Today, we talk about accountability. It's time we talk about a member of the Persona community who has repeatedly shown who they really are over the past year, and that person is Phan-Site (@/ThePhanSite). Just last night, Phan-Site threatened to violently harm me.
This is a thread I knew I would eventually have to make, but is also one that legitimately scares me. As I was packing last night, Phan-Site forced me to call him after sending threatening voice mails and texts. He then spent most of the call verbally abusing and threatening me.
The context behind this is that, earlier this year, Phan-Site stated to me that people in the industry disliked me and had blacklisted me entirely. This was later found out to be untrue. Because I reached out and mentioned the situation, Phan responded in this way.
Phan took to calling me "a rat," "a weasel" and that he would come to Chicago to harm me if I "ruined his career," even though my intent was never to ruin his career, but to confirm allegations made against me that he claimed existed, which were untrue.
This isn't new for Phan. While he has acted as if he supports me, his true colors have always shown. I have tried time and time again to give him chances, but this can no longer continue, nor can someone like this be allowed to behave in such a manner and not be held accountable.
Here are a few of our interactions right after the call. Phan blamed me for people calling him out, stated that I should be held accountable for discovering a lie he had told, and admits to it all. He also threatened that "it would be bad" if he lost his Atlus or Sega connections
We have seen over the past few months, that true to the series in which he covers, he hides behind a mask. He has constantly victimized himself, while simultaneously instilling fear in people who do as much as disagree with him or politely call him out. This can't go on anymore.
I did not record the call, sadly, as Android 11 does not allow me to do so. However, it didn't stop him from being paranoid that I was doing so, and that my goal is to "keep tabs on him and cancel him." He has also said that my call-out of my abuser was me "throwing them away."
To Phan, accountability does not exist. Anyone who is held accountable is a victim, and anyone who is a victim simply "threw away" those who abused them. Don't take it from me. Here's Phan comparing himself to someone who is abused simply for being called out for his behavior.
I had repeatedly tried to support Phan in being a better person throughout the year. It never mattered. He constantly took advantage of anything I said, and used it to make me look like a bad person for suggesting he changes his approach to things.
According to Phan, he doesn't want to be a "community manager," and that the haters in this recent controversy care more about hating Phan-Site than they do for black lives or Breonna Taylor.
Even worse, Phan repeatedly tried to make my girlfriend look like an awful person because she called him out (without naming him) during controversy he was involved in back in July, when he had called a teenager mentally ill. He has, to this day, continued to say these things.
I could go on, but I think this should give people a good idea to who Phan-Site really is. Beneath the mask, Phan-Site only cares about himself, gaining clout and having control over the community when things are going good for him. He does not care about his friends.
When he is forced to be held accountable, he throws violent tantrums. There were times where I would be forced to apologize and calm him down, as he threw objects in the background. This is not someone who should be the face of the community on social media.
But there is also one other person who must also be called out, @/BunboyEdits and that is Phan's video editor. His opinions change on a whim, and it changes as soon as he gets any form of clout. He randomly messaged me yesterday, victim blamed me and then blamed my girlfriend.
In the past, his video editor also stated to my girlfriend that "all people want is sex," and repeatedly crossed her boundaries, which made her incredibly uncomfortable. He now blames my girlfriend for calling out my abuser, even when she wasn't involved in that at all.
Please be careful with both of these individuals. I gave them both many chances, and they repeatedly have shown me that they not only cannot be trusted, but that they are detrimental to their communities.
I sincerely hope that with this callout, it will encourage others to freely tell their stories without fear. This isn't about clout. This isn't about being a hero. This is about accountability and ensuring communities, especially younger people stay safe.
I am not perfect. I am far from it, but that doesn't make any of this acceptable. There is never a good reason to threaten violence towards anyone, nor fear that you will be "recorded" for getting angry. This is something that must be called out.
There is no acceptable reason for doing something like this. I will admit I am very scared of what may happen after I post this. I know he will try to reach out. I know many will likely focus on this, and I'm insanely nervous of what will follow.
It's been daunting writing this, and I'm definitely very worried. I had to consult with many people because I was so scared to post this. All I can ask is that you read through all of this, listen to the recordings, and then form your own opinion of the situation.
Most of all, please stay safe. That's all I can ask for. Thank you all so much for reading, and may we all stay safe and come together during this time. This isn't something I ever wanted to do, but it must be done. It can't keep going on, and we can't all live in fear of him.
I had repeatedly given Phan-Site and Bunboy multiple opportunities, from buying Bunboy games and agreeing to co-host a podcast with him to give him more experience (which had its own issues) as well as believing that Phan may eventually change. Sadly, I was wrong.
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