So with 2017 officially coming to an end, I thought it would be prudent to post something this half of the year as well and might as well make it something useful.

As some of you may have noticed, 2017 was the year I all but vanished off the face of the earth. I had high hopes in January, but reality came crashing down and even now I’m scrambling to piece everything together.

The principal problem, as before, has been work. So far, over the two years I’ve been at my current place, we’ve gone through 4 other people who were supposed to help out, each departure leaving me with more to do. This resulted in my daily hours steadily moving into constant double-digits. Less hours meant less time to myself, slowly but surely grinding down my enthusiasm for basically everything. This meant writing, friends, gaming, so on and so forth, and all this on top of other more personal problems.

More and more I realize that some of my problems, especially those to do with the growing apathy I feel, have been around much longer than just these ~2 years, I just used to be much better at managing them. In reality, I wish I was even half the happy person I often pretend to be.

As for creative ventures, some of my frustrations definitely come from there. I still have so much I’d like to share, so many stories and ideas I’d like to elaborate, but I got to the point where it’s exceedingly difficult, even when I manage to squeeze in some time.

I really want to finish at the very least the stories I’ve begun. As to how and when, well, that remains a difficult question, but something I can work on at least. Writing has always been a great way for me to free my mind up a little, and the fact that I’ve been unable to muster anything is just another sign that I’ve fallen in a hole much darker than I’m used to.

I believe I can get out of this hole and retain at least some of the person I used to be (albeit I’ve perhaps burned one too many bridges for that), but the fine details of that are yet to be seen. Still, trying to piece things back together should make for a worthy resolution for 2018, right?

I really hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there’s a certain matter here that requires attention.

This is Tony Frisk, an author on Amazon.

While the initial page reveals fairly little there’s one major issue regarding our dear author here.

Every work posted on their page is stolen from various Undertale fanfic authors.

Undertale: Who are You is actually Memories of a Soul

Undertale: Overworld is actually sans, by tsukithewolf

Undertale: Another War is actually Blue Magic

Undertale: Home is actually Why Children Climb Mountains

Special mention goes to the Undertale: Underschool series  for being particularly slimy as every part belongs to the same story, Underschool: Fallen Child and all those volumes are merely a couple chapters slammed together.

WHAT DO?

Hammer Amazon’s report functions, especially infringement and double-especially if you’re the author.

I know I’ve already dedicated a whole other post to the majesty of bootlegs, but I recently scoured through Ebay again, and I feel like this is the kind of wonder that must be shared to be believed:

In my infinite wisdom, I’ve decided to hit Ebay, in search of quality Undertale merchandise.

Every road begins with the first step and that first step is agony.

You can pretty much tell Genocide is the only good thing that has ever happened to this Sans

But wait! What’s this? Could there be something more to him? Perhaps if we just apply a teeny-tiny little cut--

t͓̯̥͔̎͗͒̆̽̋h̹̤̗͔̩̿̿͛̓ͅẻ͇͈̯̓͘ ̧ͣ̅͗b̺͎ͅa͍̬ď͔̞̲͖̠ͮ ͦ̋̀̉ͭ͂̒͏̝t̵̻̥̺͙̬̖͐̃̇̌̍͐i̶͕̗͒ͯ̾̎̅̌̈́mͭ̊͗ͧe̜s̄̏͊̃̎̿́ ̬͕̙̝̪̘̯̇̈̑a̸̖̖̝ͧ͒̈ͪ͋r̪͎ͭ̑e̡̖̫͎̞͉͆̽ͦͯ̔ ̈́̔ͪ͌̄҉̭͔̘̞͔̼̜a̧͙̲̼̩̜̥͑r̐ͦ͛ͬo̰͔͈̬͊ͯụ̶͍͉̐̓̒̽̔ͫ̀n̘̲̜̜̬̅̑͂̋d͚̹ͫͪ̍̇̄́ ̨͙̩̭͕̩̭̒ͩͣ͐͂̾̚ͅt̖̝̣̘͡h̫̰̠̼̭̞͖e̷̺͈̼̪̠̺͉ͩ̋͂̚̚ ̯̝̳̞͔̌̋c̻͇̫̞̐͂̌́͛̍̋ͅl̟̗̙̂̏̽͐̓ͮ̐ò̴͙͖̖͉̖̖̳̈́ͧͧ́ͩ̅c̞̺̼̈́ͣͮ̒̓̌͝k̟͓̗̜̩̜̪͛

Any last words, Papyrus?