[id: It's a mock poster of Hobie Brown, drawn as he is depicted in the spider verse with brown skin, wicks, and numerous piercings. The first drawing is fully rendered and in usual colors—he is looking off to the side and holding his guitar. There are also two outlined, flat drawings of him behind that, also playing the guitar and done in different colors. All three drawings are up against posters from Public Enemy, X-ray Spex, and Crime, with his alias, "Spider-Punk" slapped in the top corner. /end id]
online harassment campaigns are genuinely terrifying and part of why they're terrifying is that they make you feel like you're going insane—especially if they're false, frame you maliciously on purpose or blow things wayy out of proportion—because like. asides from it feeling really fucking bad due to the aforementioned tide of toxic sludge coming your way all at once, you genuinely start to doubt your perception of reality because surely this isn't... right? surely people can tell this isn't real/there's no way this kind of reaction is warranted or deserved, right?
if any of your friends ever go through that the single most helpful thing you can do is reach out to them & be like "jesus christ these people are nuts, are you okay?" PLEASE do, even privately if you're afraid of being dragged in. they'll never thank you enough, it's a literal life raft for their sanity