Yesterday, Dark Souls and Elden Ring YouTuber Zullie the Witch, known for datamining cut content, penned a heartfelt comment to their audience. With a drought in sponsorships and over $15,000 in medical bills "looming" overhead, they needed help. And so they reluctantly asked for donations to at least put a dent in their financial woes.
In a single afternoon, the Soulsborne community rallied behind Zullie and "crushed" those concerns almost entirely. The donation links have since been removed, and in their place, Zullie updated their comment to thank everyone who lent a hand.
"This has already smashed every expectation I had and I'm kind of overwhelmed by how quickly and emphatically you've all lent your support. I've always been a deeply anxious person, and a large emphasis of that anxiety lately has been financial issues, so I truly didn't anticipate seeing the bulk of those issues get crushed into nothing in the span of a single afternoon. I'd been deeply reluctant to ask for assistance, especially because I felt like I had avenues of addressing these problems that weren't available to the average person, like vying for sponsor money or trying harder to make more videos, but having finally asked,...
