Riftwisp

@riftwisp.bsky.social

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Astral Spirit | Artist | PNGTuber Just playing games and doodling the day away :3

To be honest, this is something I’ve been wanting to speak up about for some time. I've been afraid to do so, because when trying to do so privately, I was made to feel a bit unsafe too. Even if things have started to get a bit better for me personally, paranoia is still somewhere in me. I do hope that this post, as long as it is, manages to shed some light on what really happened behind the scenes (and what did not happen). But more importantly, I hope that it helps remind people to stop and reach out to one another more, and hear each other out, before jumping to conclusions and spreading gossip that ends in a bad game of telephone. It scares me to think that something like this could happen to someone else younger and less experienced in fandom culture. With the current situation regarding the downsizing, I feel that right now, more than ever, should be the time we should be trying to support one another. Things feel uncertain and stressful, and many of us are struggling in some form, like grieving graduating talents or feeling helpless. If you’ve managed to take the time to read through all of this I genuinely do appreciate it. I’m sure it’s a lot to take in, with everything else going on in the community at large. I also don’t expect everyone to take my word for things, and maybe some will even cut ties merely for speaking up about this. As easy as it would be to pretend none of this happened, and how scary as it is to speak up about this in the first place (as I don’t seem to be the one being targeted specifically), I do care about my friendship and the community as a whole more than I fear angering those who never cared to know me in the first place. And I hope that says more about me than any rumors that might be around, before and after this post.
Project Timeline continued
I want to start off by saying I don’t fault anyone lacking information for jumping to conclusions. I understand that it's natural to speculate and / or protect your own peace, but it still hurts hearing things being spread about me and my friends. Ultimately, I really just wish people would’ve come directly to clarify things and let my character speak for itself. I just want to make it clear that my grief doesn’t come from people who fall into this category (as unfortunate as it is). Even if it’s a bit naive to think so, part of me likes to believe that being able to talk to people would ease tension. While I would love to clarify everything, there might be more rumors I haven’t heard. At the very least, I would like to debunk several of them by providing some additional context, as someone who worked alongside her as a fellow project lead and close friend.
Berry is trapped in a particularly difficult position; given that her work involves designing and producing official merch for the Tempus boys, the stress affects both her personal life and her job. As a result, she cannot detach from the situation or get too involved in clearing things up herself. The situation has taken a significant toll on her mental health, and threatens her professional reputation. For anyone unfamiliar, Berry is an artist in the community who has a history of giving a lot of her time, effort, and love to both talents and fans. She's created a lot of fan art and fan merch, helped out with organizing projects, and eventually began designing official merch in a licensed collaboration with the Tempus boys. Also, as an active participant in the community, she was always doing her best to be supportive of her fellow Starmin, whether it was offering encouragement, advice, or reassurance.
Over the past several months, my friend Berry has been the target of rumors and bullying from parts of the community, and it has reached the point where she feels she has to quietly leave behind something she really loved. The situation that sparked these rumors was not her fault, and she does not deserve to be treated this way. I want to lay out the facts as I know and witnessed them, because she isn’t able to speak for herself. Although I’m anxious to talk about this, I want to believe in the community’s ability to be kind, and I hope that at least some will hear me out.
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