It makes me so sad when I think about what the fandom used to be and how it's basically nonexistent these days.. maybe it's nostalgia for that period of time but I honestly really miss it. 2016 was a really fun year I'd say and soooo many greats fics came out that year. I'm debating actually writing again, even though the last time I really wrote anything was 2020 and that was just a short story of me trying to be descriptive again. I just.. I wish the fandom could come back and we could all interact like we used to. I used to read those stories at work on wattpad and comment and get notifs when someone replied or commented too and I really miss the interaction. I know a lot of people left bc they think Calvin is an awful person but I really don't think that he is. I think he was made out to be a cyberbully even though he in nearly every video made it clear he was joking and he said no hate to "insert person's name here" soooo many times. I just.. I guess the fandom started to die as I was really getting into it and it's sad.. I thought he'd make more videos and interact with us more. I know youtube demonizing him (supposed to say demonitizing him but imma leave it) and eventually terminating his channel didn't help him want to stick around during that time either. It seems like whenever he tries to get back to making videos, youtube or someone has to come and shut him down. And in the videos he's made recently, you can tell such a difference from the ones he made in 2015/2016. He seemed to genuinely enjoy doing this back then and I wish we got to experience more of that and that a lot of people didn't leave bc of what idubbbz said. I personally thought the majority of his points weren't points and didn't really make sense and it was proven he did shout out heywatchyourmouth and pay him for his work. I wish everyone didn't jump on the hate on leafy gotta expose him for everything bandwagon. I know I'm ranting and rambling.. I just.. I miss it a lot.