I’m sure it will come as a surprise to nobody but, given the quietness of the dash and the OOC blog, and the lack of questions on the Main, the group has ground to a halt. I put a lot of time and effort into promoting this group, making graphics, and trying to make members feel welcome and relaxed. But, perhaps due to when it opened, or perhaps due to something I did, or something else entirely, it seems to have fizzled to an unfortunate stop. For now, MonstrousHQ will go on hiatus for the time being, until further notice. Personal commitments, study, and the general busyness of life mean that I don’t have the motivation or inclination to try to revive it at the moment. Thank you to everyone who joined, wrote, and created for this group, for the very brief time it existed. I may come back to it when I have more time. All the best to you all. Sophie

I always wanted any group I ran to be relaxed and welcoming, given how busy people’s personal lives are. The activity requirement is posting at least once a week, in character, or else asking for a semi-hiatus (during which you can post once a week, or more, but it’s not required) or a full hiatus, (during which there is no expectation to post). People may ask for hiatuses or semi-hiatuses lasting as long as they would like, but the thing there is that they have to be asked for, or I won’t know! I realise that we have a lovely, friendly, group of writers here, who love this plot and want to write together, but with how busy I am at work and with my Masters, I want to make sure there is a real request for this group to keep running. If you’re still interested in sticking around, feel free to give this post a “like”. If you have any ideas for how this group might be better run, reach out to me via I.M.’s. I’m always open to suggestions!

Just a small announcement to remind everyone that there’s going to be an activity check tomorrow. I’ve always liked to keep activity quite lax, so people can fit roleplaying into their every day, busy, lives, and the activity requirement for this group is only that you post once a week on each character. If you’re on semi-hiatus, you can post once a week, but there’s no expectation for you to do so, and if you’re on full hiatus, there’s no expectation that you post at all for the duration of your hiatus. If you need a semi-hiatus, or a full hiatus, please reach out to the Main, otherwise, you’ll be on the activity check tomorrow!

Due to player decision, Mary Watson is no longer reserved, and Gemma Chan is an open faceclaim.

Other small edits have been made to the Main (such as fixing a glaring typo in the app page, and subsequently on the taken characters page, fixing small bullet point issues on the taken characters page, and updating the wanted connections page!) and everything should be up to date and correct now. If you spot any errors on any pages, do let me know! Let’s start off this new year as we mean to go on. Happy writing everyone!

We have such an excellent, dedicated, and friendly bunch of writers here, and it would be great to get things started with earnest! This is by no means an Official Warning Post, as I don’t like to run groups with the threat of activity checks and unfollow warnings hanging over member’s heads. I’m very aware that this is a busy time of year, and people are plotting and planning things behind the scenes. This is just a gentle reminder! If you don’t think you’ll be able to post by tomorrow night, feel free to I.M. and let me know, and you’ll be left off the check. Basically, I just want to touch base with those we haven’t heard from in character.