#i also have like ten years experience moderating high traffic gaming servers and discords in high staff positions

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Some anons have been saying that they don't like your personality or whatnot but I actually really admire how you so easily and aggressively(affectionate) defend your boundaries? You seem unapologetic about who you are and ready to defend what you believe in and as someone who tends to be, despite my best efforts, a pushover/people-pleaser and easily shaken by stuff like anon hate, it's actually pretty inspiring. I'm curious if you have any advice as to how you managed to be that confident or if it's just natural/experience? Been loving your art as well

Man. I feel I could ramble on this for awhile but I'll start with something very important When people on the internet hate you for whatever reason just remember

They do not know you

They hate their idea of who you are The version of you that exists in their head is not real. It is not you.

People can only gather small snippets of a person, especially if its only via text posts, and they stitch together these fragmented pieces expecting it to be an entire personality.

These people will never meet you. They are not important. YOU are important. Your friends who truly understand you are important. Your health is important. You cant please everyone but if you know that you are not hurting anyone then you have nothing to be sorry for. You could legitimately be the nicest, most docile, most people pleasing human ever and someone, somewhere will hate you for it. No single being can be universally loved. But you can love yourself unconditionally. Despite your faults, your cracks, your future mistakes. Youre the person who will be with you for the rest of your life. So love who you are. Youre the only you in this world.