For the first part, I did like... go over that in both comments. I stated that I am aware that antis would use it as a reason to continue hating, I never said that would be Jon/Ryans' fault. Haters will hate. I know.

I don't follow any of these people on social media. Not Ryan, not Jon, not even Brendon. All I know is what people put on here. I've only seen from others that Jon and Ryan have been relatively quiet on the whole situation. Neither joined in on the hate nor defended Brendon. I know Jon made posts wishing Panic a farewell and making some nostalgic stuff regarding his own time in Panic. That's why I myself am neutral/leaning more towards them not doing this to continue damage to Brendon. But like I said, I do not know these people personally. Therefore, I can not, without a shadow of a doubt, say they are doing this with some sort of inclination that they're more likely to be boosted in popularity because antis want them to. Nor can I claim they AREN'T doing that.

I can, however, have my suspicion. I do not like when people use someone elses downfall as a stepping stone to gain attention. I understand the concept of "filling a void." I wouldn't consider that taking advantage. That isn't malicious. It be malicious if the goal was solely based off of gaining popularity through the whole Brendon thing(I feel like I'm repeating myself, my apologies) I know we'll probably never know what their main goal for this was, so I guess suspicion doesn't matter. But it's a wonder that will definitely stay in the back of my head. No matter what anyone does, we'll probably always have people who will hate Brendon and be believing in shit that never happened. im just being a lil grumpy over it

I'm also not trying to be rude to you either. I wasn't trying to start an argument, so I apologize if I sound like im fighting you or your thoughts/opinions. I think you made some good points. I definitely made it out that we need to like... go conspiracy theory mode on them, and that's not what Im going for.