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Letters to Cripto: #13
Dear Cripto,
I know this is going to sound weird because this is almost 20 years later after it finally came to an end for you (assuming my math is correct), but I worry I never did apologize to you for the way I behaved in my youth. There were three major enemies of yours in that time period: Louis Loserberg, Vince Komodin, and me. Now that we know you're a high-functioning autistic individual, everything is beginning to fall into place. I also am sorry I accused you of doing some bullying yourself, but that was due to the fact the outbursts you were having, because you were so sensitive to loud noises, led you to display excessive self-righteousness. (Or so my mind thought; I could be wrong.) The reality is you were just an easy target, and we almost never missed each time we aimed for the target; it was straight up bullseye after bullseye.
I'm also the one that got suspended for picking a fight with you when I claimed Sonic the Hedgehog was Satanic, and that nobody should be delving into that garbage. That was in 8th grade. Flash forward to where Sonic and friends are now in our real world, and I'm apologizing to them for that. Knuckles didn't punch me, but Charmy stung me. It was a long time coming, though. (The sting has healed since then, and Charmy hasn't had a reason to sting me since. Either way, the punishment had to fit the crime.)
My parents also want to apologize to your parents because there was just as much tension between them as there was between you and me, and my parents ultimately blame themselves for the tension, and the fact I turned out the way I did. Don't get me wrong. I do have a college education; yet, because it was during a time where jobs were scarce and it was a fad to go to grad school, I'm only working fast food. But I plan to move up to management levels, and so I can make a legit career out of it.
I hope you're doing well, and I've grown to love what you do as a superhero, a rock star, and even your original dream fantasy that became reality. By that I mean you as a game show host. You and I had the same teachers, after all, and even though game shows aren't my first choice when it comes to television, I do see why you love them, and it was a pleasure watching some of them win big on some of your shows.
Sincerely yours,
Alexander Druse, age 30 (human being)
Wildcat City, Kansas, USA
P.S. You can call me Alex.
Cripto's response:
Dear Alex:
Thank you for writing to me, and I accept your apology. The best thing to do is forgive and forget, and that is what I plan to do; I'm cursed with the memory of an elephant. (It still haunts my dreams.) But I'm thankful you made the U-turn, and I know you'll make the most of your opportunities in the fast food industry.
It might interest you to know that Vince also wrote to me, and I forgave him, so I shall do the same with you. I also forgive your parents. I don't think you and I had anything to do with all the conflicts; sometimes the four got into arguments over other topics, such as politics or religion, or certain things in topical news. I have vivid memories of your dad telling my dad that the Chicago Bulls were overrated, but there is a reason Michael Jordan is the greatest of all time. Plus, my parents prefer baseball, not basketball.
You were correct to say I had problems with self-righteousoness. No person on this earth can be the Holy Spirit; that's just impossible. But it's accurate there were times where I wanted to draw attention to myself, one way or another. But I also wanted everybody to be like me. What a boring world we'd live in if that was the case. Still, my parents set strict standards on me, which my grandma made even stricter, and I couldn't wrap my head around why your parents did allow you to do the things I couldn't do. In the end, everybody was preaching that because I didn't watch all those television shows, didn't have a cell phone, and didn't even have the internet, I was ultimately going to have a better life than they were going to have. But this is certainly not the case.
Game shows are not everybody's taste. I just chose that to be my obsession because the one I had with Sonic led you to harass me daily until I couldn't bear it anymore, and it was a way to get you and the other bullies to shut up. (I didn't play another Sonic game until I was 20 years old, believe it or not; it was straight up game show games or pinball simulation.)
I forgive you, however, and Sonic and company forgive you as well. You don't know how offended they were by that statement. You don't know how offended SEGA was by that statement either, but let's not discuss that.
Please keep in touch; as a G-52, I enjoy getting to truly know the people I am sworn to protect.
Yours truly,
Nathan Knight, a.k.a. CriptoCat (Cripto)
Frontman for the rock band Furry Fury
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Letters to Cripto: #13
Dear Cripto,
I know this is going to sound weird because this is almost 20 years later after it finally came to an end for you (assuming my math is correct), but I worry I never did apologize to you for the way I behaved in my youth. There were three major enemies of yours in that time period: Louis Loserberg, Vince Komodin, and me. Now that we know you're a high-functioning autistic individual, everything is beginning to fall into place. I also am sorry I accused you of doing some bullying yourself, but that was due to the fact the outbursts you were having, because you were so sensitive to loud noises, led you to display excessive self-righteousness. (Or so my mind thought; I could be wrong.) The reality is you were just an easy target, and we almost never missed each time we aimed for the target; it was straight up bullseye after bullseye.
I'm also the one that got suspended for picking a fight with you when I claimed Sonic the Hedgehog was Satanic, and that nobody should be delving into that garbage. That was in 8th grade. Flash forward to where Sonic and friends are now in our real world, and I'm apologizing to them for that. Knuckles didn't punch me, but Charmy stung me. It was a long time coming, though. (The sting has healed since then, and Charmy hasn't had a reason to sting me since. Either way, the punishment had to fit the crime.)
My parents also want to apologize to your parents because there was just as much tension between them as there was between you and me, and my parents ultimately blame themselves for the tension, and the fact I turned out the way I did. Don't get me wrong. I do have a college education; yet, because it was during a time where jobs were scarce and it was a fad to go to grad school, I'm only working fast food. But I plan to move up to management levels, and so I can make a legit career out of it.
I hope you're doing well, and I've grown to love what you do as a superhero, a rock star, and even your original dream fantasy that became reality. By that I mean you as a game show host. You and I had the same teachers, after all, and even though game shows aren't my first choice when it comes to television, I do see why you love them, and it was a pleasure watching some of them win big on some of your shows.
Sincerely yours,
Alexander Druse, age 30 (human being)
Wildcat City, Kansas, USA
P.S. You can call me Alex.
Cripto's response:
Dear Alex:
Thank you for writing to me, and I accept your apology. The best thing to do is forgive and forget, and that is what I plan to do; I'm cursed with the memory of an elephant. (It still haunts my dreams.) But I'm thankful you made the U-turn, and I know you'll make the most of your opportunities in the fast food industry.
It might interest you to know that Vince also wrote to me, and I forgave him, so I shall do the same with you. I also forgive your parents. I don't think you and I had anything to do with all the conflicts; sometimes the four got into arguments over other topics, such as politics or religion, or certain things in topical news. I have vivid memories of your dad telling my dad that the Chicago Bulls were overrated, but there is a reason Michael Jordan is the greatest of all time. Plus, my parents prefer baseball, not basketball.
You were correct to say I had problems with self-righteousoness. No person on this earth can be the Holy Spirit; that's just impossible. But it's accurate there were times where I wanted to draw attention to myself, one way or another. But I also wanted everybody to be like me. What a boring world we'd live in if that was the case. Still, my parents set strict standards on me, which my grandma made even stricter, and I couldn't wrap my head around why your parents did allow you to do the things I couldn't do. In the end, everybody was preaching that because I didn't watch all those television shows, didn't have a cell phone, and didn't even have the internet, I was ultimately going to have a better life than they were going to have. But this is certainly not the case.
Game shows are not everybody's taste. I just chose that to be my obsession because the one I had with Sonic led you to harass me daily until I couldn't bear it anymore, and it was a way to get you and the other bullies to shut up. (I didn't play another Sonic game until I was 20 years old, believe it or not; it was straight up game show games or pinball simulation.)
I forgive you, however, and Sonic and company forgive you as well. You don't know how offended they were by that statement. You don't know how offended SEGA was by that statement either, but let's not discuss that.
Please keep in touch; as a G-52, I enjoy getting to truly know the people I am sworn to protect.
Yours truly,
Nathan Knight, a.k.a. CriptoCat (Cripto)
Frontman for the rock band Furry Fury
Cripto's 13th letter. This was also written by another person that used to bully him a lot, but has since made a full 180.
Cripto, G-52s, etc. © me and me alone
Sonic the Hedgehog © SEGA
Cripto, G-52s, etc. © me and me alone
Sonic the Hedgehog © SEGA
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Chuong: My obsession are Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Vietnamese pop music. On some app and site called Douyin, there's plenty of videos of people dancing to those music.
Zachary/Zihao: Douyin? That's known as TikTok outside of China. Extremely popular app, especially among furries.
Chuong: I know Douyin is flooded with videos of Chinese furries dancing to music. China is a country incredibly obsessed with internet and smartphone culture way more than America. Yes my obsessions tend to follow trends, especially those coming from China. Now I wonder how Liu feels about Douyin, being China's most obsessed app. China even started selfie studios, which are basically photo studios for people to buy tickets to use their booths to take photos of themselves there with their phones or cameras. Now selfie studios are everywhere.
Zax: If I know a selfie studio that has a game show themed booth, I'm taking Cripto there.
Zachary/Zihao: Douyin? That's known as TikTok outside of China. Extremely popular app, especially among furries.
Chuong: I know Douyin is flooded with videos of Chinese furries dancing to music. China is a country incredibly obsessed with internet and smartphone culture way more than America. Yes my obsessions tend to follow trends, especially those coming from China. Now I wonder how Liu feels about Douyin, being China's most obsessed app. China even started selfie studios, which are basically photo studios for people to buy tickets to use their booths to take photos of themselves there with their phones or cameras. Now selfie studios are everywhere.
Zax: If I know a selfie studio that has a game show themed booth, I'm taking Cripto there.
Crush: What do you think of that?
Cripto: I think I'd enjoy that. I'm not someone, however, that likes to take a selfie unless it's because my fans are actually the one taking one, and they want me in the picture. That happened at Furry Fever.
Cripto: I think I'd enjoy that. I'm not someone, however, that likes to take a selfie unless it's because my fans are actually the one taking one, and they want me in the picture. That happened at Furry Fever.
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