I never actually thought this day would come lowkey- First of all: I'm not LEAVING leaving. I'll still check the 0 messages I get daily. Second: I doubt there's actually anyone reading this because guess who hasn't posted in uhh months? Yeahhh and I'm not putting this in any studios either womp BUT IN CASE YOU ARE READING THIS then I'm gonna explain my partial leaving. Look, I joined Scratch in 2022 when I was a 5th grader who wanted to make tons of silly games with my friends. ART NEVER CROSSED MY MIND UNTIL WAY LATER THAT YEAR. I deaduzz don't feel like typing this story. But I have some early idols to thank. @-FairyMoon- : Thanks for being my first inspiration. I looked up to you a lot back then. I know you'll never read this because Scratch banned you like it did with all of the other talented artists trying to stand up to them, but I wanted to say it anyway. You were a very kind person, and I'm glad you got so much recognition. I remember being one of the first 20 followers you had. @HalfmoonDragon : You dissapeared long ago, account and all. I doubt anyone remembers you, but I do. I partially based my early artstyle on yours, so I'm very sorry about that. Your animation memes were always peak, and I know you had your reasons for taking them down before your whole account went too. I would've liked to see them one last time. @BelleTheBlackLab : You were also one of my early inspirations in artstyle. I remember entering a few of your contests actually, and I made one of my first PMVs there. You're a talented animator and artist, and I'm glad you're back, at least partially. Now, time to talk about why I'm finally announcing this partial leaving. The main reason is just because it gives some closure to what was already going on. I was slowly moving away from scratch for a longggg time as you may have noticed. There's a simple reason for this. This cat is old. I'm just old and tired. I'm barely a highschooler and I already feel nostalgic and sick. Being really mentally unstable for 2 years will do that, cuz when you finally get better you ask yourself where the time went and realize that those years took away everything you loved with it. But the whole 2024 issue is not my main reason, its everything that comes with being OLD. I probably won't get into it but- guys all of my friends are GONE. They're all GONE. Magic left early, she had her reasons. We still talked all the time, but these past few months have caused me to be distant. I know it's not the same anymore and it's my fault, okay? I'm sorry for ignoring you and I hope to fix what I can. But I'm not the same person as before and I think you found this out long ago. Cookie got banned long ago as I previously said. 3wings left recently, and they were one of the last few here from my original friends. I still hope to see you out there someday, when you can finally have other accounts. Those are just a few of my friends, specifically the older ones. You know who you are if you aren't on here. I haven't forgotten you, you're probably just newer and we still talk. Now for some other reasons why I don't want to be active on this site: 1. I have other sites. I have a YouTube, a TH, a DA, an ArtFight, need I go on??? I don't have any "fans" on any of these (YouTube would be the most likely but I don't post there much because videos take a while) but at least I get more than 13 views and maybe 2 likes if I'm lucky. Followers are easy to earn on Scratch but do they really follow you? I guess I wouldn't know. I've checked many of their profiles and they're all inactive too. 2. My new OCs. They have dark lore not suited for this site. Heck, the old ones did too but I just didn't CARE. But do you know how HARD IT IS to be on other sites after being accustomed to being EXTREMELY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT IS SAID AND HOW? I know I have freedom and yet my roots here try to strangle me as always. One wrong move and you're banned. 3. School is hard. Takes up too much time. 4. I learned how to use Capcut. Why would I keep using Scratch to edit things when I can use THAT?? Heh that was one of the only reasons I stuck around but its pointless now I'm bored of this, but I hope it was enough of an explanation. I might post still but it'll be rarely like always. Apologies for progressively getting more blunt as this went on, I just don't feel like acting upbeat when I'm not.
"i like how you made this and KNEW no one would watch it but still made it. now THAT is determination!" -@cool_guy_loll , one of my old school friends, commented 3 years ago. I never knew how right you were. Story of the beginning and the end of my scratch career right there.
