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Advice and Trust [NGE]

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Yeah, sacrifice don't sit well with me, even for WAFF. As such, I seppuku'd about a hundred pages back.

Can't sacrifice a dead body!
 
Enough with the 'sacrifice the newbie' stuff. @James Crimson, welcome. I'm sorry you had to come in at a bad time.

I've been staring at my work NIPR computer, trying to make this post for the last... 9 hours. I'll try to be short.

A friend pointed out that putting the whole story on hiatus because I'm massively frustrated and tired of one poster is punishing a lot of people who did nothing wrong. However... I'm tired. Arguing with Susano is exhausting, and never changes his mind. I'm tired of 'Misato is a war criminal and an evil person' 'Shinji should run away and leave everyone to die' 'He's better off living in isolation' 'Ritsuko should be killed, no forgiveness' and so on.

SEELE makes it very plain they do not trust Gendo. But they're supposed to not have asked or monitored what he does with the small-country-bankrupting amounts of cash they regularly give him, nor noticed for 10 years that Rei was a Lilith-hybrid? Evas now synch due to biological matches? Yui plotted so 10 years later her unpredictable husband would bring back Shinji on a fluke? I just... I've had it.

A&T is supposed to be my escape from dealing with spending my days trying to kill ISIS before they... well, imagine the worst, most inhumane things they could do... now imagine them doing it to 3 year olds. So coming off shift to yet another interminable argument that requires ridiculous amounts of suspension of disbelief... I am just utterly drained my motivation to keep writing. I'm hoping that's just fatigue and irritation, but I may just put A&T aside and work on ACoS or other things for a while.

I'm sorry.

@James Crimson, you may or may not be aware the self-imposed tradition I maintained for the last... year or two? was that a new poster in the thread, such as yourself, triggered a Friday update of some sort, be it an actual story update, an omake, or something. Seeing how it currently is Friday, I have absolutely nothing written, and I am, as mentioned, drained of energy to write, I cannot promise I will make it this week. But I will try. I've whipped out 3000 world crack omakes in a few hours before, so who knows? Last night I was a hair's breadth from spoiling the ending, trashing the whole thing, and walking away. But I've been reminded there are more people than me who want to see this have a good end. So I'll try.
 
Strypgia said:
@James Crimson, you may or may not be aware the self-imposed tradition I maintained for the last... year or two? was that a new poster in the thread, such as yourself, triggered a Friday update of some sort, be it an actual story update, an omake, or something. Seeing how it currently is Friday, I have absolutely nothing written, and I am, as mentioned, drained of energy to write, I cannot promise I will make it this week. But I will try. I've whipped out 3000 world crack omakes in a few hours before, so who knows? Last night I was a hair's breadth from spoiling the ending, trashing the whole thing, and walking away. But I've been reminded there are more people than me who want to see this have a good end. So I'll try.
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We'll be fine if you took a week or two off and did something else for a bit. None of us are leaving. I dunno about the others, but I don't have a life.
 
Whatever you decide stryp. Take a week or two, hell, if you need the break take a month or two. I'll still be here, watching the thread.
 
Strypgia said:
A&T is supposed to be my escape from dealing with spending my days trying to kill ISIS before they... well, imagine the worst, most inhumane things they could do... now imagine them doing it to 3 year olds.
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Yeah, my cousin's husband is a sniper who did a couple of tours in Afghanistan. You can probably imagine the kind of stories he brought home. You definitely don't need us making your life any more stressful. Please take care of yourself.
 
You deserve a break Stryp, don't worry about us. You take care of yourself and post when you have recovered. I can't imagine what you are going through. I don't think anyone will get upset with you.
 
Take all the time you need good sir. An excellent piece like this is more than worth the wait, and we of the A&T fandom stand ever faithful. :)
 
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As I've said in PM and I'll say again here, Strypgia, I'll lend an ear whenever you want and help out in any way I can. You got my full support whenever or however!
 
DocMatoi said:
You take as long as you need, stryp. no rush.
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Indeed. Letting outside pressure turn a hobby into a chore doesn't help either one's state of mind or the quality of the work, especially when you're already under enough stress as-is. We'll miss you (and our WAFF fix) dearly -- A&T is a real highlight -- but we'll understand. Take whatever time you need to settle your state of mind, keep us up to date every so often, and keep fighting the good fight, such as it is.

If you do end up locking the thread from time to time (this thread seems to have gotten better about running amok than it used to be, but it does still seem to happen on occasion), do you mind if we send occasional omakes your way by PM?
 
Strypgia said:
Please feel free. Yours especially have always been a pleasure, and even canon now.
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:)

I'll see what I can come up with. Your work's been a day-brightener for me for over a year now (and for who knows how long for the rest of us); hopefully it can be our turn to cheer you up in trying times. Stay safe, stay sane, and take care of yourself for your family's sake.
 
Strypgia said:
Enough with the 'sacrifice the newbie' stuff.
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Yeah, I think @James Crimson's introduction to our particular brand of crazy has been...more than thorough.

Strypgia said:
A friend pointed out that putting the whole story on hiatus because I'm massively frustrated and tired of one poster is punishing a lot of people who did nothing wrong.
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Putting the story on hold isn't punishing us. Yes, new content is always a wonder gift when you can provide it and I think all of us are here because your work gives us joy.

Nevertheless, a gift only has meaning if it's from the heart.

So, I guess this is just my way of echoing everyone else's request that you take as much time as you need to recoup.
 
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SEELE makes it very plain they do not trust Gendo. But they're supposed to not have asked or monitored what he does with the small-country-bankrupting amounts of cash they regularly give him, nor noticed for 10 years that Rei was a Lilith-hybrid?
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"That girl has the soul of Lilith within her!"

"Kihl! Don't be insensitive, just because Ikari's ward has albinism doesn't mean that she has the soul of Lilith."

"But we have a creepy albino too and he's got the soul of Adam!"

"Kihl, do we have to send you back to sensitivity training?"
 
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