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the following SU contains mentions of domestic and sexual abuse, along with death threats. if any these topics make you uncomfortable in any way, please do not hesitate to stop reading, I promise I will not be offended.

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for those of you who aren't already aware, a twitch streamer and musician known by the name Wilbur Soot, his real name William Patrick Gold, is someone who i enjoyed watching and listening to. he was a member of the dream smp (a Minecraft (RP?) platform involving Dream and many other twitch streamers), started a band called Lovejoy, and was previously dating another twitch streamer named Shubble (Shelby).

Shelby has mentioned in a recent past stream that her ex-boyfriend (and she doesn't state specifically who it is, either) would bite her multiple times and hurt her every day even when she would say the safe word that the two of them agreed on in order to revoke consent. and instead of stopping, he would just bite down harder. she said that, since her ex would leave bruises on her arms from biting, that he would bite her legs so that she "wouldn't look abused." although the name isn't explicitly stated, it became increasingly obvious that Shelby was talking about Wilbur Soot. Shelby also mentioned that her first ex-boyfriend (not Wilbur) sexually assaulted her, and that Wilbur would pin her to the bed and challenge her to fight back, and she couldn't. she said that Wilbur already knew about her experience of being sexually assaulted, and he completely abused that knowledge.

Wilbur responded to Shelby publicly on X (previously known as Twitter) with a (not very good, according to a lot of people) apology, but doesn't specifically mention Shelby by name. the majority of the comments is just people hating on him and basically publicly shaming him. many people even sent him death threats/wishes. some of Wilbur's closest friends, including TommyInnit and Tubbo, have cut ties with Wilbur due to this.

Wilbur has left the majority, if not all, of his socials, including his discord servers. many of the discord mods for these servers have changed their status(s?) to something along the lines of "screw Wilbur. support victims" or "#SuppostShelbySquad"

I truly think I should make it known that I do not in any way, shape, or form support domestic abuse or sexual violence, or abuse/violence or any kind, for that matter. I support Shelby for being brave enough to come forward about this topic. that being said, ialso support Wilbur solely for his music and maybe his twitch streams (even though he hasn't streamed since October of 2023). however, I do not support his actions and what he did to Shelby. what he did is not okay. it never will be. Thank you for reading this. I needed to get it out of my system.

if you or anyone you know is struggling with abuse, please reach out to someone for help. I don't remember the numbers for the hotlines, so once I find them, I'll edit this SU, or just comment on it.