ANNOUCEMENT (again) ====================== I dont know how to make an intro so I'm just going to be extremely blunt with my feelings: i'm gonna quit scratch and completely move to other social medias like a few months after I turn 17, probably December 2025, It was going to be when I turned 18 but I think with how my life's going/how I want my life to be- I don't think staying in the SOSC/on scratch will be good for me. I'll be making my portfolio and applying to jobs and trying to get into university, and the SOSC is just only going to bring me down...and to be 100% honest the sosc hasn't really been bringing me a lot of like joy, at all in the past few months. This isn't saying the SOSC is toxic- I think Im just slowly trying to grow out of it. I think for like my plans for the remaining period of this year: - Finish SIAI (I can still quit if this isn't finished and just only focus it on youtube/other socials instead of scratch) - ACTUALLY DOING AN AESTHETIC OF THE WEEK. - Singing Bohemian rhapsody - THE BIG PROJECT - Making a few scratch video essays Once I'm finishing all of these I'll eventually make a final project, and then just..leave the sosc all together. The sosc has been a really great experience for me and with all the dramas, all the sad moments we had shared together, all the fun times we had, I think I have learned a bit, and I will occasionally miss this place. The SOSC felt like the only place where I could actually be myself, where I had felt as If I could be creative- and people would appreciate me for me instead of for something I'm not, but like with everything, I'll eventually have to leave this place too. I still have many months to be here so don't be TOO sad..But, the time WILL come at some point, I'll probably be also just..move on some people and just focus on the small amount of people in the sosc I WANT to keep as my friends..I know that may seem harsh, but that's just my choice, and Im sorry, but..that's just what I think would be good for me. Again, this is what I think is just best for me bc I gotta grow out of this place at SOME point- I'm almost adult and yet I still feel like I'm 12 and I need to just get out of that habit of being immature and I think leaving the SOSC will help with that. I hope you all understand, I wish for the best. ==========================