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Daily Dose of Dergon#004: Finding my Passion/A Sona Retir...
3 years ago
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Hello friends. I hope the start of this new month is already off to a good start for you all. ^w^
I've had a lot to think about this past month myself.
If you missed my previous journal, I'm very much going to be taking a break from art. Maybe one piece per month at this point, as I need to focus on securing my future career and building up my finances.
But I also don't want to commodify my hobby of writing any more than I have to. I'll take commissions when I need to, as I have recently to help recover from some financial mistakes, but it's all but killed my passion for writing. Having an obligation to write makes it so much harder for me to enjoy it. And so regarding my Patreon... I will likely just keep it as a tip jar.
I can't keep up with providing the monthly fan story at this point, and for that I apologize. But I need to focus on getting my degree.
So after I finish my current queue, odds are I will not open again for the forseeable future.
But now onto something cheerier!
I am retiring my sona, Louna Telokey!
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47920731/
Yes, I did say cheerier. Let me explain.
NO, I am NOT retiring the character. I am far too attached to him, and he is an integral part of my sci fi universe.
But in case you didn't notice... his personality is all over the place in his character writeup.
That's because I was still projecting onto him as my persona.
Louness isn't so much my persona as she is the public face of my profile here. She's distinct enough as her own character, and I don't really try and project myself onto her as far as portraying that goes.
But Louna Telokey the bat is my oldest character, and I've used him as a persona for myself for years now. But, I've come to realize that is holding him back from developing as a character. I'm constantly trying to make him like me, or make him distinct as his own character. So, I've decided that it's finally time to retire him as a persona.
And more than that... I've realized I don't want, nor even need, a fursona. I don't need a character that's like me. Because I already spend most of the time as myself.
I'd rather have a character I can play as online, however different they are from me, then have a character forever tied to my identity.
So yes. I guess to clarify
I now longer identify with any character as a persona/fursona. But I do have plenty of characters I enjoy playing as, and I no longer want them to be held back by trying to make them like me.
That's about everything. Thank you all for listening. ^^
I've had a lot to think about this past month myself.
If you missed my previous journal, I'm very much going to be taking a break from art. Maybe one piece per month at this point, as I need to focus on securing my future career and building up my finances.
But I also don't want to commodify my hobby of writing any more than I have to. I'll take commissions when I need to, as I have recently to help recover from some financial mistakes, but it's all but killed my passion for writing. Having an obligation to write makes it so much harder for me to enjoy it. And so regarding my Patreon... I will likely just keep it as a tip jar.
I can't keep up with providing the monthly fan story at this point, and for that I apologize. But I need to focus on getting my degree.
So after I finish my current queue, odds are I will not open again for the forseeable future.
But now onto something cheerier!
I am retiring my sona, Louna Telokey!
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47920731/
Yes, I did say cheerier. Let me explain.
NO, I am NOT retiring the character. I am far too attached to him, and he is an integral part of my sci fi universe.
But in case you didn't notice... his personality is all over the place in his character writeup.
That's because I was still projecting onto him as my persona.
Louness isn't so much my persona as she is the public face of my profile here. She's distinct enough as her own character, and I don't really try and project myself onto her as far as portraying that goes.
But Louna Telokey the bat is my oldest character, and I've used him as a persona for myself for years now. But, I've come to realize that is holding him back from developing as a character. I'm constantly trying to make him like me, or make him distinct as his own character. So, I've decided that it's finally time to retire him as a persona.
And more than that... I've realized I don't want, nor even need, a fursona. I don't need a character that's like me. Because I already spend most of the time as myself.
I'd rather have a character I can play as online, however different they are from me, then have a character forever tied to my identity.
So yes. I guess to clarify
I now longer identify with any character as a persona/fursona. But I do have plenty of characters I enjoy playing as, and I no longer want them to be held back by trying to make them like me.
That's about everything. Thank you all for listening. ^^
So long as you're enjoying yourself and put aspects but not your whole self into your characters, I think it will turn out just fine ^^ (and also hope the break from writing and com's helps ya find your will to write again, if even a little with the fact that you gotta do studies now again as well). But yea! Good decisions all around I think.
I said that was my limit after my third, and I think I'm content with that. XD
I do have to say though, Louness sometimes does feel like your persona since you roleplay at times xD
But then again, that’s sometimes and it may just be me.
It’s understandable Louna retires from being a persona. Besides, what mattered most to begin with is his character, so this is the perfect choice. Just glad to hear he’s staying in the grander scheme of things.