Mad_Gadfly does not own Casa Playero. The family was founded by the both of us through mutual effort and was collectively owned by the both of us. When Mad decided to leave the family for the purpose of joining Casa Amaya, we insisted that he should stay and make a new Playero. He did not, for personal reasons that are perfectly understandable, and so management of the family fell solely onto me, during which I took personal ownership of the family, created a modern thread for it, paid for the family banner out of my own pocket, and much more. While @Wilvahelm and I progressed the family through our own accord, Mad later decided to reunite himself into the fold by partnering El Gustazo with Casa Playero and marrying Simone Playero, despite me personally asking him to please not do that. As a result, Casa Playero became progressively tied into protectorate propaganda which severely harmed our image despite my best IC efforts to create separation and continue along the path of redemption that I was desperately trying to forge. Many, many issues arose out of this, but for me, personally, the line was crossed when I specifically insisted that we should not apply for nobility given the family's image, and when I had to go inactive for a week, Mad went behind the entire family's back to submit his own noble application on behalf of us, breaking off some of our characters into cadet lines without anybody's consent. As it turns out I was completely correct and there was a ruling stating criminals could not apply for nobility, but Mad did so anyway, even after @Wilvahelm and I had decided to work on a legitimate noble app which sought to address the problem with the family's image through legitimate IC means rather than circumventing the ruling through a quick OOC division of cadet lines. This truly left me heartbroken.
There are a million things I could say about all of this, but please understand that I am not putting any blame whatsoever on Mad_Gadfly for what has happened. I am merely trying to say that the 'problems' that Casa Playero faces are not the Red Berets, are not the Protectorate, or any of the other shenanigans that have been mentioned previously. Mad has time and again, against the wishes of the family, published public rants which only served to worsen our family image by blaming the rest of the server for our House's inability to progress. This inability, in reality, is the result of an immense lack of OOC communication and toxicity created within the family due to mixed leadership. Although Mad had left to pursue his own endeavors as an Amaya, he continued to try to exert influence over the family and assert himself as co-owner, which caused a huge rift within the family because both my goals and Mad's goals were completely opposite. There is so much more I would wish to say but I am going to keep things brief and simply state the family, including myself, does not at all agree with the complaints that Mad has been constantly publishing and we recognize that all it's done is make us look more whiney and more incompetent. This past week, there have been numerous nasty fights within the family, including between myself and Mad. I want no more of it and am frankly exhausted of all the constant disagreement over leadership, ownership, family goals, etcetera. Some time after our fight, I told Mad I was leaving the family and that he could keep his half, legitimate or illegitimate as it may be, and that I seceded all of my ownership to @Wilvahelm. Shortly after, the rest of the family also announced they'd be leaving. Everything that Mad_gadfly has been saying does not represent our true feelings, and it is clear that there is no space for amelioration at this point. On an OOC basis, I have completely disbanded Casa Playero. @Mad_Gadfly is now the legitimate sole owner of the Playero name and can feel free to ICLY do as he wishes with our once beloved family and establish a new OOC community if he so wishes.
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