ShadowsDen

It's taken me a long while, and a lot of thought, as well as much agonizing. As the more astute of you may have noticed, Krissy, my primary moderator has resigned to take up more pressing responsibilities with her growing family (to which I only wish her the best), and that leaves only myself and Bullet to moderate the forums, and frankly, neither of us has the time, nor the drive any more to really moderate anything, and certainly nothing spiritual.

You can only do it so much, really. Say the same things over and over, mush the same topics, defend the same opinions, and frankly see the same bullshit over and over. I don't want to deal with it anymore, I want to move on. Its not that I'm not interested in spirituality anymore, or therianthropy, but no longer have the drive to share my thoughts and ideas as I once did, nor do I have the time or inclination to slap the stupid out of other people, or be as nice and understanding as perhaps I once was.

People change. People move on. I'm doing that now.

These forums have been dying steadily for years, and clearly people do not respect them as they once did, nor me, which I suppose is fine. But there comes a point where you have to ask yourself, is it worth dealing with it?

I've come to a point where I've had to say 'no, its not'.

While I'm glad my site has been helpful for a few people over the years, I'm at a point where I'm just not 'there' anymore. I'm a at a point in my life where I'm honestly sick of being impartial and diplomatic and if you get in my face and piss me off on my own site I'm going to kick your ass out. Sorry, I'm getting too old to play nice anymore.

I'm moving on, and this site is going to change to a personal website, likely focusing on my current passions of Art, webcomics, webcomic creation/tutorials and probably manga/anime to some degree. Maybe some other creative pursuits such as writing and roleplaying.

I have an absolute TON of personal projects I'd love to share, but kept them off this site due to the nature of the content that was here. However, I can see now that's really fucking backwards. I'd rather ditch the current content that's old and outdated, and do something new.

Although, to be fair, I'm not going to just.. like.. delete the old forums right away. I'm just going to hide them. If you are a part of certain groups (like therianthropy or vampires or old timers.. etc) you will still be able to see them for a while. Most people don't really post in the spiritual forums anyway, the non spiritual stuff will remain accessible to all, the forum will be undergoing something of an overhaul visually and organizationally.

This is just a heads up. Flee if you wish, or hang around. Its up to you.

After the overhaul is complete, I will be doing a database purge. Anyone who hasn't posted in the last 6 months will be removed, as well as anyone who asks to have their account removed. So if you want to stay, and haven't posted in something, best to do so or I'll remove you.

Hm. I guess this isn't goodbye so much as 'see you on the flipside'.

I think that this is the best idea I've read in a while. Like you said, the forums have been dying a slow death for some time, because oldies like myself and others just don't care anymore about trying to convince others about how we feel, or of our beliefs. I, personally, think that that's because we've come to terms with ourselves and feel fully adjusted. Isn't that the whole purpose of these sorts of places? To help people come to an understanding within themselves and then move on? So, for us, I can't think of a better way to stay connected, while keeping out the bullshit and headache. Newcomers who are still attempting to understand themselves have plenty of other spiritual forums to join; this place isn't needed for that, anymore.

I am excited about the changes! I've been feeling the drive to focus on my writing and drawing again, anyway, so this change is right on par with my life. ^_^ I'll be a stay-at-home-mom as soon as Caleb is born, so while he's napping or busying himself with playtime, I'll be attempting to finish some writing projects that I've been putting on hold for waaaaay too long.

I can't wait to see the new look. Good luck, Myst!