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> the words of his post makes it sound like something pretty bad may have happened. 
probably something unexpected that he didn´t foresee until that day, hence it explains the improvised banner

> I said what I would say to someone in a dark place that I'm kinda am familiar with (though it wasn't quite those scenarios I mentioned)
far from it I believe. It may share a few feelings but it doesn´t look anywhere close to your case.

> and I did't like how he seemed to be disregarding his impact here, so I pointed it how, despite his more absent nature, he was still just as important to this as the rest of our little trio. 
that part and especially the word contribution was what made me raise more questions and confusions rather than sadness. All of this coming all of a sudden.

> though he could have easily made it as one last goodbye banner. Or it could be something as simple as him still being a minor and or adult with controlling parents which he still lives with and them cutting off his computer access for whatever reason. 
I wouldn´t be surprise in that case nor it bothers me that much. There have been 10 year olds posting on Reddit claiming that they were newcomers to the fanbase, not to mention that /mlp/ has had minors and probably have reach the legal age to post on it over the course of the decade. This would also open up the topic about kids loving "adult" stuff and adults going in reverse. In addition to that, minors on´t watch the Tv for cartoons nowadays, they rely on certain idols/youtubers for finding a role on their lives, much like sport stars.  There were a few conversations that didn´t lead me to think about that conclusion though.

> He was a secretive one though. Which is fine of course. I will always be curious of why he was here. What motivated him to stay in the background and then just come back. but tbh, he probably wouldn't (and hasn't been) clear with it. Though not to pry to much further in his personal habits
yeah. The personal stuff is a soft spot that one should enter with caution most of the time. One shouldn´t dox users just because one feels like doing it (I´ve read that there have been cases in the MLP Discord servers though) so despite the speculations, finding answers in order know what went wrong in the background, one should move on and keep going. 

> Though not to pry to much further in his personal habits, I will point out this: https://endchan.org/boards.js?boardUri=&tags=mlp notice how this board is in not claimable? I wonder if this board was why he was here, at least initially, to periodically log in and guard this bunker to flutter on 8ch.
I think that you have found the answer. He most likely expected to own his national bunker and found along the way this board. Most likely he felt like shitposting here with a Hi Anon picture without taking it too seriously and then....magic happened. It escalated to a creation that no one expected. What could have motivated to come back here was because of us most likely. Think about that moment that you felt encouraged to write fanfics for the first time. More or less, the process could have gone through those steps. He came back for the New Year but this year gave more activity on /endpone/ because the bunker didn´t work. 

It´s ironic that he accidentally started this and then, we could be the main reason he cared in the end about this board in 2019. 




I will point out this: https://endchan.org/boards.js?boardUri=&tags=mlp notice how this board is in not claimable? I wonder if this board was why he was here, at least initially, to periodically log in and guard this bunker to flutter on 8ch.