I hadn’t been going to bother with this, but after a few days thought I figured I’d post it anyway.
A year long story comes to a close without any kind of resolution, satisfying or otherwise and I’m reminded that this is the norm and not the exception. Unfortunately Ophi gets no closure and neither do I, compounding a frustration I’ve been having for months and months being told to let things I nurtured and worked hard to bring about deal with themselves only stings all the more.
For me CoA has always been a creative outlet that allows people to explore characters in a world with genuine danger, to tell stories and have them told to us as we watch these things play out. Unfortunately we rarely get that catharsis and even rarer still is it actually interesting enough to fit what came before it.
I realize this may come off whining but my concerns came from a position of wanting better for the community and the enjoyment of everyone involved. Maybe things will improve with new blood, something I genuinely hope to see with EE, but I won’t be there to see it.
Puffy says I get too attached to my characters, I don’t think I do- I invest in them because I want to see cool stories told and have them be meaningful and exploratory. But the lingering traces of ‘A&I or gtfo’ have made characters as reliably interchangeable as the conflicts that get started and fueled-- it’s a cultural thing at this point but new blood should help dilute that.
I’d been going to write a thorough post-mortem to help this experiment with player control along, but after thinking about it I don’t have the energy any more and being told that retirement wasn’t really on the table so I could at least be satisfied in such a simple way just really pissed me off.
That ship has sailed and so has mine, but I wish you all the best and send out massive hugs to everyone who’s made my time fun and those who’ve forced me to develop. I’ve deleted my Twisting Winds account, but if someone has something absolutely critical that they want to discuss with me they can reach me on discord:
MinionofDerp#2835
I might pop on the forums to advertise some fantasy novels at some point in the future, but for now this is goodbye.
♥