Adding to this. I can't find the screenshots or my chats with Rachel, but they (she?) consistently pushed boundaries with me and made me feel uncomfortable and manipulated, especially since I believe they supported VALENCE on Patreon for a time.
https://twitter.com/KingColeMiner/status/1301716325971234816

They would message me often telling me that they thought if we met in person, we'd be best friends. I know this sounds like nothing, but... I literally wrote the text on the dangers of parasocial relationships with podcasters. https://wilwilliams.reviews/2019/01/04/podcasters-are-people-the-intimacy-of-medium-vs-parasocial-relationships/
It isn't just that I'm touchy about this; it's that the parasocial article is one of my most well-known. It's one of my articles that gets linked the most. It's one of the articles I'm most proud of. To be "my fan" is to be at LEAST aware of my thoughts on this.
So pushing those boundaries had a specific edge that I couldn't really place. I'm going to give Rachel the benefit of the doubt that this was done unwittingly--but it's either ignorant and lacking self-awareness, or it's purposeful and manipulative and bizarre.
I'm not editing the order of this thread but want to specify that Rachel would send me these VERY forward and clingy messages when I had literally never talked to them before. At no point did I do more than offer up basic advice like I do with everyone.