A complete, utter, absolute annihilation of Pengo’s accusations against PurpleKecleon.

Here you go. I have taken great pains to dismantle everything noteworthy Pengo has said about PK. This should clear up some things.

I hope everyone who so eagerly spread the original accusations will be just as proactive about spreading this! It may even repair some of the damage you’ve done.

I apologize for the delay, and for the length, but so it goes.

I have more words to say but they are not so important so:

I didn’t want to write this.

I mean, obviously. This took multiple days, poring over logs. It ate into my very limited vacation time. It caused us no end of stress. It was not a fun thing to do.

But I also didn’t want to make a public spectacle of Pengo. I didn’t think he deserved that. Especially when his post was so clearly self-contradictory. It seemed needlessly cruel.

So I just said to read it again. I thought it would be obvious.

I was wrong.

And then, like a fool, I clumsily expressed sympathy for Pengo. I wished him better luck with the problems that clearly plague his life.

These are, apparently, the darkest of sins. Quoting Pengo’s own words, saying I care, offering well wishes — these are ableism, gaslighting, abuser tactics.

Well, okay, Tumblr. You win. I’m not coddling Pengo. I’m treating him like I would treat anyone else who took similar actions.

I’m so disappointed, though.

I’m so disappointed that so many people reblogged it. Is it just not as obvious as I think it is? Is it because of the existing knowledge I have? Am I just wrong? I don’t get it.

I’m disappointed that people said “wow, I thought I knew PK, but this story from a stranger has completely convinced me otherwise!”

I’m disappointed in iveechan, who I thought knew us better, after… a decade, now? And in sappo7, who I thought prided himself on seeing through bullshit.

Do they believe it, or is it just spite, or some combination of both? What about Pengo? I don’t know. I don’t suppose it matters.

I’m disappointed that a bunch of people appeared from the woodwork to hitch their own tenuous gripes to Pengo’s bandwagon. “Bad vibes” and arguments. One thing he reblogged was a complete fabrication — there is no other word for it.

I just feel spectacularly let down, here.

It’s good to believe claims of abuse, of course.

But this… this has been terrible. And it’s not even the first time it’s happened near me recently.

I’m going to bed. Enjoy your post, Tumblr. You’ve earned it.