Asandir's interviews with Newgrounds forum users
This week's interview features the user Fluffington.
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When did you find Newgrounds and why did you join? Why did you choose the username Sonic_Frank and why did you change it to Frank-The-Hedgehog and later to Fluffington?
"Well before I start: I would like to state that I will be honest here in this interview, painfully so.
"So lets begin, shall we? ...My my, it's been so long ago, but I still recall quite clearly that I first found Newgrounds when I was but eleven years old, I believe I found it when I stumbled upon a link to Pico's School, and my young mind thought all the blood, violence and swear words were nothing short of pure, fucking, bad-ass. I lurked around for a period of time and I signed up when I was twelve years old. I know what you're thinking! And yes, I was quite a bad little boy, wasn't I? *chuckles*
And as for my username(s)? It probably isn't hard to figure out. Like a lot of kids my age back then, I was a fan of Sonic The Hedgehog. Which would explain my first two user names. Eventually, as the years grew and my mind matured, I felt myself growing out of my Sonic phase and that I did not really like the name 'Frank'. I wanted a cute name instead, a cute name with a certain amount of class. And so when I found out that the name 'Fluffington' wasn't taken, I asked Wade Fulp to change it for me, and he was awesome enough to do it. <3"
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Do you think that you changed over the time you were here, as user, or also in real life?
"Haha, with all due respect, considering that it has been around.. 7 years since I signed up? I find it almost amusing the question of *if* I think I had changed over the course of that timeline, considering that most, if not all of my atoms and molecules has been replaced through the span of those years, I wonder if I can even be considered the same person as my twelve year old self.
As a user and a person, I think I've grown up quite a bit. I've learned English, gotten better at it, and also learned a lot about life, the world, religion, as well as myself over the years, namely my sexuality and gender identity. I now see myself as female and have made some quite (obvious) changes physically."
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Are there any other users that you like, and how do they affect you?
"I like just about everyone if they are nice enough, but I really can't say whom I like at the moment, since it has been so long since I returned here on Newgrounds."
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Are there any users that you would consider enemies or that you just don't like?
"I find supergandhi64 as an insufferable individual with a user name just as bad as he is. In short, my opinion on him could be summed up in one recent post I made addressing to him:
"You could be posting the way you are posting just to troll the hell out of people, but GOD it makes me angry and hate you for it.
Really, do you really think such highly of yourself that you feel as if every single post you make is some brilliant, ground breaking quote that will go down in history books? Hey, maybe they'll become the quote that starts an episode of Criminal Minds! Are you that much of an egotist? Because judging from your grammar, purposefully atrocious or not, I can already guess that whatever insight you can offer would most definitely not be of any intelligence or value.
So please, for your own sake, stop."
And that about sums it up, NG's forum quality would be vastly improved if he were perma-banned for trolling and shitposting.
Also Slint seems like ether a bad troll or just a complete douche, I can't tell. I also dislike anyone who sucks off those people just for their post count."
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What is your opinion about the forums? Is there one forum that you prefer? And is there another forum user that you want to see getting interviewed by me?
"The forum is alright. It seems much less inactive than it was years ago, but I might've been spoiled by other more active boards and forums. I usually just use General since it is the most active one.
As for which user I'd like to see interviewed? I doubt it is possible, since she hasn't been active for over a year now, but Seriana."
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I guess that you have an opinion about the moderators of Newgrounds. Do you think that they do a great job or not?
"The mods this time around seem much more lax than they were years ago. On one point it is good, since it allows more room for more freedom of discussion but on the other point it means more shitposters like supergandhi64."
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Would you like to become a moderator on Newgrounds? If so, what kind of moderator?
"I would like to become a moderator, I think I'd do a great job at it, and shitposting would not be tolerated at all. The forum quality would improve, I believe."
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You were a member before the redesign 2007. Tell me how you experienced Newgrounds back then and what changes you liked about the redesign
"The site layout was a lot darker then, but it was fun, it was perfect and simple for a kid like myself back then. Now I can see complaints about it being too bright and it being hard to find what you need sometimes."
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The last redesign happened 2012. Tell me what you think about it. What do you like and what is not so good?
"In my opinion? I did not like it. I think that it has became harder to find stuff in the flash portal, I did not like the fact that they removed the banners in userpages, I hated the new level icons, and I really hate that we still don't have a forum post edit button when 99% of other online forums has this and they haven't gone down in flames. All those reasons above were main contributing factors as to why I became inactive.
But one thing I did like was that you can now have user icons in the forums, and that is really lovely."
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In 2009, you were in a mental hospital for 3 months. Please talk about this experience.
"The truth of that matter was that the story was greatly exaggerated. The reality is actually a lot less interesting and funny. I was sent to the mental hospital quite often see a shrink a period of my life, yes, but I was never really locked there, And it wasn't for some hilarious reason like my mom finding out I was a furry, instead it was for my eating disorder and gender identity issues. I did meet some interesting kids there though. And it did help me learn where my root problem lied."
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Back in 2010, you started a hormone replacement therapy. When did you find out that you feel more like a female? Were your family and friends supportive or not?
"I've always more or less felt as if I were a girl on one level or another, even as a kid people were always confusing me as a girl, and when puberty hit I took it really hard, I fell into depression and eating disorders, I didn't like the way my body was changing, and I wanted to stunt my growth. I had no idea really why it was happening the way it was but I just knew I didn't like it.
Eventually I started talking with Seriana (Back then known as DragonsGrief, then SleepyFox, then Pounce, and now finally Seriana, at least before she disappeared). I discussed my problem with her, and she helped me find myself. In fact, she was the one that helped me by sending the first few batches of hormone medications for me when I needed them the most. At the risk of sounding melodramatic, she probably saved my life, I would've probably killed myself by now if not for her. And I'd be a liar if I said I didn't miss her to this day."
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You have worked as substitute teacher in the past. Did you like this job? What was the weirdest experience that you had in that time?
"It was pretty awful. I worked for my parents, and because of that, they paid me in slave wages. And my dad demanded way too much from me for the pennies he is paying me. The kicker here is that I was never given a set allowance. Nothing really weird happened then."
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Some flashes for spam groups were co-created by you. Which of the spam groups do you like the most? Do you wish that the Clock Crew and Kitty Krew become more active again?
"I wouldn't say it was co-created by me, I just had a small part of it. Kitty Krew was fun, they generated just so much hatred from the user base it was just funny because there were actually quite some quality content hidden in the piles of spam. In other words; They might've been spam, but they were our spam, and spam can be pretty tasty. It'd be pretty interesting to see what would happen if they became active again, how would the new generation of NGers see them."
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You have been a member of The Elite Guard Barracks in the past. When and why did you join the group and what was your role?
"I joined because to me back then NG was like a fun and free MMORPG, and more than that, it felt almost like a family. My role was probably the same as any other people in the EGB. I wanted good flash to make it in and bad ones to stay out. Almost ironic coming from a person who played a part of the Kitty Krew, but I felt that their flash had an amount of 'soul' in them, while the ones I helpped blam did not."
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Every person has secrets. Can you tell one of yours or something else that we didn't know about you yet?
"Hmmmm... Somewhere in the internet, there may or may not be pictures of me dressed up as a girl when I was just fourteen years old. And there might be one or two pictures from that set where it may be considered 'naughty'. They're not porn, but still. I lost those pictures a long time ago and I don't intend to look for them. I have no idea where they are, and Chansluts has been dead for a long time."
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What can we expect from you in the future, Fluffington?
"Probably more quirky and funny posts, as well as contributions to discussions and an occasional new topic or two. And if you follow my userpage or my blog (nsfw warning)? More pictures of myself.
But yeah, it's been fun doing this interview ^w^ "
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Now you are filled with more knowledge about Fluffington, dear reader.Feel free to leave a comment here, saying what you think about the interview, requesting users to get interviews is also appreciated. Tune in next week :3
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Jolly
Fluffington is attractive.
Asandir
Indeed <3