it's the tipping point of this particular breakdown, yes. the one where they got upset about rolling a 1-999 and not getting the thing they want sounds like FFXIV housing lottery, which i know is a huge pain in the ass and comes down to luck, but any time that something similar happens where there's a small inconvenience, they'll snap and have huge collapses over it.
another post they just made an hour ago about the adopts: https://web.archive.org/web/20240626080908/https://astralcrescent-fr.tumblr.com/post/754330623714443264/were-so-stupid-and-heartbroken-our-abusive
hell, if you scroll down their blog a tiny bit more, you'll see a post where they call FR an ableist nazi corporation because of the odds for breeds/genes be passed down through breeding by rarity: https://imgur.com/a/HftVsmO
It’s also worth stating that AC’s perception of things (claiming to be mocked for their bad luck / claiming that their exes sent people to tell them that their prices are too high on their art shop thread)… are not verifiably accurate. The only posts on their art shop thread are orders and/or questions. No one (at least in public) has disparaged them for their prices. I do feel bad for AC. They are clearly insecure, but validate that insecurity as coming from outside harassment that doesn’t really seem to exist. But at the same time, they guilt trip anyone who doesn’t help them, while being completely resistant to receiving *actual* help
i won't say that they haven't possibly been harassed; it's entirely possible, but it likely comes in the form of rightfully getting yelled at by tons of people for being a shitty person or verbally assaulting others. they're very clearly fucked up in many different ways, but that's never an excuse for anyone's behaviour, and that includes them. there's plenty of people in this world in the same situation (or similar) who live their lives every day without acting even an iota like them. i've been dead more times than i'd like to recall and, while it has fucked me up a great deal, there is NOTHING like the great equalizer of death to snap you into being a decent living being, which is why i'm hesitant to think their situation is nearly as bad as they want it to be.
they act as though they're an untouchable being because of all their problems, and somehow think that they're trying to be 'good' now that they're on a new account, but then lash out or cry crocodile tears when someone kicks them off their self-styled pedestal. or fall off of it themself, whichever comes first.
i've experienced a lot of clinical deaths; i'm very medically fucked up. i've been way better these years thankfully, and a good deal of the damage has been reversed, so it's been a while and i'd like it to stay that way.
oh, I'm so glad to hear your health has been better lately, anon.
I appreciate that you were feeling up for clarifying, too. reading that line felt sort of surreal without context, but you'd have been well within your rights to leave us all wondering!
oh, it's all fine! thank you for your well wishes. admittedly, i get riled up when people act the way AC does, and i didn't realize i had said what i did until after i came back and saw replies. i acknowledge it's a hell of a line to read; i'm super sorry.
when people use their scrapes with death or terminal condition in a weaponized way to get what they want or as a pass to treat others however they want, others who see that behaviour tend to build up defenses towards patients in the same situation, and it makes finding community and support really hard. i don't blame folks for becoming skeptical as it's typically a defense mechanism because people like AC take advantage of them. it's unfair for everyone on the receiving end, directly and indirectly, and it'd be real nice if AC learned that. they are doing nothing good for themself by acting this way.
DA (I'm the "It’s also worth stating that AC’s perception of things" anon)
Oh, 100% with you. Yeah, I didn't mean to imply that AC *hadn't* been harassed but that's the fault of clunky wording on my part.
But I feel you. I also have some fucked chronic conditions that will only take more from me as time goes on. It is frustrating and harrowing how people treat me because of it! But it doesn't give me the right to hurt other people and use it as an excuse. Which also especially gets to me in AC's case. It is hard to want to make things better for yourself when you've hit AC's point, but the alternative is a really nasty spiral that hurts themself and everyone around them.
As a fellow chronic condition sufferer I am so so sympathetic to that pain, but the sort of downwards spiral being displayed is a real hallmark of an unhealthy coping mechanism. It also takes a lot out of your argument if you start off with “this late-stage capitalism state is denying me treatment” and move into a whine (yes, sorry, a whine, that’s how it reads) about how some other player isn’t doing them free custom art. I’ve definitely had days where I go on a grand old rant about everything going wrong. Sometimes stubbing your toe or internet bad luck is the cherry on the misery cake. But if all you do is cry for sympathy eventually people will get burned out on helping you.
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(frozen comment) Re: AstralCrescent
(Anonymous) 2024-06-26 08:18 am (UTC)(link)another post they just made an hour ago about the adopts: https://web.archive.org/web/20240626080908/https://astralcrescent-fr.tumblr.com/post/754330623714443264/were-so-stupid-and-heartbroken-our-abusive
hell, if you scroll down their blog a tiny bit more, you'll see a post where they call FR an ableist nazi corporation because of the odds for breeds/genes be passed down through breeding by rarity: https://imgur.com/a/HftVsmO
(frozen comment) Re: AstralCrescent
(Anonymous) 2024-06-26 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)(frozen comment) Re: AstralCrescent
(Anonymous) 2024-06-26 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)The only posts on their art shop thread are orders and/or questions. No one (at least in public) has disparaged them for their prices.
I do feel bad for AC. They are clearly insecure, but validate that insecurity as coming from outside harassment that doesn’t really seem to exist.
But at the same time, they guilt trip anyone who doesn’t help them, while being completely resistant to receiving *actual* help
(frozen comment) Re: AstralCrescent
(Anonymous) 2024-06-27 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)i won't say that they haven't possibly been harassed; it's entirely possible, but it likely comes in the form of rightfully getting yelled at by tons of people for being a shitty person or verbally assaulting others. they're very clearly fucked up in many different ways, but that's never an excuse for anyone's behaviour, and that includes them. there's plenty of people in this world in the same situation (or similar) who live their lives every day without acting even an iota like them. i've been dead more times than i'd like to recall and, while it has fucked me up a great deal, there is NOTHING like the great equalizer of death to snap you into being a decent living being, which is why i'm hesitant to think their situation is nearly as bad as they want it to be.
they act as though they're an untouchable being because of all their problems, and somehow think that they're trying to be 'good' now that they're on a new account, but then lash out or cry crocodile tears when someone kicks them off their self-styled pedestal. or fall off of it themself, whichever comes first.
(frozen comment) Re: AstralCrescent
(Anonymous) 2024-06-27 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)“i’ve been dead more times than i’d like to recall”
anon. anon what do you mean by this.
(frozen comment) Re: AstralCrescent
(Anonymous) 2024-06-27 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)(frozen comment) Re: AstralCrescent
(Anonymous) 2024-06-28 04:41 am (UTC)(link)(frozen comment) Re: AstralCrescent
(Anonymous) 2024-06-28 04:57 am (UTC)(link)i've experienced a lot of clinical deaths; i'm very medically fucked up. i've been way better these years thankfully, and a good deal of the damage has been reversed, so it's been a while and i'd like it to stay that way.
(frozen comment) Re: AstralCrescent
oh, I'm so glad to hear your health has been better lately, anon.
I appreciate that you were feeling up for clarifying, too. reading that line felt sort of surreal without context, but you'd have been well within your rights to leave us all wondering!
(frozen comment) Re: AstralCrescent
(Anonymous) 2024-06-28 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)oh, it's all fine! thank you for your well wishes. admittedly, i get riled up when people act the way AC does, and i didn't realize i had said what i did until after i came back and saw replies. i acknowledge it's a hell of a line to read; i'm super sorry.
when people use their scrapes with death or terminal condition in a weaponized way to get what they want or as a pass to treat others however they want, others who see that behaviour tend to build up defenses towards patients in the same situation, and it makes finding community and support really hard. i don't blame folks for becoming skeptical as it's typically a defense mechanism because people like AC take advantage of them. it's unfair for everyone on the receiving end, directly and indirectly, and it'd be real nice if AC learned that. they are doing nothing good for themself by acting this way.
(frozen comment) Re: AstralCrescent
(Anonymous) 2024-06-28 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)Oh, 100% with you. Yeah, I didn't mean to imply that AC *hadn't* been harassed but that's the fault of clunky wording on my part.
But I feel you. I also have some fucked chronic conditions that will only take more from me as time goes on. It is frustrating and harrowing how people treat me because of it! But it doesn't give me the right to hurt other people and use it as an excuse. Which also especially gets to me in AC's case. It is hard to want to make things better for yourself when you've hit AC's point, but the alternative is a really nasty spiral that hurts themself and everyone around them.
(frozen comment) Re: AstralCrescent
(Anonymous) 2024-06-28 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)As a fellow chronic condition sufferer I am so so sympathetic to that pain, but the sort of downwards spiral being displayed is a real hallmark of an unhealthy coping mechanism. It also takes a lot out of your argument if you start off with “this late-stage capitalism state is denying me treatment” and move into a whine (yes, sorry, a whine, that’s how it reads) about how some other player isn’t doing them free custom art. I’ve definitely had days where I go on a grand old rant about everything going wrong. Sometimes stubbing your toe or internet bad luck is the cherry on the misery cake. But if all you do is cry for sympathy eventually people will get burned out on helping you.