are just sickening.
I've noticed that there are many pay walls to get things required for goals on the site too. you need so much real money to buy the plushie or potion packs for a chance to get a rare pet.
what I love about other games (neopets, lioden, Flight Rising ECT.)
is that you don't need to pay real dime on it to get rare things or stuff like that
eyyyyy flight rising mention :D
UnPoPuLar OpIniOn:
Free doesnt mean it's automatically good
Fax
fax.
Fax
Fax
Fax
no one ever talks about people stereotyping native hawaiians... thank you. (':
"Uhhh flowers, surf, volcano, language with many a and u, always sunny,... "
That's how I see most cliches of Hawaiians and islanders in general
ong the only time ppl talk about us is in a bad way
One of the things I find so shocking is how little love and support Turtle Islanders have for Hawaiians, Polynesians, and other peoples colonized by the same ethnic cleansers. Working in an indigenous health department really shattered the illusion I had of indigenous unity I had as a white person.
Sending you love from way up north, my momma was a marine biologist in the west of the islands and helped me realize how much pop culture fed me poisoned information.
Hey, Izzzzy, thanks for the voodoo recognition. As a religion connected to my ancestors, I appreciate it.
The "obese fairy" is a pretty darn cute design. Yes, she is big. She's not even disproportionatly so, and they went the typical offensive route... The wording is ridiculously exaggerated
She’s not even obese she’s chubby yeah but not “obese”
@@Ldrlvr355 I know right! Rude...
@Random Songs In Locrian literally how does someone elses weight affect u haha
@Random Songs In Locrian alright then, lets talk about it through that lens!
obesity and morbid obesity are medical conditions in and of themselves, and if someone is getting to those types of weight gain where they are becoming a danger to themselves, then its more likely they have some kind of underlying condition, whether it be something that hinders their ability to regulate their weight, such as hyperthyroidism or side effects from medication, or an underlying disordered eating problem. when someone is *morbidly obese*, whatever the cause of this may be, they are ill, chronically ill! and thats something that they deserve to be treated for just as much as you, or any other person under universal healthcare.
universal healthcare is there to help EVERYBODY, and that *does* include people that you may believe have "brought it on themselves", such as people suffering from eating disorders, addicts, and anyone else suffering from what is a psychological problem than can be fixed with the right care and support. i appreciate your frustration as a disabled person, im mentally disabled myself and lord knows ive had my grievances with the way that the healthcare system operates in my country, are you really going to turn around and say that certain people dont DESERVE support and treatment, just because you dont personally see them to be as high priority to you??
@Random Songs In Locrian You need to take a bit to reflect on yourself. PLEASE. I was trying to ignore your comments but nearly all of them support public shaming and are ridiculously mean spirited and I'm getting fed up of people with your beliefs. I am someone who benefits from public healthcare as well. My father has several invisible illnesses, including but not limited to EDS. We'd both be dead without public healthcare. Blaming any individual person for "taking your resources" is absolutely disgusting and toxically individualistic of you. If there is an issue getting your healthcare to pay for something that is a fault of the system and not a fault of someone who is also benefitting from the system.
It's foolish to think everyone who reads as "obese" to you actually has health problems related to their weight, either. The character in this video who is designated as "obese" would likely be perfectly fine. She's not even that big. Most people I know who are fat are physically healthier than I am as well.
Some people are born fat. Some people become fat out of mental illness. Some people have an eating disorder that makes them fat or are recovering from an eating disorder which may also cause them to gain weight. Even if this wasn't the case there is NO FUCKING JUSTIFICATION for bullying someone based on their appearance! Even if they did this to themselves by being "lazy" (which is also usually a sigh of a mental disorder), what other situation would you mock someone for hurting themselves to the point of needing care? Do you hold the same opinion of people who do drugs and then need rehab? Do you believe they should be socially shamed for developing an issue? What about people who self harm or try to commit suicide? Do you believe they're a strain on others and should be denied help, that they should be shamed for trying to hurt themselves?
I'd also like to point out that being "big boned" is in no way pseudoscience? People can be percieved as fat because their bone structure is different, the same way some people have extremely wide hips even though their skinny or no jawline even though they're skinny. There's also the fact that fatness is often hereditary and entirely based upon outside appearance. Someone who is considered of "normal" weight can look fat because of the way their weight lies on their body. It is never your place to judge someone and mock them based on what you can see. You have no idea what's happening in their life. You state that you don't have the same opinion of poor people who become fat out of inability to be healthy, but by your logic you also wish to taunt every fat person that you see. How the hell can these two work together? You'll end up shaming the people you don't want to be shaming. This doesn't make any sense.
This is bullshit. Your opinions are so fucking hateful and you need to stop spreading them around. I'm really hoping that you're a troll and you don't actually believe this, but if you do you need to invest in therapy. I don't understand how one person could be so goddamn hateful.
weird and offensive content made by pre teens in early 2000's was unfortunately common, kids trying to be funny and edgy, and it unfortunately never stops
Yeah
But nowadays being a wannabe edgelord is kinda ridiculous and pretty cringy to most
When you pointed out the voodoo problem it was really nice because a lot of people don’t know/care about the watering down of Voodoo, though I’m not part of that religion I have to remain aware of it to avoid accidentally appropriating it through my own craft.
TBH, both the problematic content and the creator's response are exactly what I expect from marapets. From what I've always understood since I stumbled across the site years ago, is that it was "edgy" on purpose, in a "if you're gonna ban me, I'll just make my own virtual pet site! with blackjack... and hookers!" Kind of way. (Granted, when I think of edgy marapets content, the death mechanic and at times gruesome artwork is usually what comes to mind, not blatantly racist imagery) knowing now how they treat their artists is another reason to be glad I got into neopets instead.
I know this comment is old, but the DEATH mechanic??? Gory art!?!??! Marapets looks almost exactly like Neopets, what in the living hell were they thinking?????
@@ciciplease9909 I mean Neopets was kinda edgy way back then before they had a child-friendly fanbase. I mean the Best Friend card used to have blood before it was changed to green slim
with BLACKJACK! AAAAND HOOKERS!!!
aye a fellow animal jam kid but it’s pretty toxic nowadays
Ikr. Now I see legit older people bullying younger kids for playing a kids game. It was so weird.
what? ive barely seen any toxic people in aj (besides scammers) most of the people ive seen are pretty nice and mature (jag Zoozyy)
What community isn't toxic to some extent?
@@Moonglider no idea. also 3:00 am squad rise up
@@dodoodle_3686 word
The “obese fairy” honestly makes me really sad 😢 she looks like she is a super sweet and wholesome lady, like the stereotypical sweet grandmother or aunt who would always be there for you to bake you cookies and cheer you up 😖 poor girl
Nice to finally see one of my favorite youtubers addressing the Marapets controversy! As a continued Neopets fan and user I never felt the desire to migrate to Marapets, mainly because of the oddly mean-spirited content seen here. And that's not even including stuff like the canon backstories for the Trash Fairy, Homeless Fairy, etc. It all just feels very edgy and needlessly cruel. You can tell a 15 year old initially made this and it just never grew up with them. A time capsule of bitterness
I do kinda like Marapets over Neopets because MP has a better response team/time than NP, who i tried to contact over a year ago because i couldnt get into my account/it said it was 'frozen' despite me doing absolutely nothing/it must have assumed i was trying to hack my own account since i was logged in on and old laptop and tried to log in with my new one. When i try now its like 'there was a data breach, you should change your password' etc. and i dont have access to /dont remember the email i used to make the account (i was like, 10-11 when i made it) and never heard anything back from them
“Obese Fairy” is supposed to be the joke??? She looks CUTE AF and the only thing I liked about any of this tbh. I'm lucky enough to have never heard of this website before but my instant first reaction was thinking that chubby fairy was ADORABLE! And then came the character description...and everything else after that...Big Yikes.
She’s not even that big dgfgb
You’re creepy.
@@skylarsworld9477 how
@@skylarsworld9477 huh
@@grimlytv2577 there’s body positivity and then there’s being creepy over someone’s weight, almost fetishizing it. They’re the latter
I feel so bad for the artists, they had awesome talents and were treated unfairly :((
The "obese fairy" is even that obese at all, she definitely on the chubby side but not to the point that she's morbidly obese. She's honestly pretty adorable.
Yeah!
EXACTLYYY
Ikr, I love her design it’s beautiful
I love her design she looks so adorable and friendly!❤️❤️❤️ she would be the kind advice character like Navi or maybe the character in the game you have to visit in order to gain power ups like Merlin in PMTTYD 😁 long story short I love her!😍
And I think she deserves a sweet name, like Aunt Candy or Shirley Swirl
She’s obese, there’s nothing wrong with it. She can lose weight as well as still be pretty and fat. I’m obese too.
You have no Idea how excited I got when you mentioned wizard and pirate 101-
My dad is the head writer for wizard 101, and I just get really excited when someone mentions a game he helped make.
I'm gonna not believe that
your profile picture is so cute
@@error.pleaseremove4308 alright! I respect that. I think you can find a video from Gilbert and Sullivan. The title is close to 'interviewing actors' and you can also find him online in recordings for Gilbert and Sullivan's pirate king! He played the pirate king lol
Hey!! I know I'm super late to this video and comment, but if you could let your dad know that W101 is one of my all time favourite games and is one of my major inspirations for pursuing Game Dev as a career, that would be very cool
Your dad wrote a piece of my childhood! Say thanks for me.
Neopets would never smh. Seriously though “obese fairy” and only talking about how she eats in her bio. It’s so dehumanizing. People are more than just their weight.
its fiction not a real human
@@dantemcedgelord9331 It's still fatophobic and disgusting
@@dantemcedgelord9331 no shit
@@dantemcedgelord9331 Woah, really???
What I would rename the “obese fairy”
“Candy the sugar fairy”
“Candy lives in the candy castle and loves baking. She is so busy baking and testing new products for her pastries, so she doesn’t really use her wings anymore. She makes pastries and candies for all the pets in the clouds, but sometimes she can get carried away with her sweets!”
See? Completely kid appropriate, and no fat phobia.
Also fun fact about the new fairy “Candy”
She sometimes gets so busy that she gets sugar highs XD
There will be a mini game where you have to help her bake cupcakes!
The more cupcakes you make, the more coins you’ll get!
👍I wanna draw this now!
Storm made their own description for the Obese Fairy, she's a kitchen fairy who channels her magic through food and runs a magical pastry shop. And honeyplaza wanted to rename her to "The Sugar Plumb Fairy" as a nod to the Sugar Plum Fairy and as a play on words to sound less offensive. They both sound cute! What do you think of those ideas?
"The founder *shows edgiest profile I've ever seen*" oh boy this is not gonna end well
Right? I was genuinely shocked it was *that* pfp for the founder!
The “obese fairy”
Looks less like an obese fairy but more like a bakery owner
Or a nice neighbor
Or even a really nice aunt
Or that nice grandma that bakes cookies
Yeah
A kind progressive lady
Or the kind of woman with a Southern accent that calls you sugar and treats you like she's your mother
All of the ideas mashed together is better, a nice bakery owning aunt which is your neighbor
If I had to redo Obese Fairy. I'd name her Mother Marry (the fairy). Her Bio could be this, "Mother Marry use to be the queen of the fairies until one day she went missing. She found an old witches house and asked for a better life. Without knowing the cost she agreed to be the best baker who makes beautiful sweets across the land in exchange for not being able to fly. Some people say if you meet her daily she will give you sweets that tell the aftermath of her disappearance from being queen." If you collect them all and not use them for yourself but for her when you collect them all then she will tell you the story herself then she will give you a free outfit.
This is really good! You should be the person running this site!
The outfit she gives you? An outfit that matches her, so you are twinning with her!
yeah! the outfit could be like a bakers apron like hers!💖💖💖
@@Gjoob YESS
You absolute MADLAD. THATS AN AMAZING IDEA ILY SO MUCH HSHSHSHSHSHSH /p
its sad that after all these years, Ian still somehow manages to act like a 14-year-old.
I wish more people knew about Littlest Pet Shop Online (LPSO is it’s nickname)! I really loved the art style and the plush pets! Unfortunately it closed down in 2011. It was also ran by EA.
I remember that! It was the first MMORPG I had ever played!
Omg samee!!! Miss that site. I remember being distraught when it closed down.
You just unlocked a memory 😭✋
Same!!! I loved it so much, the game and music was great
there is a rewritten version in the works called lpso revived
She's not the Obese Fairy. She's the Grandma Fairy
(Not because Grandma's are fat cuz not all are but because she looks really nice, I had to clarify before people in the replies got mad)
Why did I read that as "before the reptiles get mad" and why did it make sense in my head. But yes she has Big Grandma Energy
@@robitherat8182
The reptiles are going to get mad, Jon, and you cannot stop them.
For some reason the name Candi Floss comes to mind when I see her design. She looks like a Candi to me. Like the aunt who always makes you freshly baked cookies and a cup of tea whenever you visit.
man, I hope all the artists from this site are doing better now. a lot of these character designs are legitimately super cute, especially the “obese” fairy n it’s clear the artists doing assets for marapets were straight up robbed. I’m glad I was a bit too young in the late 2000s to get sucked into a scam and not know any better
Can we rename the obese fairy? I'm thinking Wendy would be a good name for her
Edit: there's a lot of good names and I really enjoy reading your ideas, so keep leaving them in the replies :D
@Anya Marie Bautista! Betty is a good name as well
Shannon ?
I like Betty yes!
Wendy/Betty Sweettooth, maybe? She can be a baker, because her design sure does make her look like one!
@@mccperin yessssss
Marapets: Wait, no! I’m sorry!
Club Penguin: Don’t apologize to us! Apologize to the woman you killed!
Coolmathgames: Your sins cannot be repaid..with money!
Poptropica: *aggressively punches Marapets*
just imagining a literal game
going
" _ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA_ " to another one
it
makes me smile
Neopets: grabs a sharp knife
Newgrounds:in the corner with some popcorn watching then grabs a gun and aims at marapets
Roblox : bans for dumb reasons
Club penguin classic : so you can't say anything negative about fat people anymore? Welp I'm going back to my grave
I got the entire reference lmao
Neopets: *teabags*
Here’s some new names for the beautiful fairy
- Auntie Sugar Floss
- Nana Honey Bun
- Mama Donut
- Auntie Shortcake
Mama Donut and Auntie Shortcake sound so cute!
Oml auntie shortcake
Literally right before you cut to the Chinese costumes I was like "Oh they're gonna have "oriental" costumes with yellow colors, aren't they?"
Also if you want some games with a similar prospect (the pet collection part), I've been on Sylestia and Eggcave for a while and have enjoyed it :>
you can tell this ian guy has never taken a single games design class. i'm studying games design and coding right now, and the professors are super quick to crack down on anything that could be taken as offensive
pretty sad fact, that they crack down on something like this
@@dantemcedgelord9331 Not really, no. Why purposely offend people through stuff like this? If this is the only way you know how to be “funny”, you desperately need to find a better- and quite frankly, more advanced and mature- sense of humor.
@@KK-uc5ln it wasnt meant to be funny. just depression dragging me down again. but ill work on myself
something is always going to be seen as offensive, no matter how hard you try
@@613-shadow9 yes and it annoys the crap out of me
Oh my god I remember Marapets. I visited the site in its very early days and I swear to god there was even more offensive stuff than this. A ton of weirdly specific and insulting stereotypes, the site almost seemed downright fixated on the idea. It wasn't in a cute way either, it almost seemed downright insulting, like I can remember a costume based around basically trailer trash that made the pets unkempt and wearing overalls, plus a lot of the other ones you mentioned in this video.
As a kid I just remember picking up on the mean-spirited vibes. Even when I was young I recognized that something about the site's designs just seemed kind of unpleasant. There's this line being crossed between fun parody and mean-spirited ridicule that it just loves crossing for some reason.
Also, idk if it's still the case to this day but they used to instantly ban anyone who talked about Neopets on their forums. That's totally unrelated, I just found it hilarious.
Yes, and the trailer trash costume pets all had dark brown fur...
and there was also a "skinny" costume which made the pets skeletally thin, and included a description about it being the preferred costume of the in-universe version of hollywood, because "nobody there eats". So, mocking anorexia.
Can we give the "Obese Fairy" a new name? Like Strawberry or Raspberry? Idk, I just want her to have a cute name and not an offensive rude one, yaknow?
Yes I agree she’s adorable 😍 she deserves a cute name
Uhhh... um..... fudge fairy! :D
I remember marapets, I tried to get back into it a year back and there was a pretty big adult fan base then but it was pretty toxic and hard to get back into (kinda glad abt that) glad goatlings exists now
@Bea s
I should look it up
"The *Sugar Plump Fairy* is in charge of Gourmet Foods. She loves her food and baking. You may say her wings don't work because she is heavy, but in reality, she needs artificial candy wings to fly as she was born with microptergaly, meaning her own natural wings never grew since she was born. Besides that condition, she has unique abilities to process and cook food without using her hands or cooking tools, needing to also wear bracelets to inhibit her power to turn anything she touches into sugar. She can also manipulate said sugar and use it as projectiles."
The “Obese Fairy” is adorable, I say we give her an actual name. I’m going to suggest Sarah.
I suggest Babs
I suggest Ana
Mary
Cherie Bakewell - after the cake Cherry Bakewell 🍒
hmm.. i suggest linda chocolate (like lindor chocolate).
Omg she looks like she’d have a New Jersey accent and be frenemies with the Fairy Godmother from Shrek😳I think I’m in love
So… A character like Doris?
4:02 I'll be honest, I had no idea that Voodoo was proper religion with such a long history. As much as I love the idea behind the modern depictions of Voodoo, reading a bit about it show how different the tropes are from reality.
Native theme got me mad, WE MIGHT HAVE DRESSED LIKE THAT BUT MAKING IT LOOK LIKE THAT AS A THEME. The disrespect I've felt;;
me: casually draws some characters dressed like that.
@@sheinaragners that’s not wrong Tbh but he’s saying that it’s not an accurate representation of Native America
@@spongy7426 oh, then yes that indeed shouldnt be representing any particular culture
@@sheinaragners you mean shouldn’t?
@@spongy7426 yeah lol. oops
why has it been over a decade and he still sounds like a fourteen year old lol
This is offensive to all 14 y/os /j
he speaks like a 5 year old who’s fed their parents ridiculous world views.
@@stankyratman5685 he talks just like a 14 year old i know. it's not representative of all 14 year olds of course, cause that's how jokes using generalization work
i hate how people think calling the fairy the “obese fairy”. and making her description all about her being “obsessed with food” is ok. and those pet skins are discusting. you shouldnt do that especially on a kids game. and the way they reacted was basically them saying:
‘’if you dont like us then bog off back to neopets because we aint doing nothing.’’
I remember I had an account there and then said nope when I saw the obese fairy. My mum struggles with weight issues so yeaaaaah struck me too close to home. Like she is well designed but ya know, that is where the good ended.
I love a good racist joke and other dark humour but the whole game is a massive yikes
@@roguedragoon9212 Agreed. The funny from edge comes from it being shocking, unexpected and obviously wrong, not just downright shitting on people or yourself.
Her name and description are bland as hell. She's a thick woman with a retro 50's sense of style. You can do better. She's already really interesting as it is.
It seems like they just keep using free for an excuse. "Hey this person is extremely racist buuuut its free so everyone should thank him!" Like how dumb does that sound
Yeah... ngl the pets stereotyped from races is really offensive. It’s alright to make a character based of a culture but to make the pets fur yellow just because their Asian is really offensive if you ask me and isn’t funny.
Also looking at the other pets I’m surprised this is even allowed
Also, 👏👏👏you👏need👏to👏actually👏do👏research👏and👏hire👏the👏minorities👏who👏you👏take👏bits👏of👏culture👏from👏👏👏
@@benedictdwyer2608 That’s true!!
I was a poptropica and moshi monsters kid. I love the fairy character tho! She’s so pretty!
Omg I finally found another moshi monsters kid, I shelled so much money into that game omg
I used to love moshi monsters! I used so many codes 😂
I never got into moshi monsters, but i always wanted to when i was little
John Ross From what I remember, was really fun! You got to choose a monster to take care of, you could buy furniture for your home, etc. I think it got shut down last year or back in 2018, which was sad.
@@TheMysteriousLJ aw that sounded fun, its too bad i won't be able to experience it
A couple of the "voodoo" costumes actually look super cool, but would be better without the "voodoo" label attached to it.
I think that goes for a lot of them though. They would be super cool with no context. Like having a genie outfit without having to slap "India" or some shit on it
Agreed. Like, instead of "voodoo," it could be called "spooky," "Halloween," "skeleton," etc.
the "mental" one really got me. that bullshit isn't real, In fact, it's quite the opposite. we're real people with *real* feelings and were just the same as you, just because we have "mental issues" doesn't mean were monsters. I know *MANY* people with mental health issues (including myself) and they act *NOTHING* like the costume intends, in fact, they are some of the *KINDEST* people I know. It's gross to think that someone would make fun of everyday troubles people with "a mental costume" have to face. It's gross and just wrong.
edit: so glad thee are more people who agree with me.This shits wrong and should be called out. I hope your struggles get solved very soon, I care abt yall.
The mental thing made me feel gross as an autistic girl. I'm surprised they didn't make 'autism' pets but they spread slurs and harmful stereotypes all over the designs
Honestly their biggest issue is probably just being lazy like the costume design itself would be fine if they just called it something like "cannibal costume" or something along those lines, the voodoo costumes would be fine if they called them something like "spooky costume" idk man I'm not creative but like it's all too easy yaknow? They didn't put in effort they just wanted a "haha funny" moment at someone else's expense. "The obese fairy", the yellow Asian skins, the red indian skins, and the "skinny" skins were probably the worst because it can't be all chalked up to being lazy but like... It's all such easy fixes, at that point I can't even find it offensive because of just how... Cookie cutter offensive it is.
For real, dude. I saw that and I was just... Shocked. Why did they think that was okay?
As someone who spent time in a psychiatric ward I completely disagree with the idea that the "mental" costume is a problem. It's a neat design playing with a well known trope for, maybe if you look at it wrong, a little shock value.
Big whoop.
yeah it's disgusting. disorders and mental illnesses really need to be taken more seriously, im tired.
"Our fairy wasn't meant to be offensive"
*proceeds to write an entire bio that's filled with fatphobic language*
oh god "fatphobic"
@@kenetickups6146 cry
@@OuchMyHooves nah, i'll just not pretend that being unhealthy is good
@@kenetickups6146 I didn't even say that it was healthy LMAO. It's just not hard to not shame people for their bodies.
Kenetic Kups Some people might just naturally be bigger. If a person eats so much that they’re bigger than they’re naturally supposed to be then yes that’s unhealthy, but that’s their business not yours so you shouldn’t be a douchebag about it. And again, everyone’s natural and healthy size is different.
idk, refusing to pay your artists and exploiting cheap labour seems like the actions of a bad person to me, regardless of if the offensive costumes were intentionally offensive or not
@Kob bro they had literal blackface, blatant racism, and made the mafia characters have dark brown skin. sane? lmao you're the one corrupted
“all i have to say is.. yikes.” my reaction to literally everything.
Really? i was really confused why the youtuber was angry i do not see the problem, apart from over the top stereotypes but that is nothing bad in and on itself and only becomes problematic when it is used as anti-something propaganda like the nazis with that jew with bigass nose thing, but if the stereotype is just made for funs or for looks with no harm intended there is nothing wrong with using over the top stereotypes, any person reasonable enough can understand that a stereotype does not represent real people and are just caricatures.
@@diablo.the.cheater Well over the top stereotypes can be really offensive and harmful to people. Even if it’s “just a character”. I understand your point of view, but to some people this can be very offensive because of how a stereotype affected them harmfully, and seeing that in a kids game as just harmless character could come off as really uncaring to what those stereotypes can imply. Another big problem was the artists. I don’t know if you know this, but artists to be treated like that is very unethical as explained in the video. The average for a full body commission is usually around 15-25 dollars. Five dollars is a very low amount. Not to mention asking for as many as 50 drawings a day. The artists were being overworked and were inexperienced when it comes to commissions, so they were treated horribly and targeted unfairly. Sorry if this comes off as rude, I just wanted to clear things up for you :)
“I was an Animal Jam kid”
OH MY GOSH I MADE MY FIRST ONLINE FRIENDS ON THERE-
SAMEEEEE
I did as well! I still will play it with my sister, it makes me sad how all my friends havent been on forever though.
Same, i remember doing lots of art there lol
I made my first online friends on Roblox
@Eyces Cox "More than 30 days ago"
Looking at all of the pet colors is so sad because you can see some kind of cute and interesting color ideas, and then you realize what game they're from and cry.
I remember poptropica, Habbo hotel, and wizard 101 from when I was younger. I enjoyed playing all of them.
Also, there are like a million other things this guy coulda called the “obese” fairy. She coulda been called the sweet fairy, or the bun fairy, or even the candy fairy. Literally a whole world of possibility. But he comments on her weight.
@Kob it’s a fucking fictional fairy. She’s fat, so what? There’s nothing wrong with being fat.
@Kob its a character purposely created to be fat so the creator could make fun of fat people. it physically cannot lose weight and obviously it's not the creator's intention that it ever will. I don't know what point you were trying to make here lmao
@Kob what are you, 12? lmao
I want the "Obese" Fairy as a aunt . she just seems so cute and nice .
Why do some people act like it is so hard to give an obese character more personality than just "that one fat person"? It is not that hard
The “obese fairy” design is actually kinda cute. She looks like a sweet bakery owner that would give out free leftover treats to you! In fact, she reminds me of a character you would see on a candy land game board.
Ian's profile pic is full of blood splatters, the words "pyscho" & "die", and his avatar is a creepy skinned man with a knife through his head...
Yeah, he's DEFINITELY a sane and levelheaded person. 🙄
Slightly unrelated, but I was a bit disappointed when you forgot to mention Toontown.
like a decade later and he still acts like an edgy teen
You didn't mention the mankini, the rainbow mankini. And now I'm angry it didn't get aknowledged.
OH WTF
I didn't even notice that at first glance.
what's toontown?
It's such a shame they made that fairy character into an offensive joke. I love her design. It's cute.
I just thought marapets was a boring website, but I didn’t know it was racist, rude, and predudice.
i remember seeing an ad for marapets and asking my mom if i could get it, she said no and i'm REALLY glad she did lol
Omg croissant cookie on your pfp?!?
@@n1rv_r0bgear67 absolutely
The “obese fairy” is evidence that bad naming can kill very good designs, I would have called her the Marafairy
I'm a Neopets and Maple Story kid growing up
throwback i was a roblox and moshi-monsters kid
rip moshi monsters my childhood died with you
rest in peace moshi monsters 😭
that reminds me of FightMyMonster, r.i.p
anyone remember my singing monsters??
@@outbymidnight we all try to forget my singing monsters
Aw the fairy looks so cute and nice. She looks like a friend and she deserves better than the name "Obese Fairy." Look at her apron and picnic basket; this is a cottagecore influencer bringing homemade cupcakes to her friends.
I just came back to the website and someone's username is literally "bootlicker"
what’s ur name on mara i would like to tag u when i make an RC topic about this for my 2 ‘yup’ clout
@@justherefortheatmosphere601 nah man you dont have to tag me lmao get that clout urseld
The guy: "I like licking boots"
honestly since we’re on the topic, animal jam’s history of cultural appropriation is .... sucky. i haven’t played in a long time so maybe stuff has changed, but i doubt it. it’s definitely not nearly as bad as mara, but still disappointing. i’m gonna use headdresses as an example. they’re clearly ceremonial native american headdresses and were removed from stores for being controversial, however that just made them insanely “rare” and sought after. basically instead of just removing the item entirely, they goofed up and made them one of the most popular items in the game. and it’s too late for them to remove them now (not that they would bother to anyways) because a whole group of 8-13 year olds who are uneducated on CA would absolutely lose their minds. this is only one example, there’s also many other items like dreadlocks that are still in the game and the game mods refuse to address it. :// rlly disappointing
Honestly, Fer.al is becoming the same and it’s incredibly offputting
@Spare Bun They added a season pass, made a lot of "season pass" (aka membership, you have to pay for literally most of the cool stuff that's in there) species/animals, etc.
as a native american i see no problems with the headdresses tbh, it’s just a kids game, the kids don’t know any better, let them have fun
@@authorhazel1554 you don't rlly have to pay to get cool stuff though, so it isn't much like Animal Jams membership imo. I mean, it would be silly to assume they wouldn't make money off the game in some way. I bought a season pass and all it does is give you like, an cool animal, and a bunch of weird "missions" to complete to earn items (that you can already get without the pass lol)
@@authorhazel1554 also even when your season pass ends you still get to keep the stuff you got so.... Immediately 200x times better than Animal Jams membership
"The obese fairy" seems like that really kind neighbour that will let you pet her small dog
I wanna name the "Obese Fairy" Eliana, a beautiful name for a beautiful fairy :)
i approve
The ""obese"" fairy doesn't look obese...?
All this is pretty nasty, and what you said about racism in kids' media at the end very good point. I'm a white American, so when I was younger I watched a lot of movies and shows that sometimes had primarily Black and Native American stereotypes. Movies like Peter Pan and even the occasional Tom & Jerry episode had these stereotypes, and they badly affected how I saw actual people then. I've been trying to educate myself more on different races and cultures, but I have to admit I still end up leaning towards stereotypes sometimes.
I'm much happier for knowing how people actually are, and I'm actually very interested in learning about other cultures now. I dread to think of how I would be now if the media I consumed later in life was just as bad, or worse. I don't think I would've seen anything wrong with things like these Marapets...things, or any kind of racism for that matter.
thanks for being honest about this. lots of people either dont realize or they try to lie about how racist childrens media effects people for the rest of our lives. Even though it's extremely obvious. Being constantly bombarded with racist stereotypes as kids just makes white kids grow up super racist and makes black and brown kids grow up thinking something is wrong with them. Not good for society and not good for people's minds. Glad you are aware of its effect on you.
The fairy has such a cute design, lets rescue her from this horrible website
The "obese fairy" gives me major auntie vibes,
She should be called Auntie Sweets.
Man, I remember playing GaiaOnline when I was in middle school like a decade ago.
Isn't GaiaOnline dealing with problems of stealing art/OCs from artists on twitter/tumblr and selling them as items on their website? I saw some twitter artists talking about how they were notified that their OCs were being stolen & turned into items on the website. I think there's even a twitter account dedicated to comparing the items on GaiaOnline to artists' OCs/drawings.
I played marapets a bit in gradeschool and when I went back to it to relive the nostalgia a bit i went "oh... thats..." and closed out of the tab
I never heard of this site, but damn, it looks offensive.
Side Note: I was a poptropica kid.
Oh heck yeah, poptropica is cool beans
Me too mate, i miss poptropica
I still play Poptropica. My username is Trishalovefisha8 (I had an old account with membership named CoolClare7 but I forgot the password!)
I was also a poptropica kid but i wasnt able to finish anything because smol brain
Me too :) I played animal jam aswell, it was pretty pog
Oh my god, so many of the games you mentioned bring back so many memories. I completely forgot what Pixie Hallow was called until now, I used to play that and the lazy town website games on the computer, and my Animal Jam account I made when I was so little that I misspelled the word "Magic". too many memories.
Loved your illustration of the Cooking loving fairy! (Which is what i would have called her!! Or something like "Grandma Fairy", idk, something cute, you know!)
6:48 Breaking news: Marapets playerbase has dropped to 0%