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Nick & Nicole
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Married 💍 Making cool stuff together hoping people like it. drippy 🤵💃

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We want to make it clear that we have talked to Brandon and held him accountable. He is not welcome in our spaces and we will no longer be associating with him. We know we aren’t going to say everything perfectly in this post, but we will uphold our values and keep trying to do what is right.
We have been back and forth with each other about whether or not making a post like this will endanger more people during an inflammatory and confusing time, or if we can find the words to help those who don’t feel safe right now. Our hope is that by taking the leap and lending our voice, we can help those who are so lost in all of this and are scared of speaking up about their own experiences. This has been a week filled with so much hurt. This community is an incredibly loving and empathetic place as a whole. We think everyone is trying to process and trying to find their place in this. Whether that’s reaching out privately, making a public post, liking a post, or giving ourselves time to process. Sometimes it’s hard to speak up because you yourself have gone through this and it’s scary and painful. Sometimes you are more motivated to speak up because you’ve gone through this and you want to be the person you didn’t have. Sometimes you just don’t want to accidentally say the wrong thing and you’re scared your words will be twisted or interpreted wrong. Sometimes you have your own horrible things happening in life and you’re just trying to take care of yourself. There are so many reasons for why people are reacting to this situation the way that they are. It does not help to start attacking the people that have nothing to do with this. It does not help to start blocking and unfollowing those who liked a post to try to show their support. It does not help to say cruel things about people who have come forward with their own hurt, but didn’t say what you wanted to hear. These things do not allow for a safe environment to support those who need it. Many people can be hurt at the same time– that’s just how life is. You hurt going through the situation yourself, you hurt because your friend is hurt, you hurt because the community you love dearly is hurt. It’s okay to be hurt and we should not be tossing aside those who are. Abuse, manipulation, bullying, and harassment are not acceptable. They will never be acceptable, regardless of who the perpetrator is. Victims are being silenced and people are perpetuating the behaviors they are calling for an end to. We will hold people accountable to the best of our ability. We value understanding how our words and actions will impact or potentially hurt people. Sometimes this causes us to not respond as reactively as some people might like. Our aim is to provide accountability without inflicting more hurt. We are doing our best and will continue to do our best.  The way that some members of the community are acting is not helping. We are scared of speaking up. We are terrified of the consequences. We are afraid to be on Twitch right now. We are afraid that if our names are in someone’s chat that they will be punished. We are afraid that if we like friends’ posts that they will be attacked. We are afraid that sharing our perspective will be shut down. In spite of that, it doesn’t feel right watching all of this unfold and saying nothing publicly. We are asking the community to listen to each other and hear each other out. We don’t have to align perfectly, but if we are willing to talk things through, we will be able to make progress towards a safer place. We’re bothered by certain things that don’t feel fair or true. Sweeping accusations are being made that friends of Brandon enabled abuse and that their silence is enabling abuse. That accusation leaves out the possibility that his friends didn’t know what was happening. We were friends with Brandon and we didn’t know. Our experience is that we were left in the dark and unable to do what we would have done if we had known what was happening. That is why we want to provide more context to our perspective. For about a year we have tried to respect our friends’ privacy as they navigated their relationships and asked us to not look into it when we were confused about changes in dynamics. We thought we were close with them. We used to play games together all the time, have deep conversations for hours, and shared a lot with one another. We’d hang out individually and as a group. Bambina began distancing herself and in January we reached out to make sure she was okay. She said she was distancing herself from people for a while but that the three of us were still on good terms. She said it would mean a lot to her if we didn’t look into it and did not try to fix it. We respected her wishes and we were worried about making what she was going through worse. Near the end of March we got kicked from her Discord, blocked everywhere, and all of the clips she had made of our channel were deleted. We didn’t know why this happened or what we did. We’re upset we’ve never had an opportunity to clarify. We didn’t seek answers from her, respecting the boundaries she set by blocking us, despite how confusing this was. We want to make it clear: Bambina’s experience is her experience. We are not here to shut her down or invalidate her feelings. She had every right to cut us out if she needed distance and to do so without talking to us. But the context that she never talked to us needs to be made clear. We were never allowed to clarify anything or given the chance to support her. We are incredibly saddened that she has gone through this and that it’s been going on for so long. After we were blocked, we reached out to Brandon. He told us that the two of them had an on-again off-again relationship that was unhealthy so he ended it. He told us it was bad for him and that he wanted to move on. He asked us not to talk about it with anyone else and to let it be a private thing between the two of them. At this point, we only got part of one side of the story and had no way of getting the rest. We understand that we were friends with Brandon and Bambina, but both of them left us in the dark about what was truly happening. They didn’t owe it to us to tell us anything and they still don’t. It’s really sad to now have it misconstrued that we enabled abuse. We’ve been asking ourselves what we could’ve done differently, and it’s painful, but we’re not sure what else we could’ve done with the pieces of information we had and what was asked of us while we were trying to respect the boundaries we were given. Since we found out new information last Friday, we have taken action. Just because we were friends with Brandon doesn’t mean we wouldn’t hold him accountable for his actions. Like we’ve said before, we will hold everyone accountable when we know that they are manipulative, toxic, or emotionally dangerous to be around. This being in the public eye has shown a lot of people’s true colors and shed light on more than just one person we do not feel comfortable being around or allowing in our community. We do not tolerate victim blaming. We do not tolerate suppressing victims. We do not tolerate language or behavior that seeks to harm people. Victims will feel safe when accountability is created through responsibility, grace, and respect. We hope that the victims can find the safety and support that they need to heal with the privacy and kindness that they deserve.
September 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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IT STARTS TODAY!!! AHHHHHH
August 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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My face when I am trying to understand Vampire Diaries while watching for the first time
August 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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It's done! What an incredible experience. Thank you to everyone who swapped 534 WORDS Y'ALL ARE CRAZY!!!

It looks like there might be some more Rewordings in the future 👀
July 22, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Tonight is the finale of Kingdom Hearts Re:Worded! There are still plenty of words left in the script for you to swap, so stop by and make your mark!

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July 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Coming out of Rest Mode for a moment to share post #khreconnect thoughts and some photos ✨
July 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Kingdom Hearts Re:Worded ✏️

Our #Road2Reconnect stream starts now and it's going to be such a blast!! Use channel points to swap any word as we read through the Kingdom Hearts 1 Script!!

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July 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Tomorrow at 10am Eastern we'll be doing "Kingdom Hearts Re:Worded" for our #Road2Reconnect slot! Come use channel points to swap any word as we read through the Kingdom Hearts 1 Script ✏️
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July 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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So excited!!! Make sure you vote ✨
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July 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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There are only a few more days left to vote for the MDAs! If you haven't already voted, we'd really appreciate you taking the time to read about what we've done in the past year and a half! It would mean the world to us if you voted for us ✨
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July 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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With MDA votes opening on Monday, we wanted to take a little time to tell you about us in case you’re unsure of who you’re voting for ✨

Vote June 16th: www.khguides.com/million-drea...
June 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Tonight's KH2 Crowd Control launch was an incredible success. Thank you to everyone who participated and to everyone who donated.

We were able to raise over $1,000 together in just 5 hours!!

We are so incredibly proud. Thank you 🙏😭
June 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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We're live with the Charity Launch Event for KH2FM Control!! 🎉

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June 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Only one more day until KH2FM Crowd Control launches!

Thanks @starlightchi.bsky.social for the incredible artwork for this project!
June 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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📣 We're excited to announce our participants for the Kingdom Hearts 2 Crowd Control Charity Launch Event!! 📣

These creators will race to level up while working together with their teams and communities to strategize and sabotage the competition through Crowd Control 🔥

🗓️ June 13th at 5:30PM EST
June 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Don't forget we're bringing back Re:Bind tonight around 7PM EDT after Summer Game Fest!! You'll be able to remap all our buttons in real time while we controller split the endgame of KH1 ✨
June 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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We are really excited to be official co-streamers for #SummerGameFest ✨ Come watch with us tonight at 5pm EDT!

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June 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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📣 📣 📣 Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix is coming to Crowd Control!! 📣 📣 📣

We've been working together with @waterkh.bsky.social for years on this project and are super excited for the public launch on June 13th!

Stay tuned for announcements about the kick off event featuring 13 streamers!
The Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix logo, an X, and the Crowd Control logo show the two intersecting. Text at the bottom reads "Developed by Radiant Gardeners and WaterKH"
June 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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We are SUPER excited to announce that we teamed up with @khreconnect.bsky.social to create a special collection for Reconnect Denver!

If you want your clips to be a part of #Reconnect, post them to this special collection!

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May 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Tonight we're bringing back Re:Turn and every donation to our Reconnect campaign rotates our screen! Every $1 is 1 degree, $5 is 5 degrees, etc. If we reach $200 then we'll schedule a stream where we controller split KH3 Data Battles for 13 hours 😱

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We'll be live at 7:30PM EST!
May 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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May 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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MDA nominations close tomorrow 👀
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April 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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We just beat the Hades Cup on Level One Proud while splitting the controller 🔥🔥🔥
April 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Whoops, my finger slipped😅
April 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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We don’t normally make posts like this, but we want to be more open and hope that by sharing what we’re going through, it helps others feel less alone. TW: health issues.
April 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM