17:23 - The Golden Knight: I need to tell you because I need to tell someone, I have a really bad feeling something awful is going to go on with Deviantart quite soon.
17:23 - The Golden Knight: I'm sorry to interrupt your game, but something new just emerged.
17:23 - Dorknado: Oh, it's fine. What's going on
17:24 - The Golden Knight: Well, apparently, someone can't leave the past behind and is out to constantly label me as a monster. I refuse to wear that label.
17:24 - The Golden Knight: I blocked the person's comment (although I could probably unblock it, even though it's quite ugly)
17:24 - Dorknado: Who is this person
17:24 - The Golden Knight: Are you sure you want to know? There's a long story and it involves a confession.
17:25 - Dorknado: Nah, I have time.
17:25 - The Golden Knight: Wait, "nah" to what?
17:25 - Dorknado: You can tell me the story.
17:26 - The Golden Knight: Oh, OK. It's going to be messy, but here goes.
17:27 - The Golden Knight: You see, this trouble happened because there was one moment where there were a few kids tickling each other; who dragged me into their playing. This incident, as clean fun as was at the time, is what some people are using to try and permanently brand me as a monster. They think there was something more, when there wasn't. I have admitted, I was socially inappropriate to have that lapse of discipline, but I do not feel it was unspeakable evil of myself.
17:28 - Dorknado: Hmm
17:28 - Dorknado: It was that Christmas journal, right?
17:28 - The Golden Knight: Yes, THE Journal.
17:28 - The Golden Knight: I have put it to rest, but these few nasty people simply can not let go.
17:29 - The Golden Knight: I have updated my latest journal to say I refuse to be remembered as "that guy who got mistaken for a monster."
17:30 - The Golden Knight: I don't know what you make of it, but I feel this is going to keep bothering me, especially when I feel it shouldn't.
17:30 - Dorknado: I see
17:30 - The Golden Knight: I'm turning to you as a friend I can trust with my life, because I get the urge I am going to need help.
17:30 - Dorknado: How so?
17:31 - The Golden Knight: That this person, who created an account decdicated to spreading around my moment of grief, is going to strike in force. I blocked it, but that won't stop it from going to everybody I interact with.
17:31 - Dorknado: Can you give me the link to this account?
17:31 - The Golden Knight: xmasjournalarchive.deviantart.com
17:33 - The Golden Knight: I have to tell you, I feel afraid, if that is at all possible.
17:33 - Dorknado: If you feel like this is trying to harass you, you can report this person.
17:34 - The Golden Knight: I'm not sure if I would have a strong enough case, and even if the person's IP got blocked, it might be too late.
17:34 - The Golden Knight: And how would I word my report?
17:34 - Dorknado: I see
17:34 - Dorknado: You should probably consider it if it continues being a bother though
17:35 - The Golden Knight: I wish I did not need to revisit this at all. Maybe I would have to change my whole identity and all but literally become a new person.
17:36 - Dorknado: Yeah, hopefully that won't be required.
17:36 - The Golden Knight: As I say in my latest journal, I am trying to put all this behind.
17:36 - The Golden Knight: It's hard to do that when people - whether new or not - keep opening up old wounds.
17:39 - Dorknado: If it makes you feel better, I think you are a swell guy. You just need to be more careful with that kind of stuff so people won't demonize you over it.
17:40 - The Golden Knight: Thanks. It's a relief to know I am not absolutely alone against all the billions in the world.
17:40 - The Golden Knight: But this potential problem still makes me breathe heavily.
17:40 - The Golden Knight: I do want to be a swell guy, who'd go so far as to donate to WIkipedia (and in fact, I might do exactly that soon).
17:41 - The Golden Knight: Which is why the more others harp on past mistakes, the more I insist I am done with it.
17:41 - The Golden Knight: I believe we can all learn and amend and redeem ourselves. Others apparently disagree with hostility.
17:41 - Dorknado: Why do you want to donate to Wikipedia?
17:42 - The Golden Knight: Two reasons: 1, Wikipedia is awesome; and 2, to try and show the world with hard evidence that I am a good person.
17:43 - Dorknado: Yeah, I believe that Wikipedia is one of the biggest sites of knowledge and information for basically everything that exists. Keeping that site alive is important for future generations, especially in this digital age that we live in.
17:43 - The Golden Knight: Ya. And all that information is a cause worth supporting, especially as it's all run by volunteers.
17:44 - Dorknado: Yeah, that's cool.
17:44 - Dorknado: How much are you going to donate?
17:44 - The Golden Knight: I'm tempted to say about $10-20, but I feel like that's not enough to brag about...I'd give far more, but we all know I have a very tight budget and I have big-ticket goals in mind.
17:45 - Dorknado: Well, I'd say every penny counts.
17:45 - The Golden Knight: Naturally it does.