LayMelody

I’d say it got pretty personal when you made an entire Twitter thread about me for no reason. There wasn’t an issue until you made it one with that livestream. The drama was over a month ago. You could have just continued to say nothing and been fine. I am no longer inclined on this topic. I have said all that needed to be said.

Now, would you (and your friends) please stop Tweeting about me

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 4

LayMelody

Oh boy here we go again…

‪@AndrewMS-d2c‬

I KNOW you’re scared because you keep posting about me on a completely separate platform where I cannot respond directly. I KNOW you’re a coward because you have not responded to any of my criticisms (not even getting into the fact that you could have just not said anything at all because I was not talking about you). I’m aware you moved on. That’s why I made that post, to announce that the drama was over. You can’t just say that the situation is over while bringing it back up a month after I ALREADY SAID IT WAS.

I’m surprised at your apology. I don’t know if I can accept it because I don’t know if you understand the reason why I’m upset and why this all happened in the first place. I don’t know what you’re referring to when you tell me to take accountability. I know what I’ve done and what I’ve said. I stand by it. I don’t know what fault you want me to take. I don’t know what more there is to uncover with the situation. I got down to what happened. I asked anybody to contact me before and nobody on your side did. Everything thing I showed is pretty self explanatory. Like if you wanted to have a conversation you could have just messaged me on Discord instead of Tweeting about me? But if you still want to talk you know where to find me. You, Detective, and whoever else who needs to can say their piece.

(Sorry DIY. Your judgement is literally worth nothing considering the fact that you deliberately kept a predator in your server for 2 months.)

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1 month ago | [YT] | 5

LayMelody

New video! I'm back with another speed draw! Go check out the lovely Squid Sisters in their Summer Nights outfits!

1 month ago | [YT] | 4

LayMelody

Hello everyone! One last update post because I have a couple of things (both good and meh) that I want to talk about really quick.

Good news first! My most recent video is the first of mine to reach an incredible 1,000 views! (which I do believe is more that Detective has ever gotten. maybe he needs to stop handing out content advice) Thank you so much to everyone. I could have never dreamed to hit this milestone so soon. I felt on top of the world when I saw that number, and I await that feeling many times in the future. My videos were also successful with a couple of their goals. I did spread awareness of Detective bad management. And, even if it was a bad response, Detective did feel the need to acknowledge my criticisms of him publicly. In addition to this, I also got to the truth of what DIY actually did. (that was never an intention on my part as it was never a goal to expose her. the chips just so happened to fall that way) If left to Detective, he would still have everybody believing that she tried her best. Which, is obviously not true. Unfortunately (or maybe not considering how bad his last response was), Detective has not acknowledged my most recent video about him publicly in anyway. Or at least I've never heard anything about it. And at this point he probably never will. If he does, it won't happen anytime soon. If this were the first video, "Taking A Stand", I wouldn't care. That video holds up on its own and rings true regardless of a response of not. But my most recent video does debunk the misinformation he was proudly spreading on his Twitter account with no issue. Both the information in favor of DIY and against me. So I find it questionable that he can pump out 2 responses for a video that didn't require one, yet he can't respond when I not only asked him to, but he also has an obligation to tell the truth to his audience. Its funny how he thought it was cool to paint me as heartless after that first video, but now when I come back at him he's not as confident any more. Even when Andrew came after me, I was quite shocked that he stopped after only 2 tweets. He talked such a big game but he didn't even last 3 days. Recall how Detective also said that he would defend and protect his friends against people who would attack them. Hope Andrew wasn't looking for any backup from Detective because radio silence from him again (or maybe that time doesn't count because Andrew started it). The only thing Detective hasn't contradicted is protecting DIY based on an imaginary scenario. Its almost as if Detective and his friends don't have any backbone, and now that they've come against someone who is smart enough to combat their ideas and brave enough to stand up for themselves, they tuck their tails and run scared. It's not drama that they hate. They hate confrontation.

But personal issues aside, I don't want the cause of this conflict to be forgotten. The way Detective and his cohorts act undercut the true severity of what DIY did. The nature of this problem cannot be understated. I would like to remind everyone that the reason we are here is because DIY Arts kept a predator in her discord server and Detective agreed with me in private that he would not have her in his public Discord server or stream with her. Detective then walked back on that statement 8 days later. He was aware that DIY is a risk. He claimed that she was on watch. He believed that what she did was wrong. And he ignored that to stream UNO with her. He actively continued to promote her when he did not know the full extent of what happened himself. He risked the safety of his community for one singular person. "Redemption" is not an excuse for endangering people. Detective does not even have the resources to offer redemption to people. Detective has admitted multiple times that he struggles mentally. He is not in the right head space to redeem people. I've seen where actions like this lead. Typically, there's no good that comes from letting these people back in to our communities. A second chance doesn't have to mean allowing people their same position in the community that they had previously. It could be amending mistakes against the people they've hurt behind the scenes. This could be giving up their position of power in the community to move on to other things. This doesn't have to follow DIY wherever she goes. Life goes on outside of the Sonic community. But because of sacrifices that she won't make and her support system refusing to hold her to a higher standard, this is something that became publicized. No matter how much Detective wants to ignore it, this will come back. If he continues making content, eventually he's going to make another mistake, he's going to make someone else mad at him. That's not me being negative, that's just the way people work. When/If that happens, my videos are gonna be found and bring the situation back up again. I wish no ill will against Detective, DIY, or Andrew. That's not an energy I carry in my heart. All I want is for my communities to prosper. For that to happen, I do believe that we should rid our communities of bad actors (DIY Arts in this instance) and people who will enable that behavior (Detective and his friend group). At this point, I would say do not interact with DIY, Detective, and whoever else continues to enable this behavior publicly or behind the scenes. They have decided that this is the hill they want to die on. Since they want to live in their dreamland, I see no reason why the rest of the should engage with their deranged echo chamber. I know I still have more to prove of myself. I have plenty more work to do to become a respected community figure. But I refuse to sit idly while knowing that I hold information that Detective purposefully withheld because he was too cowardly to face the fact that people will disagree with him. I do not regret speaking out against what Detective has done. True improvement, true change for the better won't happen unless we take a stand. And, at least for me, I'm choosing to fight for a brighter tomorrow, today.

Victory Lap done, now we can talk about the channel going forward! No, I'm not becoming a drama channel (sorry).

I do have another speed draw planned for this weekend. It is Splatoon themed (Listen guys, I want to make Sonic stuff. Really I do. But it's not MY fault third kits dropped AND there's a special Splatfest). Other than that, now that I have more confidence in myself, I want to focus on more creative content. I think I want to pivot to more discussion focused videos. At the moment it looks like I'm gonna rewrite that Sonic Prime video I've had sitting around for over a year at this point. If I'm lucky maybe it will grace all of us with its completion. I want to actually work on improving at animating, so maybe I'll do some animated stuff. Idk we'll see if Procreate Dreams hates me or not.

In the meantime I do intend on doing a channel update. Which means I'm making a new profile picture! (woo) I'm also going to completely overhaul the channel banner too. I've been trying to study art a bit more so everything I make doesn't look like garbage. Hopefully I can apply enough of what I've learned, so I don't have to make any changes anytime soon.

We've grown so much in such a short amount of time. I was going to do something to celebrate hitting 50 subscribers, but forget any planning because I didn't even notice until I hit 60 (and then we past that too). Maybe I'll still do something, but for now I hope this little scribble will suffice. If anyone has any ideas, I'm open to suggestions. Thank you again to everyone who has been so supportive to me. Thank you and welcome to all of my new viewers as well. (I hope you enjoy yourselves and stick around for a while <3). This is just the beginning for me and I look forward to seeing where the future leads.

1 month ago | [YT] | 15

LayMelody

- Says he's not scared to talk to me
- Continues to post about me on an app where he KNOWS I cannot respond
And he wonders why I called him moronic.

I didn't say that you crave attention because you're trying (and failing miserably) to guide Detective. I said that because you snitched on yourself for no reason other than to insert your two cents when nobody asked.

Dude has to come up with a new line. Spamming "move on" in every post is not helping your case. You don't want me to "move on", you want me to roll over and let you say whatever you want about me. This literally would not be happening if you had just minded your own business. I'm not going to let you or Detective disrespect me. I don't know who you think you are, but I don't let people talk about me without biting back.

Bro says that I'm "a waste of his time", yet he's up at 7 in the morning making Tweets about me I won't even see unless someone sends them my way. Bro is so mad he's at his day job thinking about me. Bro is mad about a YouTube video that ISN'T EVEN ABOUT HIM. Be so for real. I'm in your head rent free.

I will gladly stop making posts about you when you stop Tweeting about me. If you actually care about moving on, you should practice what you preach and find something better to do.

2 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 13

LayMelody

May we all take a minute to observe the moronic behavior of Detective UwU's lackey, Andrew Moto.

Dear Andrew, in this post I will be giving you the attention you oh so desperately crave.

All of the Twitter posts that I have are the posts that other people have sent to me. Why are you still addressing me on a platform where I cannot respond to you? You're so smart, but you're still too much of a coward to come at me directly. You're calling me brainless when your friend Detective isn't even smart enough to figure out obvious lies. You're out here calling my video stupid when your dumbass friend can't even answer basic questions.

For someone who doesn't want to get in the middle of things, you sure do love inserting your opinion when nobody asked. Shut up and stop speaking out of turn.The only person who I asked for a response from was Detective. He owes his community an explanation for his lies and platforming someone who he knows is dangerously negligent.

But in case anyone was curious, the name that I censored with brown in my most recent video was Andrew Moto. Nobody would have known that those screenshots were from him if he didn't admit to it right here. I never said or showed his name a single time in any of my videos. He literally just exposed himself for no reason-

Detective needs to get his man because these ridiculous Tweets only serve to make him look worse.

I was not trying to use your Tweets against Detective, I was showing all of Detective's Re-Tweets that were about drama. It's not my fault that you're Detective's only friend and you constantly post about drama. If anything you're getting upset with the wrong person. You should really be mad at Detective for blowing this out of proportion in the first place and putting these Tweets in the limelight.

Detective is the one who streamed with DIY after he said he wouldn't. Detective is the one who made a WHOLE TWITTER THREAD about me when I cut him off. I was over all this when he told me to go "outside my comfort zone". He's the one re-igniting the flame. You're the one who's always posting about drama. You're the one who's always whining about your "haters". You might need to take your own advice since you wanna talk about moving on.

(I'd prefer not to overlook the fact that someone had a predator in their Discord server, gave them access to minors via VRChat, and was still reluctant to remove them after being called out months later. But I'm glad Andrew and Detective will turn a blind eye for the sake of being able to "move on")

Everything about Detective in my videos is quite recent. There is no "past" to change from. Detective brought back DIY 2 moths ago, not 2 years ago. He lied in May, June just started not too long ago. I don't know what you're talking about. This guy's only response to my 38 minute video is the same one these two fools have been using for almost 3 months. 30 year old man over here doesn't have enough brain power to make up a new argument.

How about when you make posts about me, you start saying my name. That way people can look me up, see the videos you're talking about, and form their own opinions based on facts. (not whatever trash you and Detective concoct on Twitter this week)

You've got a problem with me using your posts?

Come stop me then.

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2 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 11

LayMelody

Part 2 of my video series on Detective just released! This video clears up some of the previous inconsistencies from part 1 and debunks Detective's lies and misinformation.

Give it a watch if you've got the time. The public deserves to see the type of people running their communities.

2 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 6

LayMelody

Hello everyone, thank you for being so patient with me between uploads. So sorry for taking so long, but I do have an update regarding Detective UwU. The next video addressing this situation is finished and will be posted tomorrow. This will clear up some of the missing details from before while further outlining Detective’s failures in management and as a leader. This should be my last video, but Detective always needs the final say so I can’t make any promises on that front.

It seems that sadly Detective and his friends have failed to understand the severity of what they’re doing. He has made posts that misrepresent my character and the purpose of my original video. In these posts he has also spread misinformation regarding the situation with DIY Arts. I’ve said it before, Detective is willing to risk the safety of his community for the sake of redeeming people and handing out second chances. He does not know what he is doing. He is making uniformed decisions based off faulty information. He believes it because it reinforces his bias for the people he sees as his friends.

Detective and his cronies have amassed an inflated sense of self importance. They think they are doing good by their actions. They think that by posting random quotes about redemption they have “cracked the code” and feel that they are smart enough to share their “enlightenment” with the rest of us. Just to be on the same page, I do believe in second chances. As long as it’s given to the right person and in the right space, then who am I do let simple mistakes define other people. But as a person who actually has common sense, I also understand that there are some people who don’t deserve second chances and don’t need to be a content creator depending on their transgression. Safety should be prioritized above all else. You’d think that’s something anyone can agree on, but if you ask Detective, he’d probably say that I’m heartless to believe that.

Let it be known that I did try to settle this peacefully. I spoke to Detective privately. I made a video in which I made sure that I only say what I need to ensure that the public is aware of Detective’s recklessness. I was still willing to handle things civilly. Yet, Detective is so wrapped up in being right he cannot fathom the possibility that he and his friends are making things worse for themselves.

I have no empathy for Detective anymore. Whatever comes after this is completely his fault. He started all of this, so I’ll be the one to end it.

3 months ago | [YT] | 16

LayMelody

Here's a video addressing DIY Arts' terrible handling of a pedophile in her Discord server, and Detective UWU's decision to platform her after disavowing her for her actions.

Because of new evidence I will be making a follow up video as soon as possible. Still I do think this video is important to watch to get the full context.

3 months ago | [YT] | 2

LayMelody

Hello everyone,

I am making this post to provide some context for the video I plan on releasing tomorrow. This issue started about a year ago between one of my former friends and a group of his associates. However, recently, this has come back up again and I feel like this situation cannot go unaddressed any more. I do not feel comfortable knowing what I know and withholding information for the sake of preserving the feelings of a select few individuals.

The main subject in this video, as stated previously, was one of my former friends. I have made thumbnails and drawings for his content in the past. In light of recent events I have decided that I no longer want to be associated with him. Just to make things abundantly clear, I am not making a "drama" video. This is a serious situation and I tried my very best to handle this situation with as much care in my video as possible. I tried to settle this privately, but my former friend decided to betray my trust. I am doing the next best thing I can think of by bringing light to his questionable decisions and management.

The other person mentioned by name has been accused of a serious transgression. She had not denied any of the claims against her to my knowledge, but regardless my point is not contingent on her actions. My video is not intended to be an exposé against her. The information I present about her is almost entirely used to substantiate my stance against my former friend. He believed both a year ago and a month ago that what she did was wrong.

There are 2 other players that are in this video that I will not name. I have no problems with these individuals, they just so happened to be the people that were named with important enough roles in this conflict. I am sorry that they had to get involved.

I have been in the process of making this video for a little less than a month. I have been going back and forth in my head, deciding on wether or not I'm going to go through with this. I am currently in the final phases of editing this project. As of right now I can say that I am about 95% sure that I am going to post the video. But 5% is still a chance that I don't. This video is the first and most likely the last time I ever address this situation. I have tried to reason with this former friend behind the scenes. Yet that was not enough. It sucks that this is the video I am returning with, but there are some things that need to be said before I feel comfortable moving forward.

3 months ago | [YT] | 6