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TW grooming:
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Im really hesitant to share this becuase I still blame myself a lot but seeing all these grooming testimonials Only brings back bad memories when I first was one deviantart when I was 9 years old and got into my first “fandom”
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Im really hesitant to share this becuase I still blame myself a lot but seeing all these grooming testimonials Only brings back bad memories when I first was one deviantart when I was 9 years old and got into my first “fandom”
I still feel so stupid for making a account so young But I was a really lonely anxious kid who barely had irl friends at the time...i felt that DA was perfect space for me to enjoy two things I love: drawing and cartoons
However looking back it was a basically a huge hunting ground for predators and groomers. In fact, I felt that back in the day grooming/pedophila was WIDEY Normalize/accepted. As a child I thought it was normal for 19-30 years old to flirt with 12-15 year old kids
I was fortunate enough that all my “friendships” were Platonic but I remember distinctly being “friends” with a 19-20 college student who was online dating a 13 year old and how the fandom I was in would CELEBRATE their relationship.
TW drawn CP of actual people mention
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People would draw fanart them and rave about how cute they were together. No one question it. I even remember see artists draw NSFW art of them together(of course the college student requested people to draw him and “gf” that way)
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People would draw fanart them and rave about how cute they were together. No one question it. I even remember see artists draw NSFW art of them together(of course the college student requested people to draw him and “gf” that way)
It feel sick typing it now but when I was kid I thought I was so normal
! Cause he wasnt the only person I knew at the time preying on 10-14 years olds at the time
! Cause he wasnt the only person I knew at the time preying on 10-14 years olds at the time
It hard for me to even admit I was in a way groomed myself but I was still part of community that make me think it was normal. And yes I get that kids Shouldn’t be in adult spaces but the fandom i was in where this was all happening was for a KIDS SHOW.
I guess that why I always been so cautious about being part of fandoms. I think a lot has improve when it comes to separating kids fans from the adults fans but theres somethings I see happening in current fandoms that make me wary...
Anyways I might delete this later because I feel really embrassed and this is suppose to be a “professional”account but this has been such a weight on my shoulder for a decade 
