Alive
Hello all! I come to you today with a brief post about my hiatus, and what's happened in the nearly six months since then.
I first would like to apologize for pulling out of RatsSMP so suddenly, it was never the plan, but life circumstances demanded that I focus my attention elsewhere, and I no longer felt comfortable with my opening sequence. I secondly would like to apologize for mostly disappearing. Those who remained in the Discord server were able to make the transition over into the new era, but I left most of you in the dark, and that also was never the plan for the rebrand to my new username. It was meant to be a seamless transition sometime in the new year, username changes instead of new accounts, but I felt it more productive at the time to wipe the slate clean and start over. I managed to clear most of my follower count on Twitch, and restarted on new accounts across X, BlueSky, Tumblr, and TikTok. I don't fully regret this decision, but I do wish I had been more prudent in how I communicated all of this to my community, as so many of you were lost to the scattered skies.
I have rebranded under the username @reisaval across most platforms. I no longer go by Will. You are welcome to follow me under this new name, but things are quite different now. I, myself, am different. There have been good things, such as new and wonderful friends in my life who have been my rock throughout all of this, and I've gotten top surgery, the recovery of which went spectacularly. But with each rose, comes thorns, and I am now finding myself in quite a mess, as I obliterated my regular income with these decisions and the job market has been proving insufficient, and I have several medical bills from the surgery and tax season is upon us. I know it is unfair to ask, especially after vanishing for so long, but anything you can spare as a tip to my Ko-Fi would be immeasurably helpful, and I have also re-listed the older Rats Merch on my old shop in case anyone would like to pick that up.
I never wanted to ask for help in this way, but circumstances demand I reach out. I appreciate every one of you, and I'm so sorry that I have made these errors over the past few months. This was not the plan that I had in place for any of this.
Stay drifting, I hope to see you among the stars.
