There's a special feeling that discovering fandom-specific make-believe gives us. I still remember it. Some of you may still feel that way. I made some real, legitimate, and close bonds with creative and thoughtful writers who were willing to share with me how COOL this or that was. These friends shared ideas I'd never had before with me and expanded what it meant to have friends online.
...I did lose some of it, though. And it was a real shame. I can make all kinds of excuses; I can talk to you about how I wasn't doing justice to my part as a long-standing Judith, and all the other pet projects that cropped up along the way.
The atmosphere literally began to eat at me. Either I'd ceased to be good at ignoring what was once to easy to overlook, or some switch had flicked in my brain. I felt like I'd been duped. No one was talking about the games much, anymore. Everyone had grown beyond that, somehow. Everyone was becoming bored and finding solutions to that. Regarding content, I didn't feel like I belonged here on my dash board and I certainly didn't have the words to express why this was.
It comes down to one little acronym and its lackadaisical treatment: NSFW.
There's a safe haven of sorts that two people I am incredibly lucky to know have crafted from the ground up with me.
Anatole Guild wants to revive the excitement and inspiration to adventure, be silly, be courageous, and problem-solve with other writers. We're together and open to examine the fine details, while remaining true to the rating of the actual series itself.
This may attract brand-new faces who were nervous or turned off to the kinds of M!A prevalent in unmoderated rp circles.
It might be an invite to someone who's an old pro, and interested in returning to the meat of the story that first captured their heart, and all without sex-scenes to boot.
Whatever it might be, this is something I feel I've needed and I'm going to give it a try. My best try. It would be beautiful to see you pop in to visit, too.
I will always love each and every one of you, and I hope that whatever words you write, they're ones that feel just like what you need to say and see.
