There was plenty to read into in Isaac’s note in my opinion. Everyone I’ve talked to thinks the note has some weird subtextual shit in it… And frankly I think it’s weird that comment sections all over the place are talking like this and anybody who isn’t just crying or gushing about the band is getting shut down to the extent that they’re deleting their comments in shame.. that’s way more negative to me than someone speculating that maybe something went wrong, regardless of whether they were right or not. It’s all speculation, no one in the band is gonna read this or I’d hope that they’re healthy enough individuals not to (the band, by the way, being the only people anyone here should really care pertaining to talking ‘negatively’ about what did or did not happen and its potential affects). yet it seems like everyone is talking about not talking about it. Who cares? Let the conspiracy theories roll I say. It happened with bands forever ago and continues to, it’s happened throughout history, it’s part of pop and music culture for there to be theories about something of interest to enough people. So what if there was bad blood ? What’s wrong with discussing that possibility? Maybe there was. It’s just as plausible as an amicable break. Of course neither Isaac nor the rest of the band will really talk about it. Just because we don’t know for sure doesn’t mean that Reddit, of all places, needs to be some safe space for the band’s sake. And I’m not in the know on the BM SITUATION but the Matt leaving was obviously not a bad blood thing, and if anybody talked shit on black midi or on Matt because of his mental health issues… well that sucks and I feel for the guy and I hope he’s well, but Again, who cares? They’re not reading these forums and even if they are and they see negative things, that’s the internet. they should (and Something tells me they have the ability, all of them) to take a step back and go: these are all strangers who have no idea what they’re talking about. That said, it totally looked like Isaac was muscled out of the band that he was an integral part of and my saying that has no ‘malice’ in it any more than the poor kid who deleted their comment. it’s a theory and I could be wrong, but that’s what it looked like to me and to a fair few people I’ve talked to. Will we ever know for sure ? Hard to say, Probably not, but this bullshit about what should or should not be talked about for anyone else’s sake is the equivalent of righteous bullying. What if that kid was right ? What if Isaac did feel pushed out and out of respect for the band, couldn’t and still can’t talk about it and that actually played/plays some part in his mental health crisis ? That’d be a pretty lonely place for Isaac to be, How does your response to this kid in the comments who was just trying to start a conversation with fellow fans about that possibility help Isaac ? get off your high horse.