Update in 2025
TL;DR: Feather isn't back in any official capacity, but I still love him very much and I'm still willing to do private stuff on Discord (storm337), even if my time and energy is limited. Feather 3.0!
Holy shit, a canon winged Shadow in 2024. I'm late to the party but damn, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I'd get to experience playing as (kind of) Feather. I absolutely suck at the game, much to my chagrin cause I used to rock at SA2, but it's still pretty damn fun. This would blow 2012 14 year old me's mind, but then again what I'm doing now and how far I've made it would blow 2012 14 year old me's mind. I got to see Sonic 3 with one of my best friends, one of the first friends I made on this blog and RPed Feather with, which was so significant to me. That experience really put a lot in perspective for me, we've known each other for like 13 years now! She's even my roommate now, how fuckin crazy is that. 2012 14 year old me would be losing it.
So....I've been hella busy. In the update I posted back in 2019 (damn that was really 6 years ago huh) I hadn't even finished college yet, but I was getting close.
Well, I graduated with my bachelor's in Spring 2020 and joined a Masters program in Fall 2020. I did 3 years in that program and graduated in Spring 2023 with my Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. I got my official associate number in Fall 2023 and my first real job in the counseling field in Spring 2024 working with kids under 18. I've been working my ass off for the last year establishing the beginning of my career as a practicing clinical counselor (PCC). In February 2025 I'll have been at my job for a full year, which is crazy to me because that time really flew by.
My high school years, the primary years I was on this blog and RPing as Feather, were some of the darkest times for me. I was depressed, I had SI, I contemplated SH, there were days I couldn't get out of bed, where I'd have panic attacks multiple times a day at school, where I was just so angry with myself and the world and all the people that loved me. I didn't think I'd make it out of high school, much less beyond it. Feather was my escape, a way to vent and express myself, a little joy in a time that felt very joyless. I'll always look back on the blog fondly, even if the time that created it wasn't great.
But just like Feather I persevered, I made it through to a better and brighter future.
I've made so many wonderful friends since, done so many fun things, and furthered my education beyond anyone else in my family. It hasn't been all sunshine and rainbows, I've lost some family members, there's been rough changes in life, hard times behind and ahead, but I'm the happiest I've ever been. It's a little ironic that at my peak I look back at my lowest, but also some of my most pivotal learning and growing points. Those times help me so much now with my career and my clients, who I sometimes see my younger self reflected in. I'd never go back to that, not for anything, but I'm glad I experienced it so I can help others through similar situations.
So....what's next? On here, nothing. I'm just peeking my head in to say hi to anyone that might find this dusty corner of the old Sonic fandom. I imagine there's way cooler winged Shadows out there now.
I'm not on Tumblr much these days, even if I'll always begrudgingly love this hellsite. My focus right now is my job, which is incredibly mentally and emotionally taxing. My ability to rp over the years has decreased drastically, and in the last year I've hardly been able to write at all. I still love to do it, but I just can't at the rate I used to, even back in 2021. But Feather is in the back of my head, screaming bloody squawky murder, and the nostalgia is hitting hella hard.
Anyway, I think that's it. I'm doing good, better than I ever thought I would, especially when running this blog. I'm happy, I'm successful, I've got a long way to go but I've been a long way too. I'm content with where I am now and while I might have outgrown this blog, I certainly haven't outgrown Feather. I'm glad this blog is around where I can come back and reflect.














