[ SECRET POST #6408 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6408 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[Sonic the hedgehog]



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[Somebody Feed Phil]



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[Hazbin Hotel]












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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

“insist it wasn’t important” is exactly one of those things I saw a few times and it really bothered me! What I saw wasn’t about food or travel and it was partly disappointing but also partly enraging because of how he treated the people.

I’ve always wondered if that contributed to his suicide, too. I’ve also wondered what else he had going on in his head because by all accounts he really spiraled at the end. As someone who isn’t a fan, I think that spiral started sooner than family and friends realised. He was arrogant and they’d all admit that but his last few years he came off as a downright narcissist and it always seemed like a violent anger was lurking just below the surface.

I have no idea why I give him so much of my headspace. My husband and I have talked about this many times. Everything I feel about him now in light of his girlfriend’s SA and his suicide is the same I felt before any of that happened. Something about him just got under my skin and I circle back to trying to puzzle him out all over again while still intensely disliking him.

[(Anonymous)]

I know what you mean. I don't think I spend a ton of time ruminating on this, but it was complicated. From an outside perspective, he had what a lot of people would consider their dream job - getting paid to travel, experience other cultures and eat delicious food! But I think he got pigeonholed into a type, and I don't think that sat well with him. He always seemed prickly about anything that smacked of selling out or not fitting with his anti-establishment outlook, and I don't think he seemed to LIKE the pretentious aspect of being That Guy who goes to some exotic place, samples the local food, schmoozes with the natives and then goes home first class to his mansion. But... that was kinda his career. So the best he could do was stick with the format that made him famous but stage an internal rebellion: he's not going to gush about the location no matter what, he's going to refuse to eat the food and roll his eyes in ecstasy no matter how delicious, and he tries to wrench the format sideways to talk about Issues with Important People, instead.

I think he was always a depressive type of person who wasn't very comfortable in his own skin, didn't enjoy the limelight, etc. And he became this person that didn't really sit well with him. Maybe finding out that the girlfriend he defended in the whole #MeToo movement was herself a sexual predator was the final straw.

[(Anonymous)]

I can honestly understand if that was how he felt about the job. And I’m not sure if he’d call it a career, I think you kinda hit the nail on the head about selling out, etc. and afaik he viewed his career as being a chef, not a food and travel documentarian. That could have contributed to his prickly manner on the job.

He did struggle with mental health and addiction throughout his life, I know that much. I’ve read about him many times but can no longer remember the details. I can’t recall if he relapsed in the year before his death or not. I do know I’ve always thought something more was going on, like maybe the beginning of dementia (the personality phase, which can last for many years). Idk. You’ve given me a lot to think about so thank you!