- Oct 22, 2022
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Hey all, sorry for dropping off the radar like that. Quick content warning of death, grief, and hospital environments for the first paragraph of this thread.
Something devastating has rocked my life, and it's taken too long a time to really get my head around it. I still haven't gotten my head around it, honestly. In the second week of August, someone who I loved and respected more than any other person in the world, was carted off to the ER for urgent surgery. The next two and a half weeks were filled with watching the most bright and brilliant woman slowly but surely losing her light. She passed on the 31st. I've never grieved like this before.
In short, I haven't had the mental energy and enthusiasm to devote to TabbyTales. I don't think I will for a while. I'm sorry to have left all of you hanging and without an explanation - especially ShadowClan and its members. I'm even more sorry to just come back, post this, and skulk out again. But it's all I can really manage right now.
To @eezy @Blobl @Floppie @WriteAboutRadish @tasmagoric @Jay @SATURNID — Up until the first Smog/Half litter, I hadn't attempted anything like the sort ever before. Not in all my years of RPing have I played around with litter adopts and felt the sheer excitement of seeing how interested everyone is. Thanks to all of you for giving me that experience. I'm going to sorely miss the interactions between our characters and the strong connection between them all, and I feel awful leaving all of you without any direction in that regard.
To @scar — Thank you so very much for the experience that was the Chilledstar / Smogmaw leader-deputy dynamic. There were a lot of times where I had to be nudged on things, but you kept me under your wing for well over a year. That was awesome. You're awesome. Thank you.
To @KARMEN — Best of luck with leading ShadowClan. I know you're going to do incredible with Mirestar, and I have so much faith in you both.
To @Jay, again — Thank you for checking in with me as much as you did throughout the last month. I really, really needed it.
If I haven't tagged you, it doesn't mean I'm not thinking of you while writing this. I'm more than certainly going to miss you. TabbyTales has been my creative outlet for nearly two years, and the strongest aspect to it that kept me tethered to it for so long is the fantastic writers and friendly faces in its community. I struggle to even reflect upon the fact that I'm choosing to step away, since there'd been such a joyous and supportive energy around most of my time here. I'm grateful for that energy and the TabbyTalians who chose to give it to me.
Stay safe, stay healthy, and most of all, stay creative. Stay true to the story you're trying to tell; your characters deserve the space to grow as you envision, not as others expect. Be easy on yourselves and each other, and go write some bomb-ass stories.
You can reach me at @lowlands on Discord if you'd like to keep in touch.
This is more of a see ya than a goodbye, but regardless,
Willie <3
Something devastating has rocked my life, and it's taken too long a time to really get my head around it. I still haven't gotten my head around it, honestly. In the second week of August, someone who I loved and respected more than any other person in the world, was carted off to the ER for urgent surgery. The next two and a half weeks were filled with watching the most bright and brilliant woman slowly but surely losing her light. She passed on the 31st. I've never grieved like this before.
In short, I haven't had the mental energy and enthusiasm to devote to TabbyTales. I don't think I will for a while. I'm sorry to have left all of you hanging and without an explanation - especially ShadowClan and its members. I'm even more sorry to just come back, post this, and skulk out again. But it's all I can really manage right now.
To @eezy @Blobl @Floppie @WriteAboutRadish @tasmagoric @Jay @SATURNID — Up until the first Smog/Half litter, I hadn't attempted anything like the sort ever before. Not in all my years of RPing have I played around with litter adopts and felt the sheer excitement of seeing how interested everyone is. Thanks to all of you for giving me that experience. I'm going to sorely miss the interactions between our characters and the strong connection between them all, and I feel awful leaving all of you without any direction in that regard.
To @scar — Thank you so very much for the experience that was the Chilledstar / Smogmaw leader-deputy dynamic. There were a lot of times where I had to be nudged on things, but you kept me under your wing for well over a year. That was awesome. You're awesome. Thank you.
To @KARMEN — Best of luck with leading ShadowClan. I know you're going to do incredible with Mirestar, and I have so much faith in you both.
To @Jay, again — Thank you for checking in with me as much as you did throughout the last month. I really, really needed it.
If I haven't tagged you, it doesn't mean I'm not thinking of you while writing this. I'm more than certainly going to miss you. TabbyTales has been my creative outlet for nearly two years, and the strongest aspect to it that kept me tethered to it for so long is the fantastic writers and friendly faces in its community. I struggle to even reflect upon the fact that I'm choosing to step away, since there'd been such a joyous and supportive energy around most of my time here. I'm grateful for that energy and the TabbyTalians who chose to give it to me.
Stay safe, stay healthy, and most of all, stay creative. Stay true to the story you're trying to tell; your characters deserve the space to grow as you envision, not as others expect. Be easy on yourselves and each other, and go write some bomb-ass stories.
You can reach me at @lowlands on Discord if you'd like to keep in touch.
This is more of a see ya than a goodbye, but regardless,
Willie <3
