You know, I've been thinking really hard and well... how do I put this...?
I'm taking a break from Sparky's. It could be a couple days, a week, a month, who knows.... maybe it'll be permanent? And before you all ask, this isn't a "made in the moment" post, otherwise this would've been done yesterday with a lot more cursing and rage
Do not cry. Do not ****. Do not moan. Do not whine. Do not beg. Do not plead for me to stay.
Now your next question.. "Nemo,
why are you doing this?"
How can I say it without offending anyone. Let's see.... I'm rather fed up with how
some people have been treating me on here lately. Both as an admin, and as a person. Remember guys, the admins are people to. I'm not gonna point fingers at who the "people" are, because that would be rude and disrespectful towards them. And this problem has been going on for way too long and punishment needs to be delivered. However, since
only Sparky has the power to ban people.. that can't really happen now can it? (And no, I'm not against Sparky, he's awesome
).
And also because of advice someone very close gave me last night, someone who believe it or not..
is familiar with most of this site's drama.
"Nemo, you're basically punishing and torturing yourself by going back there!"This person's words are more than accurate, they are
spot on!
I mean when I first came to this forum, I will admit I was nervous about posting, but it started to be fun and I made friends with a good lot of you in time. So I thank those who I've friended and treated me with respect. Bab, Shadow, Oddy, Arty, Olwe, Kit (also smacking sense into me when I needed it), and everyone else.. thank you, thank you very much.
Despite this,
certain people just love to provoke/start drama and instigate others in a negative light for zero reason whatsoever. I mean, this forum is mostly made up of
teenagers and
adults. When I see an adult member arguing with someone
much younger than them about.. a
pairing I mean really.. a
pairing? Arguing with someone who is legally a minor over a pairing disagreement? Do you, the
adults realize how silly this looks? Not to mention it's setting a horrible example for the much younger members. Because a
normal, responsible adult would not be taking something such as a cartoon pairing so seriously. And please don't give me the "don't let a couple bad apples ruin your whole experience" or vice versa.
In addition, out of all the websites I venture on daily.
This forum is the single place I have to worry about the most. Not even deviantART has this many issues, which I could get more into detail about but that is not the point of this post. Sparky's, just even waking up and turning my laptop on leaves me worried. Because most days I'm wondering
"oh boy.. am I gonna find an argument from last night here? Another flaming fic/rant about pairings? Another fight that I have to intervene in or try to break up/settle?"I will leave my art thread up, my characters, and my stuff up on this forum. So that if anyone wants to look back, use my characters in fics/drawings/etc... you may. As long as they're not doing the q word. And no, I am not talking about being queens.
So yes, overall I am taking a break from here. Because this place is causing me unnecessary stress mentally, emotionally, and is physically making me sick (which surprise, stress can do!) If anyone wishes to contact me, I still have my im's, I'm on dA, fA, and a couple other disney-ish forums.
I may reply a couple times here, you may see me pop up on and off on here. But that's because taking a break/leaving a site is
very hard. Especially considering, that Sparky's is the
2nd most active site I visit everyday.
Yours Spottedly
~Nemo
And P.S. any whiny/drama starting posts on here will be deleted w/o question. Oh and, keep my admin powers since well.. I may return, who knows.