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It’s sad seeing “where are they now?” types of videos being made on Leda now. I’ve seen a couple and it really makes me think of how long it’s been since she’s last been online. Time flies.

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I grew up a big fan of Leda, 24 now. I think its fun that former Leda fans can easily dock each other in public. There's a lot of close friendships I've started by saying.. "You watched Leda didnt you?" just for them to go off about how much they love her. We all still hold a little part of her, whether thats style or something else lol. Like an older sibling. Side note: I've been playing WOW and wonder a lot while online if I'm playing with Leda. I'm SURE she still plays. U cant escape the wow

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I don’t see how a glitch can change her name like that? A hack, sure, but a glitch doesn’t make sense.

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I know Leda and Shane Dawson used to be friends, I don’t know if she ever would because it would be a lot of publicity but I feel like a Docuseries about Leda would be a good one, she’s been online for many years and has so many different ideas and avenues she can take with her online career and has grown and changed so much since she first began, from a MySpace icon to an author & she definitely has a story to tell, do you think she ever would? Even if she completely disappeared again after, it could be a good way for her fans and maybe even herself to get closure once and for all, to let her fans know she’s doing good and what she’s been up to and have a finale goodbye or a comeback. Thoughts?

It would be interesting/cozy to even have her be hosted on someone’s podcast. A docuseries would be neat, but I think what makes Leda lore so complicated is that it’s not just about purely who she was and what she posted, but also understanding her general fans’ perception of her during each phase. It’s sad, but for instance, her first disappearance in 2014 seems very out of context unless you understood what was concurrently occurring on socials at the time. Along with her older socials being deleted, if a docuseries didn’t delve into the aspect of fan behavior, then you wouldn’t be getting the full story.

Amb

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it's been 4 years, I really hope she's going to come back but I doubt it, I hope she's okay and I kinda wish there were updates about her out there.

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I feel like it's more likely that Youtube had some weird glitch that changed her name on there. That, or even a hack

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I wonder if the name change on her channel is hinting at a comeback? Idk I’m just being hopeful. I miss her so much!

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I had a dream last night about Leda which is weird because I haven’t looked at her stuff in a long time. Anyway she had some new tattoos and had been studying art/creative writing at college.

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I almost never believe the “Leda has a baby!” story whenever she goes offline. Since she would always prove time and time again that she was just having mental health issues. However, I can kinda almost see it here? I mean it’s been like five years since she’s was online, and she’s in her 30’s now. I wouldn’t rule it out anymore.

Based on the time stamp of the comments, her child would be ~3 y/o

Amb

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A while ago, I posted screenshots from her Instagram comments about a fan who spotted her with a child. Today, I received some additional insight that also claim that Leda became a mom and has focused her attention to raising her child! This very well could be the reason why she has stopped posting publically.

Amb

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I think it’s really sweet that after all these years offline people are still leaving nice comments on her posts / videos. I hope Leda knows how influential she was to a lot of people growing up, i probably would not be the person I am today if not for Leda. She made me feel valid for dressing alternative, liking video games & nerdy things growing up as a girl I was made to feel weird for showing an interest in those things. Hope she is doing well & I respect her if she doesn’t come back because I know how hard the internet was on her. She never be deserved to be treated as poorly as she was by some people. She was a light in all the toxicity that YouTube was honestly.

I do hope she comes back one day but would understand if she didn’t 🩷

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GUYS. I haven't thought about Leda in months. I used to be a huge fan of her. Last night I randomly had a dream she came back to the internet. Idk if it's a premonition but i'd love to see how she's doing!!

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Noticed she recently changed her YouTube name to add Hailedabear. It’s not much, but it’s the first activity on her channel I’ve seen in years

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Does anyone recommend leda’s books for someone who’s not the biggest reader? I recently finished the first A Court of Thorns and Roses book and moved onto the 2nd one since that series is quite popular and I enjoy fantasy, but I don’t really read too often aside from that. Does Leda do well with story telling? Is it easy to follow? I may just check out Mooncallers!

After reading the first book, I personally thought that the story is fine, but the book does read as though an inexperienced writer wrote it. It was somewhat difficult for me to follow what was happening unless I reread paragraphs over again. The beginning is a little rough, but towards the end it gets better.

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I feel like Leda and I have similar personality traits. I also write, or used to write a lot. I’d write many books in a short period then stop for years at a time cause I got so overwhelmed with it all and generally bored. I flicked through different phases and interest constantly, so I don’t think she is staying away to write more. I also don’t think she will come back to her platforms frequently. It’s okay that us fans are worried about her. Despite what others may say. Everyone here is pretty respectful and honestly just curious about her wellbeing

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Did you know her books are still available for purchase on Amazon. I actually found the first one in my house and wanted to see if they were still posted for sale and they are. I wanted her to finish the series and see how that went for her. I think she had some interesting ideas and it’s a bit sad she disappeared the way she did. Idk maybe she has serious writers block or something serious might have happened in her life that we don’t know about.

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going off what the person said about Leda writing and losing track of time- I was wondering something similar. She mentioned in a live stream she was working on two other book trilogies and maybe she wanted to strictly focus on that. She also said she didn’t even plan to leave the internet permanently so who knows she could pop up again one day with several books.

In looking into what she’s said previously, in this archived Periscope stream, she mentioned that when she writes, she needs to stay in her world, so jumping back onto social media disrupts her. But at around 38:09 she then mentions that she didn’t really intend to be an author (professionally). During a period of time when she was confined to her house, she started to write her story to create friends, and then later published her writing because it frustrated her that her friends didn’t understand her story. “So literally the whole point to [publishing her book] is just so I can have other people to talk to about this with.”

Towards the end of the stream (2:11:00) she mentioned that she had made a video (that she intended to post but never did) that would have explained her desire to rebrand her YouTube content away from being about herself and more into her book series. She said that talking about random stuff when she was younger was easier, but now, talking about her life, clothes, hair, etc while having to be funny would feel exhausting and inauthentic.

Idk if it was in that periscope and I missed it, or in another one, but I thought I remember her also saying that fans shouldn’t expect her to always be present on social media since if you truly know her, you’d know she hates it.

I’m not trying to hold her to her word from a 2018 stream, but while it seems odd that she primarily published her work so that she could create a new fandom around it, only to disappear and never speak or add to it again, it seems like she worked on it heavily during a very mentally unstable time in her life. So if she has the stability that she’s always been searching for, along with her general dislike for the internet and her previous content on it, I can’t imagine her rushing to come back.

Amb