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nobody asked my opinion but — sharon gave me a reason of existence many times when i was just a silly kid and i will always thank her for that. but that being said, this is NOT something i can defend or pretend never happened. by any means.
what happened to this young person is horrible and even though i don’t know them at all, (and this might sound weird) i can relate to them bc i entered the fandom at a young age as well. i am fat myself, and i’ve struggled with negative mentalities a lot +
and i seriously am in a deep debate with myself bc i can’t defend sharon but she’s literally been a huge part of my world since i was 14. almost all the friends i have are people i’ve met bc of her. i’ve literally discovered a lot of things i was interested in bc of her.
but i can’t let my positive experiences with her to shield me from seeing the whole picture. i need to organize my thoughts and ideas about this. what she did was so mean and disgusting and i need to think of what i’m going to do next.
as a stan, this is heartbreaking. and a subtle reminder that we never stop getting to know someone, no matter how much we think we do just bc “we’ve been fans for a long time” we never really know someone apart from the tiny bits of a public figure that we get to see.
i’m sad, of course. i’m disappointed too. i’ve admired sharon for years and right now i’m questioning a lot of things i’ve seen as a stan. this is too much to process, so i’m considering taking a break, just to make up my mind in firmer terms about this.
i love my friends and i understand if you want to know more about the whole story, but i WON’T tolerate that you try to blame a victim. we should always believe the victim first.
to end this thread that probably no one will read, i hope sharon speaks about this. i’m not ‘manifesting’ an apology or whatever, bc this is too much for that, but i would like to know if she has something to say.
