This is where I ramble about the things I did\think about during those times.
I'll get straight to the point.
I have no close connections with the individual named Flynnscorner.
I met him through a friend who told me they made UGCs in 2023. At that time, the program was not public, and they only let a few people in. At the time, I needed something OC-related and was going around asking people in the program if they accepted commissions; he was likely the fourth or fifth I reached out to because I was often left on read or got declined. (see blogpost "Confusing UGC Folks")
I met Flynn through a mutual friend, with whom the two were active in their group in the DnB (Dave n Bambi) fandom. My friend would complain to me about the obnoxious behavior the fandom exhibited and how they would fight over silly reasons. I had witnessed such behavior, so I accepted it.
Aside from the commission details I provided, I had nothing else to do with him. Just basic hi and hellos, and I asked if he had made any progress whenever I talked to my other friend.
One day, he just messaged me apologizing, saying he won't do it anymore. He never told me why, but that's when the document about him reached the public. I, at the time, dismissed it as "another nothing burger within the d&b fandom" and went on my own.
The last time he and I talked was when his mother passed away, which is a topic I get emotional about, and that was really it.
Sometime later, around 2024, somebody asked me if I had met the guy in a conversation, in which I replied that I had. I expressed sympathy for him and felt bad that his mother succumbed to cancer, but I left the message vague because it is a sensitive topic, and I didn't want people in the channel to get sad.
There are some additional things I said, like how I knew him from the DnB community and how toxic it was.
I do want to apologize. A friend of mine told me that he committed heinous acts in a Twitter reply around 2024, and I promised to research what he had done, but I forgot to do so over time.
By Friday, when a former friend confronted me about the messages expressing my sympathy to him, I admitted I had never actually read what he had done and was confused by the sudden shift in tone. Another friend gave me the website that listed all of Flynn's wrongdoings, and I sat down and read the whole thing.
I'm taking accountability for my negligence in not researching him after his victims revealed what he had done to them, and I apologize to those in their circles for not talking about it earlier in my time.