User blog comment:Rhonda the stalker fan!/Hooray, I Made 5000 Edits!/@comment-1874924-20190902022003

Congratulations on a major milestone. Although I now have over 14,000 edits, I've only had 300 in the last three years. Frankly, you and my ongoing story are probably the only things keeping me on the wiki at all nowadays.

A few years ago, Wikia/Fandom tweaked their counter to include edits to deleted articles, so most of our edit counts jumped overnight. Mine increased by about 20 percent, and Reddy's nearly tripled (from 7K to 20K) because he had so many edits on abandoned projects. But that's as may be.

I feel your pain on the auto work. Wifey and I just dropped $5,600 on a rebuilt transmission for our 2001 minivan. It also had two broken engine mounts (another $500), which may have been weakened by the accident I was in last January. This job cost a good deal more than that old van is technically worth, but it's been reliable and was in good shape otherwise. I could have spent the money on a newer ride, but any replacement would probably have still been 10 years old or more, and I wasn't keen on getting a late model van because I'm planning to retire next spring--yes, I'll be "graduating" from the workforce at about the same time you're graduating from college--and we may not even need a second car after I stop commuting.

As for your stories, I've been happy to support Genesis, even if it's not as much as I could have done or should have done (i.e. I've gotten less diligent about reviewing your story even as I've gotten less diligent about updating my own). Despite some rough edges, most notably your well-documented struggles with certain aspects of writing mechanics, TDG has been a delightful read.

Which brings us to your new project. I'm getting a Kalino vibe from Giovanni and a Shawn vibe from the Skunk Ape hunter, and Savannah reminds me somewhat of Allison from Lilac's story. (That's a good thing, because Allison was my favorite character from that story.) Cassidy sounds like the demon spawn of an unholy union between Izzy and Sierra, and may be main antagonist material if she doesn't turn out to be too over-the-top for that role.