saw a post on twitter about how a summoning salt video on mcsr would suck, because it would be riddled with awful, terrible people who don’t represent the community. and that got me thinking
i think the worst thing we as the mcsr community can do for ourself and our longevity is pretend to be divorced from our history. there have been bad people existing and thriving in our spheres. to be honest, there are probably people who we adore right now who we will one day (rightly) expel. acting like that isn’t true will open us up to ridicule, to pain, and more abuse.
i get it. i’m not proud of all the shit i’ve done. i dont particularly want to talk about how much i liked harry potter as a kid, or the fact that i cosplayed dream at a convention one time. but i did. those things are true. and the only way i can learn and grow from my mistakes is to acknowledge that they happened. my mistakes don’t define me, but i won’t deny that i did make them. they did shape me and teach me. i am who i am because of who i was. this community is who we are because of who we were.
i love you guys (flaws and all)
