And now the jerks are gone. Hopefully, for good.

When I first read this episode, I really couldn't help but see a certain someone in Goose: Flick.*

I got a lot of chills, since Dog forcing Goose and Coyote to leave his house reminded me a lot of when I banned Flick for good.

He'll try to spin the whole story in any possible way he can (and chances are, he did), but I know the truth. Obviously not a lot of people are gonna see that, with how popular he is on the website.

I gave Flick a bunch of chances to redeem himself, only for him to fumble them every time. I have since recognized that he is not a good person to some people, and any benefit of the doubt given to him would only reinforce his entitled, narcissistic attitude towards some of us. I know some people are still angry at me for the decision to ban him for good, but it is what it is.

*I could even say that I see Shinobii, his brother, in Coyote. Both of them give off bad vibes.

If there's one thing I learned after the fight, it's that there are some people who can (and WILL) find the pettiest reasons to vilify you, without you having to look at them the wrong way. There may even be times where they'll make a case against you, and you may never get the chance to explain your side of the conflict. Even then, trying to convince them otherwise would just be a waste of time.

Rather than do that, I instead focus on the people who genuinely see me as an equal as I do with them. If me being a decent person to others is what makes the rest see me as their enemy, then clearly I have no business being around them.

It's a lesson that I had to learn the hard way, but it's helped me to discover who I should be around when on this website and IRL.

I was also told by Dragon that Flick most likely faked/exaggerated his disorders in an attempt to excuse his actions. I wouldn't be surprised if he did, TBH.

In doing this, he's only making people who genuinely have neurological disorders look bad (and those people, especially autists like Dragon and I, already aren't being taken seriously by normal people). But obviously he's too self-absorbed to understand that, and I highly doubt his fans would, either.

I think I can speak for the entire comics stream when I say that we're really tired of you making every single post about Flick.
I don't know why you and Dragon specifically hate him, but me and a lot of people see him as humble and gracious rather than entitled and narcissistic.
It might also be telling that Flick was the one who revealed his memechat with Dragon to the public and not Dragon himself. Dragon was quite rude and wrathful to him. Mocking his conditions and just spamming swear words
And yes, he has three neurological conditions. But he doesn't use them for clout; he kinda hates having them. He barely even talks about them. And his parents give him a really hard time with them too

I'm not attacking or accusing you, just trying to make this situation a little clearer.

First of all, it's not every single post. In fact, I hardly post about Flick. It's comic episodes like these that just remind me of him.

We don't like him because:

- He got mad at me for posting this series, because the character Bird is a lesbian (Which is how the whole downfall began)

- He made a bunch of rude comments as "jokes"

- He mocked Dragon for "not being fast enough" in posting to RareInsults

- He called me a Nazi

- He doesn't take us seriously

- He refuses to accept that his humor isn't a one-size-fits-all

I admit that I did a few wrongs in the whole situation, too. But I gave Flick multiple chances to redeem himself, only for him to not follow through. And after calling me a Nazi, I just had enough and banned him for good. If that makes me a bad guy to most people on the website, then I accept it.

And if he does have disorders, they're explanations, not excuses. It's not ableist to say that just because he has Tourette's doesn't mean he's justified in all the things he said.

He didn't try to justify himself either
It just looked like he was trolling Dragon because Dragon was in no mood to talk.
I honestly don't think I could take him seriously either if someone was just screaming at me in memechat
Flick also told me he voted for Bird Cat Dog himself?
I'd just have to see the comments he made TBH

I don't have any screenshots on me, so I can't provide all the since deleted comments he had posted in some of my posts.

All I will say is that I had no intention of hurting Flick in any kind of way, and I do have empathy for him. We just have rules for this stream that everyone has to abide by, and if he's not willing to cooperate, then there's no other choice but to keep him banned.

I'm sorry, I really am. He used to be a genuinely nice friend to talk to before everything else happened, and I really wish things went differently so that we could've still been friends.

I'll at least stop talking about him going forward, if that's the sole issue you have with me.

Oh wow
He said the same thing about you too, that you were his best friend during that time
But yeah, these comments just seem to be very bitter
Especially when Flick wants to reconcile with you

Bitter? How?

If he and Shinobii weren't besties back then, they surely are now
But yeah if he's more outgoing now, good for him

I don't know it kind of seems like he just changed the title on his Stonetoss comic to have your name instead of his, for fun or whatever; not that he was explicitly calling you a Nazi
It's hard to explain but I see people do that kind of thing in MS_Memer_Group sometimes
But that's just my interpetation
Did he ever apologize?

He didn't. Not out of genuine remorse, anyway.

IDK why MSMG considers the word "Nazi" to be funny, but I don't. And Flick should've known that I was being serious when I was telling him to not make those kind of titles on those kind of posts.

But because he doesn't take me seriously, he instead did that.

I think he wants to change for the better.

If he does, good for him. He can do it in other parts of the website. I still won't unban him, but I'll at least appreciate that he's actually putting in the effort. Better late than never.

Would you ever talk to him again?
Because I don't think it's the ban that made him sad

I don't think so.

Like I said, I have empathy for him, but he's shown a lot of things about himself that I don't like. I already did talk to him a lot, anyways. I gave him advice for his disabilities which I hope he's using to better himself, and there's really nothing else I have to talk to him about.

He has other people who understand him that he can talk to, after all.

Advice?

Yeah. He told me about how he has a lot of social anxiety when going out, and I gave genuine advice for it.

I told him how I used to be the same way because of my autism, but when I actually put myself out there, and interacted with people, I learned how to go about being social. I got into a bit of trouble a few times, but even those times were able to help me.

Basically I told them that he has to put himself out there. Sure, there may be times where he'll get into trouble, but that's part of life, and you need trouble to know what not to do.

He also told me about how he has a slightly difficult relationship with Shinobii. I just told him that communication is key, and that he needs to express his discomfort when Shinobii goes to far.

Like you're holding onto past anger

He straight up called me a Nazi and tried to play it off as a "joke". Why would I not hold a grudge for that?

And I understand that Flick wants to make up, but I don't want to risk the cycle being started again. I made it very clear that he's permanently banned from the stream back in January.