User blog:FakeAccountPlease/A long overdue apology.

Hi, all. I'm David, an aspiring animator, future high school graduate, and former troll. You may know me as Galadhanu.

I joined Wikia in 2012 at the age of 12. I was a bit of a troubled kid. I acted up a lot under different usernames over on the Lego wiki for a couple of years. Most of that was age-related (I'd never been part of an online community before!) but it festered over time to become a habit. Jump forward two years later to 2014. I'm fourteen now (back then). I stumble upon this new website based on Mixels. I decide I want to start fresh and try to break new habits so I tell lies about myself and who I was. I said I work for Lego (I didn't. Duh.) I thought it would help me to fit in but it turns out that my lying just separated me from the honest people in the community that I hurt.

So this is me, almost four years later. I'm 17, turning 18 in July. Senior year for me. And before I become an adult I want to own up to the awful things I'd done as a child.

For dead-naming people, for traumatizing and gaslighting people, for harassing and trying to cause people distress. There is no denying that all those things are awful.

If I had a choice, I'd probably just cower away and never look back at this place, but I did cause harm. That's undeniable. I have to own up to it.

I'm not coming back, nor am I asking for a second chance. I'm moving on, and telling you guys that I wish I hadn't done all the bad things I have. I should've known better. You all deserved better.

So, for the last time, I am sorry.

- Galad