>>3318228I... need to level with you, man. I don't even know who got anything or what it looks like. I don't prefer to know. My enthusiasm is beginning to wane. I've been trying to avoid discussing this for a while just because I didn't want to start another avalanche, but I have to get it off my chest now. I have only wanted just -one- simple thing from this series since the beginning, something that I feel isn't even much to ask for: just that my favorite character be handled with dignity and respect in a way that matters. The past couple years have left me increasingly fatigued, and my annoyance is approaching the point where it is disrupting my ability to enjoy anything new. My perspective has become jaundiced, which is discouraging to me and unfair to everything else the game has to offer, but it's just how I've come to feel. Staying up to date is no longer fun for me; it has come to feel like an obligation, and I'm tired of seeing it that way. I need a break.
For the record, I am NOT quitting, and I still think things can improve. I'm still going to maintain these threads, and I'm always up for a friendly discussion. But I feel like my strongest personal incentive to care is in a rut, and I need to limit my exposure until it improves. I feel like I have become a measurably unhappier person over the past several months due at least in part to entirely stupid and preventable reasons, and I don't want to feel that way around Christmas. I -need- to just not follow the news and take it easy for at least a few months, and I hope that is understandable.
