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Blog Post 17

Hi,

This is going to be a bit of a rant, but this is something that I really need to get out of my system. Avi Kaplan is leaving Pentatonix.

Now you may be judging me really hard for creating a whole blog post about one thing, and to that I say shut up. Music is a massive part of my life, and Avi was one of my musical inspirations. And I'm terrified that it'll break up the rest of the band. I don't know what I'd do if that happened.

I was really upset when I found out yesterday. And when I'm upset, I tend to rant on my instagram. I posted a bunch on my story, and I wasn't expecting any response, except maybe one of the ten or so pentaholics who are following me to respond saying how much it sucks. Instead an internet friend who I haven't talked to in over a month decides to reply to my story saying 'B*tch why? You're overreacting!'

Four words. That shouldn't hurt me, right? Wrong.

Let me just reuse my instagram post because I don't want to write another essay.

This is to the person who DMed me, the person who decided to spread hate when I was really, really upset. I'm not going to pretend it didn't affect me. It did.
In case you haven't heard the news, Avi Kaplan has decided to 'take a step back' from PTX. I'm not angry at him. I don't hate him for it. I respect that it's hard to be famous, and that it's hard to not be able to be there for your friends and family when you need to. He is an incredibly talented bass, and the group won't be the same without him, but I prefer he leave and be happy then stay and be unhappy.
I'm not a fan account. The people reading this probably don't care about PTX. So I'm going to get onto the main point of this post.
To the person that DMed me: you won't see this, because you're not following me anymore. And if you request me, I'm not going to accept. I don't let people follow me because I want numbers. I let people follow me because I like people around me that spread positivity. If you've hurt me, or if you've done something to me that I haven't forgiven you for, I will not accept you.
It costs nothing to spread love, and it makes people happy. Avi leaving did really affect me, because music plays a very big role in my life. I listen to them every day, and even a chance that I won't be able to listen to them anymore terrifies me. You, the DMer, or to anyone else that's reading who is judging me, saying I made a big deal about it, stop. Stop reading. You don't have to look at my story. You don't have to read this. But you do, you feel the need to spread hate, and you have no self control in doing it.
It would've cost nothing to DM me saying 'that sucks' or 'I'm sorry'. It would've cost even less to just say nothing. You could've skipped to the next story and forgotten about it. But you had to reply. You had to spread negativity.
Society is so messed up today because we can't see other people's opinions. We're so stuck in our own heads that we can't open our eyes and see that people are affected by our actions. I was hurt by this comment, more then you think. PTX has made me laugh, cry and feel so inspired. I'm terrified that Avi leaving is going to break them up.
Stop being negative. Your actions hurt a lot.

Yeah. I'm just going to leave this here.

Weekly obsession: The PTX community being amazingly supportive and respecting Avi's decision to leave, rather than other fandoms who get mad or do drastic things.

Song of the Week: Standing By - Pentatonix (yes, Avi sings it. Shut up)

I finally understand how MCR and 1D fans feel.

Callie ;) (I'm not breaking tradition even though I'm upset)