An unofficially official goodbye of sorts
Iâm pretty sure no one has noticed my absences recently. Those who have have also likely seen the posts that I've made about where Iâm hiding out on an entirely different blog. I've been putting off openly acknowledging that, for now, Iâm abandoning this blog almost entirely. Yes, kids, you read that right. immatyrantlizard.tumblr.com is, as of now, predominantly out of commission.Â
This isnât something I ever thought I would find myself doing. For years, this blog was my safe haven. I could share and say what I wanted and post the things I like, but today...tonight...for a while...I have been unable to shake how much I put off logging on. Iâm sorry if any of you actually enjoyed my blog, but I just canât deal with it. Please, donât abandon me. One day Iâll be back, and Iâm sure my normal posting will resume. I just donât know when that will be.Â
I wanted to give everyone who wants it a good explanation, and a goodbye, so Iâm going to. I put off, and put off and put off the fact that -I wanted a new blog- that had almost no connections to this one post-wise. One night, though, I decided to hell with it and created and entirely new account dedicated to Attack on Titan. It sounds kind of pathetic, I know. Why couldnât you just post it here? Well...this blog has...standards at this point. Itâs rooted into a multifandom and bandom blog, and itâs been like this for going on four (or maybe five, I canât remember) years now, and Iâm not about to completely dedicate it to one thing.
That being said, I also donât...ever...feel...like...even looking at anything that I would normally post here. Supernatural? Bores the fuck out of me in the mentality Iâm in currently. Doctor Who? Havenât watched since Day of the Doctor. Sherlock? Donât make me laugh. Music? I canât tell you the last time I sat down and just listened. Tattoos? Piercings? Funny stupid text posts? None of it appeals to me.Â
So, I did what felt right, what didn't feel like betraying my followers. I made a new blog, I dedicated it to anime, and now I blog my little heart out when Iâm not reading fanfiction. Because thatâs all I do, guys. I read fucking Attack on Titan fanfiction while dreaming up Attack on Titan AUs while waiting for new Attack on Titan manga updates while trying to force myself to rewatch some of my old favorite anime or get into a new anime. Yet, here I am, betraying my followers anyway because I just canât juggle this blog right now.
I told someone recently that Iâm so much happier than I used to be. Itâs true, but itâs also one of the biggest lies Iâve ever told. Maybe I am a lot happier, but really Iâm just sad in a different way, over different things, now. I donât admit to who my father is, so his shame has been taken from my back. His side of the family has all but abandoned me, so I donât have to deal with that. Iâm no longer actively trying to fit into a new environment while making it through school. I donât have any of the same worries that I did.
Iâm more alone than Iâve ever been. Maybe I mentioned it, maybe I didnât, but I moved again, and now Iâm in California on a base where I havenât met anyone and Iâve been here since January. I donât have outside communications, and I donât worry about work or school anymore. I freak out about how I missed all my college deadlines and so I wonât start in the fall. I freak out about how my driving test was cancelled. I freak out about how Iâm alienated from my friends. I freak out wondering what I do with my time, why I canât get my head out of the clouds, and I know that any time Iâm not neck deep in something Attack on Titan related...Iâm drowning. My worries changed and warped who I was, and Iâm sorry.
I never, ever wanted to feel like this. I never thought that logging on here would make me feel like crying, or actually force me to tears as it often does, but the sad truth is that I cannot, absolutely cannot stand looking at this dashboard, looking at this blog, looking at what Iâve lost. Iâll turn my blind eye, and Iâm so fucking sorry. None of you probably care, though. Iâm just a person behind a url, typing away and writing off my oldest outlet as something I canât stand, and it doesnât really effect any of you...so much so that no one will probably make it to the end of this rambling post.
I know Iâm just one sad soul who hasnât done anything to deserve a second glance from anyone, and Iâm okay with that. No one has noticed Iâve been gone so far, and I doubt anyone will at this point. Thatâs really okay, I donât mind. A few followers have journeyed over to my new blog just to keep tabs on me, and I thank you so much for that, for making me feel important. All 409 of you are important to me, and that isnât counting the people that I follow. If I add them, thereâs so many people who have made an impact on me in some way. I never thought I would close this chapter in my life, whether it be permanently or not.
With everything being said...Goodbye, sort of. Maybe Iâll pop on every now and then, Iâll keep up with any messages sent here, and maybe youâll see a post or two that I donât want to put up on my new blog, but consider this blog on a hiatus until further notice. No matter what posts you see, no matter what messages I reply to, this blog is all but inactive at this point. There isnât a reason for me to keep up with it outside of my friends, and I do a piss poor job of keeping up with them.
Maybe Iâm pathetic, but right now I donât want to be a liar. As I said, I told someone recently that Iâm happy now. As it is, Attack on Titan is my life force, and I donât want to or feel like pushing that on any of you. So, Iâm going to continue to reside on my other blog. Iâm going to keep letting it put a smile on my face, and Iâm going to keep forgetting about all of this sadness that this blog brings to me. Iâm going to march on; Iâm going to read more fanfiction than any one person should; Iâm going to watch my armada of ships sail; Iâm going to bleed my obsession all over everything I do because thatâs just what makes me happy right now.Â
After I post this, Iâm going to log out, then Iâm going to log back in...with another email address, another url, another me. Someone happy, someone so comfortable in their own skin, someone who canât find the time to be upset. Right now, Iâm going to abandon this shell of a person and blog, and Iâm going to do everything I can to keep myself happy until the day comes that I can get back on this blog and not feel like Iâm in over my head.
Goodnight, my friends. I hope life treats you well while Iâm gone, and I promise Iâll be back. I swear that if you need me, Iâm only a few keys away. Trust that you can still send a message to this blog and it will be seen at some point, but know that you should go to attackonwhatnow.tumblr.com if you want good contact. Should anyone worry, please remember Iâm okay. I love you guys. Goodnight, friends, and goodbye for now.