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Dragoneer
a year ago
When I saw the FA Discord announcement notification, I shot out of bed in disbelief.
I'm grateful I told him pretty often how much he was appreciated. I haven't been keeping up with journals as much as I should, so I didn't realize he was battling an awful illness recently.
It's crazy that he's gone.
I'm not sure what I believe in, but I'd like to think Glaide was on the other side to welcome him and keep him company.
Dragoneer was a legitimately good person, always kind and considerate in my experience. He worked so hard to make FA a place folks could enjoy, investing so much of his own time and resources and working with the rest of the FA team to keep everything running behind the scenes. Branching out into the convention, FA:United, was a wonderful way to help the online community manifest IRL for a weekend each year (up until the pandemic), and I know how much work he put into that, as well.
He has done so much for the community, even as the furry population has exploded over the past decade (or so) and social media contributed to the further decentralization of where furries hang out and find each other. FA still feels like home, to me, and that's largely due to Dragoneer.
I hope there is some way he can be commemorated in an ongoing/somewhat permanent basis, to help people remember.
Rest in peace, Preyfar/Dragoneer/Sean. You deserved so much better. To say you will be missed is an understatement.
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I'm grateful I told him pretty often how much he was appreciated. I haven't been keeping up with journals as much as I should, so I didn't realize he was battling an awful illness recently.
It's crazy that he's gone.
I'm not sure what I believe in, but I'd like to think Glaide was on the other side to welcome him and keep him company.
Dragoneer was a legitimately good person, always kind and considerate in my experience. He worked so hard to make FA a place folks could enjoy, investing so much of his own time and resources and working with the rest of the FA team to keep everything running behind the scenes. Branching out into the convention, FA:United, was a wonderful way to help the online community manifest IRL for a weekend each year (up until the pandemic), and I know how much work he put into that, as well.
He has done so much for the community, even as the furry population has exploded over the past decade (or so) and social media contributed to the further decentralization of where furries hang out and find each other. FA still feels like home, to me, and that's largely due to Dragoneer.
I hope there is some way he can be commemorated in an ongoing/somewhat permanent basis, to help people remember.
Rest in peace, Preyfar/Dragoneer/Sean. You deserved so much better. To say you will be missed is an understatement.
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Ardashir
~ardashir
RIP, Dragoneer.
Beau the Glaceon
~speedbumpv-drop
He was one of the many members of the FA staff to come to me and give a comment about a concept for Fur Affinity inbox icon support. I'm very heavily bummed out that I ended up deleting the original picture before and thought that such an idea would've been something to pass along for the FA staff. It's very sad that he's gone so suddenly, and I give my sincere condolences to his family...
LaurenRivers
~laurenrivers
It really is shocking. I didn't know him well but I knew the name, I don't think we've ever met, but I've been on FA forever. It's shocking that I've reached the stage in life where people I know, both famous and personally have passed on. But I suppose it's inevitable though I certainly had no idea what had been going on, but it's why I try to keep in touch with friends, as best I can, and try to get my things done while I still have the time myself. I appreciate and value the experiences I'm fortunate enough to have, and I definitely am glad we still keep in touch.
BadgerBen
~badgerben
Rip dragooneer, you will be missed *hugs*
