I've recently become aware of pedophilia allegations against one of the voice actors for Billie Bust-Up, namely the voice actor for Barnaby, and how the development team has handled the situation. This is a very awkward situation for me, because I not only backed the project on Kickstarter, but have drawn multiple pieces of fan art for the game and its characters. I'm writing this in order to make my stance clear, since I imagine that people might assume that I endorse the game and the actions of its creators if I don't.

I do not stand with the developers behind Billie Bust-Up, and how they have tried to dismiss the case against the voice actor for Barnaby. Pedophilia is wrong, regardless of sexuality or identity, and the decision by the team to stand behind the voice actor is extremely irresponsible. I imagine that their decision was at least partially enforced by the amount of work that would need to be redone in order to hire a new voice actor, especially given how Barnaby quickly became one of the most popular characters for the game, but that doesn't excuse defending the voice actor's actions. I remember back when the developers would ban pedophiles from the Discord server for stating having a sexual interest in Billie, so seeing them turn around and defend the voice actor is an insane double standard.

I am going to leave my fan art up, both to prevent the pieces from becoming lost media and to prevent people from using them as pieces of evidence against me in the future for any narrative they want to push. If I deleted them without explanation on the pieces themselves, people could very easily say that I was trying to bury my support of the developers, so it best protects me and my online image if I leave them up. However, I'm going to add in an update on all of the pieces in order to link to this journal and state my stance on the game. In addition, I have left the fanbase years ago, so I don't consider myself a fan of the Billie Bust-Up anymore.

In addition, I did back the game on Kickstarter for a total of 50£‎ back in 2022, receiving a digital copy of the game as well as several physical goods including pins and stickers. As far as I'm concerned, my backing of the game was a business transaction made when I couldn't have foreseen what would wind up happening with the game in the future, and so my receiving of, and playing, the game is merely a part of the transaction that I made. I can't honestly recommend to others that they purchase the game or play it for themselves, knowing what I do now, and I wish to clarify any confusion on what may seem to be a double standard to others.

Overall, I don't support the developers of Billie Bust-Up, and any "support" that I show of them is the result of a business transaction that I made years ago.