Mayternity has ended and a change is needed (CW@top of page)
6 months ago
General
Content Warning : Personal struggle with grief, loss and loss of pregnancy. Mention of harassment & Threats
I will not be going in to great detail, but please keep yourself safe if this isn't something you can handle right now
*takes a deep breath*
TLDR
I will be taking a break from preg and maternity based art.
I am also putting this out before the start of the month, because if patrons no longer wish to support me due to my break, this way you have the time to either ask for a refund after the first or cancel your subscription before it changes next month.
Any owed sketches will be provided to you once they have been completed.
Long version
This is utterly terrifying. The loss of money, security, the platforms I have worked hard to build. It's all crumbling down around me, because of a choice I am making for the betterment of my life and mental health. There are two major factors surrounding these choices. though please trust that I am not making this lightly.
The first one is an extremely personal one. People who were around for this, may remember a few years ago I lost two pregnancies. The loss ruined our lives, and ripped up everything I had been building in my art. It was a massive struggle with grief, loss, depression for both my husband and I. I almost turned away from maternity art as a whole at this point because it's been nothing but a consistent reminder of what I cannot have, what I lost, and how a fleeting heart beat can leave you so quickly, I kept at it because somewhere inside it was helping knowing I could help give other people some form of enjoyment surrounding a topic that gutted me every time I stopped to think about it. But this doesn't give me any enjoyment anymore, and this mayternity was the worst it has ever been since the first may after my loss.
I tried to do things to keep myself a float with this idea that I could force myself to keep going. I have nothing against the majority of the preg fur community. They have given me security and for the majority of people I have met and talked to have been nothing but wonderful.
However this goes in to the second part of this
Since the start of the year, I have received consistent harassment. Which seem to stem from two things.
The asshole who scraped my patreon and the preg community
I cannot stop the person who decided my majority free art needed to be targeted. But the consistent harassment from the preg community was interesting to deal with. My content lead a harasser to my door, this has lead to other things. People checking my streams. Death threats. Unsolicited trauma dumps. It's been uncomfortable and fucking gross. I've had to block people, change my work email, change all my work info just to avoid consistent annoying emails. I took away the free option on my patreon as they kept just following me there. I had to contact bluesky moderation for something more to be done because weekly new accounts harassing me was getting old very VERY quickly.
btw did you know blocking an email with gmail doesn't actually stop them from sending you over 60 fucking emails. It just moved it to your junk mail. The fucken point is that DX please give me the option to block a person from contacting me. It just becomes passive harassment then, Weeeeee~! I also am not google Savvy enough to set up auto filters though I later found out that is technically an option. But I don't think I should have to go that far out of my way to stop someone from harassing me >>
Anyways, So I am sorry. I know a lot of you have enjoyed this content out of me. While I don't think it will be an always thing.
I need a break
I need time to sooth my raw nerves, and to handle my health
I need time to find enjoyment in creation again.
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Wishing you the best overall in this challenging time for you.
Take care of yourself.
That being said, please do what you must to take care of yourself. That is the most important, especially after all you've gone though. I may miss seeing pregnancy art from you, but I'm happy for all the pregnancy art you've done. Thank you for everything.
I'll still support you regardless, because you are still an amazing artist. I hope this helps you, Strangely. May you find peace and good health.
I'm sorry this has happened to you and I hope things get better for you. Take all the time you need to heal and hopefully this, too, shall pass. I wish you all the best.
I wish you luck in your future ventures, hoping for your healing and safety.
Curse these scumbags that we'll never understand.
Your art is lovely, but it's your choice in the end if you should continue this.
I'll still watch you. ^^ You make lovely art.
It breaks my heart that people would put you through that kind of harassment, its sickening. By all means do everything that you need to do to heal and take care of your mental health, your health comes first
Sorry for your loss. People can be psychotic.
However long you need, even if its indefinite, I support your decision 100%