(16) we are so fucking back!!!

once again, it has been a really minute. a really, really hot one actually. but i think i'm finally gonna start being active again. looking at stuff, i haven't really posted anything since october of last year. but that's probably because there wasn't much to post in the first place. i was definitely super depressed and tired all the time and my social battery was at an all time low.

i'm still trying to catch up to all the shit i've missed out on with me putting everything off. i have way too many messages on discord that i feel like i'll never catch up with, and maybe some of them i just have to let go because it's way too much to reply to 3+ months worth of messages from several people.

i don't wanna ramble too much because i wanna jump straight back into updating the site. i gotta fill out the art i never uploaded in 2025 (not that there was much from me, i wasn't particularly motivated during the last few months) and start updating everything else too!

i was in a really toxic work environment for a long time and i think it finally came to a head in mid november or so. thankfully, i've managed to quit that job at the start of march this year and get a new one! this new job treats me a lot better and it's a lot less mentally taxing for me in every single way, so i'm hoping that this will be a great new era!

i don't think i've ever been able to focus as much on oc stuff as i had pre getting a job. there are a few ramblings on my blog posts about what life would be like post-getting a job, as i had started to work on this site while in college. a lot of it was tinged with fear and uncertainty.

i think i can safely say for now, though, that i feel more certain of my life than i have in a long time. i have a lot of plans boiling in my brain and i hope to bring some of them to fruition over the rest of this year!

an important step i also made was that i quit most socials and stuff. i used to dabble on twitter, chickensmoothie, toyhouse, and the like, but i think it was also burning me out a bit. i'm a bit of a hermit at heart; but i will probably touch upon this a bit more in a future post.

currently, throughout the next week, you might see me updating things on this site. art galleries, making new pages for 2026, and also a gigantic lore overhaul. long story short, everything is getting a bit of a rename. many of my ocs' last names are being changed as well. i was very nervous about this step, but i think i'm finally ready to take it, as i have been working on a conlang/alphabet unique to my universe! and...speaking of which, actaera will no longer be its name haha. i'm not 100% deadset on it yet, but i'll be updating names on everything regardless.

i think it's simply in my nature to retcon my oc content every few years as i grow in life, and it's time i accept that.

so onwards! the updates will be rolling out slowly soon! summer is on the horizon, and to buoys everywhere, that is the best time of year!



halvatt really spent his entire life honing his fire skills...
just to grill? unacceptable.

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