"Thank you for coming forward to say something. I have no problem with people having a dislike of me, but when you get down to it, I’m a kid, and an overly sensitive one at that. The TGWTG fandom has been something I’ve loved for years and it’s turned into my “safety” in a way. I looked at the TGWTG people the same way I looked at other celebrities I love; people I would never have contact with, and would admire from afar.
When I got this blog, and it let me talk to one or two producers I thought that was as great as it would get. I can be very mature sometimes, for my age, but I’m still a kid and in a lot of ways I’m still very naive. So when it came out that line was a referance to me? I was shocked, and upset. But as JethroQ* said, this isn’t just about me. It doesn’t just show your dislike of someone random on the web, it shows how you treat the fandom as a whole. Kiss-my-aspergers* said “shooting the messenger is just another way of telling the senders what you REALLY think of them” and I can’t really put it better than that. We may be fans, but we deserve some kind of respect. When you get down to it, we’re all human.
We all make mistakes, me, you, the producers, the people reading this right now. Sometimes those mistakes are far worse than others. And this… Was a pretty big mistake. I suggest we call it even."
*JethroQ and Kiss-My-Aspergers were followers of the Secrets blog who'd sent asks responding directly to the drama, which Rants is referencing here.