A boobless wall of text, keep scrolling (7/12)

July the Twelfth, Twenty-Twenty-Fuck.

Dear Diary,

This is less an update and more of a production diary offering insight into Yuki's future, changes to our format stemming from some shifted priorities.

Before I get started, let me slip in this quick reminder that my pinned post here contains a pretty good snapshot of where we are audio production-wise. So, if you're looking for specifics on when stuff is coming, that is still your primary source.

Anyways, let the aimless rambling commence:

For those who don't know or who haven't seen my previous boobless walls of text, working on more than eight audios at once is still a first for us. Previously, our highest at once was three, and that's not even including scripts. I'm like the girl on the couch in that one meme.

Does that mean they'll come faster?

A little bit. Yes.

Ultimately, while I feel like I had the right idea paying you all forward for your kindness and patronage with expanded media like the comics and the artwork, this multi-pronged approach to expansion gives Yuki a sort of sea-urchin-like quality. A lot going in all directions, but very limited in all aspects.

I've talked about my hesitation for years about bringing in help. I didn't know anyone I'd entrust to write audios, and while I was excited to have two sound editors help shoulder the load, and that was expedient for the episodes I was working on at the time, it didn't matter as there was no script around the corner.

It's hard to gauge the efficiency of a pipeline when you only have it set to drip.

(There's a joke about erectile dysfunction here.)

These past few months, I've considered these faults and had a hard look where this is all going. Hell, for once, I even checked the exit surveys. Which, let me tell you, I have never done in almost four years of doing this.

So what I've come to, my conclusion: is that audio is our main thing.

It's my art. Those Audible reviews can thrash my writing (and God knows it needs it sometimes), but you can't take my audio work from me. So it stands to reason it should be most of what I post here. And in any way that I can, I will pay patronage forward towards making more audio happen. Going towards two fellow writers (see last text update) helping me develop Bone-Us and POV episodes based on outlines I provide before giving them a final revision, that way I can keep my focus on writing main episodes. Giving voice talent--some new, some old, more ways to shine. And when we do art commissions, they reflect scenes in past and future episodes. Sexy, capable of standing on their own, absolutely, but uplifting our main material (and working in sync for video versions).

Thing is, it's been going this way for about a month and a half. Barring things set in motion before this shift in passion, you may notice a lot more artwork based on specific moments from the episodes.

I don't want to be a sea urchin, I want to be... I don't know, a swordfish. They have excellent reach and flexibility; you can tell where their eyes and mouth are when you're talking to them, and they are always advancing, or something.

• S.D.