I was busy writing a chapter when I just happened to remember that I got a random comment on my first series "The Crystal Apocalypse " like literally right before I was about to publish the first chapter of my current one. It was super insane because it was a comment on my series that hadn't been active for like 2 years at that point so I went back out of curiosity to see who it was and checked your profile  It's cool to see you active again!

Anyway, have a good one, Monoxidish !

Hey there! I'm glad to hear you've been doing well. I appreciate you checking in, I'm not really too sure what got into me that day.  I did notice that your other novel had popped off on this site. I haven't gotten around to reading it yet, but it's on my plan-to-read list (my backlog is crazy lol).

Good luck on that, welcome back to SH!

It has to be a newish feature right?  I don't remember ever having that button there before

Yeah, I didn't really know about it till October of last year. I just check the drop-down menu under my username in the top bar, and I saw the Lounge, and I thought, what's this? It's how I found you.

I guess I can't dump my thoughts into the void anymore lol

Hehehehe, just thought I'd let you know, but you're fine.

Existential topics aside, it is for these reasons I still find myself coming back and checking out what people are doing. In that time, each novel that was completed, dropped, or just stopped updating (oftentimes with the author vanishing without a trace) made me feel like I was catching up with old friends and seeing what they had accomplished in the time I was gone, or in the case of too many, I end up wondering what may have happened to them.

I understand this doesn't just apply to niche internet communities, but as I get older I find myself thinking about these experiences, and wondering if perhaps one day I will be on the receiving end of such a line of thinking. It is challenging for me to bear the thought of such an eventuality coming to fruition. However, it is within this that I somehow find comfort as well.

I've gone back and edited this post so many times, I've lost myself at this point, and the main ideas I was making have been all but lost, so I think I will end it here. There is still more I could get into however I believe it is within my best interests to refrain for now. At least until I get to a point in my life where I can finally be content.

That being said, if you have made it this far, I would like to thank you, even if I have never known you, for being a part of my life.

Cheers to another 5 years on this planet. 

No problem, good to see you back, how have things been going?

Fairly well, I got out of my sprit of minor depression, and now I workout. *pats forearm* I am quite healthy now.

Fairly happy now, but I grew a addiction to writing lore instead of plot.