The resounding influence CF had early on (as others have said better than I can) isn't small-time. Didn't love him, didn't hate him. His warring with the people he joined up with content-wise in concern to their denominations in Christianity alienated him later on, if people remember dudes like Rick and Orcbrand from the Rome Is Burning podcast. Things got wild during that time I reckon, alot of activity from Catholic and Orthodox circles circa 2015 and 2016 like it all blew up at once.
Catholicism didn't sit well with CF and neither did Orthodoxy as far as I remember and he linked up with The Bechtloff (he 'hosted' a couple CFR eps; has his own YT, poor imitation) to attack one or the other; my memory isn't too flash from that time. It was about the point CF reached his high double to triple digit episodes in CFR, and - maybe this is schizoid thinking, maybe not - but around episodes ~70 to 90ish could one detect further aggression; his volume was louder, his run-on tangents were longer; pauses longer, frustrations longer. You get what I mean. You could tell his excursions for content were getting to his head.
The last time I ever spoke around him in his community was the Telegram channel where I had an objection about him posting about the Orthodox in Greece and some nonsense LGBT bill their government had passed but decided to ignore the nuance about the issue and the resistance of more than a few Greek Orthodox communities. During his fanmail segments early on he seemed to be merely happy he was having an effect on people to seek God and didn't want to make presumptions. I'm nowhere myself but it's something I noticed. Maybe one of you has a keener ear than I do, but it's just an observation. To me it corroborates with the unfortunate news of his conditions then and now, to his passing - it's sad; his whole tale is sad. He dived in to find the worst and he got what he wanted each time.
CF's effect on me - like a decent few - was pretty profound, when I found him things led on and so did my awareness of just how pervasive the spiritual war was, and he called it as it should've been called, despite what we know now. I didn't need help looking for the worst the world had to offer like people here don't, but he had confidence and cogency in his topic that wound up really well each episode keeping just a little hope and with some dignity and a hit of resistance ('Ignore Sodomite Orders'). He was still very sharp later on, but just so much wild swinging at everything and everyone who wasn't ready to ride his brand of misanthropy, even against institutions and individuals that tried to hold out. Seems his standards didn't extend to himself.
Anyway. Common Filth Extra Episode 32 is a good one if anyone's going through a backlog in memoriam. Not gonna even spoil the topic, it's a good one.
Deceased” next to Common Filth’s name that gives a surreal feeling. He was so young and the last person i’d expect to die so suddenly.
