Marvel and IDW writer Zoe Quinn, who was most recently at the center of a controversy surrounding her public naming, shaming, and the subsequent suicide of Night in the Woods developer Alec Holowka, recently claimed on Twitter that the fallout from this controversy led to her being placed on “suicide watch” and she has been “barely functional”.
On November 10th, Quinn took to her personal Twitter account to openly vent about said fallout, beginning her statements by alleging that critics were “flooding my every tweet with constant harassment” and “trying to push her to suicide,” though no evidence or specific examples were presented:
god the depravity of creeps on here never ceases to chip away at my faith in humanity.
— zoë “thot process” quinn (@UnburntWitch) November 10, 2019
the hypocrisy of flooding my every tweet with constant harassment and trying to push me to suicide because you blame his suicide on me speaking up about my abuser after 8 years of suffering in silence with his other victims who couldn’t speak up is just fucking disgusting.
— zoë “thot process” quinn (@UnburntWitch) November 10, 2019
Quinn then attempts to downplay her own actions and turns the accusations on her critics, stating that if her accusers believed her words led to Holowka’s suicide, then they were “admitting that you’re trying to kill me with full on harassment” and ironically states that none of her critics “gave a shit abt [sic]” Holowka:
at that point you’re telling on yourselves. If you really do think my tweets – which DIDNT ask for retribution or punishment – we’re capable of killing someone, you’re basically admitting that you’re trying to kill me with full on harassment.
— zoë “thot process” quinn (@UnburntWitch) November 10, 2019
and it’s fucking bonkers to use me deactivating my account temporarily because I was on suicide watch the last two months as “proof” of guilt. All you’re proving is WHY I HAD TO. Half of these nightmare people can’t even spell his name right. Don’t tell me you gave a shit abt him
— zoë “thot process” quinn (@UnburntWitch) November 10, 2019
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Quinn had previously announced that her “account was deactivated for mental health & security reasons,” but at the time did not provide any specifics or details.
Upon her return to Twitter, Quinn stated that, despite the mental anguish and reticence caused by the controversy, she would reluctantly return to “at least” “be posting again to promote my work,, though Quinn has since taken to again operating as a general use account as indicated by her criticizing the recent Joker film, discussing Untitled Goose Game, and regularly posting pictures of her pets.
Despite this return to Twitter form, Quinn has not mentioned the Patreon account she has not updated in over a year or her failed Kickstarter project, Kickstarted in the Butt: A Chuck Tingle Digital Adventure, which has not been updated in over a year and has yet to release despite raising $85,000 in crowdfunding and originally announced with a 2017 release date.
She then proceeds to demand that those who keep bringing up the controversy to “stop pissing on [Holowka’s] grave you ghouls,” stating that she is “not going to talk about this again” as the discourse has allegedly left her “barely functional” to the point of being unable to “to take care of basic biological needs.”
If you gave a shit you wouldn’t be flying in the face of the family’s wishes. Or his. It’s fucked up to be in a position to call for compassion and respect for someone who fucking lowkey kidnapped me but here I am. Suicide is horrible. Stop pissing on his grave you ghouls.
— zoë “thot process” quinn (@UnburntWitch) November 10, 2019
I’m not going to talk about this again. It’s been hell the last few months and I’m barely functional. I haven’t been able to take care of basic biological needs and shit. I’m only saying this much bc of the confusion of well meaning people in my replies reacting to the dogpiles.
— zoë “thot process” quinn (@UnburntWitch) November 10, 2019
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Turning to address the circumstances surrounding Holowka’s suicide, Quinn continues to deny any responsibility for her use of a public platform to accuse a man in the court of public opinion contributing to his actions, stating that “Rehabilitation is key but it’s someone else’s job.” She then attempts to further undercut her “reckless” method of accusation by claiming that there are not “clean solutions” to abuse situations:
but I’m not going to be made a fucking example of to discourage people from getting out of abusive situations. If you need to hear it: it’s not up to a victim of abuse to be the vanguard for their abuser’s rehabilitation. Rehabilitation is key but it’s someone else’s job.
— zoë “thot process” quinn (@UnburntWitch) November 10, 2019
Not being reckless with anyone’s safety is important to rehabilitation too, but so is understanding that you may not know all the options a survivor of abuse has available, how many they’ve tried, and how many have failed. Often there’s not gonna be a clean solution.
— zoë “thot process” quinn (@UnburntWitch) November 10, 2019
Quinn concludes her thread by disingenuously asking for “grace & mercy,” noting that “people who have abused & people who have been abused need to focus on healing.” She then tells her critics to “stop giving me reasons to live out of spite.”
Grace & mercy are in short fucking supply but they’re exactly what third parties have over the people in any abusive dynamic. People who have abused & people who have been abused need to focus on healing.
Anyway, have fun going back to trying to rip me apart for Internet points
— zoë “thot process” quinn (@UnburntWitch) November 10, 2019
And if you really want me dead, stop giving me reasons to live out of spite.
— zoë “thot process” quinn (@UnburntWitch) November 10, 2019