User blog:Freefalling Lilacs/An Info Dump, FYE status, and DeviantART

What's up fellow TDFF Wikians? I figured it's finally time to blog with some updates about what's going on in the world of FFL at the moment, as due to overwhelming shyness I'm still not going anywhere near chat.

First off, some life updates for anybody interested: my daily life isn't great, but it's definitely better than it was. I struggle with depression, social anxiety, and random panic attacks that leave me curled up in a ball and covering my ears, but I've learned to cope and try not to let this affect me. I'm regularly doing volunteer work at a hospital and teaching myself guitar along with my writing and drawing, so at least some of my time is filled.

FYE Updates
I usually do most of my editing in the middle of the night, so if you're a night owl like me (or if you're in a different time zone) you may have seen my character page updates cluttering the activity feed randomly. TDI: For Your Entertainment is still undergoing a plastic surgery of sorts, which started with editing the characters. Everybody is still the same essential character with slight personality tweaks, but they've all recently received updates to their images, biographies, and audition tapes (well, and there were some ethnicity changes and one surname change, but that's beside the point).

I've been planning things for the story like mad and write down ideas and plotpoints as soon as I can. This has let me map out the future of the competiton much better, which includes everything from fleshing out some important interactions to literally trying to map out McLean Studios. I've improved on themes and challenges for the remaining episodes, including coming up with a challenge for one stubborn episode that I didn't have an idea for. The elimination order is set in stone up until the final three, where I might have a vote for the winner. There's one contestant who is the winner in my head, but if the readers favor somebody else then I just might change it ... might.

I'm going to start rewriting the chapters soon, though the idea of having to go back and read how some characters have changed from the original version of Episode One to now is rather terrifying. Also, I spend probably just as much time drawing as I do writing, so expect some more images that go along with the story to come up (there's more detail on this later in the blog).

Wiki Updates
My rankings blog should be coming to a close soon if you've been following that. Now that I'm down to the final seven, it's a lot harder to come up with clear reasons as to why these characters have triumphed over everyone else on the list.

I know I've been saying this for a while, but I'm hoping to be able to start reading some stories on the wiki. It's always satisfying to see a comment on your story's talk page and I think it's about time that I finally get on track with what's going on around here. I'm currently trekking my way through The Legend of Total Drama Island, which I started reading a while ago but never finished. After that, I'm not really sure where I'll go next, so we'll have to see if something catches my eye. Also, I'm pretty sure somebody started a Comment Club a few weeks ago, and I love the idea of that but chose not to join because I don't really have any use for the rewards. If you guys still need prizes offered for that, though, somebody just tell me and I'll think of something.

I'm not sure if anybody still uses Subscriber's Lists, but if people do then I'm considering just clearing mine and letting people put their names down again. Quite a few users on the list are inactive, so I don't want to bother with posting updates to their talk pages if they're never going to see them.

I've joined DeviantART!
I've been thinking about joining that site for years but never got up the courage, but I've finally made an account. I go by Vestigia over there, so feel free to check out what little I have in my gallery so far whether you're a member or not.

Currently I'm working on my Total Drama Sketches series. I'm trying to draw every character that has ever competed on TDI (both the first generation and second) in my style and have two posted already. It's probably going to take forever, but I have fun with it.

I'm hoping to post some FYE things over there, though I'm not sure how different they will be from the images that end up on this site. While I hope to post scene images and a group picture on the wiki, I also have some plans for some deleted scenes and behind the scenes moments for the story (so pretty much I want to make Minerva's blog have more of an impact) that would probably be in more of a comic form rather than a single image. I'm not really sure that those would really have a place to go here, but if I do start posting things exclusively to my deviantart, I'll make sure to announce it here first!

If anybody else happens to have an account, just tell me! I'd love to see your work. I'm not really sure if people follow each other or friend each other or what over there and I'm a bit shy, but if you want to send me a message or a comment at deviantart I'll definitely respond!