Update 08/15 - Stress Slightly Alleviated

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I'll be honest, I've been quite stressed as of late. Been stuck in my brain with EP29 too long and I wish it RELEASED like a SOUL from the entrapment of ROTTED FLESH.

But it has been alleviated a bit now with the release of the new Short.
I'm very happy it was received well (not to speak of Takahata's reaction, since he wrote and voiced most of it). Releasing stuff that people like always calms me down a day or two after release (the day of the release I am just a nauseous wreck).

EP29 is still a way off though. I have just about finished the Commorragh scenes for the episode which is a huge chunk, so that I'm happy with.
Now both I and Eversor are working together on the Magnus scenes.
It is still very hard to say when it'll all be done though which is the biggest source of DISTRESS. I can just go at it and hope it's sooner rather than later.

However!
I know you all are patient and nice and the greatest enablers one could ask for in this field.
It's easy to be distracted by the one or two comments I get every other week saying I don't work hard enough or that I am literally not working (that's become slightly more popular with the folks who believe I am neglecting work on TTS in favour of WarHams which is the exact opposite of the truth)...

But you never fail to just leave a heap of support in my lap that drills into my bones and pours liquid warmth into my marrow.
I feel as long as I have people here promoting my slow fanfic-spewing, I have no real reason to worry.

So BIG THANK YOU......

With that, and the advent of the WarHams show, I -think- I'd like to try and set up something new potentially...

EP29 and all episodes that proceed it are always going to be priority number ONE.
I feel like I've been too distracted by other projects this year. BROTRIP took its time, I've been writing a lot of random scripts, been screwing around with very wacky stuff and just not been properly considering that MAYBE EP29 NEEDS TO GET DONE.

I should always be working on an episode, at least a little bit every day.
However, since episodes still do take time, I figured I'd try to release a Short or an audiodrama or SOMETHING after every third WarHams upload.
Something I can work on simultaneously as the episode without it entirely taking over.
This gives me a bit of an actual, tangible schedule.

With this, I'd also like to make some key announcements in regards to the Podcasts and BROTRIP.
The script for the latest Podcast is currently in the stages of being finished, so that oughta be released at some point. I am not the one writing this one, getting some help from Earndil, Nostalgia and Voy.

As for BROTRIP, as of right now I am going to put most of the responsibility in regards to editing with Eversor. I'd like to work more on mainline episodes without distraction, but I want BROTRIP to continue, but it is admittedly the thing that takes the most time away from mainline episodes. Thus, Eversor will become the primary editor for that show, so both can be worked on at the same time!

Now, to be clear, everything I just said are still not entirely set in stone.
I do not know if I'll even be able to release something every third WarHams upload.
That might be too much for me. I won't know until I've tried.
All that matters is that you are CONTENT with my CONTENT.

...

Now!
For some things that are utterly unrelated to my work schedule!
If you do not care at all about garbage regarding me as a person, thank you for reading thus far, you are released!

First off; Patreon Lawsuit Thing
A few people contacted me last week and the week before and basically told me Patreon might be shutting down due to lawsuits levelled against it, where they'll be forced to pay arbitration fees up to almost 10 million dollars (as far as I've heard).

A few were gloating about this as some kind of "win" but others were genuinely concerned and told me I should probably consider alternatives.

This became a BIG source of added stress for a few days because I did not have the details.
The idea of having to use some other significantly less reliable platform for this made me realise Patreon dying would probably spell the end of me working on TTS full time.
I am calmer now though, because I realised these lawsuits will barely be a dent in Patreon's revenue.
In 2017, with 1 million patrons, they earned about 30 million in revenue.
In 2019, they now have 4 million patrons. And considering the changes they've made since 2017 to optimise the revenue they make, I simply cannot believe they'll go under unless the sum they're paying out is somehow WAY, WAY, WAY higher.

However, the worry regarding Patreon still does stand.
There really is no better alternative to Patreon, but just as a safety measure in case something very bad happens, I have been considering at least starting up and using YouTube's own inferior patreon alternative, 'YouTube Membership', just so I have some kind of safety net to fall back on in case things go to hell.

Second off;
I'm doing 100 days of playing Ringfit Adventure at the moment!
It's extremely effective thus far. I'm about 35 days in I think and my glutes are becoming more powerful by the day.
If you want to start exercising for real but don't feel like going to a gym or... going outside, then I cannot recommend Ringfit Adventure enough, it's extremely effective, especially if gamefying exercise works for you.

And that'll be that for now though, I gotta go to IKEA and die.

Until next time,
Have a good one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!