It was certainly a consensus. This was something that was actually heavily discussed this morning over around ~6 hours, and we made a sincere effort to reach out to our players and get their opinions. We have expressed our concerns to Gunhand privately, and as you say, it's his faction, his fight.
To an extent, this situation arose because it seems as though there weren't any recourse for it. Gunhand is the FM, Ametheliana is his Co-FM, and you have declared open and official support for them, so rude or not, this seems to have been our only option. This, unfortunately, means that we're going to be leaving the umbrella of Nepleslia. As far as I can see, Legix is the only person who objects to this course of action, and you've read what he has to say and watched his cute little video too, I suppose.
As to my personal decision, it's the result of my hiatus going poorly. Several issues arising from the NTSE forum, and the general stress of Nepleslia that resulted from it, told me that I had too many dogs in this fight and that my blood pressure was growing too high. So I tried to stay away, but news just kept coming to me of the situation worsening. The bottom line is that I don't get along with the people in this faction, not with Gunhand, not with Legix. As far as the accusations that Cadet and I and the rest of them are a clique trying to take over, well, yeah, obviously. We've been kind of put into this corner. I feel that we're being singled out for being "old" on the website, by a series of new players who have been hearing bad things about us and who are trying to do a good old fashion Trumpian "Drain the swamp" on us through the main chat and via other private avenues. I look at the submissions in the NTSE, and I can't help but feel that much of the difficulty that some of us are running into there, and here, is the result of a dedicated effort - so mocking us for mounting a counter effort is somewhat hollow. If you want a good example, just go read over his post again - this is the sort of person that I see coming to prominence in Nepleslia. What a joke.
I very nearly shut the doors on Scythe and Junpu quietly, and just bowed out from GMing altogether, but last night I heard the appointment of the new FM and decided that there wasn't anything to be lost by digging in my heels, instead, especially after learning that there was support for this course of action. I don't feel like having to argue for either of my plots' places on this website, as it takes away my energy from actually writing plots. I don't feel like arguing, at all. But when expressing concerns, I find that although those concerns are being listened to, they're not acted upon, not respected, and not valued. Gunhand has chosen a personal friend he trusts over people that I assume someone said wanted his job - and you know what? That's not how you build trust, so we decided we wanted him gone. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.
I joined Nepleslia, originally, to bolster it and help it grow. So, when providing advice, and warnings, I expected to be listened to and respected. Instead, I was told that I'm full of poison, baited on the site chatroom - I'm a sucker for being baited, as no doubt there are several logs worth now - and told that I'm just trying to seize control and hold players hostage and etc. They're not being held hostage; this is voluntary. We've tried to be heard, tried to affect Nepleslia, tried to ask, as insiders, for the authority to have some control over the faction, and we've not been respected. Legix is quick to beat the drum of "you think you deserve something just because you've been here a long time", but he's making that argument as someone so young in the site that he has no actual clue about half of the stuff he's talking about. You only need to look at the amount of writing in Scythe, Sledge, and Interregnum to see that yes, we've been trying - and yes, the site also has its ups and downs. If Legix could get his plot out of the Open RP forum, and have it for a little while longer, I think he'd notice that sometimes plots have up and down periods of activity.
In either case, I wish Nepleslia as well as I can.
@Wes, I officially request that Scythe be moved to the Independent Roleplaying Forum pending the setting element's resubmission.