For over one year I've been harassed, threatened, doxxed, misgendered and abused by Luna the Foxgirl, author of Inochi2D.

Due to her attacks and manipulation of others, I no longer feel safe contributing to Linux GPU drivers, and I will be retiring my current model.

https://asahilina.net/luna-abuse/

Luna the Foxgirl's (Author of Inochi2D) Ongoing Abuse, Doxxing, and Harassment

If you use and support Inochi2D, please be aware that you are supporting Luna’s harassment, doxxing, misgendering, manipulation, and abuse.

If you believe these acts don’t belong in the VTuber and FOSS communities, please consider using and supporting other software.

Cyan Nyan 賽小鹽 // nullptr::live (@[email protected])

I’ve seen firsthand how much Lina has suffered, and how hard she fought to stay kind in the face of cruelty. I’m proud of her for telling the truth. Please listen to her. I also hope Luna values her own life. Responding to pain with more harm only deepens the tragedy. There is always another path.

VT Social

She is the kind of person who would doxx me and leak personal information, and there was a lot of personal information in our DMs.

I deleted everything after she first doxxed me back in August last year, because at that point I knew she couldn't be trusted with anything private.

By then she had already been calling me an abuser to mutuals in DMs for months as well as subtweeting me, so if there was any evidence to collect and provide to actually show any wrongdoing, she had plenty of time to do that before I wiped our chats. I guess she still can't let go of that lie, so now she's using the fact that I protected myself after her doxxing to try to frame me somehow.

I expected it, but it's honestly really sad that Luna keeps tweeting that she just wanted things to be over, when she did all the escalating. The cognitive dissonance is ridiculous.

In fact, after I posted this, I quickly started getting told by mutuals that she's DMing them again. She can't stop.

I know Luna is expressing some regret and admitting some wrongdoing now, but she has in the past, only to revert back to escalation later.

And one year in, she still hasn't realized that I didn't abuse her, she just chose me as the scapegoat for her own internalized struggles. I don't know if she ever will.

Apparently there are people who think this is all so unbelievable I must be forging evidence.

If any of what I said were untrue, Luna would have denied it, which she hasn't. Her posts are also archived on various abuse sites.

If Luna tries to deny anything, I'll have no qualms proving her a liar.

Working on Apple GPU drivers was also my primary income source. Due to Luna's manipulation and attacks, I lost that and I'm currently running on savings.

https://vt.social/@lina/114493166817107560

Asahi Lina (朝日リナ) // nullptr::live (@[email protected])

I haven't been very open publicly about this before, but working on Apple GPU drivers was, indirectly, the majority of my income until now. Due to Luna's manipulation and attacks, I'm now left coasting on savings trying to figure out how to survive long term. I'm not in imminent danger of being homeless or anything, but it's an unstable situation, and now I worry about how long my savings will last. If VTubing and little gigs don't work out, I might have to get a full time in-office tech job, and that would mean the practical end of my VTubing career.

VT Social

@lina I remember the Google Doc about Luna, that was bad, but this is another level of horrendous.

Reading this newer post was a painful reminder, the mention of KF and then the death of said close friend of yours felt like a gut punch.

It's sad to see it's come to this, I feel horrendous for Cyan and you.

Ending the newer post on a positive note was nice, I hope you all the best for the future.

@lina
unfortunately this is not unbelievable :(
abusers do get that bad and that twisted and cling to their projection like this — it happens, it's real.

I'm glad for people who can't imagine this, but it's important to acknowledge reality and the harm abuse does. so thank you for compiling this doc to make it transparent, when I know it must have been very painful to you. and yet you remain focused on facts, genuine, deescalating and honestly more gracious than I would be in your situation.

sending you good vibes if ok

@lina @cyan I am sorry that you have to suffer that.
Please take care of yourself, and of each other.
And thank you for everything you have done.
@lina Ugh, awful situation. Thanks for all your work — my main computer runs Asahi Fedora and I really appreciate it. It’s awful that FOSS communities seem to attract this sort of behaviour.
@lina yo, I support you when it comes to that decision as well in not using inochi2D 👍🏼
@lina Inochi wasn't really working for me when I tried it last year and have been using https://github.com/xianfei/SysMocap/ instead. Glad I wasn't too invested in Inochi's ecosystem.

I am curious which projects are you looking at now that would be a good VTuber software?

I mostly use them for online classes with kids, because they definitely prefer being taught by an anime character. Some adults have learnt to appreciate the anonymity it gives too.
GitHub - xianfei/SysMocap: A real-time motion capture system for 3D virtual character animating.

A real-time motion capture system for 3D virtual character animating. - xianfei/SysMocap

GitHub

@rewarp I'm looking at multiple options for 3D, but yeah, 3D is definitely the way to go! It's actually an open ecosystem with many options, so you're not locked into one project (whether open or closed).

I think what specific tool you choose just depends on what you need. I didn't know about that one! There's also VNyan, Warudo, SnekStudio, VSeeFace and more.

@lina Appreciate all the namedrops! I will be checking them out!
@lina
I use VRoid Studio to create my characters nowadays, which is made by pixiv and exports 3D VRM models.
You said Inochi2D's been forked before, but I just don't remember what the fork is called.

@mrese9317 It's nijigenerate, but I tried to contribute last year and the author sic'd me to Luna, so at least at the time it was still too associated with her for it to be safe for me to involve myself with it in any way.

I don't know if that has changed since then.

@lina
So, is there any other alternative other than the subscription cash grab?
@mrese9317 For 3D there are plenty of options. For 2D it's either Live2D or Inochi2D/Nijigenerate as far as I know.
@lina this is sad to read, and I hope you will find your peace.
@lina I wish you the best
@lina i'm so sorry to hear all this. i hope you can find your peace and i look forward to your presence again when you're in the right place for it, you've been an inspiring figure
@lina this is sickening, so sorry you had to go through all of this harassment

@lina damn… i had no idea this was going on at all. it sucks to lose a pioneer in both apple drivers and rust drivers

im glad u’ve lawyered up. a lot of the gossiping should be mitigated once the results come out, tho it sucks that ur personal info has leaked..

i really do wish u a peaceful life. pls take care of urself ^^

best wishes

@lina oh no.... Its so sad to hear all this, i can't even understand how it must feel. I always valued your work and loved your streams, but yeah you come first. Hope this helps at least a litte 
@lina oh my god, you don't deserve to be harassed like this 
@lina jesus, this was hard to read, I am so sorry
@lina a bunch of toxic folks you had to deal with, from the deadnaming twat to the CoC team clearly formed to put out fires and be callous rather than ensure safety and humane conduct in the community. Sorry you had to deal with all of that.

@unexpectedteapot At least some of the folks in the CoC team I personally know are lovely people, and the person who interacted with me directly was very understanding and cordial.

Rather, I think they are just effectively powerless against Sima, because despite the documentation on conflicts of interest (which was edited in while this was happening), it was never designed to be able to deal with conflict involving such an influential person in the community. CoC can't realistically kick out or reprimand Sima in any way other than getting her to resign from CoC itself.

That's my take anyway.

@lina I get that, and I appreciate the good faith you have in them. But I must say that an enforcement team that can't enforce against powerful individuals in the community is one that is *systematically* designed for complacency, whether those in it are aware or not. In real life, this is how corruption works. In even the most corrupt of countries, you'll find anti-corruption admins and institutions, but they "are powerless" against the powerful.

Anyway, I am glad you are past being involved in that unhealthy environment and I hope you continue to recover, and do the things you want around the people who respect and appreciate you.

@lina I've been reading for 2 hours and I'm only through the first document

I'm so sorry this happened to you, and for all the kindness & patience you've shown her you don't deserve this in the slightest

@lina I finally finished reading through it bc there was just so much stuff that I went to sleep last night and continued today

but genuinely, it is absurd the cognitive dissonance luna is showing. I was almost getting irrationally angry at her at times last night when reading through the emails between you and her.

after all this that happened, you genuinely deserve the best. and imo regardless of how negatively you've responded to her, it's basically entirely justified with the insane level of harassment you've gone through.
genuinely, you are so much of a better person than me and basically a fucking saint, because I would have lost my shit on her ages ago if something similar happened to me.

@lina
the fact you've been so kind to her, continued to attempt to financially support her (with $1.5k, no less! that's quite a decent sum of money.) through the initial bits until she terminated it herself, still even being willing to be her friend afterwards, all while dealing with all this is honestly amazing.

I hope that after this you never have to deal with anything even remotely similar.

and, I know exactly how it feels to have someone have gone and spread lies about you behind your back & attempt to ruin all your relationships with everyone else, having to be constantly scared about what they have/haven't said, who they talked to, etc.

@lina you in no way deserve this, so I genuinely hope that after this it all goes away and this never happens again for you.

and I hope that those who have facilitated her in doing this (sima, etc.) get what they deserve. because the fact someone could read that first document and then not be on your side honestly baffles me.

@lina I'm sorry you had to go through this. I have no insight or involvement but from what I read on the linked page sounds like a clear case of criminal behaviour from Foxgirl (unless ofcourse if you live in that fascist country overseas) and should be investigated by the police. That is very despicable bully behaviour. I have a relative that had a friend since several years suddenly turn around like that too with defamation on backchannels. Totally horrible. And it wasn't even rainbowrelated.
@lina I'm really sorry this happened to you, no one deserves that
@lina I am sorry you're dealing with such blatant bullshit. 
@lina Oh wow, that's absolutely horrible :(
@lina holy shit I'm sorry you had to go through all that 😢 lawyer up tbh
I hope you will get the peace you deserve
And from the screenshots, you weren't at fault at all.
@lina
I'm sorry that you are facing this 🫂

@lina this is really horrible, i wish you and Cyan the best in overcoming this whole situation :c

i couldn't manage to articulate my disappointment in the CoC members and everyone else who should have been here to help you; i'll just say that this is really disheartening, especially as someone who does Rust kernel dev today thanks to your streams from years ago.

take care :c

@lina I'm really sorry this happened to you. I send you all my support and friendship!
@lina jeeeeesus christ! 🫂😣
@lina ​​ damn, i'm sorry that you have to face this. sending you much strength ​
@lina ​​ hope for the best for you and cyan

@lina this was hard to read. I can't imagine the hardship you went through and the pain you felt while collecting the evidence for the posts.

You've made tremendous progress with the GPU drivers and other tech. I and many others look up to and respect you and your accomplishments.

Please, take the time to heal from this.

PS: Lina, you're fantastic. Thank you for being an inspiration for me. I've never interacted with you but I wanted you to know you've been a major motivation to me.

@lina I am so sorry that you've gone through this, and it's horrific that the Freedesktop CoC team ended up propagating this abuse.
@lina Lots of hugs to you and @cyan. People are horrible and it sucks how this target came to happen, wish you the best in whatever you two do and hope you find future hobbies or interests that won't invite such vitriol and hatred. Inclusiveness is important and I'll continue fighting for it and making people feel welcome.

I'm also super glad to have found your streams and seen the engagement within the Linux community. It's been bringing smiles to me several times and the happy attitude and it has just made me gleeful. Thank you both for the streams and lots of hugs once more
@lina more than anything, this proves to me once again how absolutely socially fucked Linux Kernel development (and especially the maintainers) is.
@lina good grief, i'm sorry to hear you've been going through this. nobody deserves to be treated like that. i wouldn't wish it on my worst enemies. i hope you and Cyan can get through this.