Who's ready for some more digging?
This is what caught my eye today and piqued my interest. Who is this XxSMARSxX and why didn't Mr. 130 IQ learn anything from him?
So just a quick search revealed that it's
SolomonMars on dA.
Not only was the name familiar, but the profile icon as well, as I've seen it on screencaps before. Even on one of my own:
He called him a "far-left SJW moron", yet was his apprentice.
Hell, I've found a heart-breaking message right on top of Solomon's comment page (bottom comment is the first one posted):
But what happened? Just a year before Allen was calling him his closest and most trusted friend (comments from "
kay, now im honestly considering suicide."):
Solomon made at least one drawing of his shitty OC -
https://solomonmars.deviantart.com/art/Gregory-Astovich-365408638
All Coolbreeze did was insert his own OC in Solomon's art -
https://coolbreeze88.deviantart.com/art/little-fan-comic-thingy-302405895
Their first interaction - that I was able to find at a short notice - was in February of 2012 (cut, because nobody gives a shit about the topic):
Their friendship lasted over 4 years and was cut short, either because of Solomon's decisions to get on with his life (he pretty much dropped dA and his YT by the end of 2016, but is still present on conventions, as seen on his Instagram), or Coolbreeze fucking up and being a toxic asshole, who started to act more and more like a douchebag with a skewed political compass. Or maybe both.
I guess a lot of details got either lost in time, locked in private messages or buried under mundane info nobody's going to sit through, so we may never see the full picture.
But one thing is for certain though - when Allen needed attention, Solomon provided. When Solomon was feeling down, Allen was nowhere to be found.