>>66187506That's great but just like how you want me to respect her feelings and efforts, people like me also want to have their feelings respected.
We can be outwardly supportive and patient, but that doesn't erase the feelings of frustration we've also been dealing with.
I was a member for close to 3 years, and bought her daki and other merch, but I have kept a healthy degree of separation in my parasocial relationship. Imagine how the ones who are unironically in love with her feel, or don't because all you have to do is look around to see what a lack of meds does to a motherfucker.
There are plenty of bad actors of course, but a lot of the "whining" comes from genuine fans like me yelling into the void that is this god forsaken board as a coping mechanism instead of trying to bottle it up or doing something more extreme.
What's sad is that most of this could have been so easily avoided if it was nipped in the bud early on. We don't need the details of her life story, just something like "Hey I'm going on a hiatus for personal reasons. Thanks for your patience and support, I'll try to come back when I can". Even the most menhera messes do something similar in these cases, but she was silent for so long that by the time she did tell us about the "new normal" and her burnout the damage had already been done and doesn't seem to be healing any time soon.
I really do hope she can resolve whatever is ailing her for this year, but even if she does I can't just ignore what has happened and go back to how I felt before (and that sucks).
