Sorry for just another preview guys. We lost two friends who we thought we could trust & it put us behind schedule. We'll leave their names anonymous & any secrets they have to ourselves since we think privacy is important & we honestly don't want these people getting harrassed even if they did really hurt us. Considering we had way more followers then these people, the only thing we gained from helping them is friendship, approval, & helping sustain whatever is left of this community. One of these people were only a friend that we tried to support since they had a very low follower count. The other person was one who we considered close to family, we shared nearly everything with each other, & even told a personal story that could actually put our lives in danger! I even showed them a picture of me & my wife, something I usually would never do! We supported this person for nearly 2 years. We always gave them non stop praise, advice, voice chatted with them, promoted them on tumblr, made art for them, & kept their secrets. Again, we have nothing to gain other then friendship, support & trying to keep the community healthy. Then this person disappears for a month, telling us they wouldn't be able to talk but they'll still post stories. Naturally, this made us suspicious since we tell each other everything. It would have to be something really bad if they couldn't tell us, right? My wife knows I have suicidal issues, I've already lost so many people in my life, with this year making things worse. I thought I wasn't a good enough friend, & I hurt myself. It took a couple weeks to recover from the stab wound I gave myself. We told this friend/close to family member what I did, still blaming myself since they still weren't talking to us, only to find out they've been lying & talking to other friends in the background while we're still wondering if they're okay. Only being told through third parties that they're okay but never getting direct confirmation. Who would put their friend through that? We were pissed & took down all art regarding them out of anger. Then shortly after we get told from a different friend that they haven't been talking to us on purpose because apparently we've been manipulating them & that they're in a better place mentally ever since cutting off contact from us. We're still confused to this day about how being super nice, never saying a negative thing about a person, & promoting their stuff/making art for them is seen as manipulative & hurtful. We LITERALLY have nothing to gain from this. Should we have been mean or trash talked? We don't get it. We don't know how much more supportive we could've been. This person we considered family, lives in a completely different state & we planned on visiting them one day, literally only to thank them for being our friend & the amazing stories they've written. It makes us wonder if we were ever friends & if this was only a way to get free publicity. In that case it makes us glad we took the art we did for them down. All we know is that you should be careful who you trust on the internet.