OOC | Important
It breaks my heart to tell you that Andre, the mun behind @cajunwithcards, @wingedxworthington, and @loveofspiders passed away on September 22.
I waited so long to say something because, first and foremost, I didn’t want it to be real. Then, after I went to his funeral and it started to hit me that it is real, I couldn’t find the words.
Dre was my best friend. We met because we were both chronically ill, and became close through our shared experiences and, among other things, a mutual love of Marvel and Star Wars, and other geeky things. When I found out he once belonged to a Star Wars RP forum, I convinced him to jump into the world of Tumblr RP, first through a Marvel group, then indie. RP provided him with a creative outlet and an escape from his illnesses. It gave him a way to connect when he was too sick to leave his house, or bored at the doctor or hospital.
I’m letting all of you know this because he cared about his RP partners, IC and OOC. He cared about all the blogs he followed, whether or not he wrote something with them (y’all don’t know how many texts I got at 3am saying ‘OMG did you see Soandso’s thread with Suchandsuch?!’). I believe he would want you to know that, and know that he wouldn’t have just left his blogs and threads without saying goodbye if he had a choice in the matter.
I believe he would also want to thank everyone who interacted with him for the way you improved his life. He hid his pain extremely well. I was privileged to be privy to more of it than most people, and I want to thank the Tumblr RP community from the bottom of my heart for providing him some respite from his struggles.
Andre was a very private person, and he expressed a desire to keep the details of his health private on Tumblr. He wanted this piece of his life to be unaffected by his health, so I feel uncomfortable posting details publicly in this post, but if you were one of his RP partners or mutuals, you’re welcome to message me for more info, here or through skype (holorp).
I’m positive that I will accidentally leave out people, but I’m going to try to tag some of the people I know Andre followed and/or RPed with, and hopefully this will make its way around and be seen by everyone Dre would want to see it.
I KNOW I’m missing people, so please forgive me; I promise I’m not leaving anyone out on purpose.