Serpentine
2012-02-08, 04:09 PM
So a couple of years ago, I talked to a guy from the forums called Dracons (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/member.php?u=15352). Not much. Just a couple of post exchanges, and I think I encouraged him to post a picture of himself in the You thread, because he was down on his appearance a lot, what with having Neurofibromatosis. Personally, I thought he looked kinda cool. Possibly related to that he seemed to have a lot of health problems, but he seemed like a lovely person.
I tried to get into contact with him over Facebook a few times. I liked him, and would've liked to be friends with him. He'd been down a lot, and I got pretty worried when he didn't respond to me, but I figured he just wasn't interested in talking so I let it go. That was about a year ago.
Fast forward to just today. I went looking for a picture of him for a conversation, and finally found him on Facebook (I forgot his name, so it took a while). What do I find, but... a wall covered with condolences starting a couple of months after the last time I communicated with him (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1192973707&sk=wall).
From what I can gather, Dracons killed himself somewhere around the 28th of June, 2011. And the last thing I ever bloody said to him was to call him a "pooty-head". ****.
It seems he was a lot more involved in the community over at "Customers Suck" (http://www.customerssuck.com/board/showthread.php?t=83402) than here, so maybe more information on him can be found over there. I'm a bit done for now.
There've been way too many hoax "deaths" on these forums, so skepticism is understandable and even somewhat welcomed. Everything I know is on the Facebook page.
I'm sorry I wasn't there more when I knew something was wrong, Dracons. I wish I could've met you. And I'm sorry I'm so late to realise you're gone.
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/262392_10150225318332789_597667788_7104509_1118092 _n.jpg
edit: For the record, I could well be mistaken about the suicide bit, but it's the impression I got.
I tried to get into contact with him over Facebook a few times. I liked him, and would've liked to be friends with him. He'd been down a lot, and I got pretty worried when he didn't respond to me, but I figured he just wasn't interested in talking so I let it go. That was about a year ago.
Fast forward to just today. I went looking for a picture of him for a conversation, and finally found him on Facebook (I forgot his name, so it took a while). What do I find, but... a wall covered with condolences starting a couple of months after the last time I communicated with him (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1192973707&sk=wall).
From what I can gather, Dracons killed himself somewhere around the 28th of June, 2011. And the last thing I ever bloody said to him was to call him a "pooty-head". ****.
It seems he was a lot more involved in the community over at "Customers Suck" (http://www.customerssuck.com/board/showthread.php?t=83402) than here, so maybe more information on him can be found over there. I'm a bit done for now.
There've been way too many hoax "deaths" on these forums, so skepticism is understandable and even somewhat welcomed. Everything I know is on the Facebook page.
I'm sorry I wasn't there more when I knew something was wrong, Dracons. I wish I could've met you. And I'm sorry I'm so late to realise you're gone.
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/262392_10150225318332789_597667788_7104509_1118092 _n.jpg
edit: For the record, I could well be mistaken about the suicide bit, but it's the impression I got.