100+! & State of Things

Hello my beautiful sprouts!

I've never done an announcement bot before, but I hope it won't be too annoying with a lot of other creators making their own.

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First off I want to give a HUGE thank you to everyone for getting me to over 100 followers!

This is such a huge deal to me, as I never even expected to get to 50!

I'm sincerely grateful to everyone who has decided to give my bots love and attention, and I want to give some special shout outs to folks in the community that have inspired me and helped me along the way.

Iorveths and Veseii - Two of my biggest inspirations, though we don't know each other personally!

Grim - Thank you for always giving me a helping hand with my bots and ideas, giving me feedback, chatting and sharing ocs, and being such a good friend! I'm grateful to have someone I can talk to about literally anything.

Jinnie - Your brain is my wonderland. You have such amazing ocs, you and Mo have been my biggest lifelines for genning on tensor, and you make me feel welcome to share my ocs and riff off of each other's ideas.

The TGA Server - Thank you for becoming my home, my safe space, and for being both understanding and encouraging. I wouldn't have made it past 2 bots without all the support and pep talks from everyone on the server. There's too many of you to name, but please know that if I've ever interacted with you, I'm grateful for you!

My Followers - While I don't want to say that everything I do is for you (especially since all of my bots are self indulgent showing off of my ocs hehe), I appreciate every comment and every number on the statistics of my creations. Thank you for deciding that you liked my work and my blorbos enough to follow me!

I do have bots still in the works, so even though I'm very slow and easily distracted, I promise I'm not done creating and posting. I have a 100 follower special in progress, but I thought you all deserved a dedicated update.

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As for a slightly heavier topic: the state of JAI.

I won't pretend that I'm 100% informed about everything that's going on. I tend to avoid site drama where I can. But I don't hold it against anyone who has decided to say goodbye. I feel for the mod team, and I hope things change for the better and quickly.

You curate your own experience on the internet. You need to do what is safe and right for you.

I will not be leaving, but I am starting to slowly crosspost on one other site for now. I might branch to another alternative as well, but no promises.