User blog comment:Jkphantom9/One Year Later: Did You Keep Moving Forward?/@comment-24994749-20160202004433

When we learnt the news that Monty had died a year ago... I remember having a big "That's it, I'm done, there goes the last thing holding me back from jumping off the edge of Earth."

You guys here probably were unable to tell, but around that date I was on the verge of suicide (nothing to worry about, just nasty side effects of my migraine pills that naturally piled up with my natural drama queen nature), and Monty's general internet activity and coming here to the wiki to interact with people were what was holding me together.

I was convinced that without Monty, the only communities that were created around RWBY would quickly crumble and fall apart. Honestly, what saved me was the outlandish response of the community of honouring him with artworks and stuff... and how, rather than disband, it got together to keep creating and expanding.

Yeah, that's all I have to say really.