anon · 7mo
anon who left the fandom, back after reading your answer. just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to explain your perspective & i empathize with you a lot on the darkness that followed all of that - our experiences sound similar, tbf. i had a hard time trusting people for a long time. i completely reevaluated my relationship with the internet and ended up at a job that inadvertently taught me to trust people again. it sounds like you also reevaluated your relationship with the space and found peace by carving out a space within it where you feel comfortable, which i completely respect. despite the allegations that originally led me to leave the fandom being false, i personally believe for a lot of other reasons that dteam aren’t good people - but i sometimes forget that the fandom was and is so much more than them. this is probably way longer than necessary as well but :). nothing but love for you & your beautiful stories ess, truly.
hey! thanks for such an even-keeled response to all of that mess i wrote (i'm used to very different reactions from people very dedicated to yelling at me, hence why i don't talk about it much haha). i definitely understand where you're coming from and, even if our paths diverged in the end and we ultimately disagreed, i also respect your own conclusions and understand how you got to them. this is my first time being in a fandom built around real human beings, and it's been...a learning experience, to say the least. i appreciate you taking the time to read everything that i put down, and thank you for your kind reply :) nothing but love to you, as well!
