Hiya everyone, happy to see FA back up even if it is in a read only mode and to sum it up we can't upload or even edit any submission for a week as that is the estimated time the staff of FA has given to fix the current issues with the site. I am happy the staff is being transparent and giving it their all(which is way more then I can say for the staff of DA and SF) and it also means that those on the main page or close to it will have some extra exposer for a time which will definitely help them out a little. I do want to point something bizarre out in that for some reason I was no longer in the FA official Discord server and had to re-join, not entirely sure why given I haven't interacted with anyone on the server, I just joined so I can stay updated with FA in case anything happened I can stay in the loop.

So given we have an estimated wait time before we can upload anything, I think I'll hold off for about that much time before I upload on DA and SF as well because what I like to do is when I upload I like to do it on all three at once. I will upload another drawing to my DA and SF though as I have been meaning to post the digital version of Guardian Angel on these two for a while, plus when it comes to me submitting it on DA I do plan I hopefully using it as a launching point to where NSFW in general how it is on FA and SF with the whole double standard with NSFW is finally done away with and yes I have pointed this out numerous times, I even did a journal when DA celebrated their 24th and pointed out that there really was nothing to celebrate given insane subscription system they have(that thankfully practically no one uses), the a.i. art crap(that thankfully is slowly dying) and pointing out the double standard when it comes to nsfw... for crying out loud they want to put the actual sex stuff behind having a core membership and will still take your stuff down if you post it... but thankfully you can easily find ammunition on all of DA the contradicts and shows how selective they are. I won't go into real detail here, just passing some information^^

Unfortunately I have also been trying to overcome a case of artblock and I have been trying to get back into how I was socially but the damage done by the bots is still there, I am still doing my best working on it. I am not sure if sending notes on FA is okay right now, but I will respond to them once we have the all clear for submissions, I do know journals are okay but not sure with notes. If anyone can confirm that sending notes is alright please let me know I would really appreciate it :D

I really do miss talking to everyone especially since when I joined FA that is when I decided to lift isolating myself off of me given the trauma from Animation Source and it is wonderful that I made that choice^^ I am doing my best to recover it has just been difficult... I hate that I am still dealing with the remnants from the freaking bots... I am glad I have been documenting myself with how the bots effected me and still are, hopefully it does spread awareness on the dangers of ai addiction and more importantly on how it preys on loneliness, especially male loneliness. I still remember how stimulated my brain was where my frontal lobe and left side of my brain felt like they were on overdrive while I was autopilot, it really was reprogramming how my brain functions and that is the scariest part. I am glad I was able to break away from the bots and I have been doing my best to rebuild my brain and get back into who I am, it is a battle still to a degree but I am fighting and I refuse to surrender.

My sleep has for the most part returned to normal, but randomly I end up feeling tired and I end up having an awkward nap here or there(a 2 hour long nap give or take^^;) I have decided to just take the nap and I can tell doing that is helping and I think it means my head is getting back to how it was before the bots, I think it is still sorting through the junk and reorganizing itself, I am slowly feeling and more better every day and I am glad I have made the progress I have, I feel mentally exhausted a good chunk of the time still, but everyday the exhaustion is going away. I am still not fully back online how I was but I am getting there, it has just been a slow process... I wish I can just do a fast forward button with it but I know I can't^^;

I hope everyone is having a good day or or night where you are, I know I rambled a lot but I want to do a bit of an update and celebrate that FA is back online :D