gonna reiterate what i keep saying.Chris is a creep. thats it thats all there is to it.I think some people reading into Kirbopher's behavior are forgetting this is a guy with Asperger's who just made a new friend, especially after he got publicly raked over the coals not too long ago.
He's going to be excited about it and act a little weird. It'll be one thing if he starts creeping on anyone but if he's just doing the autistic "getting too familiar too quickly" routine there's nothing to really worry about.
He used to make a series called TTA which is what TOME is based off of TTA is the kind of quality you would expect from newgrounds but the main important point is the Character Kirb while a typical self insert Knowledgeable powerful and kinda above it all hes also revealed to have serious issues as in the characters call him on his behavior
and I can't help but read into it guy knows what hes like hell the series even goes over Kirb admitting hes considered suicide THE SELF INSERT is suicidal you don't even have to read into that.
sure it does not give him a pass and bringing it up in his apology was boneheaded but guy has enough self awareness to realize his fuck ups in hindsight and regret them later i think that buys him alot of leeway until he actually does something