Immediately saying RIP feels way too easy to me... Too fast. Like you have already accepted the fact that youve been hit by a truck without hesitation. Without time to process. Dont get me wrong, im not telling people what the right or wrong thing to do is. I just cant do it. Yet at least. And i didnt even know the guy that well.
A week or so ago i was cheering this guy on calling him the irl anime protagonist popping for his outplays and now he just vanished. Just like that. You'll never get to see or hear him speak ever again. Loss is always tough but the punches you dont see coming always hit the hardest.
Dying as an old man who has lived his life to the fullest is one thing. You can find piece in the fact that it is just the circle of life. That there is some bittersweet beauty in it even as for every fading light a new one appears. But this... is simply unjust. A talented good kid didnt even get a fair chance from the start. So many experiences he was entitled to but robbed of.
As someone who has gone through depression and suicidal thoughts myself i have no greater fear than those feelings returning but not fading away this time. I do not want to imagine what Twisten has gone through if this is where it led him. The severity of the demons he faced compared to mine. Making this choice means that you truly did not see the light at the end of the tunnel anymore which i fortunately did.
Anyways, i am glad to have come across Twisten and experience some of the great things he had to offer to the world. Since i dont know him enough personally to know what would have fullfilled him, i wish he couldve have at least got to experience the Tokyo event as from what ive gathered he would have loved a lot. But it is what it is. Now it does feel wrong after all to finish this post without a goodbye...
So enjoy your piece Twisten. You deserve it.
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