ShadeTheSavage

Yo, just here to give yall a status update! It's been nearly 6 years since I was super active here, and although I've occasionally popped in while I was bored or something, I never really did much other than reread my old stories. Hard to believe Minetopia's been around for over a decade, and Blowing Bubbles will also be reaching that anniversary in January. Feels like just yesterday I was sitting in either my bedroom or my school cafeteria updating my stories.
          Anyways, now for a few life updates. For starters, I graduated high school in the midst of a global pandemic. My mental health has had it's ups and downs, but right now I'm doing fairly okay. I've parted ways with a few people, but I've also made a handful of new friends. I don't have a career yet (kinda hard to want to do something in the creative field when a good chunk of those jobs are being taken over by ai :/), but I'm working a part-time job at a grocery store, so I'm not entirely broke. I also got into a plethora of new media, so now it's not just Pokemon, Minecraft, and Naruto that I'm into.
          I think one of the most important life updates, though, was the fact that I realized I'm trans. I'd been questioning my gender since middle school (might explain why I changed my self-insert in Minetopia from Chip to Skye), and I'm still figuring a few things out, but I know for a fact that I can't continue living my life as a cis woman. As of now, I'm transmasc, and I use he/they pronouns.
          Other than that, I can't think of anything else that's super relevant. No promises as to how active I'll be here, but if you want to follow me on instagram for art, my name is cyr0maniac. Hope yall have a good rest of your day! :)

Godammit I forgot to turn on “announce this to my followers”

Hey everyone.
          
          Yeah...so I barely ever use this app anymore. At this point, there’s a slim, SLIM chance of me finishing the fifth minetopia book.
          
          To be honest, Wattpad’s gotten worse, and I think it’s about time I move on. Wattpad was fun for me when I was thirteen and fourteen, but I’m nearly an adult now (I just graduated from high school), and I haven’t been on wattpad as often as I used to for a while now. I kept making these empty promises and saying that I’ll be on more often, but now I think I’ve accepted the fact that my Wattpad phase has been over for about three years.
          
          So...to make a long story short, I’m pretty much leaving. I won’t delete my account, though, in case anyone wants to read my stories. But just know that I won’t be replying to comments or DMs or shit like that anymore.
          
          But um...yeah. To finish off, thanks to all my followers for putting up with my cringey middle-school self. And if you still want to talk to me, I’ll be on instagram posting art (shadesartworld is my username).
          
          In the words of thirteen-year-old me...see you later, my fellow swag-kins! B)

I just realized that Blowing Bubbles has 8K reads. Holy shit O_O
          Thanks for so many reads!

Aight so since literally everything is closed/cancelled due to the pandemic, I’m thinking of starting to write a new pokemon fanfiction that takes place in the Galar region. I already have an idea in mind for the main character, but I still need to give them a backstory and some personality traits. I’ll try not to make them too much of a Mary-Sue like I did with my other main characters in my stories (Skye and Chip are the very definitions of a Mary-Sue. Millie isn’t as bad, but she still strays a bit into Mary-Sue territory). The biggest problems I might run into, though, are my shitty work ethic and self motivation; I’m honestly surprised that I managed to finish “Blowing Bubbles”. I just hope that I can persevere while still trying to make the story good.

Don’t you love it when your parents constantly have the news on, with nothing but Covid 19 stories? Me too, especially when that mixes with my depression and anxiety and causes me to have panic attacks! (Ngl, the first day I heard Coronavirus was affecting my hometown, I washed my hands five times in a row and broke into tears after school)
          
          We’re fucking doomed :D

I’ve put all the minetopia series back up, but only because I want to finish the last book and fill any plot holes (such as what happened to Deli and her kittens after TGITBH). Yeah...sorry that middle school me had to put you guys through that boring, hellish journey.

Welp, I can officially confirm that wattpad is being a dumbass. You used to be able to read as many stories without being connected to the internet as possible, but now you can only read up to two. If you want to read a third one, you have to buy Wattpad Premium. Remember when wattpad was good? I miss those days.

Okay. As you may know, I’ve been REALLY inactive on wattpad lately. You may also know that I’ve been making up excuses or procrastinating or shit like that for being inactive. But now, as much as I don’t want to admit it, I think it’s time for me to spill the beans. So...
          
          I have depression.
          
          Now, before you guys panic, the good news is that I’m not suicidal, I don’t cut, and I’m currently getting help.
          It’s just that I’ve lost so much motivation over the past few years, including my motivation to write anything.
          
          I really want to get back into writing, though, because I loved doing it. Looking at my old books sometimes gives me flashbacks on how much fun I was having, and then I look at my current self and think “what the hell am I doing with my life now?”
          
          So...I think what I’ll do is delete or archive the books of mine that maybe didn’t turn out so well. I think what I need is a fresh start. Since “Blowing Bubbles” is the only decent book I’ve written on here, I’ll keep that book up. As for the rest of the books, they’ll probably be archived or deleted. I don’t have an exact date for when this will happen, but if you’d like to read my other books one last time, I’d suggest you do it now.

Forgot to turn on “Announce this to my followers”. Please read the previous message I posted.