I'll bite, why though? :(

Well, I felt like I just didn't belong in the fandom (I mostly felt antagonistic to most of the fandom), I saw her as a "dead character" due to how Nintendo just didn't do anything worthwhile for her outside of Assault (resulting in me losing interest in her), and I believe that me becoming a fan of her is what gave me all the motivational and trust issues that I have (since I spent most of my time hating people in the fandom instead of getting a job). Also, my promises and my drawings low-key made me feel like a hypocrite

So if anything, I'm doing this to help my motivation and to make me stop hating people so much, which is actually helping since I'm beginning to enjoy the art of some artists that I otherwise would've avoided

I don't understand how a character can make you hate people, she's a fictional character and you can't let arguments with the fandom make you dislike a character, the character doesn't deserve it and the haters aren't worth the trouble or your time.

Krystal is not a "dead character", she is appearing in Super Smash Bros Ultimate as an assist trophy due to her popularity on the Smash Ballot. She may not be a fighter but its the next best thing, also her assist trophy looks very powerful. There is also a rumor suggesting she was considered to be a fighter but was cut due to time constraints (understandable since they brought back every past fighter) Another thing to note is on the SSB website they market Krystal as the first assist trophy on the page https://www.smashbros.com/en_US/ite.....istfigure.html This is great acknowledgement for her and let me tell you they wouldn't have made her a prominent AT if they didn't have future plans for her. Many popular assist trophies/bosses/npcs have been upgraded to fighter status (Chrom, Ridley, Dark Samus, Little Mac with Shadow, Isabelle and Skull Kid rumored) and it gives me hope she might be too someday!

Star Fox Zero was called a reimagining of 64 therefore it didn't make sense for Krystal to appear yet, the director of the game said he would love to bring her into the sequel if he gets to make it. SFZ unfortunately tanked and the franchise is in flux but you really can't blame Starfox's decline on Krystal but Nintendo and the devs. Another interesting thing is that planet Sauria is mentioned in a anime short for SFZ, which may possibly tease some Sauria in the future. Star Fox Command was a horribly written mess that wrote Krystal completely out of character from her past 2 games, it failed to build off of anything that was great in Assault and remains one of the most disliked games in the franchise. Starlink is a new game by ubisoft that isnt a starfox game but on the swtich will feature the Fox Mccloud playable in a new world that Fox and the Starfox team somehow drifted to. Judging from the designs, i'd say this takes place after SFZ and a spinoff wouldn't be the right way to reintroduce her anyways. If Starlink succeeds its possible a new starfox game would reintroduce her in this rebooted world, given her popularity on the smash ballot it's almost a given.

StarFox Adventures and Assault are 2 of my favorite childhood games, I know Adventures isn't a typical SF game but it's gameplay is interesting, the world and characters are unique, the soundtrack and level design is beautiful and it's better than most Zelda games imo and i love the zelda series. It was original going to star Krystal and her brother Saber but then Nintendo decided to shoehorn StarFox in and while it was still a great game, it would have probably been a classic beloved game had it released as Dinosaur Planet, people would have seen the true beauty of it and Krystal wouldn't have been shafted, she was by far the most interesting part of Adventures and a lot of people weren't happy her game was taken from her. Assault was a better "Starfox" game, the campaign was a great ride with decent replayability (although paths would have made it god-tier) and the multiplayer was very fun to play with friends. Krystal again was the most interesting character imo, her telepathy and woman's touch was a fresh addition to the team. I feel like had they built off of Assault's gameplay and refined it they could have made the perfect sequel.

I've always felt really bad for Krystal as a character, Nintendo has pushed her aside in games like Adventures, Command and Brawl when many of the players of those games love the character and want to see more of her. I feel like Smash Ultimate is the beginning of a rebirth for her, the fact that a character who hasn't appeared in a game in 10 years made it in as the most prominently shown new assist trophy proves they have not abandoned her. Now there are haters of Krystal but none of them have any real merit, they either hated Adventures and blame the character even though it's not her fault Starfox was shoehorned in or the anti-furries who strictly hate her for being a very attractive furry character.

Another reason i think she will come back is that Star Fox desperately needs female characters, in starfox zero/64 Katt is the only female character and her role is very minor and in only in 1 path. Sure characters like Miyu and Fay were created but they are far more obscure and come from a game only people who have the SNES classic have played. Krystal is StarFox's girl and i guarantee you if SF gets another game and adds a female character it will be a reimagined version of her.

I love Krystal, she is a beautiful, interesting character who is not only my favorite Starfox character but my favorite furry character in fictional media.

I know i probably went overboard with defense but i'm really sick of seeing people trash on Krystal (normally with little reason) when she is one of my favorite game characters.

Krystal didn't make me hate her fandom, her fandom made me hate them. I became a fan who liked her for who she is, and I never liked the whole "Krystal is a whore" thing that pretty much everyone and their mother seems to push as if it's an undeniable fact. Now, this wouldn't be a problem if I wasn't given a bad hand in this metaphorical game of poker that ultimately decided that I had to have an irrational hatred for "out-of-character" stuff

Smash Bros Ultimate... No, I don't see her inclusion as an assist trophy as a good thing, it's only a step up from just not being mentioned, and a bad decision on Sakurais part, a case of "either go all the way or don't go at all". She was about as wanted as K. Rool and Ridley, so it would've made sense if all three of them made it in, but no, only Krystal was the one that was left behind, condemned to the purgatory known as Assist Trophy, meanwhile Ridley is so big that he's apparently suseptable to combos that shouldn't be possible. And then there's the Adventures outfit that Sakurai decided to make her wear, the outfit that her fandom has used into oblivion that has effectively become a meme, there was no reason for Sakurai to make her wear that outfit besides fanservice, and it would've made a lot more sense if she was wearing something similar to what Fox and Falco wear. And this is a big asterisk, but apparently, Sakurai only did this stuff because he was tired of his fans complaining about it (which ultimately backfired because people are still complaining)

Krystal (And by extention, Starfox) doesn't need any more reboots, retcons, or reimaginings, what is needed is for Nintendo to finish what they started instead of leaving the most developed storyline with that disaster known as Command. If a large dam is about to collapse, you're supposed to try to repair it to prevent a tragedy from happening, not build a new one somewhere else because you can't be bothered to fix the old one

Starfox Assault is (or was) my favorite Starfox game because the characters weren't walking memes (also because it was the game that got me in the fandom in the first place), I then played Adventures second, and Command third. And from what I believe, Dinosaur Planet becoming Starfox Adventures was probably what prevented Starfox from dying at 64, or at least kept it from being known as an on-rails arcade shooter for home consoles

Again, I don't see Ultimate as a new beginning, I see it as Nintendo's attempt to make their fans shut up for a little while, and at this point, between Nintendo, a majority of the Krystal fandom, and her haters, it's hard to tell who's treating her better. And as much as I believe more good female characters are needed in the series, I don't think Nintendo cares about that since they seem to care more about their gimmicks that they believe will be successful. And I do believe Krystal is a good character with a lot of potential, it's just that pretty much everyone either don't realize it, or intentionally cast it aside for their own greed, I believe that she deserves more than to become an Easter egg, a reference, or an advanced assist item, and me drawing "in-character porn" doesn't seem like it would be helping her case

Now, I guess you can see this as one reason as to why I chose to stop calling myself a fan of Krystal, I don't want to be the kind of person who gets up-in-arms over opinions that oppose my own, and Krystal is one of the very few things I get so uppity about. I want people to enjoy and think what they want without me getting in the way, except thats all I ever really do when it comes to stuff involving Krystal, as I just showed. But since this has effectively become an ingrown habit of mine, I don't expect to change for a long time

I think you fail to see that Ultimate literally brought everyone back and has like 100+ stages and nearly 1000 songs, it is extremely packed and it cut a lot of character's chances short. Assist trophy was a consolation prize, if Skull kid, Isabelle and Shadow get promoted that will be 7 characters to be promoted out of purgatory. Krystal being one of the most popular 1st party ATs it would make sense for her to be promoted in the next game likely (once she shows up in the next starfox game) Sakurai likes to give the characters their look of their first appearance (look at K. Rool, Richter, Simon, Snake, Cloud, etc.) and Krystal has only been seen using the staff in the Adventures garb so it makes more sense for her to wear it. Another thing to note is that becoming an AT only boosts popularity, Little Mac never would have been a popular pick for smash had he not been an assist trophy in brawl. I also don't think Issac and Waluigi would have as large of a fanbase for smash had they not been ATs. Ridley and K. Rool making it in proves that persistence has payoff.

I don't think Krystal is a whore and while i like the lewds for her, i know its all non-canon. Yeah she's sexy but it's not the main reason i find her interesting, i think a mystical female fox from a dead world who wields a staff is pretty unique and fascinating. She could have used some backstories but i blame Nintendo for that, not her.

I choose to look at the positives and dream that she comes back to the Starfox franchise because i know it's where she belongs. Also Smash: my favorite franchise. i have dreamed of her being playable in it since i played adventures 15 years ago. I'm not giving up on her ever and i'm not letting anyone tell me otherwise. She will return, you'll see.

I'm sorry you don't agree with me and i'm sorry the fanbase ruined your spark for the character, i'm not mad at you or anything because i know you're not someone hating Krystal for stupid trivial reasoning like "because she's furbait" but i was just trying to defend a character i have a large attachment to.

There's literally nothing that'll give me hope for any Smash game again, "Too little, too late". And chances are, based on what kind of people the majority of Krystals fandom consists of, most of that "popularity" will just be for porn potential/cheap jokes, which is already rearing its head now

What you believe usually doesn't matter when the majority seems to worship blatant lies with such force that they dedicate an entire month to celebrating that lie. All the big names when it comes to Krystal art don't see her as that "mystical blue fox from a dead planet", but as "blueboobs mcfurrydream", and that sorta kinda really gets in the way of those who actually support the actual character

Believe me, I had those same dreams way back in the day when I was looking forward to Smash 4, but as soon as the full roster was revealed, everything started going downhill, and it has effectively reached rock bottom at this point, and the walls are too steep for me to climb out

I know that you were just trying to defend Krystal, and I respect that completely, I'm glad there are still people out there who show true support, I'm just wanting you to know my views on the matter, and to be aware that I won't be there to lend support

Yeah! It’s not her fault!!

It's not Krystals fault that I stopped calling myself a fan, that is true

Fan! Why not!

I guess in short is because I was rarely happy with being a fan and I disliked pretty much everything that peoe drew of Krystal

Oh! You can't do this! I like pretty much everything that people!

This saddens me to see, dude, truly. I know it's tough, but like others have said, you can't let fandom ruin your personal preferences. Yes, I'm sick of seeing her objectified, but I won't turn up my nose at some stuff with her that happens to be lewd. You can have both, in my opinion, while still maintaining your admiration for her.

Ultimately, it's your decision, and you shouldn't be bent out of shape over a fictional character, no matter who it is. For me, she's not a dead character, she's not the reason for any 'collapse' of the SF series, and she's not a sex icon. The fandom sexualizes plenty of characters like her, absolutely, but it's all just interpretation and fantasy, nothing more. Enjoy Krystal for what you like about her, who she is, and what she represents. That's all. Don't get frustrated by the fetishistic art of her, because they don't change how she really is portrayed. Don't cling to her so strongly, however; believe me, I've made that mistake, but don't abandon her either.

I suppose it's just a long way of saying not to give up. But if you feel it's necessary to have that pessimistic outlook on a series you once loved for no discernible reason than the fandom pisses you off and Nintendo 'hates her', than that's your choice.

That being said, I fully agree with you on other matters, specifically how Nintendo's been rehashing SF64 for too long, and they're sticking to the forms of the characters that were indeed walking memes. It's one of the reasons I don't care for SF64, to be honest, even if it can be fun.

My main reason for making my choice is because I just want to get on with my life and to get back the motivation I've lost over the years, the fandom and Nintendo are just the secondaries. It also doesn't help that I felt like a hypocrite over what I've drawn, and I don't want to eventually end up becoming what I hated

The fact that I even did get overly emotional over a fictional character is a red flag that I should've heeded a long time ago, because my time in the fandom has rarely given me happy moments, it's mostly been me being bitter and cutting ties with people I used to have a connection with

I'll still be here when it comes to drawing art and being social, and while it may be very, very slow, I'll still be active

I understand dude, and I think that will do you a lot of good in the end. I'll still be here as well, if you need me. :)

And you're not a hypocrite, because you don't try to market the way you draw Krystal as true.

Thanks, its good to hear that you'll still be there for me

I respect your choice, also, i'll keep my watch cuz i love your style

Thank you, as long as I'm able to make art for people to enjoy, I'll be good

from all I've read here, you are still very much a fan of krystal, you've just started to look at her in a different way. I agree with you, the fandom is a buch of rotten pervs most of the time, but theres still good ones out there, and you are one of those people that really made my day and from what I've seen, many others, with just a picture of krystal. I guess all i'm really saying, is don't lie to yourself, you are still a krystal fan, you just brought your expectations down to earth and realized that people don't change, unless they have to.

I'm not, I genuinely have no interest in her anymore, and I'm bringing up the things I habitually still believe for the time being until I've learned to let it all go completely

i'll bet once you get over it, you'll come back. krystal is a hard mistress to leave.

If I do come back, then there'll probably be something wrong with me

eh, we've all got something wrong in the head. admittedly I've done the same thing.

I don't have time to read much, but honestly it's a good change for me. More variety in your art, more development potential.Never was a fan of krystal though you come off as heartbroken. Sorry to have this stuff happened to you, but it's not a bad thing in every perspective. Hope you'll feel better soon.

I think it's less "heartbroken", but more "done with the bullshit"

But yeah, I also believe that I'll have more freedom with what I draw if I didn't put so much time in one character, and hopefully, more motivation to draw

While I can't guarantee it, I will be drawing more than just Pokemon in the future, just no more Krystal stuff

I stopped calling myself a Krystal fan because, among things I've already covered, I just don't think it's worth it in the long run

I can probably understand why , since we spoke a lot, about all this.

It doesn't change that it's really sad to read. You totally deserve to love and draw the characters you love for your reasons.

You'll always have made my favorite Krystal art though.
I always end up going back to the last Xmas one :3

If destiny is made so , of course I'll go with your decision. You got the talent to make greatness here. You could draw a rock and make her sexy. (Only if her tits untouched and -just kidding , c'mon you missed my boobs opinion haha)

But if time makes you wanna try again... Well no one would disagree.

Peace , mate.

Well at least I don't see a reason to take down all my Krystal stuff, I know people still enjoy them even if I don't

And I'm pretty sure my skills aren't that good, I still appreciate the meaning behind it, so thank you for that

Maybe your skills aren't like some of these out there (and maybe that's a good thing , since so many become advanced pricks when they can brush colors better lol) but you can make those shapes. Those shapes that are so much sexier (at least , to me) than almost everyone else.
Also , milk.

So many franchises other than Pokemons. I still have the request in mind I've made to you back in the note , so yes , there is great ladies everywhere!

I'll stop the spam now , hehe

Ye, my lineart is good, while the colors are kind of weak, but I will guarantee you that if I do become super popular, I won't be much different than I am now

And ye, there are so many different franchises and series' I'm able to try drawing, yet so little motivation to actually draw them. And to tell the truth, I think I forgot what idea you told me so you'll have to remind me, sorry about that

Still got all your problems at home it seems :/ Sincerely wish I could do something.
The day you'll see a cute character from somewhere else , inspiring enough ? I wanna know lol.

Oh I see. Kinda used to that on FA , to tell the truth :P It was a Tailsko.
Until next time you draw untouched breasts.

... Kidding , later ! And especially , try to take care.

Yeah, I still got those problems, but I'm currently going to therapy for them, so that's a start. And I do get the occasional hits of inspiration from seeing interesting characters, thats for sure

Oh, okay, thats what it was. While I can't guarantee it, I may end up drawing her some time

And thanks, the same to you

I kinda dont understand why you'd just back off all of a sudden. Surely you have a reason?
Mind you I could read everything below, but lets get real i'm just lazy. Just note im not demanding you should still make more but i'm just curious to a reason.

I'm really sorry for such a late reply, I've been rather busy and was unable to check back on FA

To put it simply, I made this decision for a couple reasons, I've more-or-less lost interest in Krystal over time, I'm sick and tired of hating so many people for no legitimate and justifiable reason, and I want to work to try and improve my general motivation instead of worrying so much about a fictional character. To put it simply, I just want to stop being such a cynical and bitter person and getting set off over such small things

And to be honest, calling off my "fanship", for lack of a better word, has actually helped me a little, because I'm not as angry at the fandom as I was before, and I find myself enjoying the art of some artists that I otherwise would've disliked in the past. It'll take a little while before I'll be able to get over it completely, but it's better late than never

That’s too bad, I originally got into your artwork because of the star fox related art that you’ve done.

I'll still be drawing Fara, and maybe some other Starfox characters, just not Krystal

Still, it was the Krystal stuff that really got me into your work.