The combination of his extremely braindead and immature community and utterly effortless content is what makes him worthy of being called a lolcow in the first place IMO. When it comes to all of the drama surrounding his use of child porn, being a tranny, glorifying mental illness and drug use or idolising suicide there are plenty of other artists guilty of that in the same genre, the only difference being that these people are actually talented and don’t constantly make a complete dick of themselves.
Ethan is blatantly trying to game the system and create his own little bubble by using every little foothold he has, and it’s working out pretty well. As soon as we threaten his career by compiling facts about his past he panics and goes full schizo mode, hoping his white knights will stop people from seeing anything that could harm his reputation