I’m going to turn off notifications now. They’ve been really stressing me out, and I do better when I’m not reminded of this cess pit of a website. Whatever this current discussion is, leave me out.
I’m getting a lot of notifications about some furry community drama.
I don’t use this account or app anymore. I no longer have an active presence in the furry community.
I have gone from chairing FC to actively avoiding furry events, because of abuse by @/wolfwithdances
I still firmly believe you cannot be friends with both an abuser and their victim, you have to make a choice. That choice will have consequences.
I don’t feel bad *at all* for calling out people who decided to stay friends with him, knowing what he could and did do.
I just want to be clear now that it’s been several days:
I still mean everything I said. I was not lashing out in sudden anger, I was posting information. I was making public the things that had haunted me privately.
I do not regret calling out individuals who support abuse.
I know my vibe on here sucks, but I’m having way more good days than bad actually. Today was great. Tomorrow will be too. On the whole, my life is fulfilling and I am optimistic about my personal future.
I just also hate that bastard who assaulted me and made me feel subhuman.
This was *exactly* my reaction to the fishfucker thing.
Trying to get folks to care that a sexual abuser is on the board for FC, something that impacts a lot of people.
But that can’t compete with the shiny allure of whatever the fuck those weirdos were doing with fish 😂
You don't owe anyone "keeping up w/drama."
There will literally always be more nonsense. Just focus on having fun & let people have theres.
And if you are wanting to stay in the loop, take a day off when you can :)
@soulsmooothie I’m sorry you’re having to defend yourselves. Getting out of an abusive friendship can be really difficult, especially when we’re conditioned to think that sticking by your friends is the “right” thing to do. From experience, I totally get being quiet for a while.
I’m sorry, the fish thing is terrible in a way that makes me laugh uncontrollably. What the actual fuck. Two adult humans came up with a method to do… this… and both committed enough to go through with it. How do these people find each other?
I’m trying to get furries to care about predatory behavior on a convention board.
That shit is so boring compared to the fishfucker drama. I’m disgusted, I’m fascinated, I’m so glad I don’t know any of these people.
Genuinely feeling a lot better with those screenshots and stuff posted. I didn’t actually get to the whole “using a suit I didn’t recognize to hug me” bit, but I can always go finish that thread later.
I hope folks can see a little better now why I don’t feel safe/welcome.
@corviphagy I really didn’t mean to ramble on. I just didn’t want there to be this perception that I was some kind of puriteen on a crusade of cleanliness or whatever. I am very pro-kink, pro-consent, pro-safety, and maybe a little too idealistic for my own good!
@corviphagy After all that had happened, in 2019 after my year as chair of FC, and after @corviphagy had been abused by a board member, we both offered to answer questions or train up replacements (we still wanted the convention to succeed) but we were met with radio silence.
@fennecuskitsune@fluffsune Idk, maybe you blocked me for a different reason, right at the same time I was taking a hard stance about that. My recollection is that you simply did not want to hear anything negative about your friends. See my pinned tweet if you’ve changed your mind. Not that you can see this
@fennecuskitsune@fluffsune I tried to tell you about it at the time, but you didn’t like my delivery and blocked me. You wanted to stay friends with Dax, who had just spent a few years abusing me.