Starblade of "Fuck you, I'm a dragon!" fame stabbed to death.
Some of you may recall the furry Starblade (real name Mathew Finnigan) from this wank in which he was lamenting that nobody wanted to eat him. Starblade was known for various eccentric exploits in the fandom, and recently was apparently afraid that someone was going to kill him. This was mostly dismissed as Starblade being delusional, as was common.

In a chilling turn of events, it has been confirmed through obituaries and Facebook that last week he was stabbed to death by his friend, James Torrey Hill.

To make this post even unfunnier, shortly after the news broke Arcturus posted the following journal to FurAffinity:

"and I can't help but be every so slightly amused.

Starblade, aka Matthew Finnegan, was murdered by a friend, according to news.

Being as someone who gave me a lot of shit, I can't help being a little happy. Even if they're dead, I can't say that I'm sad.

*gets more dewatches ooo*

The responses vary from 'Not cool, dude' to pats on the back for being the only person with 'balls'. He has been suspended for making the journal, but the moderators decided not to remove it as they felt the amount of his watchers giving him the third degree for his statement was a good thing.

Arcturus is no stranger to wank. Previously he was the owner of website that collected furry art and recieved flak for not removing pieces at the request of the original artists. He became known for his nasty attitude towards artists, as well as his epic tantrums when the site was shut down by its host for having 'cub porn'.

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jupiterpluvius
2010-10-04 05:48 am UTC (link)

Now I really feel bad about being skeeved out by Starblade.

Why? He was pretty abusive and inappropriate in a lot of online interactions; his having been the victim of murder, completely tragic as that is for his family and friends, doesn't mean that he didn't do some inappropriate and hurtful things to others while he was alive. I wouldn't feel guilty in retrospect about reactions to things he did or said, even though you have sympathy about his sudden death.

I mean, there's a huge difference between "I'm glad this asshole is dead" gloating like the stuff pointed to here, which I agree is heartless in the extreme, and "I'm sorry to hear this person is dead, regardless of how I felt about his actions when he was alive." The former, in my opinion, is being an asshole; the latter, in my opinion, is being realistic.

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risha
2010-10-04 12:38 pm UTC (link)

I think that reaction was borne of time and distance - I honestly haven't thought about the guy since the previous wank, so I can't really remember any details about why I was skeeved in the first place. It's entirely likely that my original reaction was the correct one, but under the circumstances, I'm not going to go refresh my memory.

Plus, his entire life seems to have been a tragedy. With that distance, I can truly allow for the profoundity of his mental illness (not an excuse for his behavior, but almost certainly most of the reason), and feel bad for him that his death had to be one too.

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	kita0610 2010-10-05 08:09 am UTC (link)
	He was clearly mentally ill, but he was also offensive and creepy. It's not wrong to be offended or creeped out by his behavior, it's just wrong to mock him about it because he's mentally ill. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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