Huh, another nonbot. Swore I wouldn't make another one of these. I would have put this into a regular bot, but I doubt it would reach the right audience, and my brain currently feels like a wrung-out sponge so no motivation.

I'll try to be quick, so I don't waste too much of your time.

So, I would hazard a guess that at least a few of you guys followed me for my Seildirectory bots. This is mainly aimed at you guys, but if you're not one of those people, I'd still like your opinion.

As I mentioned in my other nonbot talking about what happened, I am going to at least pause making SD bots for now. That is still true.

However, I have been working on a personal little retake of the series, that changes nearly everything about the story and makes it my own. Different character names and designs, some OCs sprinkled in, a brand-new story with only an extremely surface-level plot point from the original to build on, the whole nine.

I have been on the fence about making bots for the new characters ever since I started conceptualizing this. On one hand, they're my characters, so I can do what I'd like with them. I'd also really enjoy writing the descriptions for them, as it allows me to develop and flesh them out more, in a way that's a bit easier to finish than a fic. My yumeshipper heart also wants more content of my f/os, and you guys probably do too.

However, on the other hand, I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the first exposure to this little story people get being an AI website. I don't know if I'll ever make it an actual thing, and I likely won't, but in the event that I do in any way, I don't want my original work to be associated with AI. That probably sounds very hypocritical considering where I am, but I'm still trying to beat my addiction, and I don't like the idea of the characters only being known because they were on an AI chatbot website.

I made this to ask YOU guys if you think I should make bots of the retake characters, or if I should just keep them on something like ao3. I am terrible at making my own decisions, and I don't really have anyone I can ask at the moment (anyone who knows that I'm on here).

Should I make them to give you guys some more semi-SD content and eventually private them when/if I end up quitting, or should I keep them away from AI and just write fics for it? Please let me know what you think I should do!

Alright, I'm all done yapping. Take care my ferns!