This is a project I had hoped I wouldn't've had to make, at least not for a while, but it's gotten to a point where I no longer feel like my art is safe here (My views on the whole AI debacle: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1269888957/ ), so it's with a heavy heart that I announce I am saying goodbye. It's a fairly bittersweet way to go about my account's 5th anniversary, huh? (I know the anniversary date has passed months ago, I meant for this to come out on the day, but the ToPh MAP took up too much time lol) That's right, 5 years! Hard for me to believe too, tbh. I haven't had really any consistency in my posting for a while, though, so I suppose this was bound to happen sooner or later, with or without that final straw. At the time of posting this, I've got 644 followers, and I am sorry to those of you who will be unable to follow me elsewhere for whatever reason or simply wished I'd continue my content-making here. I've used this site almost solely for the purpose of sharing my art and animating via coding, but Scratch's implementation of generative AI, and their vague response wording that implied they could start scraping our art at any time, has only served to make me feel as though I can no longer do that which I had pretty much built my presence here upon, and therefore there is no reason for me to stay. I'd also hope that others would leave for the same reason, as none of our art is safe, but at the end of the day that's up to y'all. I wish I were better at wording all this, but ig it just makes it more genuine or something, idk. Will I return? Even if Scratch revokes its AI use, probably not. I'll likely check notifications from time to time for a bit, but I've already kinda mentally checked out, and honestly I've probably outgrown all this, so yea, this is the end. Was it fun? Of course! The stories and art I've seen all over this site were so interesting to me, and this was one of my longest lasting socials I've had, it's an archive of how my art has changed and evolved, and I will look back upon it all fondly. Not to mention that if it weren't for Scratch, I likely never would've ended up with the great friend group I'm now part of and hope to remain with forever. I had also experienced the brunt of my DTA addiction here, which resulted in me getting quite a few characters. Will I delete any projects/studios? No; if any of my projects or studios are removed from here on out it will be because of Scratch, not me, as I wish for this to stand as the archive it is. I will also not remove anything from my studios (this is mostly pertaining to my to-do list that I haven't touched in forever; I don't wanna bother with clearing it out when there's no point). Feel free to continue adding projects to the studios of mine that allow it. I will also not edit/update any project/studio/account information. Am I leaving social media as a whole? Heck no. If you're allowed, you may find me elsewhere, where I shall continue to share my art, characters, and other things, simply check within this project for said elsewhere places (please do not report this project for this, I implore everyone reading this to do their own research to know where they are and aren't allowed and act accordingly rather than lying about their ages in order to gain access, it's for your own safety). What will I do if Ranboo's ToPh DC AU is ever to go off hiatus? Well, as mentioned before, I can be found elsewhere, and the ToPh DC AU comic can be found elsewhere too, so if another chapter is ever to be released, I will likely continue to comic-ify it, just not here anymore. What about my voice acting roles? Well as far as I know, everything I've gotten a part in, aside from maybe Sesame Paradise, has been cancelled and/or ended. And even that is no longer gonna be continued here on Scratch, so if my Zoe voice is needed again, it won't be for a Scratch project and will therefore be conducted elsewhere. The music I decided to add to this final send-off is Space Was Cool, a song by Markiplier for In Space with Markiplier (might have to click the flag a few times to get it to not sound glitchy) I chose this song because for one, it's an absolute banger and has the bittersweet vibes that this departure has me feeling, but secondly, I also think most of its lyrics can be applicable to the whole situation if you think about it. ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ [ꜱᴄʀᴀᴛᴄʜ] ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴏ ᴄᴏᴏʟ [...] ꜱᴏ ᴄʀᴜᴇʟ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʟᴇᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴀ ᴍᴇʟᴏᴅʏ ꜱᴏ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ, ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀ ᴘɪᴛʏ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʙɪʟʟɪᴏɴꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʙɪʟʟɪᴏɴꜱ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴꜰɪɴɪᴛᴇ, ɪɴꜰɪɴɪᴛᴇ ꜱᴛᴀʀꜱ [ᴜꜱᴇʀꜱ/ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛꜱ] ᴡᴇ ᴅɪᴅ ᴏᴜʀ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ᴛᴏ ʜᴏʟᴅ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ʙᴜᴛ ɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇᴀᴍꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟʟ ᴘᴜʟʟɪɴɢ ᴀᴘᴀʀᴛ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ [ꜱᴄʀᴀᴛᴄʜ] ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴏ ᴄᴏᴏʟ ꜱᴏ ᴄᴏᴏʟ Thank you for reading through all this and thank you, Scratch community, for the memories. And in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night. Goodbye. -
