Let’s start with the important news, I’m retiring Vikky and all related characters/forms. And no, I’m not going to be removing anything from my gallery. It leaves her happily married, with a child and the real possibility of another at some near future point and time. She has her happy ending, and I’m comfortable with allowing her to have that.

You see, I’m not Vikky, at least not anymore. When I created her, she was a part of my that I had never really gotten to be, and helped me in exploring that side of myself. In the decade plus since then, I’ve found the answer I had been searching for, and decided on who I am and was going to be. After that our places, personalities and dreams have diverged.

I will miss all of them of course. It was fun to work with Vikky and Charlie, and I do wish I had done more with Lela and Rhea, as they both had their own interesting histories that I never got to touch on. It’s possible Ying might move on with me, but I haven’t decided about that yet.

Panthera Leo existed well before Vikky ever did, and I think it’s time I reclaim her face and stories. While I did try folding her into part of Vikky, she was always her own character, and will returning to be that way going forward. All my future writing will be posted under that name, and on her accounts (see my profile for link). Going forward, I don’t foresee myself writing anything as Vikky ever again.

As for the future of this account, I’m not going to be deleting it, or closing it. While I doubt I will be posting anything here anymore, I will still be around for the time being. I’ll just be lurking from now on.

When it comes to the fandom as a whole… Over the last few weeks, I’ve been finding myself going around and around about what my place in the fandom is anymore. Maybe the fandom has grown up, or I have, but I’m not sure I belong her now. That’s something that is going to remain up in the air going forward, and I’ll just have to see where I land.

Lastly, thank you all for being with me through all of this, all my friends here and those who have moved on or sadly passed from this realm. I will always carry your memories with me, no matter where I find myself going forward.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coYwBvysy3Q

There are not many who remember
They say a handful still survive
To tell the world about
The way the lights went out
And keep the memory alive