Why I left the SaMS fandom.
Now, dont get me wrong, I was by no means popular. Still, I want to explain. When I first joined, this was a very small fandom. Everything was wholesome and nice. Everyone was so supportive. I even got into art because of how friendly the art community was. I was a big fan of Starbeam and and another artist whos name I've forgotten. At some point, I discovered the first little drop of toxicity: someone (who I will call "Fire") had stolen Starbeam's art. I immediately notified Starbeam and everything seemed to clear itself up. However, not too long later, I discovered another art thief, but this time on TikTok. I noticed that something was familiar about them, so I scrolled down their page, and realized it was just Fire with a different name. They had stole so many people's art. I alerted all the artists I could find. Both Starbeam and the other artist (rightfully so) made big announcements about this. Because I was the one who caught the thief, gave proof, and alerted everyone, I was in the center of it all. I tried to politely bargain with Fire a few times, but soon Fire was sending a shitton of hate my way. Mind you, I was around 12 at the time and I got extremely stressed and burned out. Starbeam has deleted their videos, but if you find any old community posts of other artists, my old account was Soniyk. You may still see it today. I had to take a break from the fandom. When I came back, everything was unrecognizable. I simply could not make myself interested in SaMS again. Somehow, though, I was led to other, smaller TSBS channels. And let me tell you: Seeing the SaMS fandom from a Non-SaMS TSBS point of view, a lot of do NOT look good.
