Hey everyone, it’s Zena Airale.
In late 2020, I got impersonated, harassed, and my personal information was exposed by someone who wanted to harm me, and I just want to take the time to clarify that it was not me who did it, and it is the last thing I would ever want to do. I took some time off to process the situation and who I am as a person. Yet, despite everything, the community I grew to love online has never really left the forefront of my mind, and I’ve missed you all so much.
I’ve opted to create several new accounts since many of the other accounts I have were deleted with what was on there (My fanfictions especially, sadly.), yet with the same alias, as this is another stage, another chapter in my presence out here. Though I still have a few accounts open from before the incident, I was unable to delete them, so I decided to rename them for the time being instead.
In this new phase, and with my old stories deleted, I also decided to revamp my “Chronicles of Ninjago” fanfiction series as “Ninjago: Untold Legends”. This was because the way I had written it before was a bit problematic. As many of you know, I process emotions through creative writing. However, the way in which I had written a father and son relationship (Lloyd and Garmadon from LEGO Ninjago) was misinterpreted multiple times as romantic and sexual, when it was not my intent. And so, I pushed myself to revise it, as writing more in-character was a bit of a stretch beyond my comfort zone (and as a result was why writing the episodic rendition was also a struggle from the get-go). I also decided to put the more emotional aspects of how I had originally wrote them onto characters where I have more creative control.
But even despite the incident, so many people I knew, especially in the Ninjago community stood up for me, and I really, truly do appreciate it. Nearly a day after the incident started, the Twitter hashtag #AppreciateZena was created as a means to express support of me. The hashtag itself became a source of inspiration, and I read it quite often to lift my spirits.
My current online presence is more heavily community driven, especially in regards to my multimedia fanproject Realm of Harmony and my multimedia production community and team, Raykazai Productions, and I'm a lot more satisfied with it, as compared to solely just focusing on posting things on my own platforms.
Thanks again, everyone, for supporting me throughout my journey.
Sincerely,
Zena Airale
In late 2020, I got impersonated, harassed, and my personal information was exposed by someone who wanted to harm me, and I just want to take the time to clarify that it was not me who did it, and it is the last thing I would ever want to do. I took some time off to process the situation and who I am as a person. Yet, despite everything, the community I grew to love online has never really left the forefront of my mind, and I’ve missed you all so much.
I’ve opted to create several new accounts since many of the other accounts I have were deleted with what was on there (My fanfictions especially, sadly.), yet with the same alias, as this is another stage, another chapter in my presence out here. Though I still have a few accounts open from before the incident, I was unable to delete them, so I decided to rename them for the time being instead.
In this new phase, and with my old stories deleted, I also decided to revamp my “Chronicles of Ninjago” fanfiction series as “Ninjago: Untold Legends”. This was because the way I had written it before was a bit problematic. As many of you know, I process emotions through creative writing. However, the way in which I had written a father and son relationship (Lloyd and Garmadon from LEGO Ninjago) was misinterpreted multiple times as romantic and sexual, when it was not my intent. And so, I pushed myself to revise it, as writing more in-character was a bit of a stretch beyond my comfort zone (and as a result was why writing the episodic rendition was also a struggle from the get-go). I also decided to put the more emotional aspects of how I had originally wrote them onto characters where I have more creative control.
But even despite the incident, so many people I knew, especially in the Ninjago community stood up for me, and I really, truly do appreciate it. Nearly a day after the incident started, the Twitter hashtag #AppreciateZena was created as a means to express support of me. The hashtag itself became a source of inspiration, and I read it quite often to lift my spirits.
My current online presence is more heavily community driven, especially in regards to my multimedia fanproject Realm of Harmony and my multimedia production community and team, Raykazai Productions, and I'm a lot more satisfied with it, as compared to solely just focusing on posting things on my own platforms.
Thanks again, everyone, for supporting me throughout my journey.
Sincerely,
Zena Airale