When this all dropped I thought Pyro was 20-21 this year and didn't think much of it other than he's really fucking autistic. After going through all the evidence the thread sleuths laid out or transcribed (thanks for carrying the thread
@Velcheetah), my opinion has shifted and I think Pyro was 100% in the wrong. I don't think he's a pedo or interested in minors per se. It really seems like he was just opportunistically talking to anyone who would engage with him over his fantasies going off Ivory's DMs. Not that it makes his actions okay.
But Ida's messages with Ivory are incredibly damning imo. She knew this was happening, she knew Ivory's age and engaged with him then too, and she even uses the pervert excuse of, " well it was just make believe so it wasn't bad for you and you're a slut anyway" to try and berate Ivory for speaking out. Regardless of Ivory's intentions at this point tbh those chats really drive home why this situation should be taken a little more seriously.
Others on the board said it: Grooming in teens is "typical" behavior in the furry community and in a lot of fetish communities. Pyro was hiding in plain sight under the guise of memes, was likely talking to other teens this way at some point and using his platform/popularity to do it. It's not acceptable even if it was just "fiction", even if it isn't as bad a rape or molestation, and it's surprising how many people are writing this off as harmless. I believe it's likely Pyro was also groomed by older furfags. It could be a cyclical behavior. Regardless of if it's just talking, it hurts kid's sexual development to some degree and Pyro still took advantage and used grooming tactics (casually sharing pornography and normalizing ERPing) even if he wasn't criminally grooming Ivory. It's immoral and fucking weird if nothing else because he knew better.
A lot of hoes blatantly lie or exaggerate for attention. There is a time and a place to call bullshit. At this point, with all the evidence stacked up, I'm leaning on Ivory being honest. My concern right now is whether there were younger teens than Ivory, but because of the reception of Ivory's accusations, they are going to be too afraid of Pyro and his supporters.