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Processing Dragoneer's Death
a year ago
I met Dragoneer exactly once, a gender and a decade ago.
He is- was, it's was now- a controversial figure. Doesn't matter. Shouldn't have died like this. No one should.
I've had my legs cut out from under me with my health of late. I'm still pissing blood. Had another x-ray a few days ago.
But I'm not scared because what I've learned is that I am not alone. My family and the community have carried me. My clients have been patient and kind. All I had to do is ask for help. It's such a hard lesson, it hurts worse than any physical pain, but I'm learning it.
I wish he'd asked for help before it was too late. I wish someone had put out a message on the news bulletin system on FA. I wish he had been carried like I have been, because I think the community would have carried him, as steep as the prices were. Furries are generous to a fucking fault.
I'm sad and angry at the system that made basic needs unaffordable and then told everyone it's shameful to ask for help getting them.
I'm sorry, both to his family and friends, and to the young people currently being radicalized by this. I'm sorry it's like this. I'm sorry you have to see this. This is a stark and painful lesson with more nuance than can be explored on and FA journal.
Burn the lesson into your memory: community is the only way to change this, and community is the only way to survive in the future.
He is- was, it's was now- a controversial figure. Doesn't matter. Shouldn't have died like this. No one should.
I've had my legs cut out from under me with my health of late. I'm still pissing blood. Had another x-ray a few days ago.
But I'm not scared because what I've learned is that I am not alone. My family and the community have carried me. My clients have been patient and kind. All I had to do is ask for help. It's such a hard lesson, it hurts worse than any physical pain, but I'm learning it.
I wish he'd asked for help before it was too late. I wish someone had put out a message on the news bulletin system on FA. I wish he had been carried like I have been, because I think the community would have carried him, as steep as the prices were. Furries are generous to a fucking fault.
I'm sad and angry at the system that made basic needs unaffordable and then told everyone it's shameful to ask for help getting them.
I'm sorry, both to his family and friends, and to the young people currently being radicalized by this. I'm sorry it's like this. I'm sorry you have to see this. This is a stark and painful lesson with more nuance than can be explored on and FA journal.
Burn the lesson into your memory: community is the only way to change this, and community is the only way to survive in the future.
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