Dear Artists, Dear Followers,
it is with a heavy heart that I have to let you know that I won’t be able to continue running this blog.
There are things that have gotten in the way including personal problems and health issues. I might have been able to work through those and found a way to keep going if the circumstances were different, but the truth is that I haven’t felt comfortable on Tumblr and in the Markiplier community for a while now.
I used to go through the tag every single day to queue up the wonderful art in there and with everything that’s been happening recently I think most of you can imagine the things I saw and read. A lot of it was incredibly sad and disturbing to me, especially because these things were posted/reblogged by people that are well-known and well-liked in the community. I will never be able to look at these people the same way, because I can’t help but feel that they are using a mask of kindness behind which they are something else entirely.
I’m not forgetting all the good. I’m not forgetting all the people who help others and have made me laugh and smile a million times. But for the first time in my time on Tumblr I feel like the bad outweighs the good for me personally. Negativity, lack of respect and compassion, disturbing rhetoric, bullying culture and ignorance seem to be all around and I don’t want to allow these things into my life anymore. I think most of you will agree that when any place (be it a real place or a website) starts affecting you negatively it’s time to walk away.
I know that this is just a blog and ultimately unimportant and forgettable to most people, but I took it very seriously because I genuinely wanted to help and do something good for the community. I had so many plans and ideas for the future. If I didn’t care about this blog and you guys as much as I do I wouldn’t have been able to keep it going until now and I wouldn’t have tried to find someone else to take over for me (although I was unsuccessful at that).
I know I’m letting you all down and I’m incredibly sorry about that.
At first I didn’t want to make this post as long and detailed as it is, but I felt like you deserved more than “Can’t do it anymore. Personal reasons. Bye.” I wanted you to know that I’m not just giving up because I don’t care or have lost interest. I saw the end coming a few weeks ago and I’ve been upset about it and trying to find a solution ever since.
Now here I am saying goodbye and feeling sad and disappointed that it has come to this.
I want you to know that I’m grateful for all the good times I had on here. I’m grateful that I got to make a few of you happy and help you out in a small way. I know it wasn’t enough and I promised a lot more. I’m sorry.
At this point I can’t say if I’ll be gone from Tumblr for good or if I’ll still log in on my personal blog from time to time, but right now I need a good long break from all of this.
The Markiplier Fan Art Network will not be deleted. It will stay up as an archive that people can visit to see your beautiful work and to access the resources.
I wish you all nothing but the best!
For the last time,
thank you for reading.
Your loyal admin
- Jen
P.S: I will queue this post so I don’t have to be around when it goes up. Mainly because it makes me too sad, but also because I’m a big anxiety-filled coward who is afraid of getting angry/disappointed messages about this.