My Mixed Relationship With Splatoon (Happy 10 Years To Splatoon)

(Note this was a draft I had since may I know its been a while since a blog I'll get to that another time)
Spontaneous blog on my phone so if text looks funny that's why 

Anyway i thought this would be a good time to talk my mixed relationship with Splatoon

The positives and negatives the franchise has given me over the years 

First in 2014/2015 

At first I wanted to avoid the game due to my ex partners brother being very sweaty with the game and being too loud taking the game seriously 

However my friend Tomas wanted to get rid of the game on the Wii U so I decided to get it off him and ended up playing it

By then I got really hooked not just on the story even though I sucked at it 

But also on the multiplayer matches and the style and asesthic of the series 

I played it all the time in 2015 and 2016 on my Wii u

And even went for Team Marie during the Callie vs Marie Splatfest 

2017 was when Splatoon 2 came out on the switch and while I did play it at times I didnt as much as the first one 

However 2017/2018 was when my friend VenomKnight introduced me and our friends to the Splatoon gmod side of things and the community 

Honestly at first I found that said community pretty cool and super creative 

and I even enjoyed making pics myself back in the day and having fun with my own character 

However over time 
I found the community to be really awful and toxic 
and not to mention disturbing and fucked up with how many people did stuff like grooming minors and other fucked up shit not to mention dealing with certain people who still raged and took the game too seriously... 
it just became too much and also due to my own personal experiences with the gmod community (not everyone as I am still friends with some peeps and you guys are still cool even if we aren't close)  especially and being thrown away like yesterdays garbage over different political views and morals 
It kind of just made me distant from Splatoon as a whole cause of it 

a part of me still loves the lore and characters and a part of me will appreciate the friends I still have
the experiences I learnt and the voice acting I did as Pearl in Clauds's videos 

and I'm glad the franchise was an interest I had that gave me joy 

but now seeing it just makes me sad and shudder and feel dread... 

I hope one day I get to enjoy the series again and wacky cool stuff with it 

maybe someday when the wounds aren't hurting as much 
but until then 
Happy 10 years Splatoon and may Pearl and Marina forever be the best lesbians 

later my dudes