#and I’ll always be thankful for everything the RT and RWBY crew have done for me

[calliecat93]

Hi folks!

So first, no my hiatus is not over. I’m not returning fully until, as I said before, probably in the Fall. It all depends on how much the world hasn’t pissed me off and I need to keep off to not worsen my anxiety/exacerbate the negative. However, a big benefit in the break is I’ve had more time to focus and plan out actual content I want to make. Some I’ve wanted to do for years now and just... never did.

So I have a multitude of projects I want to do, some being my usual stuff, some I’ve discussed before, and some that are all new. As always, this can always change, but I want the second half of my 2020 to have SOME positive benefit to compensate for the first half, so focusing on these I think will do that.

So here are my plans:

RvB Season 18/RWBY Volume 8 Reviews: These are 100% certain. I’ve taken a break from RT content lately, but these two I absolutely plan to watch and continue my reviews. As far as I know RvB’s airdate is still up in the air, but I’m aware of some of the recent info (certain cast and crew members, new characters, etc) and I’m excited! Not sure if RWBY8 has had any new developments or how COVID will affect it’s release, but I’ll accept it for the end of the year. The format I used for the RWBY7 reviews will be used for both, and hopefully with continued improvements. So even if all my other plans go down the drain, these are locked in.

RWBY Character Review/Analysis: The big thing I was planning prior to the hiatus. I have been working on them, and I feel I’m ready to start writing the posts. For now, I am keeping the focus on Team RWBY and depending on how those go, I may do more characters down the line. Still deciding on the order, but this will be something I hope to get underway weekly in July. Which I hope to soon be able to follow with...

RWBY Volume 1-4 Reviews (and MAYBE 5): I mentioned considering it before, and I think I’m ready to take it. I began reviewing when V5 was airing, and my interest in RWBY was mostly casual until about V4. So the first four volumes I never reviewed, so let's change that. The format would be slightly different as I’d bunch the episodes into arcs instead of going episode by episode (though V4’s will be different due to that season’s style). Also I may or may not do V5, which would follow the same arc structure, as a redo of my old reviews and I never made an overall review due to the negativity towards it at the time killing my interest. Regardless, 1-4 will happen and will too be on a weekly basis. I’ll assess V5 once I finish the other volumes and see how I feel about it. Pretty happy with my Volume 6 and 7 reviews still, so those are being left alone.

RvB Fanfiction: I haven’t forgotten about Griferella or my BTHB prompts. I actually have one BTHB prompt plotted out, and I am going to attempt to write/post it soon. That will hopefully reignite the motivation to resume writing. I have no real excuse for not doing it aside from dwindeling motivation due to... well, everything. But that’s no excuse, and this will be a top priority no matter if I hate the final result or not.

Now we get to the one's I’m not for sure about, but will probably do at some point:

RvB Likes/Dislikes Posts/Reviews/Character Analysis: In other words, all my RvB content aside from the main reviews and fanfic stuff. So the Likes/Dislikes posts stopped after S2 for a multitude of reasons, and right now IDK when I’ll resume. I really need to get back into a certain mindset for them. And reviews of past seasons and character stuff like I’m doing with RWBY I’ll likely cover when RWBY stuff is done to not overwhelm myself.

Disney Princess Reviews/Analysis: Yep, I still want to do this. And since I have Disney+ and access to all the films, I have no excuse to not do so. The biggest thing is these will require a LOT of research, especially the Classic Three since I need to research feminism/history stuff during the time those came out. As such, these would be on most likely, a monthly release schedule. But I’m growing more and more willing to attempt this, so you never know...

Sailor Moon Reviews: During my hiatus, I finally took the time watch the Viz dub of Sailor Moon (except Stars cause they haven’t posted it onto streaming yet, UGH!). I loved it! But... Well now that I’m an adult and not a little kid who just watched to see Sailor Moon kill the villain, I have a LOT more critical opinions about both the 90’s anime and Crystal. So much so that I want to do a new series reviewing both animes. The main issue is figuring out a format since... well, 90’s Moon is 200 episodes long. Many of which are filler. So IDK if I want to just go ahead and do them all one by one, or group a certain amount together and review it that way. I’ll have to ponder on it. Sailor Moon is a HUGE part of my childhood, one of my biggest influences, and is pretty much my gateway into both anime and into fandom life. If I do this, I want to do it well. Release schedule will depend on the format I go with. It will be reviewing the Viz dub, NOT the original Japanese not the old Dic/Cloverway dub. I want to do the movies too, R especially... but they aren’t available for streaming, so I’ll have to figure that out.

So yeah, a lot of plans! As I said though, these will all likely fall onto a weekly basis. As I’m not off hiatus, my usual reblog sprees won't be as frequent, but when I come on to queue the reviews, I may go through some tags and queue some stuff up so it’s not 100% dead. Ask Box is still closed for now, but I’ll probably turn it back on for a day or two when I post something. I’m hoping that these projects will keep the blog active even when I’m not around. Again, thank you all for your patience with me, and I hope that you will enjoy whatever I bring forth soon~

And again to make up for things, here’s a doggie~ love you all~!