So this has been a long time coming. For the foreseeable future I will not be posting, writing, or really doing much of anything with either of my stories, Steven Universe, or this site. A number of things have come up in my personal life, many of them schooling and mental health related, and well both of these were once great outlets for my anxiety, and anger, and general story tellingness, they have now become additional problems in my life. For the past 4 months I haven't really done much writing. I've had ideas, and thoughts, but most of them burned out either due to the massive rewrites required (that mostly applies to Old War, New Battles) or a general loss of interest. I haven't watched anything Steven Universe related that hasn't been about why the show is bad in probably 6 months ( and part of me is really inclined to agree, but my own opinions are my own) and honestly can really bring myself to watch an episode. The show was, at one point, a nice childish release for me. Something akin to what the original Ben 10 was in my younger years. As of late, however I have lost all interest in the show, it's characters, and where it's going. I will be keeping both stories and my account up and running and will gladly answer any questions anyone has. I hope that maybe someday I can come back here and have the inspiration to start John's story, or finish the alternate history of humanity, or maybe write something new. I also hope that my story can inspire others, because we REALLY need more fan-fictions about the human aspects of SU. I'am greatly sorry to those who followed me, to those that anticipated another chapter, a fitting end, or something that wasn't this. But that's life, it hits you hard with bullshit you don't want and then kicks you well your down.
Sincerely yours,
Joel B. Atwater
P.S.
If I ever do come back, both of these stories are getting completely rewritten. John is a walking action movie cliche, Steven has no substance to him beyond not liking killing, and the Gems have gotten such little character development beyond what is already stated in the show. The tribe that I wrote about in When The Stars Fell is every single cliche you could think of for an ancient tribe, like seriously the first scene I have of them is a human sacrifice. On top of this I didn't even really know where I wanted that story to go. I kinda just had a vague idea for a collection of short stories about the early human settlements on earth having to deal with Gems.
P.P.S.
This isn't the first time I considered this, or even wrote out a whole good bye ( that doesn't feel like the right word, but I suppose it is), it's just the first time I finally committed.
