(Please read <3)

hey everyone! its been a bit hasn't it...

i've still been popping in here and there and i'm honestly so glad this whole hate train fiasco has finally come to a much needed close (for the most part) and watching all of these new ask blogs flourish since then has been so insanely heart warming for me. i'm so glad to see you all doing well!

during my break i've come to terms with just how much i really needed it and feeling the weight of everything off my shoulders whether it being the overwhelming feeling of obligation to get to everyone's asks and make everyone happy really got to me in the long run more than i'd like to admit. story of a people-pleaser's life, i suppose.

it makes me so happy and honestly fucking gobsmacked to this day to be reminded that this amazing community got revived by just a weird cod obsessed freshly turned 18 year old highschooler that simply wanted to have fun and make friends with people of a like interest. crazy how life works, innit?

during this period of taking time to myself and reflecting off of what really happened i've decided not to continue this blog for the sake of myself and my own mental health. in spite of this i'm still so insanely grateful of how much love and support i have been getting even during my hiatus and for that i love you all sooo so much <33

i'm not going to completely disappear, and i certainly won't stop using tumblr (for the foreseeable future, anyways.) and i highly encourage you to have fun and interact with many of the other ghost ask blogs that came to be during my break, or just any new blogs in general that decided to join this silly little community of like-minded individuals that just want to have fun role playing their favorite characters in the cod community.

if you'd still like to interact with me, then please feel more than welcome to do so. i won't be tagging my main outright but just know if you find it, it's there for you.

most importantly, i want to thank all of the original ask blogs that derived from mine, especially after my spike in popularity that honestly shocked me as well. damn near 1k followers in a span of 2 months is baffling already as it is, especially to someone like me that didn't have much of an internet presence as it is.

and with that said, hi! i'm francis, better known as fran, and i'm the young fella behind this blog! i recently turned 18 in october and i'm finishing my final year of high school. i love my friends so so so much and honestly i wouldn't even be nearly where i am if it wasn't for them. i'm currently involved in a dual-enrollment program to get my associates degree in criminal psychology and my favorite color is red! i am a huge video game and movie geek, having rewatched the entire marvel timeline more times than i can count, as well as having a love for indie and thriller/horror elemented story games. (fnaf, tlou, mouthwashing, resident evil, silent hill, just to name a few)

this has been so much fun, and i thank you all for staying with me this long. i'm eternally grateful❤️

—this was fran, signing off with a brand new video game in hand and a good long exhale of relief.

go follow these guys they're fucking awesome

@askthemactav @shadow-5-05 @shadow-2-08 @itsvargen @krueger-acc @brav0six @ask-private-141 @konigisking @justradiospirit @ask-corporaltwins-141 @verytiredmedic @callsign-king @shadow5-7 @captain-after-dark @lieutenant-banks @b1gm0n3yb1gg3rc4n3 @callsign-cups @alejandro-ask @el-perro-rabiosa @callsign-kits @price-askblog @keegan-askblog @generalshepherd-askblog @gaz-askblog @ask-alex-keller @valera-askblog @ask-roachsanderson @jeanzoriley-cod @ask-gaz @ask-soapmactavish @ask-phillip-graves @johnprice-asks @ask-philgraves @ask-lieutriley

oh, and to all of these rp blog tags? allow me the grace of being your 🧟‍♀️ anon (iykyk)

(another update)

i think starting soon i'll finally be able to get back on track with regular posting since everything seemingly died down, and i'm so fucking glad to be saying that!

updates will probably be less frequent and i will be way more cautious with the people around me and the asks i decide to reply to in order to avoid this same fiasco happening again, but i'm genuinely so glad to be back so soon!

no, posting will not resume just yet (i'll keep you all posted when i do) but hopefully by the upcoming weeks everything will be back up and running! i thank you all so much for your endless cooperation and support throughout these tricky times for the rp community, and i hope you have all been doing well <3

(small update:)

i am going to reopen my ask box and i'll be going through each and every ask i receive but i will not be replying to any until further notice.

i would also like to thank @ask-philgraves for taking charge during this super overstimulating situation in ways i definitely couldn't. you forever have my love and gratitude <3

i took the offer to join a discord voice call with a few other more notable accounts to discuss the matter and try and come up with a solution with much consideration but as much as i feel i should also have a say in the matter i'm going to have to decline due to personal reasons i won't get into.

(i also suffer from severe online social anxiety which feeds a big factor into my decline )

all hateful or negative asks will be ignored and deleted and all asks and in-character posts will be on halt until further notice. i really hope this can get resolved soon because i miss playing as my favorite ghost boy. and most of all i absolutely loved making this blog and getting to interact with everybody in the community!

@ask-philgraves i kindly ask that if you receive any updates or any sort of compromise for the situation at hand that you send me a dm! i'd love to get this show back on the road and to continue making stupid content for my stupid fans. (lovingly)

(and yes, anon asks will still be disabled. don't even fucking try.)

!!PLEASE READ IN FULL LENGTH!!

i'm 🤏 close to throwing in the towel and deleting this account, because are we fucking serious right now?

i'm done trying to be nice about the situation, because clearly being nice hasn't gotten me anywhere.

you are not welcome near me or anywhere around my blog if you think it's okay to be sending fatphobic remarks, slurs, death threats, or ANYTHING of that nature to people that have been nothing but kind and caring and fucking UNDERSTANDING towards us

@ghostslollipop i have nothing but apologies to give to you. i don't know who has been sending all of these hate comments and insults to you but best fucking believe when i find out who it is they're done being in this community. i don't give a flying fuck if it was my first follower or a regular or even god forbid someone with their own ask blog in this community that has betrayed my trust and gone out of their way to do something this deranged and sick.

and whoever is out there doing this? i know you can see this. i hope nothing but the worst upon you and you get exactly what you deserve.

i've tried my absolute best to deescalate the situation knowing just how out of hand it has been getting with the hate comments and i have been trying so hard to make this community i revived at least an inkling of a comforting place to be in where people can express themselves, ask for advice, or even just vent in my inbox to get something off their chest. all i ever wanted was to have fun roleplaying as this stupid military man and channeling his character into the world of tumblr as his own person.

i even inspired so many people to do the same, and no words can express how happy and loved it made me feel knowing i've inspired others to indulge in their own wacky fun roleplaying as either a canon character or their own oc.

starting now, i will no longer be answering asks and this account will go on hiatus until this either resolves itself or i end up just deleting the account. i don't want to associate with people that think it's okay to be treating others this way at all.

i'm simply just going to focus on my main account and writing my own fics until something changes. so if you see me you see me, and if you don't you don't.

i never meant for this to happen, and i'm just sorry. i never sent anybody against you or to attack you, @ghostslollipop

—this is fran, signing off.

(this is fucking ridiculous.)

(these hate trains for people in the cod roleplaying community have been getting completely out of hand and if this continues i'm just turning off anon asks. period.)

(the fact this even has to be addressed is insane to me. and to the person sending all of these hate comments calling people t slurs and telling people to kill themselves and scar shaming? what the fuck happened to basic human decency?)

(with the worst regards, please fuck off the community and leave people that are happy with what they do alone because you're insecure and want attention, yeah?)

(go fuck off. with much fucking hate)

(oh, and a word of advice? if you have something to say, stop being a bitch and hiding behind anonymity.)