This is a little different from the blog post I had planned but I just felt the need to say something. It may not be as positive as I usually like my blog to be, but I feel it needs to be said, or at least, I need to type it.
It all started when I was happily typing ( I say happily but I've had an awful head cold this week and I actually mean typing while trying not to let snot drip onto my keyboard and keeping my sniffles down to a minimum as to not annoy those in the vicinity) away at work when I heard that Zelda Williams had been the latest target of online trolls.
I thought 'I'm sure she has thick skin growing up in the public eye', thinking that someone had told her she was ugly or her dad wasn't funny, silly default insults that people who are so desperate for attention hurl around. Sadly, I was wrong. After googling her name I found out that some disgusting humans had been sending her photos of what looked like her own dad's dead body. Seriously? Seriously.
It all started when I was happily typing ( I say happily but I've had an awful head cold this week and I actually mean typing while trying not to let snot drip onto my keyboard and keeping my sniffles down to a minimum as to not annoy those in the vicinity) away at work when I heard that Zelda Williams had been the latest target of online trolls.
I thought 'I'm sure she has thick skin growing up in the public eye', thinking that someone had told her she was ugly or her dad wasn't funny, silly default insults that people who are so desperate for attention hurl around. Sadly, I was wrong. After googling her name I found out that some disgusting humans had been sending her photos of what looked like her own dad's dead body. Seriously? Seriously.
I was shocked. I didn't think we, as human beings, could stoop so low. She is 25-years-old, that's just two years older than me, and has had to cope with the unexpected death of her dad in the most awful of circumstances. But instead of sending her support and love some people find it within themselves to send hate and awful, awful things to a young girl who is trying to put on a brave face.
However, I don't want to focus on the horrible, disgusting shells of people, I wanted to focus on the 25-year-old that has just lost her dad. I wanted to put something positive on the internet so that if she happens to find herself googling her own name to see what hate people have put up, she might find my blog, and the thousands of others, that don't wish her anything but kindness and who loved her dad more than many people they have actually met.
So, Zelda Williams, if you happen to stumble across this post as unlikely as that prospect is, just know that your dad meant the world the millions of people like me. These people are ugly and bitter and you mustn't let them steal the magic that your dad worked so hard to put into this world.
So, Zelda Williams, if you happen to stumble across this post as unlikely as that prospect is, just know that your dad meant the world the millions of people like me. These people are ugly and bitter and you mustn't let them steal the magic that your dad worked so hard to put into this world.