Hi Hitto,
I don't blame you for being suspicious, I guess, though I have a very different perspective of what went down between us. In all honesty, as time has passed I have seen how we are quite alike in a lot of ways so I understand why that might be.
What I want from you right now? Is to be okay. To not feel like shit, to not be hurting, to not feel unwelcome and unsafe. If that's best achieved for you by me leaving you alone then of course I will. I only answer this now because you asked me an outright question. But I tell you honestly, hitto: my motivation in writing to you was because I truly felt bad to see what you were going through.
As for what you think you found via search, well: God a short while ago that would've probably triggered me or sent me into tailspins of anxiety. But the truth is, I never made my identity a secret so I knew it was a possibility. (okay not quite true... I am feeling very anxious about this but not the way I would've been a while ago) I can't make you believe me. And tbh... after the way that has completely manipulated my life for almost two years... I don't have the energy to. If you want to believe it all, you can. You've found a cluster of 4 women, none of whom have ever met me in person, who all live in another country, who are angry at me for rejecting them in various ways (friendship, romance), who draw ridiculous conclusions and extrapolate from what very small amount of information I post about myself online to claim I am lying about anything and everything even though there is absolutely no way any of them can know anything about my personal circumstances. I used to lie about my age hitto - but so what? It was in a silly, self-deprecating way and I've stopped over the last year. I would talk about how I was "21" and then mention remembering watching She Ra when it first aired - it was always obvious I was making a performance of it, of being vain and superficial. Because, as I'm sure you know - that's what I do. I am, as you have noticed, violently insecure and I compensate by putting on a facade of glamour and confidence. I don't like to reveal all the shit I deal with and frequently make a brave face on things. I think you can probably understand that. I am aware of the scope of things they claim I lie about and I''ll point out to you simply: they do not know me in person, they are not witness to my offline life and everything they deduce they do so only from what information I put online. Hardly a complete picture. They do this because it validates their anger at me - and they have been obsessed with me since 2010. And if you actually really look at their stuff, you'll discover a lot of abuse of me for my weight, my looks, my mental illness, my experiences of assault... a whole lot of very ugly stuff. They even posted revenge porn of me once, though quickly removed the evidence when there was a huge outcry (lucky there are screencaps). But, as I said... I can't make you believe me and I'm not inclined to try. I will say they are the main reason I messaged you today: because I wanted to let go of the anger I hold against you, because the anger they hold against me has poisoned them so much and I felt terrified of becoming like that. But anyway. I see now reading back over your message that you're in contact with them so I doubt anything I say will change your mind. Just please don't let them poison you. None of this is worth it.
And as for deb... god... I am not the only person she has targeted in the way she has. I can, if you like, point you to multiple incidents of her harassment and stalking of others and all of it in the exact same way she did to me whilst claiming she was the real victim. These other four women have pounced on her story and used it for their own benefit because they feel she makes their petty grudge look more justified. The others are mean losers but deb is evil. Utter evil. And the only reason I don't go more into that right now is because the energy she has sucked out of me the last almost two years is enough. I don't want to give her anymore. I think if you WERE in direct contact with her you would see pretty quickly the way things are, because everyone else has. She is nothing more than a tool to these others. There has been a huge amount of discussion of the lack of ethics these others have shown in exploiting an obviously very unhinged person in their petty grudge. But by herself she has done her best to ruin several people's lives and for no good reason other than romantic rejection. Look further. You'll see the pattern pretty quick.
I will point out to you that I've never hidden my name, my blogs, or anything that would've made it impossible for people to find this stuff or impossible for them to find me. And that's because I felt that anyone really looking at the situation would see it quickly for what it is. I was talking to a friend today when I was contemplating messaging you and I mentioned the possibility of this happening and my friend said no... anyone who looks at that situation will see quickly what is really going on so I can only assume you barely scraped the surface in your searchings, or your anger at me is too intense. To be constantly falsely accused of these things, followed about obsessively every space I go into online, have my private life speculated about endlessly by these creeps has been exhausting and demoralising but honestly... much like yourself I am the kind of person who speaks her mind and that pisses people off. And on the internet there are always plenty of losers ready to make a grudge their life's purpose.
But I'm sincere. I know I can't convince you of that and since I truly understand what it is like to be very angry and very defensive and very distrusting, I can't blame you for that. I honestly wish I hadn't been so fucked up during the times we first messaged and I could've handled things differently. I'm sorry for that, hitto. It's so tempting to get angry at these other bitches, for fucking me up to begin with and for taking advantage of you now while you are hurting, but I'm just not going to give them that energy anymore.
Please stay in the fandom. Your art is honestly amazing. Of course I will leave you alone - I HAD been leaving you alone. Whether you believe me or not... when I see someone going through this... my own experiences make me want bad to reach out. I guess I shouldn't have. I did think about you after a panic attack. You know, I had a feeling you would think that was bullshit... oh well. I knew in writing to you there was 90% chance you would reply as you have but honestly... doing the right thing meant more to me. Yeah, I'm sure you're eyerolling. That's okay. I don't need you to believe me or accept it. I didn't do it for those reasons.
And I'm sorry that it clearly upset you more. That 10% chance of smoothing things out... was enough. For me, I want to learn from my mistakes and the mistakes of others. And I meant what I said: you don't deserve to be harassed out of the fandom and it is wrong that was happening.
You say you just want me to back off so I don't know... do you think I've been one of the trolls? All I can say is I haven't and I have been 'backed off' all this time since our last correspondence (and before it) and I don't know how to convince you of that any further. And I will continue. I agree the fandom is big enough for both of us. I hope this is enough for you?
I reiterate: best of luck to you in everything.