Funny thing about Opal. ( Seaprincess Opal )
The blogs will bring up Opal as an example of Lily mistreating her fans. But what the blogs don't tell you is : They didn't help Opal. They let her drown in the anon hate and she ran away from tumblr because it got that bad. Lily's fans followed her to her twitter account with the same name and made fun of her art. Lily was secretly leading harassment campaigns on her private pateron discord and her fans complied.
Opal wanted out. So she said " I'm sorry Lily " to get her peace. Only after that did the blogs start crying about how Opal recanted her video. They didn't respect her wishes and uploaded it without her permission. Spreading it further and ignoring that it could lead to more harassment for Opal. Because this time, she did something to deserve it in their eyes.
And that Screenshot of Lily yelling at Opal's submission? Hearts took that one. She took all the screenshots from back then. That's why they kept her around. She had a super autistic hyper fixation on Lily Orchard and they used it to gain her a-logging powers. She also archived much of the Lily-Orchard blog. The kiwi farmers separately a logged Lily but You-can-eat-hearts was the only blog that wasn't blocked from viewing it. Britt once asked in confusion " How are you not blocked" and Hearts told them her secret. She made a side blog because Lily is not her whole life. I think that's when Britt started to hate Hearts. Hearts was very flippant and silly and it might've come off as her challenging Britt for the queen bee role.
Hearts was the main voice bringing up that Opal was being harassed and pointing it out to everyone. The blogs only cared about Opal when she recanted her previous actions against Lily. They didn't think about why she would want out or want to be done with Lily Orchard Critical. She was labeled a traitor.
Lio Convoy agreed with Lily Orchard Critical that Opal was the worst person. Lio Convoy's bestie Monstress said in a podcast that Opal slept with her ex. But not WHEN Opal slept with him. The blame and ownership for this was solely placed on Opal and used to show how terrible she was. It came off as very victim blaming. Reminder to those of you who were not here for the Junkard thing. Opal was one of the adopted " kids " who Lio Convoy took into his messed up family so he could play house. Opal was the only one who did not alleged abuse. Opal was a sa victim and wanted to move out of her abusive home but, Lio refused to let her stay anywhere but a cold dark garage. He didn't like her " life style ". I don't want to hear anyone mention Opal or her screenshot of the fan art without mentioning that she got harassed by Lily's fans for that one. Opal is not just a tool you can use to bitch about Lily Orchard. She is a real human who was hurt so badly that she logged off the internet and hasn't been seen in a long time. No doubt if she tried to rebrand, one of the ACC would recognize her art style and make sure to send new harassment towards her. They also did this to Patchwork heart after he joined Poppy and deflected from Lio Convoy's good graces.
The blogs want you to believe that hearts was this bitch but she was a blog of the people. She spoke up and out about injustices she saw. Pointed out when the other blogs were making a bad decision. Tried to get the others to be measured in their responses and give grace when it was deserved. The old guard of Lily Critical was nothing like this. The current blogs act more like FNGR and his crew ( Which Lio Convoy and Monstress were a part of ) apart from not deadnaming and misgendering Lily. But that one thing is all they have over Kiwi farms and Lolcow. They act exactly like the anon people on there. There are a lot of similarities with Cat's Lair/Senate/Barrel and Lily Critical of 2026.
Jesus christ on a cracker
I remember Hearts made a joke about Esscense of Thought owing her 30% of their revenue because the screenshots used were taken by You-can-eat-hearts