(Google doc version: (Link) )

This PSA is in regards to the user Marchy-Emmet/Subway-Hearts (They/Them), and by extension, their friend/Discord mod Koroboros (She/Her).
(Marchy's Discord UID: 313354144167624725 )

CW: Grooming, Sharing of explicit/Fetish material whith minors (tickling), stalking, incest, attempts of manipulation/coersion to create this work/engage in it.

This PSA is made for the sole perpose of discussing misconduct around/towards minors, dating from around 20th June 2023 to 20th May 2024. Most if not all of this happened on Discord.

To make it clear No one involved with this document is calling Koro a pedo as there is no evidence to suggest that. We are at most calling them irresponsible and negligent for what they have sent/shared or allowed to happen while being either a mod or having some sort of power in regards to Marchy's Discord server "Our Submas Miracle". One other mod is involved however their actions aren't as involved as the two this PSA is calling out, they will be discussed but only in regards to the main issue.

All people within this PSA who are minors will be under anon as given past reactions to these sorts of situations within our fandom, I myself (@/purple boi clefairy god) will be the only one named to make it explicitly clear who this PSA is made by. If you have any questions Please reach out to @/300pigeons On Tumblr where this PSA is being posted, hate/joke asks and dms will be ignored.

We do not condone ANY form of harrasment towards anyone involved. No matter the accused or myself or if you recognise anyone involved, None of that will be tolerated. As stated before, We just wish to bring awareness to past actions as we wish to not have them repeated and so those around them know the type of person they are interacting with. You are no better than those within this PSA if you decide to do so.

This PSA, while discussing it for the sake of timeline and to show specific behaviors, is not about proshipping. Do not make it as such. They have already been called out for this, which you can seek out if you wish, but that's not the reason behind the PSA. This is about grooming/being complicite in grooming and overall shitty behavior towards those around them.

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1. Sharing of fetish works with minors via both public and private chats:

This is the main reason the PSA is being written, as it is one of the more concerning things that happened within the time frame of us knowing them.

As far back as i’d say the first week of me (Mango) knowing them, they would actively posting tickling content within the art channels, the same stuff they are currently still posting on their main accounts. At the time, I thought it was a little weird but didn’t say anything as others within Marchy’s server didn’t see anything wrong with it.

This content was also shared in a 13+ server too that is moderated by myself and others affected and is still viewable even now. Almost every single person in the below screenshots except for Marchy and Mem (Cherrynightscape) are minors within these messages.

This screenshot is from one of the art chats within our server. Marchy would frequently post these works here playing it off as a “joke” normally.

One of the minors in the server brought into question why they always drew Ingo (and by extension others) being tickled. Marchy’s only response to this was that “he was the perfect victim.”

There was also some sort of “joke” discussion within one of the general chats that rubs me the wrong way both then and in hindsight given all the current information. Both of these users are adults and participated in a private chat that will be discussed below.

Roughly around February 2024, they slowed the posting of that content in their server. I asked what happened to it since it was something they normally posted and If I remember correctly it was something on the lines of “it makes others uncomfortable.” This was asked publicly within their discord server.

They had asked me if I wanted to join a private channel on the server for it which I agreed thinking it was going to be just the regular stuff they were posting before, but not even a few days in, it became very apparent that wasn’t the case.

That channel was NSFW in nature, with both the discussions and material being shared. I remember Koroboros’ first words in that channel being “enjoy your kink~” with Marchy immediately replying that there were minors in the channel. Her response was just “ohhhh, ok” Instead of showing any actual concern that there were minors viewing/interacting with these works, myself being one of them at the time.

Below is a screenshot taken by one of the minors after I was kicked from the server. The minor’s name has been blurred out but the other members are one of the Mods (who is being called Mem throughout this PSA) and the other obviously Marchy. At the time, said minor was 16.

This is the only evidence we (currently) have of this channel existing as I myself never took screenshots of anything.

In regards to what art was shared, The only stuff we were able to get is the one shown below. Again taken by said minor in the above screenshot.

I myself remember a few others and am able to describe them if anyone does happen to be in possession of it and is willing to send them to the callout account on Tumblr. Around the time I was in the channel, there was mostly art containing tentacles or things similar.

There was two I can remember in some detail, one of (i’m pretty sure Ingo?) being bound by Tangrowth and the other was Emmet being bound by either fuzzy or normal-ish tentacles? Either way, I a 17yo should not have been sent or be seeing that at all.

I found out well after I left/they were called out for other stuff that the tickling stuff was most definitely NSFW. I had them blocked on my alt twt since it was made, sometime during the creation of my bsky account had gone back to check my blocklist for someone completely unrelated to see if they needed reblocking on that site.

While going through the list I saw Marchy’s bio on their now deleted NSFW account explicitly stating the tickling stuff. I myself would not be surprised if the stuff they were sharing in that account was the exact same things as what was being posted in the private channel.

I am also aware of their old now deleted Pixiv account. I do not know what exactly was posted there but given their current one posting similar content (ignoring the shipping stuff), The old account may have contained what they were sharing towards us then too.

26/nov 2025: Right before I was about to upload this to where I will be hosting the psa, I ended up remembering one specific thing and that was the fact that I (Mango) had drawn tickle art for the private channel. While I do not remember the context for it, the date and time of the art being drawn show that I was 17 at the time of making it. This was only ever posted in that channel. Below is the screenshot.

It is dated to January 2024 meaning the channel has existed since atleast that time. I do not remember if there are any other things that were drawn of that nature but I do remember not being given any sort of push back for drawing it and that Marchy had immediately engaged with it.

Testimony:

Below is testimony from those within the channel who were or are still minors from that time. Unless they are an adult and have specified, they will be anonymous.
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After a post I made (https://bsky.app/profile/ionoized.bsky.social/post/3lztwcyicb22a) A minor who was 13 at the time of Marchy being in our server came forward to one of the owners with how they felt about marchy’s behaviour. They will be called K for convenience as their testimony will be put into their respective categories.

In regards to the tickling stuff, they had brought up how it was weird of Marchy to be posting that sort of stuff in the server.

This is not the only weird stuff they have sent. This will be discussed below (section 3).

Other:

As far as i’m aware, only a few people have been given more detail about this up until this point. I myself have only told 3 people who I trust with the information and who I know will not make fun of us for being rightfully uncomfortable with what happened. Said behaviour about that will be discussed in one of the lower points.

As of the 12th of July 2025, one of us found a post from early 2023 of a small psa of Marchy’s behaviour that goes hand in hand in what they had done around/towards us. This is being brought up to show that this is a pattern of behaviour and not just a one time thing.

This post I had reblogged, with my tags and original time of post is shown below.

As of writing, I have not been messaged back for testimony of those events however it does confirm this is not a one time thing. I will update this section if anything has been said regarding the past situation.

The weed/drug talk will be in a lower section.

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2. Minors testimony:

There were two users who were close to Marchy at the time who have agreed to share their testimony about their experiences with them. I (Mango) do not have any involvement about what is written except for blocking out names in scs and giving context for images.

Anon “A” Testimony:
(Note: 15/16 at time of events)

Their response is linked here: (Link)

Anon “B” Testimony:
(Note: 13-15 at time of events)

These scs have been provided by the anon above.

Marchy in one of the general chats going against a boundary of theirs after being immediately told. Specifically in relation to drug use:

A comment from a private channel they both share (not related to Marchy’s server). This sentence should NEVER come out of someone’s mouth, let alone a 23yr old’s to a child regardless of what the context was.

(2/Dec 2025): This is not the only instance of the acknowledgment of them being 14 as this other was found.

Marchy’s mod application for the server. Stating the grandpa thing the anon brought up along with them stating that they’d do something about the NSFW comments despite the fact a lot of the concerning ones were from them to begin with.

Below is Marchy’s acknowledgment of what they’ve been doing is weird yet continue to do so. as stated in the testimony above:

“Even Marchy THEMSELF has acknowledged that their actions are weird, yet continued to do it around minors with heavy attachment to them”

(1/Dec 2025)The 13yo mentioned within this psa has requested to share testimony which is below:

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3. a. Boundaries being crossed (Drug use discussion, Incest mention):

(Note: This section was multiple of us working together due to obvious memory issues and trying to fill in gaps each of us struggle to remember fully. Some things may be written weirdly due to that ^^”)

During the time we had known them, they would usually bring up weed or other types of drug related discussion in places like general chats (mainly in their server) even when there was a dedicated channel that was mature locked right under specifically for that sort of discussion.

I myself as well as those around them (specifically involved with this psa) were uncomfortable with the topic. I am unable to remember if I specifically had brought that up but as seen in an earlier testimony, it was brought up to them by said minor(s), including the 13yo.

In addition to constantly bringing up the topic, when asked to stop, instead of backing off, marchy explains why they use those substances to those already uncomfortable. As seen in the screenshot, the person being replied to has an explicit boundary to avoid talking about any sort of drug use, including weed.

Below are the scs that were provided via the discussion with the 13yo. This is within our server, unsure of what channel but given the date being early January, this was roughly around the time where they were getting more bold in how they were acting towards us.

In relation to the incest stuff, specifically blankshipping, it has been made well aware from the get go that every single person involved with this doc is uncomfortable with incest. Even down to the mere mention of it in discussion would end up having us shaking in some way, especially myself. (+ I had to desensitise myself enough with this topic to even write this entire psa in the first place.)

They (Marchy, Koro and pretty much everyone else involved) are aware of this as there had been multiple discussion in relation to the topic, mostly in venting channels both in their and our server.

This was always a topic being brought up however, to the point where Marchy had literally ended up dming me while being a mod in our server thinking that two users were behind a questioning account with no proof and me telling them the best I can to fuck off about it because the names were too common and it’s just a coincidence.

Marchy and Koro specifically were at a certain point, downplaying what others have made in regards to the topic and using the same excuse of it “just being fiction” to ignore the very clear signs of us being uncomfortable with it. This did end up leading me (Mango) to lash out rather than immediately stop any and all discussions of it, that is something I will admit fault for and no longer do for obvious reasons as that behaviour wasn’t ok.

The first instance I can remember in regards to the downplaying was in our mod chat, it was after a very big artist in the fandom being caught drawing incest for a private commission. Regardless of the reason it was drawn, I and others avoided them after as we were uncomfortable with it. Marchy? Immediately trying to downplay it Including comparing it to another person who was called out for drawing it.

Someone drawing vent art and someone being paid to draw it and trying to hide it are two completely different circumstances and shouldn’t be compared. Please note I still agree with most of the sentiment of the original discussion (aka not shitting on someone’s mental illnesses in psas or personal biases) however saying “this is just like (redacted)!” isn’t right.

The artist’s name will be censored as showing the name of someone who either at the time/still is going through the process of trauma in relation to the subject is not a good thing and would rather not have more shit sent to them regardless of my/our opinions on what was made.

Comparing this to the person called out day of discussion, someone who actively got paid to draw and had tried to hide the fact they drew incest until it was leaked is weird and I don’t think these two things are comparable.

Given Marchy’s later actions of they too, being paid to draw incest despite the fact that they agreed at the time that said person in the discussion should not have taken the comm, I can’t tell wether they were actually being genuine when they said that or not.

I would also like to note something I did not take notice of when they said this, specifically in relation to the fact that during the same discussion they have pointed to there apparently being another psa/callout out about them.

What did you mean by this. Genuinely, what did you mean by this. Because given everything you did to us I want to see the psa/callout you were referring to and what lines up behaviour wise in what happened.

When it came to Koro, she had been weirdly aggressive about the subject to the point of being aggressive to Marchy of all people when a simple question was asked to her about her opinion on the ship. (Below is proof of said aggression from the discussion that was had in the vent channel during that time, This was one of few that was sent by Marchy. Name of person censored because two year old shipcourse discussion isn’t needed here nor relevant.)

What I am more concerned about was the post she made the day I got kicked from Marchy’s server where at the time the private chat was very much still active. It comes off as shitty/tone deaf towards us, and horribly hypocritical due to what she was partaking in around us. (Post: https://www.tumblr.com/koroboros/749124610368421888/ive-been-sitting-on-these-thoughts-for-a-long )

My main issue was and still is this part. Pedophilia isn’t a kink, and having the person partaking in explicit/fetish discussion with minors like myself during the time this was written saying this is disgusting.

While I can’t see the full comment thread due to Marchy’s old account being deleted, what I can say is given the time frame the post was most probably about me (Mango). I only saw the original post shown above, I did not see any of the comments until going back and finding the post. (Note: Do feel free to correct me on who it’s directed to but please don’t lie about it <:3 )

(Note: Harrasment towards people for what they make is never ok, but downplaying the damage it can cause, especially to those who are already distressed by/affected the topic is not ok either.)

Another thing I would like to add in relation to the whole incest stuff, is the weirdness Marchy took with using familial names for the two main minors mentioned along with one other minor (I Do not know/remember much of them but I do remember them being treated like this too), mainly with how they started using them a lot more often when the questioning stuff started. Hell, this stuff could be seen in our joke announcement chat when they were a mod.

(WHICH ALSO I DID NOT REALISE HOW WEIRD THAT COMMENT WAS IN HINDSIGHT???)

It is one thing for minors to look up to someone older than them, it is another thing for said adult to start saying it randomly and committing to it. Given the screenshots below about the other minor (who isn't involved in the psa), it was not only the two main minors who had a weirdly familial look/an attachment to Marchy. These screenshoots were taken from a private chat in the SBMS server that included Anon A and several other minors.

Below screenshot was also sent that had 3 adults (including Marchy) and 3 minors.

The 13 year old has asked if we could add their testimony here too about this situation (this connects with thier earlier testimony and was sent to us before that message):

Starting/seeking out drama:

There have been multiple instances of Marchy specifically going out of their way to bring up past drama they have been in or starting drama. Main one from the time we were around them was searching up their own name in a vent channel right after being invited to it and immediately coming crying to their own Discord server about it because those who brought them up said they were annoying and were talking about having them blocked.

(I can see why they blocked them given the fact Marchy usually acts like someone blocking them is the same as harassment given their public reactions to it. Which by the way, no one owes you an explanation to being blocked and you do look like a loser for crying about it, especially if your whole internet stance of “block and move on”.)

There was also the constant bringing up of someone named “Anna” Though I am unable to remember the exact reason they hated her aside from tracing other’s art and shipping stuff. (Ironic in hindsight given this psa and the older one.)

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4. a treatment of people around them, before during and after shipping incident:

It’s important to note what led up to the original callout and why what they (Marchy) were doing after the fact, mainly in relation to stalking, shittalking those they “apologised” to a year prior and trying to call them “antis” while ignoring the main reasons we had left and the overall shitty behaviour of being disingenuous in how they have gone about things publicly and in private.

Earlier in the year, one of the main minors ended up making a small quip in their main account's bio in regard to feeling like they were being stalked as both a general statement and a “test” as this was around the time of learning of Marchy’s new blog name(s).

Either Marchy or one of the people around them had immediately seen that quip (despite the minor having not posted in months prior) and had the shitty idea to make a public post mocking said minor.

Below is the post Marchy decided to make. To make it clear we (both who this is mainly about and others affected) quite literally struggle with interacting with the fandom due to the shit they did. Them making this post IMMEDIATELY after the post about feeling like being stalked confirms that yes, they or one of their friends are doing just that.

They’re also lying in the tags, absolutely none of us (ESPECIALLY THE PERSON THIS POST IS VAGUING) is looking or searching ship tags as mentioned throughout this psa, makes the lot of us incredibly uncomfortable. That is something we all actively refuse to do and will continue not to do. Marchy themself should know that too.

To make it clear, Since the incident (hell, even a bit before then) I (Mango) have made it clear i’ve been severely paranoid of them and their friends stalking me as well, and the only reason it’s lessened is due to no longer giving a shit about what they see me say about them or post for myself. (ps, If you go searching for alts and find things you don’t like it’s your own fault btw <3 )

In relation to the part where they said “punishing my followers for simply following/interacting” It needs to be noted that blocking someone isn’t a “punishment” and we’ve made our boundaries about not wanting those around you to interact with us given the very obvious shit you’ve done towards/around us. Most people (up until this being posted) don’t know the actual reasons we left you and those around you.

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When we first found about Marchy being a shipper (we were told from one of the other servers we were partnered with, no one in this psa went looking for anything) everyone involved ended up ceasing full contact with them and anyone else who was staying around them, Including Koro and Mem.

I sent them a final message 2 hours (roughly) after telling them not to contact or interact with me ever again and that they know what happened and why I couldn’t stomach being around them.

A bit later after the older of the minors blocked them, Marchy ended up dming one of the two adult mods at the time trying to “apologise” to them and that they “felt bad” while acting like they were actually sorry.

Given the post at the start of this section of mockery, Both then and now, we don’t think they even cared to begin with. Especially when you know that the minor that apology is for told them to leave them alone immediately, Both in dms and Marchy’s mod chat. It does not matter if they “did not mean to cause harm”, they still did and knew that they were uncomfortable with it as said directly to them in that mod chat too before leaving.

(Said adult this message was sent to also did not appreciate being used as a messenger and sent a lengthy response I will not be sharing here out of respect of the information sent in the message.)

I’d like to also touch on the speaking over incest victims part of the message. Marchy, Mem and Koroboros aka the 3 main mods who partook in the private chat, day of the original callout were in Marchy’s mod chat actively mocking us, including myself (Mango). Again, I will not go into what I told Marchy back when they had asked for personal experiences when they were questioning stuff, but saying I am disgusted is an understatement.

Mem specifically, I am sorry for what you went through, but you do not get to speak over others either. (The message before this screenshot will not be sent given the info you sent within it.)
Mockery of those like myself who had this shit pushed onto them by a literal fucking groomer as a child to others who have either been in a similar situation as myself or had gone through it irl, you do not get to speak over them nor get to say how it does and doesn’t affect them. “It’s just fiction” isn’t an excuse to downplay what happened.

(“Fuckin children” like most people affected weren’t traumatised minors in some way.)

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As brought up in the first screenshot, lying had been a constant thing that had happened by Marchy themself. This is to the point where I cannot tell what they were and weren’t lying about when talking to me, including when it came to the shipping stuff.

Out of non-ship related stuff I am able to remember in some detail, there was stuff that happened in relation to the other 17 yo who was in the private chat. I feel like this specific person/incident should be talked about regardless of how I feel about them for other unrelated drama.

There was a second private chat in Marchy’s server thank thankfully wasn’t being used for fetish content (as far as I am aware anyways), it did however contain shit talking. Specifically of two people, an irl of Marchy’s as it was the one chat she wasn’t in, and the other 17yo. While I can’t remember stuff that was said, I know it was constant and shitty.

I wish to apologise to them (the 17yo) specifically, for not speaking up about the shitty stuff that was being said in there, regardless of how little I said, i’m sorry that this was how you found out. Me being afraid of Marchy’s reaction to snitching was no excuse for staying quiet and I should have told you immediately when it happened. I’m sorry this is how you found out about that if no one else told you before now.

Said 17 yo was banned in Marchy’s server because it “made (older minor) uncomfortable”, I found out because they told me after the fact in an aggressive rant (unrelated incident, not related to Marchy’s server. Has been resolved.) that they were to blame. This is a lie, Marchy had used that as an excuse to ban them but it was actually because of how aggressive they were with responses in the server and Marchy had wanted a reason to ban them well before anything was discussed with the messages between the older minor and a few others who were active within the sbms server, specifically other mods.

Below is a dm Marchy responded to of one of the only adult mods we had at the time asking about said minor having been banned from Marchy's server. Some of the blame was put onto the older minor, but the decision was entirely Marchy's in the end. This is the same adult they sent the "apology" to.

The shit talking, while not in my (Mango) dms, they would bring up their annoyance with them constantly via dms with others. This was the same continuous messages that had happened in that other private chat.

While the 17yo was banned in our server for different reasons, that doesn’t excuse the blatant lying to their face nor the shit talking. (Only thing connecting the two incidents is Mem, a 20yo at the time hid behind the 17yo to keep harassing us over a single member who didn’t even know there was a problem until we mods had to explain it to him.)

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5. Closing thoughts/final message:

This psa has been in the works since December 2024, for this reason there has been quite a lot of information lost due to the memory issues of all those involved. We have done what we can to give information and context where possible. The fact this has to be made in the first place is disgusting.

The original message That was planned to be written here was going to be more “Don’t do this shit again please.” but after finding out in July that this was not the first incident like this involving Marchy, it has been decided that won’t be what’ll be written, instead a little message containing over a year and a half of pent up rage and distress by those involved.

Fuck the three of you, Marchy and Koro specifically for participating in the private chat, for actively participating in blatant grooming and choosing to try and hide behind being proship/neutral to excuse your behaviour. Regardless of our opinions on those who use the label, they don’t deserve to deal with your disgusting shit either.

I’d also like to give a special fuck you to anyone who knew about what happened when it came to that channel or was told by Marchy directly and chose to either not say anything or tried to hide what they were doing. This also includes the blatant stalking of atleast one of the minors, as shown in one of the above screenshots/sections. My own fear of you stalking me because of that shit is warranted.

This call-out isn’t “harassment” or whatever word you and your friends/defenders are going to use for it. No one made you create that channel, no one made you send that art around us, while I think the shipping stuff was peer pressure from those around you, you still chose the active decision to make content for it and should not have been surprised with people who told you directly to your face why they don’t like decided to leave.

Admittedly, I was harsh and a bit of a cunt when it came to specific discussions on incest/shipping, projection to those around me over stuff you weren’t apart of wasn’t ok and you genuinely do deserve an apology for that, even if it has been addressed publicly on my bsky and Tumblr because i’m not an immature 17yo anymore and refuse to act that way.

However, the aggression in this psa is honestly deserved given what you did towards us and that isn’t something i’ll be apologising for. Grooming isn’t something you can just “move on” from, people do deserve to know what type of person they’re interacting with. If you have a problem with that, cope. We didn’t make you do that. “It’s just fiction” isn’t a valid excuse to send poorly disguised fetish art around minors and you can go fuck yourself if you think otherwise.

You can try and hide it all you want, but I will not forget the shit I saw in that channel or the severe fucking distress just seeing you or your work gives us (obviously thanks to desensitisation I’ve been able to actually look at stuff without that bad of a reaction as it used to give.)

Speaking of desensitisation, did you know how I did that? Forcing myself to go into the antiship tag on Tumblr and seeing the most horrid ass takes from obnoxious shipcourse obsessed weirdos. (I learnt you all suck btw. Anti pro whatever, most of you are annoying n self entitled on either side, touch grass and talk to real people ffs)

Thanks to the now deleted blog ‘anti-proship-discussion’ they were asking for people’s experiences with both communities. Now, if you saw one post from around early October 2024 you would have seen one I sent an anon vaguing what happened here and what happened the first time in 2019. Conclusion? Mod said that was 100% a you problem and even other shippers in the comments also said that wasn’t ok and was most probably grooming.

So before anyone decides to piss on the poor, this isn’t about shipcourse. At all, and I will rightfully get upset at you for making it as such. The blaming of “antis” that has happened because Marchy and Koro specifically want to hide behind it publicly and in private is shitty.

To make something very clear too, no one involved here is calling any of you a pedo, there’s no evidence and is a really disgusting thing to claim. You can however be a groomer without being a pedo, getting close with minors (specifically the two main ones listed here with testimony + there being one other I don’t remember much about) in a weird familial way while trying to be “indifferent” on incest even if fictional, Ignoring when your friend/mod says weird sexual jokes towards minors/are the one making the weird jokes (Koro), or (and the most obvious one) trying to get minors into your fetishes/kinks while trying to hide it.

Screenshot below is from Marchy’s old blog from October 2024 that I forgot I had saved. No we did not and will not call you a pedo. The audacity you have however to say “unless they are speaking sexually” and “sending them explicit material” is fucking disgusting and hypocritical given the shit you’ve done. Fetish art falls under “explicit material”.

Admittedly, before you were even called for the incest shit, I was terrified of speaking up to you about how I felt about a lot of shit that happened/was happening in your server, including shit you and Koro were doing. When I was kicked from your server, I ended up finally making a post on my friends only story on Instagram saying I felt unsafe around some people I was around but did not name you. I only ended up doing it after that callout, for full transparency this is both of them.

(Note: Again, Marchy knows what happened. I don’t want to say anything else. I was too afraid to bring up the fetish stuff within these, that was the main reason I made them but couldn’t bring myself to say anything out of fear.)

While I am still afraid of you and those around you, One of us has to have the courage to fully speak up about what you fuckers did. And it might as well be me given I literally have nothing else to loose.

As a final note, if those reading decide to stay around those involved/mentioned in the psa, stay the fuck away from us. I’ve made it clear who’s writing this thing and I genuinely don’t care at this point what your opinion on me specifically is. You know the person you are defending/staying with and I wish to have no part in what shitshow happens after this is posted.

We don’t want an apology from any of you, not unless you actually attempt to not repeat the cycle. No apologies are to be accepted on our behalf either, i’d rather you not say a word aside from addressing what has been said here.