If you repost this message on any other site, don't expect Blunell to speak to you again…
I know I got a bit too clingy towards you on DeviantArt, and I accept responsibility for that. I think I've now worked out why – I have a sister complex (my own younger sibling has transitioned to a man and has been distant for years anyway, hence can no longer be the subject of the feeling), and in the past I've shown slightly too much affection to young women in real life too (nothing sexual or romantic though). I'll continue working on that with my therapist…
I've also calmed down considerably since moving into a nicer house with my own unit (avoiding clashes with my sibling and Mum).
I accept that my last comment could be taken the wrong way (although I wasn't criticizing the artwork – in fact I posted a positive comment on that same artwork before). But I never blamed you (nor anybody else) for being bullied – just pointing out that the enshrined “solution” doesn't work (and even makes matters worse in a fair proportion of cases); it wasn't something I felt I could hide any longer.
(And I once favorited your anti-bullying animation, before reading about the problems plaguing the policies…)
As a practical assessment, would you expect adults not to fight if you put them together against their will?
I may have been overambitious to try to help you, but I knew it would be harder than anything else I've done – just couldn't predict how much harder.
Consider also that if you have the right to be permanently traumatized by the bullying, I equally have the right to be permanently affected by your backlash to my comments. But look on the bright side: One of your artworks motivated me to go vegan, saving many animals from slaughter over the last 3 years. (While I don't necessarily regard “sub‑humans” as a thing, I can see some of the lowest humans as being sub‑animal in having neither compassion nor survival instinct…)
I'm aware that France is a bit of a hellhole nowadays (practically a tumor on Europe), only marginally better than the USA from what I gather.
(By the way, mind explaining why you gave your OC heights and weights only in imperial units? The metric system was invented in France so at least list both; though personally I find the implication that Americans can't handle metric units too patronizing even by their standards. )
Since your personal experiences weren't functionally private (requiring a basic DeviantArt account doesn't constitute security) I didn't intuitively feel a problem with sharing them further, but I agree not to do it again (now that you've removed them). (And I'm very sorry for ever getting involved in that “Reception Family Wiki” cesspit; although DisneyVillain/Grust, founding it, made a far bigger mistake than I did. Truth be told, I was always somewhat uncomfortable there…)
As for certain comments not having an apparent point: Some of my early off-topic posts here on HWI didn't have much point either (I deleted the worst of those in the meantime, after becoming a moderator), but that was OK because the members here didn't mind.
In many ways I should have first respected my own boundaries – not getting involved on DeviantArt and definitely not on the Reception Wikis – as while it's easy enough to tell when I start getting uncomfortable, incremental increases in the discomfort level are harder to distinguish (some discomfort being unfortunately unavoidable around most people).
A settlement
We shall agree to both address each other's serious faults honestly and promptly (no more beating about the bush).
So time for the elephant in the room: If you preach the Golden Rule, you have to uphold it yourself. (Sure that can be hard, but if you believe in it there's no alternative.) If you really can't uphold the Golden Rule, then nor can you demand that other people follow it. Pick a side, carefully…
However, if necessary I can grant limited exemptions in the following parts of the forum:
- This thread
- Any threads you start yourself in the Off-Topic section, provided that you preface them with a warning (and don't misuse them to complain about a post elsewhere on the forum)
- Private messages to me only
If you accept my apology, I'll be happy to get back in touch (just not on DeviantArt, given the highly toxic other members there; so I deactivated my account)…
In any case, if you want to get a good understanding of how I am, you have to see my posts in my own space. On a side note, I strongly reckon that only technical websites (like this one) should even have forums. Anyway now that I have good-quality (Cernit) polymer clay, I'll reveal the Kirby pendant I made last year:
My forum avatar has been added in the meantime, explained here if it isn't obvious.
Electronics (and other engineering) is more fun if learned hands-on rather than by conventional schooling; but if you still aren't interested, you can just roam the off‑topic section… (That's where having a libertarian administrator can come in handy too; pretty much wherever your views sit on the political spectrum – barring pro-communism – they're safe to post here. Even if you did post something pro-communism, the post – although it will be criticized – should still stay up…)