You win. The spider is dead. Now please stop threatening me. (7/7)
People have decided that the morally correct choice when seeing someone enjoy an animal that they don't like is to actively threaten and ostracise them. Your phobia is not a disability, and I am not hurting you by having an animal that I like, but I can't fight it anymore. I'm exhausted. (6/7)
Whenever I change avatars for a bit in VRChat, someone in the room gets excited and asks if I'm changing my sona and never using the spider again. People have pulled guns on me in VRChat because they wanted to use me to reenact Helldivers. (5/7)
Whenever I try to show art of myself that I'm really proud of, I get met with people immediately talking about their favourite ways to kill spiders or thinking that I'll find it funny if they respond with "kill it with fire". (4/7)
I've been continually receiving threats of being reported, physical harm, all the way up to death threats just for my sona existing. I've been removed from communities that I thought were safe for me just because they found out that my sona is a spider. (3/7)
I created my sona to express how I've always had trouble being accepted and need help staying safe, and even designed it to be as innocent and unthreatening as possible, but I've just been met with two years of people making it clear that I never will be accepted. (2/7)
Furries: I am officially retiring my spider sona. I can't deal with being threatened anymore. I though that a fandom that's all about being a safe place to express yourself would be the one place where I could express myself safely, but I was wrong. (Thread, 1/7)
I'm very happy to say that Lost Toys is finally back in production. <3 My piano is finally repaired and back with me, and I immediately started work on the new album. I already have instrumentals for ~5 tracks mostly done, and lyrics are a good way in. I'm finally going full rock opera in this one.
We're live and raising more funds for Kenn for his serious medical bills. <3 I'll also be contributing my own art to the raffles.
