Louise & Levi

I'm genuinely curious, but was 2025 a great year for anyone?
          
          For quite a few people I've encountered over the past year, most have said they did not like 2025.
          
          But did any of you actually enjoy it? And feel free to share what made it a good year for you.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
          
          Let's bring on 2026!!

Merry Christmas from Australia!

Honestly debating on whether or not I should watch Transformers EarthSpark season 4.
          
          Like, I could watch the final season, just because I watched the others. Which means I’d therefore see the absolute travesty I know the creators have done to what could’ve been a great show.
          
          Or I could not watch it. I could ignore the 4th season’s existence and live in ignorance that it was a good show.
          
          And because I’ve pretty much left the fandom, this could very well be the last series of Transformers I watch. Like, unless Hasbro starts creating good Transformers shows again, I just don’t want to see the same story told over and over again, handle with such carelessness.

To those who know I'm Aussie and are concerned, I am safe. I was nowhere near the attack on Bondi Beach in New South Wales.
          
          My heart goes out to all those affected by this gutless attack. The monsters who did this were cowards, simple as that.
          
          And well done to the civilian who managed to get the gun off one of the cowards. He is a brave man and a hero.

To the Transformers Fans here.
          
          From today, all my Transformers fanfics will be put on permanent hiatus/discontinued.
          
          Over the last year or so, I've pretty much left the creative side of the fandom. I barely watch the shows anymore. I just, I don't have as much love for it anymore. I still enjoy it, its just not where my heart is anymore.
          
          This does not mean you can pick up the fanfics and continue/claim them as your own. They are still my creations and hold my characters.
          
          I'm just finally closing that chapter of my life. One day, maybe, I'll come back. Just now, I'm moving on.
          
          I hope to still see ya around, maybe in a different book or fanfic.

Younger Me: *gives as much trauma to my OCs as possible for "character development".
          
          Me Now: *finally gives those OCs therapy and an emotionally stable support team who accepts unconditionally*

A while back, I put out an announcement saying about the fact I may be realising I have undiagnosed ADHD...
          
          It's no longer undiagnosed. Yep, I have ADHD, which honestly was not a surprise.
          
          Now, why am I telling you this? I am open with people about stuff like this anyway for one. And for another, I guess to bring awareness in a way. If someone has a condition like ADHD, I want people to feel valid when talking about it, not dismissed. But also, if a person believes they may have it, to go get tested, because if they do have ADHD, getting tested opens up so many clearer paths. And even if you don't have it, the test and the people behind it can help you work out how your brain works and therefore also open those paths that may have been originally messy or blocked off.
          
          And then of course there's the writing side of it (since most of us are writers here).
          Being aware of ADHD, either having it yourself or knowing someone with it, you can create better, more realistic characters. Instead of saying a character has ADHD and writing them as always hyper, you can write about the different quirks a person with ADHD might have, like the fact I have 5 different keyboards, with all different clicky-clack sounds, so I can switch between which one is helping my brain focus a little better that day.

Aaanndd I'm back. Still not 100%, but better than before.

I'm going to be taking a break for 3-5 days.
          
          The last few days have been such an emotional drain, which was just an add on to an extremely stressful last few months. So I'll be turning off all my notifications on both here and Discord.
          
          When I come back, I'll turn those back on and reply to any comments I missed during my break. The latest they'll come back on is November 1st, but it should be just the 3-5 day time period.
          
          I'll see ya when I get back.