Just Sky Sailing through

A checklist of some common things that could be causing that ‘something is wrong’ feeling you sometimes have but don’t know why.

1) Are you hungry?

2) Are you thirsty?

3) Do you need to use the bathroom?

4) Are you physically tired? Do you need to lay down?

5) Are you sleepy? Do you need to take a nap/ go to bed?

6) Do you feel sick? Maybe your stomach? A stuffy nose?

7) Are you in pain? Does your head hurt? Does a muscle or joint hurt?

8) Are you stressed or overwhelmed?

9) Are you understimulated?

10) Are you anxious or upset?

11) Are you too hot? Too cold?

12) Do you feel icky and want to get cleaned up?

13) Are you socially exhausted while you’re in a social situation?

It’s tragic the way that Aaron is behaving. I honestly believe that there’s gotta be some mental illness or personality disorder or something of the sort at play here… but I just have a hard time in general with coming to terms with the existence of truly evil people in the world. For all I know, he could truly just be a bad person at his core, but I have a hard time believing that someone who could create a troupe of such loving, kind characters could be truly rotten to the core.

That isn’t to make excuses for this behavior, there’s no excusing it, but I do believe that Fechter is a deeply troubled man who can’t see past himself for the life of him. His own narcissistic nature is what caused his initial fall from grace (for reasons I won’t get into here for the sake of time), and since then, he’s just been digging himself further and further into a ditch.

He does show glimpses of kindness, though— when I first came to him as a young, starry-eyed fan, he was very kind to me. I even told him that I cried when I heard Billy Bob sing “Puff the Magic Dragon” because my dad used to sing me that song, and he told me something along the lines of “I never thought anyone liked that song, but now I can say that it’s Emma’s song.” It made me cry tears of joy, and it really touched my heart. And whenever I think to myself that he’s a truly evil man, I have to remind myself that he’s at least got some glimmer of kindness inside of him because of that.

I believe that Fechter, above all, is someone who needs help but is too proud to admit it. He’s got some serious delusions going on, he’s got some serious anger issues going on, he’s got some serious lack of empathy going on, and he’s got some serious narcissism going on. It’s really sad to see someone with such a creative mind fall into the traps of things like white supremacy and fascism, but I truly believe that if he were sound-minded, he wouldn’t be dragged into that sort of mess.

I feel bad for Aaron Fechter. He’s pushed away nearly everyone that’s ever cared for him. Allegedly, even Shalisa is only maintaining minimal contact with him now, which really says something given how close they were. He’s truly got some issues going on. But at the end of the day, none of that excuses what he’s been doing. He’s being abusive to his fan base, he’s scamming children by selling literal garbage on eBay, he’s literally put what is essentially a bounty out for someone’s personal information, and he’s being a white supremacist fascist.

not going to armchair diagnose and not trying to diminish your experience with him because that’s yours & no one can take that from you (and I appreciate your empathy) but narcissists are extremely charming, charismatic, and are very very good at even appearing kind as a method of obtaining ‘narcissistic supply’. a key trait is performing kindness as a means to ‘collect’ people with little real empathy or love behind it. it’s manipulation and your story matches up with a lot of other things I’ve heard & seen him do before fucking people over so I would take any kind gestures from AF with a huge grain of salt

mentally ill people often create really fantastic art. a lot of them are in pain and channel it creatively and make things that resonate with people. if AF is in pain I have empathy for him to a degree but ultimately it’s his responsibility to decide how to handle it - do you want to hurt people or help people? AF is a grown ass adult and capable of making that decision. Instead he’s consistently shown that his coping method of choice is…well, this shit.

saw a post here on tumblr a while back defending his MAGA crap because he’s a boomer and probably “doesn’t keep up with politics” (that ain’t it chief!) and honestly a huge portion of animatronic fandom is partially to blame because they enabled him for ages, funding his BS and making excuses because he makes cool robots and has never singled them out personally, until he has an episode and sets you in his crosshairs for arbitrary reasons

glad he’s finally being called out by the very fans he’s manipulated over the years. you reap what you sow, air. play stupid games…

And it really is 100% his decision how he handles things. Being a jerk like he is is a conscious choice. You can either consciously choose to be a good person despite your flaws, or you can embrace them and go down a dark road, and he’s taken the latter path for sure. And he really does collect people, and it’s pretty scary the way he does it. He keeps all these fandom kids around him like he’s the freaking pied piper, and it’s really concerning, especially the way he’s indoctrinating them into things like white supremacy through his content. I saw someone say he even had Billy Bob, who’s supposed to be this sweet, empathetic character, endorse Trump, and that’s SCARY.

And yeah, the fandom really has put him on a pedestal. Not so much the older fans, they’re all pretty much over his bull, but the younger fans idolize him like he’s freaking Walt Disney, and they get their parents to fund Fechter by purchasing the literal garbage he puts up on eBay or purchasing access to his YouTube channel, and that enables Fechter to keep doing what he’s doing. If people stopped lining his pockets, then maybe he would fade into obscurity again, but as long as new kids keep finding the fandom, that’s not going to happen.

I’m glad the fandom’s finally starting to turn on them. The old fandom already has many years ago (you might’ve heard of the secretive and elusive Rock-afire Mafia if you’re in the fandom circles on FB), but now that young fans are turning on him too, this is a big tide for change. Fechter can either choose to evaluate his behavior and try to improve himself, or he can drown in the tidal wave and be forgotten again like he was for so many years.

My father is manipulative and abusive. I only live here because he let’s me stay for cheap and buys me things to try and buy my affection. He almost constantly says mean and horrible things about minorities, is a Trump supporter, and frequently tries to gaslight and emotionally guilt trip and abuse me.

Aaron Fechter and my father are very similar people. I can tell from the way they both support Trump and from their similar actions and behaviors. I have lived with these sorts of people all of my life. My mother’s second ex-husband was also incredibly abusive, as was my mother when she was married to him (not so much anymore, she’s a lot better). Fechter and my father are of the same breed. Are they narcissists? I don’t know. All I do know is that they’re abusive people and I want to stay away from them.

My father is a very miserable man. He starts arguments because he’s so miserable inside that he wants to feel something other than misery. He has become apathetic and doesn’t care about minorities, and is clearly attracted to Trump’s loud an abusive nature.

This is what misery does to a person. Eventually it becomes apathy, and all that person wants to do at that point is get whatever emotion, excitement, and substance they can out of someone to fill in the void a little bit.

Am I saying I know without a shadow of a doubt that that’s why Fechter is the way that he is? No. It’s impossible for me to know at 100% certainty. However, I have lived with these sorts of people long enough to be pretty damn sure. If you dig deeper you could also find how being middle-class and white plays into this, but I think that’s outside the scope of my blog.

People like Fechter and my dad do nothing but hurt those around them. They lash out, they consume, and they destroy.

I am absolutely not defending Fechter. I despise people like him. As I said, I only live with my dad because the food is free, the rent is cheap, he buys me crap, college here is cheap, and there’s a working bus system. I don’t feel sorry for my dad and I certainly don’t feel sorry for Fechter.

I’m glad this became a discussed topic. People must stay educated on this sort of thing, else they may be ended up indoctrinated into white supremacism or end up defending a truly despicable person.

Also, I don’t think you (Numeroletter) are wrong for empathizing. Good people sympathize, empathize, or have compassion, one of those three. People like him know it and rely on that to get what they can out of people. You’re just being a good person. Unfortunately, it’s for his benefit and such kindness is wasted on him. It’s clear you’ve recognized this and know what you’re about. Just don’t feel bad for having such a reaction in the first place.

I’m really sorry you’re in such a tough living situation… that really sucks. I hope that one day you’re able to move out and support yourself, once you have an education and a steady job! 💜 You don’t deserve any of what you’re going through. 

The fact that you know the pathology of people like this really brings a lot to the table. You’re right in your analysis, Aaron is a very miserable person and he’s also fallen to the folly and oppressive nature of the middle class white man, and it’s sad, but there’s really no reason to feel bad for him, since he has every capacity to change his circumstances (at least from a social status) and he simply chooses not to. He’s a deeply troubled man, and that manifests as rage, which is simply not ok.

I really appreciate you affirming that having empathy for him wasn’t a bad initial reaction 💜 I certainly didn’t go into it with the intention of defending him. And the more I think about it, the less I have compassion for him because he has had every opportunity to change his course in life from a social aspect and he has chosen not to. And that’s an important realization to come to, since empathy and compassion are wasted on individuals such as him.

Discussions on ageism, generational gaps, etc are very important. There’s been a trend of implying all baby boomers are bad people, when it isn’t the case. It’s doing a disservice to the baby boomers that died during the AIDS crisis, to those that helped fight for women’s rights, for queer rights, those baby boomers that got screwed over and have to spend what should be their retirement working away at a fast food restaurant, the transgender baby boomers that were murdered, and poor baby boomers that died from inadequate access to healthcare.

I understand why such a thing arose. The recent generations are very angry. I’m angry. My mother is angry. My little siblings are angry. I grew up very, very poor, I’ve been screwed over by the government alongside my family several times. I understand being mad, and sometimes that anger gets aimed at the wrong place. But it’s important to remember that race, monetary class, and privilege play a far bigger role than what generation one is from. We should focus our energy on the real issues instead of devolving into intergenerational fighting. It’s what they want. It’s easy to conquer divided folks.

People like Fechter shouldn’t get a pass because of their age, and the current attitude towards other generations very much so leaves the impression of “well, he’s a boomer, so he’s bound to be bad.” It takes away responsibility.

I’m real sorry that some of the people recently involved with Fechter had to find out who he is the hard way. Especially @maybe-im-dark , who got called a “stupid German girl” by Fechter. He then proceeded to try and ostracize her from the fandom, and I know she lost contact with some really cool people over it. It just shows how much disdain he has for anyone that disagrees with him. (Also maybe-im-dark if you didn’t like me mentioning you here let me know and I can delete this).

You'll never see people who are autistic defending it. Usually if they are, they've been conditioned to believe that their needs and accommodations are inconveniences to ableists who are behind these therapies.

This link goes into incredible detail on why you should not support autism speaks. You’d have to be a terrible person to read about all of the harm they’ve done and still support them. If you want to donate to help autistic people there are a lot of options to donate to that aren’t harmful to autistic people like Autism Speaks is.

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Came across this study the other day and I thought... I know a kink that would enjoy this fact

"acute urge to void the bladder can have the same impact on impairing cognitive function as small amounts of alcohol or sleep deprivation"

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