Thaidakar the Ghostblood

(This is a long one and does matter greatly for how much you will be seeing me)

The time has come

I wish it had not, I wish the day had not arrived again...

But it has.

And I have to take that responsibility.

If you haven't guessed, I've been on the Shard waaaay too much. See, the Shard is wonderful, it's a great thing and I love being on here.

And... yet...

Instead of reading, writing or hanging out with my family, I wind up on the Shard once again. If it was the summer, the amount that I've been doing it would be manageable. Instead... I have to get a load of school done and cannot let myself get distracted, even by something as awesome as here.

However... I don't think I have to quit the Shard. Not yet, anyways. And, even if I did quit, it would only be for the school year. The summers would be epic. But... that still wouldn't be satisfying to me. I still wouldn't be able to message some people that I can only message on here. 

So... you may be wondering "Where is he going with this?" well... That's a good question.

I decided to think about it for a good while and realized why I've been spending so much more time on here than I want to, time that I should be working on my actual story or reading.

Roleplay.

I love role-play so much. It's so much fun. Yet, if, in my future, I find myself role-play non stop on here, I won't be able to get writing done, which is what my career to be someday. Roleplay has helped me soooo muuuuuch in my writing. I can write good characters now, I've learned so much. However, I think I need to set better boundaries if I want to keep doing it.

You may be asking if I have a solution to this. I think I do.

I may not have to quit all of roleplaying, just... a lot of it. i will have one more week of me doing it how I've been doing it and then... then I will do certain things.

I will no longer be roleplaying certain characters or plot lines in the two role-plays that I treasure. Insanity clinic and TLT (Yes, I know it isn't really a role-play, but we've made it one). I will be giving rights to roleplaying them to certain people who I trust to handle them well and at least give them a satisfying ending, if not my exact vision. This is because I still think that they are important and could give some people a fun time and maybe help people get more comfortable with rping characters without having to build their storyline from scratch.

Also, I will only be giving a max of two per person (then again, there may be two exceptions to this.)

Those certain characters are...

Thaidakar (Insanity Clinic): I just... don't like him anymore. He's not fun to me. I would have a better time writing other storylines, or roleplaying other ones. I may or may not give him away to someone else. I don't know.

Darkness (TLT): The mad lad can be role-played better by someone else, I just know it. The villain boy I have currently. He's part of the Shadows. And with him comes the ability to rp Shadows for specific things. To the person I give him to, I will give specific instructions.

Mythos (TLT): I know, I know, he's a mainstream one, but... he's also not as important to me as Micheal or Spook. 

The Dark Entity (Insanity Clinic): this guy can either be deleted by someone or used for plot. I'm fine with whatever tbh.

Nowhere (TLT): this is a scientist guy if you don't know him. He has a load of Mordite and such. He's great. He's also a former friend of Thaidakar.

Impossible (TLT): Nowhere's buff assistant. That is all.

And... that should be the ones I give away. All of the Shadows will be mine still, as will Spook, Micheal and Rond. These four will always be the most important to me, so therefore the ones I will keep. If I failed to mention any other characters that people might be interested in taking... sorry. I want these characters to have a good home with other people. 

What does this actually mean? Well... this means that I won't be as active (hopefully) and, when I am, I'll be able to focus on the stories that I think really deserve to be told. Micheal's and Spook's in specific. 

This also means that I do not want to be here as much as I have been. It means that, if I keep being on here as I have been, I will be forced to eject for an undefined amount of time. That is why I'm doing what I'm doing. This whole thing is so that I don't have to leave the Shard. 

It's like that one talk from General Conference: Good, Better, Best. Minecraft roleplaying was good. Shard roleplaying is better. Writing, reading and hanging out with my family and friends is best.

Now, this is just for me in specific. If y'all have found your balance, that's wonderful. I myself, though, am still practicing how to get the hang of all of this. 

I will be sending PMs to people who want to role-play the characters that I've put above. If you want them, lemme know in the replies and I'll tell ya.

Also... @Nameless*, ima ping you so that you know about what characters I'm giving to other people. 

From the random guy on the internet who should be helping getting ready for tonight's dinner,

Thaidakar The Ghostblood.

P.S. I am a stick.