i found out today you deactivated your side blog and i was sad because all the beautiful art there is gone, but regardless of the reason you had to delete it i just want you to know all the stuff you create is awesome and you're a big inspo, i hope you have a nice week!
Thank you anon for the support, I'm sad that it's gone but it's for the better of my mental health.
I finally bring myself to answer this because a lot is going on in my mind and I don't know how I should put it into words. For anyone who doesn't know about its existence, don't read, not because it's embarrassing but because it may sound very weird without any context.
[rant below, wall of text]
To begin with, I'd like to thank everyone who has been following its growth from the start of it to its final end. I created the blog not only to freely show my (judge-able) interests but also more of my personal thoughts rather than having to keep this one publicly behaved. It was fun and I was super dedicated to what I was making. I poured my time and effort into it, and it quickly became an important part of my life back in 2021-2022.
I thought that if I show people what I like then I might find someone who shares the same idea. But maybe because of being so dedicated to it, it turned into a portrayal of a lonely delusional individual, or at least that's what I think I look like.
I don't blame anyone for this but myself. I thought that maybe it was because I didn't do well enough, or that I didn't make appealing posts, maybe people didn't like what I was doing and that's why there was so little interaction I got. I needed to do better I needed to be more open and show the followers that I'm easy to talk to, please engage with me. Stuff like that. So I pushed it and hurt myself in the process. In the end, I felt so lost and clueless. I even said things I shouldn't say, being harsh with my choices. I was struggling both with real-life matters and with the blog itself. I tried to keep up by posting other stuff that were not the main focus, still, I couldn't help but finalize my decision to deactivate the blog once and for all.
In the end, it was supposed to be fun but it wasn't enjoyable at all. I love to see my art development every time I scroll through the blog. And sometimes read the replies and tags in old posts. I'm sorry that I deleted it, I miss it too, but I don't want to look back at it seeing the person I became because of its existence. I do still and forever appreciate the love that everyone has given to it.