hey!! welcome home fandom!!
i politely ask that you stop scrolling and read what i have to say, please,,!! thank you :)
i'm not so sure how many of us actually follow party coffin (not @'ing them to avoid them getting severely stressed), but there are some things as a fandom that we really need to be made aware of
party coffin is getting very very stressed out, and rightfully so! they're a more small creator with a huge following out of the blue for their work, which has to be an extremely heavy burden to carry (i get overwhelmed just getting a bunch of likes on a post, so i can't imagine--)
not only that, but a lot of of people on social media sites everywhere are not taking party coffin's mental health and boundaries into account, leading to very stressful and quite frankly fear inducing posts being produced. posts where their personal crafts/projects, images including wide shots of their home (namely with the Wally puppet), literal impersonators, people posting nsfw content of their characters before they're ready, etc etc
overall, a concerning amount of the fandom is just... not realizing that party coffin is one person,, a guy behind the screen, just like you and me, who just wants to make something that makes them happy,, but if this keeps going, the things that brought them, and i'm sure a lot of us, joy and comfort will be gone.
party coffin is in a dangerous living situation that i'm sure a lot of us know and relate to all too well, and spreading images of their room can put them in great danger. the wrong people could find that, and find out who they are, and put them at risk. not only that, but the other boundary breaks are just adding to the stress of living in a scary home, and just overall making their mental health decline,,
with all this being said, clown really really needs our help to make welcome home a home again. so here's some things that we can all do to help, if we are able:
i'm sure some of us have done this stuff on accident (i'm going to browse through my own profile to delete/edit any posts that might have crossed a boundary without my realizing). it's incredibly easy to accidentally break boundaries without realizing they're even there. and that's okay; just take down the post, apologize, and move on. that's one of the best things you can do right now.
another thing that you can do (if you are able to ofc; i currently an unable to but i wish to spread the word as much as possible) is to donate to their ko-fi. for just a few dollars, the price of a cup of coffee (i believe?), you can financially support them and assist them in getting out of the situation that they're in. if you can't do that, send kind words to their inbox (but do not spam!!!! be respectful)! make them fanart that will make their day! let them know that we as a community are there for them and have their back!!
one last thing that we can do is to help spread the word to other social media sites. reblog this post. make psas for those only on tiktok or youtube or twitter, etc etc. heck, even politely (emphasis on politely) remind people who made these posts that may not be aware of this. report impersonators and videos that are actively harmful to clown. just remember to be respectful throughout all of these interactions.
of course, there are probably a plethora of things that i might have missed that i urge you to add on to this post with reblogs and comments. but ultimately, we need to remember that welcome home isn't a game, isn't just another piece of media to binge and go crazy for. it's a passion project created by a creator who loves what they do and wants to create a nice home, for them, and for us. so please do whatever you can to keep it that way. make this fandom a safe place. make the neighborhood a nice one. be kind, be friendly, be caring, and be the absolute most.
please do what you can and spread the word!!!!! thank you so much for taking the time to read, and i hope you have a wonderful day :)
