Oh wow. Somebody had the gall to leave troll reviews on several of my fan fics, accusing me of faking being autistic. I wasnt going to lose any sleep over this and deleted them all (Thanks to FFNs delete anonymous reviews feature)...until I found out theyre all from a person I…
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