heyya :] so ... as the title says, I’m leaving this acc. the aes side of scratch has been a huge part of my life for nearly 2 years now, but I think it’s time to move on. I'll still be active-ish on my set account @PixieSpark (checking messages daily and I’ll try to be open for set orders now and then, but I won’t be interacting much other than replying to pf comments). and I’ll continue to be active on my main @IllusionKitty ofc cuz that's not for aesthetics feel free to remove me from any studios if you need to. I'm gonna find someone to be manager for the studios in which I'm the only active manager or I'll let the host know if they're still active some of the main reasons I'm leaving : 1) school : junior year in high school is busy and hard. it’s probably the most important year of high school too, so I should be giving it more time than I’m giving it rn honestly. there's always have something I need to do- whether its homework, studying for an upcoming test (cuz there’s always one), extra courses, SAT prep, or whatnot 2) age : well I feel like I'm too old for the aes part of scratch now. I feel like most people here are around 11-12 yrs. the art side of scratch has a lot more people around my age 3) this acc just stresses me out too much for some reason 4) there's nothing I do here anymore anyways I’d been planning to leave ever since summer break, but I wanted to host a banner contest first. it took a LOT longer to wrap that up than I had expected (both cuz of school and cuz 100 pgs with like half the pgs ia is a nightmare to figure out) :') I also wanted to take a final round of orders before leaving, but finding a test-free week was really hard. I finally got all that done and spent the past month procrastinating on this project heh I just wanna say a huge thank you to everyone who’s stuck by my side for these past two-ish years :D you guys are honestly so amazing, and I’m so glad for all the friends and acquaintances I've made along the way <3 and also, if I’ve ever been rude to you or just not as nice to you as I should've been- sorry abt that :') I’m not the best at communication, but I'd like to let you know that I probly appreciated all our interactions more than I've shown leaving isn’t really easy- this acc has been quite a big part of my life for so long, and I’ll miss many of the things here. but it feels like the right time to move on, and I just wanna start a new chapter of my life :] tyy for everything again, and I hope you guys keep doing amazing things !! - linn dec 11 2024 <3 some fun stats hehe : □ made this acc on saturday, march 4, 2023, at 1:00:23 pm (pst) □ current number of followers : 1850 (nearly 2k woah :0) □ top 5 most loves projs : the aes comm bday list (1st) , what underrated really means (2nd) , my thumb tuto (3rd) , the bc I just hosted (4th) , the leaving the aes comm as manager project (5th) □ total proj stats : 9029 views , 1390 likes :0 and 253 favs lol □ average proj stats : 31 views, 5 likes , 1 fav (honestly that’s really high since I have so many projects and almost all of them are just orders for people) □ 320 people are following my chat studio woahh :O I don't have the add0n to see how many curators there are :') □ total number of projects : 292 □ total number of orders made : 324 holy moly [126 from my 5 order folders combined + 198 from individual projects]