I agree. Truthfully, if it were up to me I'd prefer everyone go back to personal fan websites and tiny ass forums... Little decentralized pockets of friendgroups and fun.
But again, I'm a hermit.
I personally believe PK needs to focus on themself and not dedicate their time on trying to help others so much, especially when.. these people can turn out to be emotional/attention leeches like Goopy. They have been trying to focus on art lately, though again, I am not in the current flora chat, so I can't really speak too much on it from experience.
I cannot really force them into deleting the server, nor should I. I do genuinely believe a server does not do them as much good, in addition to people getting hurt in the server, but I also believe that if I push too hard for anything they are not receptive toward, they will become less receptive.
It's like one of those finger puppets, where the more you try to pull away the tighter it is, but when you meet in the middle, you can take the puppet off.
They have spoken to me of good things they have done and felt within their server (which of course I don't expect anyone to believe as I know they have hurt many in here directly or indirectly) so I understand why they feel an attachment towards it. Sometimes ripping something away can make things worse, especially without a plan, and as PK has a difficult time with vulnerability and connecting with people, they currently feel it is important to feel connected to their audience and friends. I respect that, while at the same time hoping they can have time for themself and reconsider certain aspects.
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I understand this as well. It is a small part of the reason why I don't join the flora server. PK needs to be able to at least have outside hobbies apart from flora and not just be surrounded by people who idolize them. (though this is also difficult as they can't really go anywhere or do anything without people kicking up about their KF thread due to how long they spent defending Marl)
I do think they have some concept of the fact that people are more likely to want to agree with them, but I think they don't know how to handle that. I recall they felt stress over not knowing when people are just agreeing with them to agree or because they truly meant it. I recall that was a big point when I spoke to them about my experiences with Marl, because they had spoken to their friends in the past about Marl, and while they did validate them, they felt unable to shake the feeling that some may have just been agreeing because they cared about PK, as opposed to genuinely feeling Marl was terrible.
I think PK's friends genuinely care about them, but I do think it is also possible for them to succumb to groupthink, as demonstrated to me in Hare's scene where Axi and others completely allowed PK to insult Hare while claiming Hare was terrible to respond in kind.
It was a year ago, they may have changed, but as you have stated, actions speak louder than words. They need to go for a long long time without actions that embody that same sort of conflict before I can feel fully comfortable that things have actually changed.
