anonrerising | Happy Valentine's!

The wishlist is on their twitch, not hard to find: https://throne.com/astralcrescent

I don't know what to say about this. It may be just me, but I think if I were literally actively dying of illness and too impoverished to access the internet, I'd be ashamed to ask for a $657 custom fursuit, pages of jewelry, and subscription-based premium game currency on the same page I ask for groceries.
Yes, there is a $657 custom fursuit.

there's something about astral saying they're on the verge of homelessness and being unable to afford groceries and then going, quote, "pwease i actually need like 6 of these for alts theyre so expensive" @ a 25$ piece of virtual clothes

ehhh, i mean. it's a yellow flag for sus, imo. not a red flag.

even in the context of "regularly too poor to afford food/meds" i could understand maintaining a wishlist of feel-good items that would make you happy, and leaving it accessible for people to fulfill because, y'know, it's nice to have nice things even when everything is going to shit? you can still receive & appreciate gifts when you're in dire straits. (otoh if i were at risk of homelessness again, which it seems like they maybe are??? i would probably take the decor stuff off but keep things like nice blankets or cute clothes, as those would still be useful when homeless.)

i could also understand not wanting to "let go" of it from an emotional standpoint, like, getting rid of all the nice fun non-essential things and going down to the barest essentials on your wishlist could almost feel like giving up on the chance of joy in little non-essential things in life. when getting out of these situations, you have to have goals that aren't just the necessities. you need pleasant things to aim for and enjoy.

if they were actively dying i could also understand it in like, a make-a-wish kind of way? like "i'm dying anyway so i'd rather spend $700 on a custom fursuit to enjoy as i rapidly waste away." in the same way that people blow money on all sorts of things when death is genuinely imminent. but that doesn't seem to be their vibe lol they're not "fuck it, we ball" actively dying, they're "somebody save me" actively dying

No one here is saying poor people cannot have nice things or small joys. The cruel, guilt-tripping behavior that AstralCrescent is exhibiting is specifically tied to money and clearly feeling that they are owed other people's money. Because of that, the selection of items demonstrates the disingenuous nature of the entire endeavor. It's a scam, plain and simple.

add the fact that if you don't give money, they will very happily call you a murderer at the drop of a hat for 'not helping', regardless of whether the money you could have given would go to life-saving necessities or the luxuries.

It may very well just be how I was raised, but I can agree with you to a certain extent.

I would absolutely have a wish list of items that would make me happy, but I would be absolutely sure that other people knew not to give me these items, but rather would ask others to donate things that would be useful in my current situation and/or help out in other ways.

I would feel so guilty, especially at the price of these items, if people were paying that much to gift me them, when I could use the money for actual necessities. Like, I know that other people, especially the type of person who is likely to donate, are probably have just as hard of a time as I am, or maybe even harder, so I would want their donations to be truly helpful.

But, as I said, maybe it is just because that is how I was raised?

This doesn't read as a wishlist from someone who is homeless. There's a chance they could be couch surfing with someone who allows them to setup their own space. (Seriously? A plug in mug warmer and generic fake crystals for your witchblr alter?) I 100% believe this person is a scammer who's time online has had a severe impact on their mental illness. I hope they find peace in their therapy treatments and can someday realize that the entire world isn't their enemy.

years(?) back during another AC drama moment i was looking through their then-twitter account. a notable amount of their posts were replies to corporate/game accounts where they demanded some sort of compensation or change to their service. it ranged from criticising an ISP for some kind of internet outage to bitching about a game content update. some of these had replies from whatever CS rep managed the twitter account, usually with the standard "ok fine we'll toss you XYZ compensation to shut you up" customer service response.

i really do think that AC thinks that if theyre loud and accusatory enough, they'll get what they want. its worked for them a few times so why not keep screaming and pointing fingers until everyone else falls in line?

all this said, i do genuinely think AC struggles with a lot of mental health issues, and i dont think theyre intentionally a scammer/troll. but their long-standing habits are so egregiously self-absorbed that its basically the same thing at this point

Yeah, from the outside it feels like they've bought into their own bullshit and don't realize how egregiously spoiled, entitled, abusive and hostile they are.

I wouldn't doubt they could have been a victim of homelessness at some point but they've been caught before claiming to be homeless to rudely guilt trip people when they had gone back to living with family for months - however there's no way of knowing their situation now since I cut ties with them and it would be inappropriate for me to speculate.

They do have clear mental health issues, unfortunately they have showed a vehement unwillingness to acknowledge and work on their selfishness, rudeness and extreme victim complex that aren't caused by these circunstances but rather only exacerbate them and cause them more harm. They also have a really aggressive superiority complex, the weird misogyny stuff mentioned above being a big example. Very much a mentality of nobody has ever in this world suffered as much as I have and everyone else is privileged so they're the enemy, even if someone is quite literally agreeing with them.

I only hope someone in their real life is able to help them navigate a path to seeking help because they never have (and I doubt they ever will) responded well to people wanting to help them because it doesn't involve people getting on their knees and bowing their head to them - which is ironic given what they constantly complain about.

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Sorry I just realized I wrote a lot. But wanted to clarify I was not a close friend when I was in contact with them so I didn't know all the details of course but I WAS blindsided when I found out about the things they'd been lying to me about. It's sad because it started with just being mildly disingenuous about things that were true but they just can't stop themselves from doubling down and just start straight up lying.

You can tell folks think their list is bs, too, considering no one has bought anything for them.

I've lived out of my car multiple times, but I sure wasn't bitching about pixel dragons and wanting a fursuit- I wanted a fucking BED and food that was actually cooked instead of eating shit straight out of a can while trying to keep my and my pet warm in 10 degree weather and trying not to sleep too long, lest a cop catch me loitering.

(Which is why I feel no pity for AC, only contempt.)

100%. this is why AC is almost right that so many people hate them... they just have the actual reason wrong

Happy Valentine's!

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