May 2025 Requests Closed... and some extra thoughts

Before you read this long spiel, I hope you enjoy a pregnant Arihiro on what would have been a banner.

You may be seeing a pattern in request closures at the moment. On top of some still persisting real-life commitments (I'm starting to see the end of it, but it's still a ways out XD), I'm currently looking at revising my request and tier systems. Story availability and distribution methods are also being looked at (specifically for long-form stories with dialog as I'm looking to start "Isolated" after nearly two years of teasing it -- Getting a little motivation for it now as I've got an idea for the first episode(s)). However, I want to make sure my work load is balanced (I have life stuff, work and hobbies outside of this naturally 😛) but ensure that patrons in lower tiers aren't missing out when my workflows change. It's currently been a big factor as to why I haven't been able to work on it as the current format takes up most of my time and a radical shake up could leave people feeling short on content.

At the moment, given the detail I'll likely be giving it; "Isolated" (unlike other short-stories and photo-series I have and will be releasing) may be distributed under the following models:

• Exclusive release of pages to silver and up patrons every second month (I'll be doing requests and storylines every other month essentially).
  

• I'm also floating the idea that I may end up just posting progress updates, teasers and stills on my main feed instead and then selling the final product for a singular fee. This will just eliminate any possible stress and deadlines on the story that could otherwise affect the general quality. I'm also great at setting unrealistic timelines, and do want to avoid disappointing folks! 😅
  

• To exercise some control over my story content, I may alternatively host it on MEGA and provide passwords to active patrons (silver and up) monthly in order to maintain access.
  

I'm hoping this isn't just a fluke (and I'm betting some of you are too) and there might actually be some first pages on Isolated finally 😂 I'm sorry to everyone who has been anticipating something after all this time! It's sometimes hard to find motivation and given I've sorted of established a certain expectation for how much content there is in a month (fresh images every 4 days can be lot sometimes!), it leaves very little room for long form content.

I also do notice that based on the likes and requests, birth content and obviously (and generally heavily) pregnant men is where a vast majority of interests lie, so gauging interest in a long-form story that may not see an obviously pregnant man for some months (mostly due to the way I may choose to work and distribute the story to balance requests) can be difficult 😛

So that's where I'm at currently! Sorry if it's a little incoherent, I'm writing this kind of late and it sort of feels like I'm rambling at this point!😂If y'all have any opinions on what I've written, let me know -- would love to hear what y'all think as well!

Just as a matter of personal interest, and given what I've said above, I may consider running a poll at some point to get an idea of everyone's tastes (anyone for that lil' early pregnancy belly?😜) . May be keep an eye out next month for one (I'll just need to work on some graphics to get my point and make it interesting to look at😉