How to: Kill a Legacy

[doncey]

I didnt do jack shit to you or 95% of those attacking me both verbally and on the streets. Non stop. And yes, here I am actually defending myself. How fucking dare I.

[Brom]

You attacked a very good friend of mine. You've gone on to use a colorful palate of insults against me. And personally,the worst one, you tried to paint me as a liar. Not having that one buddy.

I cannae speak for anyone else of course, but maybe it's the way you've continued to conduct yourself in a manner that is insulting to others and the people that they care for. Maybe you forgot that you attacked Vex. Who, you know, despite his allegiances to the Ferrymen, also has a rather sizeable family who will show up to defend him from a quite obviously unjust attack.

You've gone on to spit nothing but vitriol at the NightWatch. And were doing so behind closed doors before just blatantly flaunting it. Weird. Seems like unlike the Ferrymen, they're still functioning. Wonder why that is? Don't get me wrong. Their members aren't infallible either. My first few articles critiqued them heavily. But it's almost like... people can have opinions and ideas and discuss them in a constructive manner instead of just being flat out degrading.

You're welcome to defend yourself. You're welcome to defend your ideals. You're welcome to defend your family. And I mean this as sincerely as I can possibly mean this. Please, stop trying to defend your ego. Yer bleeding even more trying to keep it from being wounded.

[Coldy]

There is not a “mob mentality” nor a “conspiracy.” What you didn’t count on was people talking to each other. Comparing notes and grievances. We’ve tried to stop speaking to you, yet here you are with your insane posts and doubling down. You dip your hands into so many pots and the bees come for vengeance. You keep writing to write, yet you have nothing to say. I don’t have to bring you to your knees. You’ve done that all on your own with your inability to keep up with what lies you’ve told whom. You could have joined in on what people were building but since you couldn’t control it all, you didn’t want it.

I’ve said nothing to paint you in a negative light. I didn’t have to. You did that all on your own. I’ve spread no fallacies about you; again, I didn’t need to. Your words speak for themselves. Your actions speak for themselves. Your company speaks for themselves. You’ve wandered so far from the person you could have been that I almost feel sorry for you.

You want to refer to me as “slut,” as “Thing 1.” How easily you toss people aside who loved you and wanted to fight for you.

I’ve not said much, as to not give you further fuel. But you know, better than anyone, that I’m not a liar. I’m not a politics player. I follow what is right. For the good of us all. You’re not the man who started PoE. You’re not the man who defended us and tried to teach us. You’re blinded by your hate and willingness to burn people who love you.

Sound familiar?

[doncey]

Maybe you forgot that you attacked Vex. Who, you know, despite his allegiances to the Ferrymen, also has a rather sizeable family who will show up to defend him from a quite obviously unjust attack.

I guess maybe you didn't get the memo. The MADS were already attacking me. That's, Vex's family right? The moment I walked out the door even more jumped on. They were attacking me on Vex's behalf as far as I know. Of course I hit Vex.

[Azeara]

Vex was the only one keeping a war from happening you utter turnip.

[Brom]

I guess maybe you didn't get the memo. The MADS were already attacking me. That's, Vex's family right? The moment I walked out the door even more jumped on. They were attacking me on Vex's behalf as far as I know. Of course I hit Vex.

When you threw your tantrum and stormed out after throwing all of those accusations Vex's way, right? I feel like we're back to the bit you accused me of not too long ago. Picking out little bitty bits of my statement to nitpick instead of acknowledging the whole thing. Shocker. But whatever makes you happy, I guess.

Vex was the only one keeping a war from happening you utter turnip.

This is unjust. Turnips are capable of growth.

[Kalika]

Very enlightening read, Brom. Thank you for all the good reporting you do. I always learn so much about your subjects.

Agreed! All posts following have been interesting, as well.

[Vex]

Maybe you forgot that you attacked Vex. Who, you know, despite his allegiances to the Ferrymen, also has a rather sizeable family who will show up to defend him from a quite obviously unjust attack.

I guess maybe you didn't get the memo. The MADS were already attacking me. That's, Vex's family right? The moment I walked out the door even more jumped on. They were attacking me on Vex's behalf as far as I know. Of course I hit Vex.

I stepped down from the position of Acheronian on November 3rd privately. If Schiaraffa were attacking on my behalf, attacks would have begun then. They did not.

On November 10th, you demanded to know whether or not I had resigned, to which I replied 'uh... yeah? The position of Acheronion is pointless, but I'm still here as Chalice Magister' (paraphrasing). You had over a week to ask for clarification; you chose silence. And when you finally wanted more information, you didn't ask, you demanded it of me privately and then lambasted me publicly. In response, I elaborated the following:

"I stepped down from Acheronian for a very specific reason, nothing saying you couldn't offer an alternative [Stygian] council position if you still want my help."*

You chose to ignore that and call it abandonment when I told you I was still right there. You then questioned my loyalty. When you treat people poorly - especially people who thought you cared about them, people who wanted to work with you, people who loved you - they stop defending you. And that's what I did: I stopped holding back the flood and let nature take its course. I was no longer a member of the Stygian Council and you were now the sole leader of the Ferrymen.

On November 11th, 5 members of Schiaraffa hit a few members of Ferrymen, yourself included. You had painted yourself into a corner by alienating all three people who could have helped you out of this situation: me, Azeara, and ophelia. You could have backtracked and reeled yourself in at any point, but you chose to double down instead.

The next day, more of Schiaraffa hit only you. You left Ferrymen. You hit me.

And now we're at the crossroads of the culmination of poor communication and even poorer decisions.

From someone who's seen rock bottom, and been universally hated by the group in power:

I will not do to you what was done to me. I will not condone doing what was done to my family. But I won't be your punching bag, either. While you clearly feel you are being victimized, you are not. It is your actions and words being put under the microscope. You have the power to change your actions and words.

Accepting responsibility for your mistakes is hard. Accepting that you were or did wrong sucks. But we all have to do it at some point, and we're better for it. To be clear: I do not hate you, I do not want you to crawl, I do not want your family gone from the city. You are all part of this beautifully bloody constellation of us: you are not other.

What I want from you is simple: accountability, integrity, and growth - realizing that your ego is something that not everyone must pander to would be a good first step, and if people don't respect you, it's on you to change that. And if you make that choice, if you choose differently, drinks are on me.




*For those following along, I stepped down from a training wheels position on the Stygian Council to my former role on the Magisters Council, a decision-making body within the clan. Stepping down did not equal leaving in any way, shape, or form.

[Seyda]

I'll say it one more time for those that can not seem to understand. Our goal was not to teach every single aspect of the city to those coming through, but to insure basic understanding. We would have a hundred plus students in our halls at any given time. If I had flooded the city with those that had no understanding of the city, the general public would of lynched me. Once they were at a certain (very early) stage, they had the option of joining the city as a whole. Graduation wasn't even a requirement. There were welcome to study other aspects of the city once they were out and about and on their own or with other factions. All of that said is exactly why I wanted to work with the Angelarium because I was impressed with what they were doing. Their goals are completely different from the goals we had of insuring our city didn't wither and die.

Seyda, everything you went through the trouble of pointing out is expected. It's simply what you do. You point out others weaknesses and what you perceive as failures. Your elitist attitude is why you are so loathed. It's nothing more then typical Seyda rhetoric. You may continue beating your self inflation drum. There is nothing you can say to me, or many others for the manner, that we do not see right through and that you haven't stated a million times over. Your words are never going to hurt me.

I don’t think I’m better than everyone. I just know I’m better than you. Being loathed by you is the ultimate validation and I wouldn’t have it any other way.