Wednesday micro-update: i died (real) (not clickbait) (3 am challenge) (gone wrong) (asmr)

Yup. The rumors are true! I died! Most of you (understandably) left! After crawling out of my grave and shambling back home I would've hoped for a welcome-home party, but what are ya gonna do

Okay, okay, I'll be real with you now. I've been having a busy couple of years! I moved (again) and am now living with my partner, I've been getting my mental health shit in check, and most importantly, I THINK I've figured out a much more streamlined editing process– meaning I can get videos out faster!

The last we spoke, I was starting a script on the history of Chuck E Cheese, a la my RAE video. This idea has sort of been shelved/retooled into a different animatronics-related video, one I'm probably going to call "The Ultimate Animatronic Roadtrip". It's me (in live-action, no less!) going over the various spots in America (and beyond) that you can still find performing animatronics, framed as if I'm going on a big cross-country trip to see them all. I have been lucky enough to visit many of the places I'm covering, so it's also a fun excuse to use all the videos I took collecting dust on my phone lol. The video also weaves in the story surrounding CEC 2.0 and the legacy stores, so there's also plenty of animatronic history involved!

I've been working on this video since... (realizes I don't want to think that far back) ...well, I filmed it back in February. Editing started just about as slow as the RAE video went, and I was forced into taking a break for pretty much all of May through July because of moving and then Artfight lol. But having gotten back into it in the last couple of weeks with my new process, I've been absolutely blazing through editing these segments! I went from eternally stuck at around 4 out of 18 segments edited to 10 out of 18 in just a few weeks! That's crazy! What the hell! I didn't know I could do that! It's a little scary actually!

"Okay Juno but what about your paying customers?" First of all, I do sincerely apologize for not keeping up with this page or giving any updates on my whereabouts. And if you did stick around this whole time, I'm very grateful! And I hope you didn't just forget to cancel your subscription!

But as far as the future of this page goes, I'd like to take at least one more honest crack at it before I admit it's too much to handle lol. I've retooled how benefits work a bit:

All paid members now get: their names in the credits of my videos (unsure if I'll read them out but it'll either be all or none), some level of sneak peeks at my upcoming videos, and access to a brand spanking new Patrons-only Discord server! It's a bit bare-bones still, but it's functional! I'll link to it at the end. All paid members above the $1 tier will get to see actual video clips from my WIPs, while $1 tier members will mostly just get update posts like this.
Monthlies are sadly no longer a thing, at least not until I get better at balancing producing videos for Youtube AND for here, so the $3, $5, and $7 tiers effectively all give the same rewards. I left the higher tiers open in case of the rare event that someone wants to give me more money for no reason other than they're cool as fuck.

And, since I've already made significant headway into editing this video: I'm going to start sharing one completed segment on here per week! Anyone subscribed at the "Anonymous Sponsor" tier or higher will be able to see them. If I catch up with myself, I'll start posting them as I finish them instead. If I decide the video release date is closer than it'd take to upload the rest of my previews weekly, then I'll probably start sharing them more frequently. If you stick around long enough, you can theoretically see the entire video before anyone else!

I'm finally reaching the point with this video where I can start drumming up excitement about it, and I don't know about you, but I'm definitely excited! I'll be back in a week with another segment for you. In the meantime, here's the intro– available to $1 members just this once! Thank you for reading!

(Oh, and that Discord link, before I forget: https://discord.gg/JUbjB8vb4S )