I think Flayrah articles about people passing has much better form when it at least includes reflections on the person from people who actually knew them.
While I can understand your critique, I will note that I knew the deceased here as well as any of the others I wrote about before:
The issue here is that I can only see what is visible. Like it or dislike it, most of us are only known by one another through our engagement on the internet. Usually the distance and anonymity can be a comfort, but it is in that comfort one has to be cautious. Because it is through that engagement in how people will remember you. So if you drop N-bombs or make holocaust jokes, then well that's how people will remember you. Which may seem unfair, but I feel the response of victims of genocide will tell you, it's more respectful than some are given.
The leaders of the Raiders live in the Colorado area while their member lives in South Carolina. So it is fair to say that their opinion would be just as obfuscated by geographical distance as my own. They too would merely be reacting to their actions on the internet.
So the question is who actually knew him? Probably the ones in the car with him at the time. And obviously the one who made the connection that Mr. Freeman was indeed the one who had the fursona of Xzavior Wolf. If they would like to say a few words they may. I expect them to box my ears a bit, kind of surprised they have not yet.
My style in obits has been more "review of life" than the standard fair, so "journalistic" would be a bit of a stretch on the style here. It starts off that way because the facts were needed at the start to know the events surrounding it.
While I can understand your critique, I will note that I knew the deceased here as well as any of the others I wrote about before:
https://www.flayrah.com/6883/gene-catlow-comic-series-creator-albert-temple-dies-59
https://www.flayrah.com/6828/spike-boss-pony-nico-founder-club-rainbow-tiger-passes
https://www.flayrah.com/4620/fursuiter-lemonade-coyote-dies-crash-while-emt-duty
The issue here is that I can only see what is visible. Like it or dislike it, most of us are only known by one another through our engagement on the internet. Usually the distance and anonymity can be a comfort, but it is in that comfort one has to be cautious. Because it is through that engagement in how people will remember you. So if you drop N-bombs or make holocaust jokes, then well that's how people will remember you. Which may seem unfair, but I feel the response of victims of genocide will tell you, it's more respectful than some are given.
The leaders of the Raiders live in the Colorado area while their member lives in South Carolina. So it is fair to say that their opinion would be just as obfuscated by geographical distance as my own. They too would merely be reacting to their actions on the internet.
So the question is who actually knew him? Probably the ones in the car with him at the time. And obviously the one who made the connection that Mr. Freeman was indeed the one who had the fursona of Xzavior Wolf. If they would like to say a few words they may. I expect them to box my ears a bit, kind of surprised they have not yet.
My style in obits has been more "review of life" than the standard fair, so "journalistic" would be a bit of a stretch on the style here. It starts off that way because the facts were needed at the start to know the events surrounding it.