"Artists Beware"

Yeaaaah you're not a drama llama at all. This person has a skewed view of reality if a post like yours is ~~~dramatic~~~. You made your post - a post asking for advice in a situation in which it is totally legitimate to do so [and rarely is it not!] - and left out identifying information other than the stuff that simply can't be left out lest there's no actual post to begin with. Only the person who this is about and maybe somebody close to him would know. This person has received more than fair compensation for their funds and you've been, if anything, too nice about everything.