Reflecting On The Recent Drama
4 years ago
Seeing the recent controversy that has occurred, I still have some things to say after taking time to think about what happened.
First off, I want to say sorry about everything that has happened. I am not perfect, I'm still human and still learning about things especially when it comes to boundaries. If it came as stalking I didn't mean to, I do like chatting with people and making new friends, maybe I come on too strong and I'm working on that to get better with it. Also, I'm working on talking about different topics as well as knowing what's off-limits as I've had a few friends tell me that and I respect their wishes and working on figuring out what else to talk about. Also, I'm not the type of person to send random unsolicited messages especially ones that are NSFW. Consent is very important when it comes to boundaries, I only send messages like that when the other party gives me their consent. Other than Twitter and Instagram, I'm toning it down when adding on other social media platforms to respect boundaries. I'm still learning and it won't happen overnight but one step at a time I'm gonna improve on myself.
Now that I have taken responsibility for my actions, what Trace has done is still unacceptable. Never once did he tell me to leave him alone but I'll be going on comments later. He claims that I was the one to delete our conversation when it was him, I just blocked him but I never deleted our entire chat. If he wasn't interested in seeing the pics/vids, he should have been honest with me at the beginning rather than playing along. It isn't right to say that you are okay with it when you weren't at all, I would have respected your choice and not share the pics/vids with you. He even said to me that he sees a friendship developing saying that he would like to get to know me better and potentially meet in person, I never did invite myself out of nowhere as we both talked about it, he never said that we were only acquaintances during our chats. Also, the whole topic on bellies, he talks about them just as much as me and he often brings them up first. If he didn't want to talk about them he should've said something and the conversation would be changed. I do like bellies but I'm capable of talking about other things besides guts. Also, regarding belly noises, he would ask me to send some and gave me advice on how to properly record them along with sending some of his own. When he sends them he would specify if they were of him or of his friends for SFX of his animation project that he's working on. Gonna see a theme here of how Trace should've said something at the beginning rather than going along with it. With his comic Mood Monster, yes I did ask for a commission with his werewolves not it was something wholesome and not creepy. He did tell me that he won't be taking any Mood Monster commissions for a while which I respect as he at the time was still working on their identity. Whenever I see something amazing I want to give support to it, maybe I show too much and I'm working on toning it down but it still doesn't change the fact that if he didn't want to do the commission he should've said something ahead of time. I do comment on his posts but I don't comment all the time, I mostly post in a timely manner so I'm not spamming, the same goes for messaging which is a gray area as most of the time he doesn't respond back to me whether it is a simple hello or updates on my commissions. When it comes to comments, he did say to tone it down but it was more about the crossover project that he was working on with Knux combining his Were Project comic with Mood Monster. I also feel like it's a double standard as I've seen the same people comment frequently but signaling me out isn't right. He also said that I was kicked out of the Were Project group for being creepy which is completely false, I chose to leave that toxic group after discovering that they were ganging up on a friend on mine due to a political post of the DC riots back in January. As for Portfolio Day, I want to give him recognition for the amazing content that he creates by showcasing the commissions that he did for me. He said that my comment was horny but it wasn't at all as the commissions were wholesome and all I said was that he's a great artist and does amazing work speaking as a happy client, he told me that it scared away potential work which I am sorry for but I just wanted to show him support. If he didn't want comments he should've disabled it so no one could post.
If you are reading this Trace, I did see your message on Instagram and the damage is already done because of this. I am sorry about Portfolio Day and the NSFW pic/vids but that's still no excuse to give me consent when you didn't mean to nor shut someone down just for wanting to show you support. Don't even bother trying to message me ever again as I'm done with you and your lies. You say that you aren't encouraging cyberbullying but yet you are still allowing people to attack me making you sound like your the victim when we're both at fault. Stalking is bad but bullying is just as bad as this really hurts after seeing the comments from everyone supporting you and not wanting to hear my side. I was serious about how bullying can damage mental health as I'm emotionally broken from seeing all of this going on and all of your friends/followers attacking me after seeing the comments. If you could've been honest with me at the beginning, things would have been different. YOU started this too, YOU have to take responsibility for your actions too, YOU didn't tell the full story so I did as you twisted your words and left out a lot. Not only did you lose me as a potential friend and my Patreon support but you lost all of my respect for you because you weren't completely honest with me.
First off, I want to say sorry about everything that has happened. I am not perfect, I'm still human and still learning about things especially when it comes to boundaries. If it came as stalking I didn't mean to, I do like chatting with people and making new friends, maybe I come on too strong and I'm working on that to get better with it. Also, I'm working on talking about different topics as well as knowing what's off-limits as I've had a few friends tell me that and I respect their wishes and working on figuring out what else to talk about. Also, I'm not the type of person to send random unsolicited messages especially ones that are NSFW. Consent is very important when it comes to boundaries, I only send messages like that when the other party gives me their consent. Other than Twitter and Instagram, I'm toning it down when adding on other social media platforms to respect boundaries. I'm still learning and it won't happen overnight but one step at a time I'm gonna improve on myself.
Now that I have taken responsibility for my actions, what Trace has done is still unacceptable. Never once did he tell me to leave him alone but I'll be going on comments later. He claims that I was the one to delete our conversation when it was him, I just blocked him but I never deleted our entire chat. If he wasn't interested in seeing the pics/vids, he should have been honest with me at the beginning rather than playing along. It isn't right to say that you are okay with it when you weren't at all, I would have respected your choice and not share the pics/vids with you. He even said to me that he sees a friendship developing saying that he would like to get to know me better and potentially meet in person, I never did invite myself out of nowhere as we both talked about it, he never said that we were only acquaintances during our chats. Also, the whole topic on bellies, he talks about them just as much as me and he often brings them up first. If he didn't want to talk about them he should've said something and the conversation would be changed. I do like bellies but I'm capable of talking about other things besides guts. Also, regarding belly noises, he would ask me to send some and gave me advice on how to properly record them along with sending some of his own. When he sends them he would specify if they were of him or of his friends for SFX of his animation project that he's working on. Gonna see a theme here of how Trace should've said something at the beginning rather than going along with it. With his comic Mood Monster, yes I did ask for a commission with his werewolves not it was something wholesome and not creepy. He did tell me that he won't be taking any Mood Monster commissions for a while which I respect as he at the time was still working on their identity. Whenever I see something amazing I want to give support to it, maybe I show too much and I'm working on toning it down but it still doesn't change the fact that if he didn't want to do the commission he should've said something ahead of time. I do comment on his posts but I don't comment all the time, I mostly post in a timely manner so I'm not spamming, the same goes for messaging which is a gray area as most of the time he doesn't respond back to me whether it is a simple hello or updates on my commissions. When it comes to comments, he did say to tone it down but it was more about the crossover project that he was working on with Knux combining his Were Project comic with Mood Monster. I also feel like it's a double standard as I've seen the same people comment frequently but signaling me out isn't right. He also said that I was kicked out of the Were Project group for being creepy which is completely false, I chose to leave that toxic group after discovering that they were ganging up on a friend on mine due to a political post of the DC riots back in January. As for Portfolio Day, I want to give him recognition for the amazing content that he creates by showcasing the commissions that he did for me. He said that my comment was horny but it wasn't at all as the commissions were wholesome and all I said was that he's a great artist and does amazing work speaking as a happy client, he told me that it scared away potential work which I am sorry for but I just wanted to show him support. If he didn't want comments he should've disabled it so no one could post.
If you are reading this Trace, I did see your message on Instagram and the damage is already done because of this. I am sorry about Portfolio Day and the NSFW pic/vids but that's still no excuse to give me consent when you didn't mean to nor shut someone down just for wanting to show you support. Don't even bother trying to message me ever again as I'm done with you and your lies. You say that you aren't encouraging cyberbullying but yet you are still allowing people to attack me making you sound like your the victim when we're both at fault. Stalking is bad but bullying is just as bad as this really hurts after seeing the comments from everyone supporting you and not wanting to hear my side. I was serious about how bullying can damage mental health as I'm emotionally broken from seeing all of this going on and all of your friends/followers attacking me after seeing the comments. If you could've been honest with me at the beginning, things would have been different. YOU started this too, YOU have to take responsibility for your actions too, YOU didn't tell the full story so I did as you twisted your words and left out a lot. Not only did you lose me as a potential friend and my Patreon support but you lost all of my respect for you because you weren't completely honest with me.

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Thank you, it really hurts seeing how people are taking his side immediately just because of his popularity not hearing my side as he’s twisting the words and not telling everything to make him sound like the victim