MESSAGE TO EVERYONE: FROM DIO

**NOTE: Before I say anything else, I'm not so good with words whenever I try to speak from the heart. I'm going to ramble, I'm going to say weird/strange allegories, I'm not speaking as the edgy teenager who called himself "The Lord Of Darkness". I'm speaking as myself, Dio. There will be sections for everyone I feel needs one to themselves for whatever reason, but this is a general apology to everyone who's ever visited this wiki while I was basically terrorizing it. As a friendly reminder, if you didn't get a section to yourself then it means I feel as though I have nothing in particular to apologize to you about, but you are still accounted for in the final section since it is for everyone. If you'd like a formal apology for yourself, let me know & I will give you one. If my choice to not give you a section in particular offends you, again, please let me know. My memory isn't perfect, it is very possible for me to not remember a particular offending event. I've learned that communication is key, so I'd like to talk things over if possible.**

## To Lunari

Lunari, If you happen to read this one day, know this, I'm sorry for essentially driving you out of your own wiki with all of my nonsense. I understand now that, although I never silenced the opinions of others, choosing to ignore them & carry on against their wishes was also a dick move on my part. I also understand now that trying to rebuild bridges isn't a job for someone to take if both sides don't wish for it to be done. You were one of my first friends on Wikia, (Yeah, I know, it's called Fandom now, but I always liked calling it Wikia better) I'd like to say I've always had a respect for your ability to make endearing characters, & balanced ones at that, but I couldn't blame you if the feelings weren't, or aren't, mutual. Either way, for what it's worth, I've been trying very hard to do better for a few years now.

## To Aether

I'm real sorry to you too Aether, you put up with so much crap from me I'm surprised you even spoke to me after a while. I wish I was wise enough then to listen to what you told me. I'm putting actual genuine thought into my characters now, not just their powersets, but I could've been doing it years ago if I'd just listened to you & taken it seriously. I was set in my ways, I foolishly ignored your advice & tried to backhand any criticism you gave me with excuses. You reached out to show me what I was doing wrong multiple times, and I was too stubborn to see it then. For that, I thank you for your advice I was too blind to see then, & I apologize again for having my head up my ass.

## To Rabbid & Deathstroke

Rabbid, Deathstroke, I know both of you were very hurt by me copying an ability or trait from your characters. It's been years since & I just want to set the record straight on the whole copying other people's characters thing. In all truthfulness, I did NOT copy that power from Midnight. That was an honest-to-God coincidence. I tried setting the record straight back then & I'm going to keep trying to set it straight now too. However, yes, I did sometimes "copy" abilities I'd seen on other characters. I say "copy" because I want to come clean & admit that "yes. I copied some abilities or traits I thought were cool from the characters of others." However, there's more to it then that. I have NEVER done it to simply make my characters stronger or "better" than other's. (Being 1000% honest here, the superpower wiki would've given me 100x more in half the time if that was my reason) Each & every time I have ever copied an ability, skill, or trait, it has been because I thought it was cool & I wanted to see what situations my characters could get into with them. Or because I thought maybe I could add a spin of some kind to it. I never viewed it as "copying", I only ever saw it as inspiration, something anyone can get from something that catches their eye. Now, the elephant in the room, yes, I copied the "irrelevant" speed thing from your character Deathstroke.

HOWEVER, PLEASE HEAR ME OUT.

This irrelevant speed thing was a term I was unfamiliar with at the time, so it confused me so much I decided to look it up. I didn't add it to Zezko's page until after I had looked it up & was intrigued by it. **(If you'd like to know the answer to when you asked me if I knew what it was, I kinda did, but didn't at the same time. It was very complicated for someone who hadn't seen the term before to understand. Like I understood what the words meant, but I couldn't really understand what the term meant)** Again, it was something cool, something new to me, I had ZERO idea at the time that Deathstroke was going to be displeased that I "copied" it from him. After all, I had no reason to believe that he "owned" the idea of whatever "irrelevant speed" was. Honestly, **I** was hurt... quite a bit by that. **That isn't me taking a dig at either of you, Rabbid, Deathstroke**, that's my honest thoughts about it. I wanted to come clean then about everything, but it seemed like neither of you were going to believe me, so I stayed mostly silent & quietly left Luna's wiki. Looking back, I realize I screwed up by not coming clean then & there, I should've bitten the bullet & laid all of the cards out on the table. There really wasn't anything else I could've said or done at that point to make you guys distrust me any more than you already did. Instead, I saw I had a losing hand, gave up, & folded. I fully expect that even now, years removed from this, you're probably still doubting me & my story. But on the flipside, Rabbid, as long as you're willing to acknowledge that I plan to claim my innocence just as long as you do my guilt, then I will live with it. Deathstroke, I understood you, but I was foolish & refused to really listen, same thing I told Aether. *"I wish I was wise enough then to listen to what you told me. I'm putting actual genuine thought into my characters now, not just their powersets, but I could've been doing it years ago if I'd just listened to you & taken it seriously. I was set in my ways, I foolishly ignored your advice & tried to backhand any criticism you gave me with excuses. You reached out to show me what I was doing wrong multiple times, and I was too stubborn to see it then. For that, I thank you for your advice I was too blind to see then, & I apologize again for having my head up my ass."*

(I know this is a lot to read, but I had a lot to say, I'm going to try & wind this down now)

Rabbid, Deathstroke, I'm terribly sorry for what I put both of you through. I'm not going to ask for your forgiveness, simply your understanding is enough for me. I royally screwed up somewhere & it took so much crap for me to finally see it. I've been trying to do better for a few years now, and I will say I've improved. That being said, I've got a long way to go, but maybe one day I'll actually be able to say I truly got it.

## To Everyone

To whoever it may concern, I'm well aware that many or all of us have moved on from Wikia/Fandom & may have done bigger & better things in our lives. I honestly don't expect any of you to even **SEE** my message, let alone forgive me or accept my apologies. I simply felt nostalgic for the community I used to be a part of after seeing some of my old pages & decided now was as good a time as any to come clean with everyone I might've, or did, offend in some way.

**This is my formal apology to you all, for everything I did to this already-fractured community, even if none of you ever see it.**

**It has been a load on my shoulders for literally years now & I just wanted to finally get it off my chest & say it; "I'm sorry."**