I HAVE ENJOYED YOUR WORK AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU SOON.
NOT IN MY PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY, I SHOULD ADD.

I’ve really enjoyed your work here and will follow you wherever you go next; I think I’m not the only one who wants to encourage you and other former AVC staffers who are leaving in the current profit mandated exodus to start a substack or something. I’d kick in $5/month or something to read stuff by you and the old…

Thank you for everything. Here’s hoping you and the rest find outlets that truly appreciate your talents. Just gave you a follow on Twitter and will happily follow you wherever you land.

Hey folks. I just wanted to drop in and say thank you to everyone here for all the kind words, and also for reading what I’ve written at The A.V. Club these past nine years. I know I wasn’t always the most consistent presence in the comments, even before the Kinja transition, but I dipped in fairly regularly, and for…

I will say, while I appreciate any lack of histrionics over the Future of the A.V. Club As We Know It!! (and imagine it has served the old-new guard well, ha), I would point out that past incidences of major exodus were either because a bunch of writers left together to start The Dissolve, or a few instances where…

I’m just glad so many people here give an F.

I give this retrospective an A++. Gonna miss your reviews man, I respect someone who has high standards and who can be sometimes harsh. Best of luck wherever you go A+ A+ Dowd.  My heart is at a C- at best, probably a gentleman's d-

I always appreciated your reviews and I’m looking forward to reading your stuff elsewhere. Whatever my (myriad) issues with post-disqus AV Club, I thought the film coverage remained excellent and insightful. Disappointed to see yet another talented writer leave as the AV Club hastens its transformation into...I don't…

A+ A+ Dowd. You’ll be missed.

<3 <3 Dowd

Thanks for all the amazing work at the AV Club over the past almost 9 years Alex, and I look forward to seeing what you end up doing next.

Yes, just like Jesus Christ.

I really regret replying to you. If you really find this amusing, you should seek help, and I mean that.

It doesn’t have to be his fault to lead to suicide. I think he’s fucked. And a part of me is grinning, because all his life he has been a complete asshole.

What the fuck? What a horrible comment.

4. Quitting Twitter

At this point we don’t know the situation.  They could have been doing one of those “shoot at the camera” shots.  Hopefully an investigation will shed some light on what happened 

What the fuck are you talking about? What sources are suggesting he was misusing it or doing anything wrong? He probably pulled the fucking trigger because that was the scene! WTF

Where are you getting your information as to what occurred? Nothing listed in these articles or released gives any indication as to misuse of the prop by the actor. In fact it specifies that the discharge was *during* filming which suggests the prop was being used as intended. 

He could have very well been in a scene where he was required to fire it at the camera, we don’t know.