RIP Vierge
 

I am posting this several places online as the news should be known.

I just learned one of my oldest and closest friends online Aisaku, aka Vierge on Fruitshop, Isobel on TG roleplay, and Issac Arroyo to her friends killed herself. She was a close friend of mine online for years, a great TG artist (who did many comissions for me and i had many more unfinished), and someone I talked to alot on facebook and AIM chat. She was one of the few online who understood me.

The information was found here on her deviantart http://aisaku.deviantart.com/?offset=20#comments

She was dealing with depression on being transsexual but scared to embrace her identity, and last I heard started seeing a therapist and found her old website archived online and wanted to bring it back.

I am feeling scared and depressed, I lost a close friend. I wish my last talk with her wasn't an argument when i went to her depressed on my own identity issues and she told me to be myself, get my own place, and move on with my life. I am sad and scared, I lost a close friend and one of the few who truely understood me.

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:(

This is not what I expected to see, coming here. It's a rare opportunity to confirm a death of the member of an online community like this.

All the same, I'm very sorry for the loss of your friend.

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Oh no...no....v.v

Rest in Peace, poor soul.

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One of my favorite sites. I had no idea. I pray in the end she has found peace.

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A horrible shock-I never knew poor Vierge was suffering like this. Poor soul.

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I find it sad that she died. I especially enjoyed her Discordia webcomic.

I'm sorry for your loss.

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While it's unfortunate either way, word on 910cmx was that it was a seizure rather than suicide. http://community.910cmx.com/index.php?/topic/13313-rip/

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Either way, it is a lost not only too the community but everyone who knew. Vierge, I did not know Vierge personally, but seen her work.

Sorry for your lost Weirdoid.

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It's a terrible loss in so many ways. When an artist dies the whole world loses something. I guess that can be said of everyone, really. But no one had a style quite like Vierge's.

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well that's some depressing news... chatted and commissioned her occassionally but didn't really expect this to happen.

admittedly I'm hoping that it's more the seizure angle rather then suicide but i doubt we'll ever know.

RIP Ai, as i know you preferred that name so I'll remember you that way.

Condolences to any friends and family.

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Man that really fucking sucks, my condolences.

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I first spoke with Ai when she went by Vierge on the Magical Sailor Fuku forums. MSF had a very active art board that I was proud to be a part of, and there were dozens of talented artists who would share their work and take requests. Even among all of these great artists, the very best was Ai.

We got to know each other better through AIM once I started to moderate the art forums, and Ai was one of the few people I stayed in contact with after leaving MSF. Her artistic advice and encouragement was a major factor in my decision to keep pursuing my dream of being a professional artist. We fell out of touch over the years, but she made my life better by being a small part of it, and I'm sure many others feel the same way.

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Wow, this is very disheartening... I can't say I ever knew (him? her?), but it sounds like (he? she?) had a big impact on quite a few people. RIP, and my condolences to (his? her?) friends and family.

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Rest in peace and may God take you to his breast and give you comfort.

I'm sorry to hear about it. I did not know them but the death of any person is a light going out.

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my condolences, the loss of someone close to you is never easy. I also pray that you can make it through this hard time of your own and find happiness as I'm sure, though I didn't know her, Vierge would have wanted.

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R.I.P. Viege
Even though you're no longer with us, your art, your legacy, will go on. With each view of your work you live on in spirit.
(bowing in respect)

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A tiny spark of inspiration has been extinguished. RIP.

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I'm Wraith, I was one of Vierge's close friends, and I wrote Discordia with him(Moreso in the beginning than later on). I've been having a very hard time getting over this loss, partly because Two days before he passed, he and I talked about his plans to get back to drawing Discordia. It was very clear from how he spoke how important it was to him, and after talking with others, it seems that I'm the only one he discussed the plot with at all. I feel like I've got some responsibility to do something, but I'm not sure exactly what I can do, or how.

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Do you need writing help or just help with the art?

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Probably both. The thing is, there are some pages he sent me, a side story that shows what happened to Janice. If I can find them, I'm sure people will want to see them.

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AH. I know a couple of people that do comic book pages that looking for some work. They're really affordable.

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R.I.P. Vierge
There's not a moment that I haven't missed the times I enjoyed visiting the fruitshop.

To do this day I still treasure the picture that was done for me.

I haven't been close to many in these online communities but never do I regret it more than I do today. I was overjoyed when I stumbled onto your deviantart page months ago and now saddened by your departure.

Be at peace.

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My condolences to everyone who was blessed to have known Vierge in some way, shape, or form. I didn't have the privilege, and it sounds like I missed someone special.

I deal with depression myself everyday. I just count myself lucky that I have close family and friends, and the right mix of medications, to keep me on an even keel.

Mourn the loss for a little bit; celebrate the life much longer.

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It wasn't suicide. It was a seizure. Whoever started the rumor that it was a suicide needs to very carefully reevaluate their life choices, then castrate themselves.

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I don't care how the poor soul left us, the fact is that they're gone. Vierge gave us some excellent artwork and was telling a great story, and I very much regret that we will not be seeing more of her artwork.

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I heard three explanations and that was the first one I heard when I posted this (the second was seizure, and the third was stroke). I am sorry I didn't have all the facts when I did.

I miss Vierge, he was a good friend. He provided me alot of support when i needed it.

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Discordia...was a good comic, and while I never knew Vierge...I wish I could have. The world is lessened by her departure.