Hiatus. Reboot.
Added 2022-02-13 20:46:26 +0000 UTCI'm rebooting Collar6.
The series has increasingly become too violent, too abusive and too detrimental to my mental health. For months I've been sitting here at my desk trying to figure out how to course correct. In that time I've had multiple breakdowns, and after spending a week in a mental hospital again at the beginning of the month, I knew I had to start reconsidering some things.
I can't keep on with C6 as it is. I can't. I wanted this to be a happy, fetishy bondage world, not the nightmare world it wound up as. So for now, this is it. Collar6 is going on hiatus, and I'm replacing it with a reboot that I'm calling 'Collar V'. Same characters, without the tragedies and traumas and violent mental/physical abuse. Just silly, shiny, fetishy fun.
I'll leave the strips up for everyone to keep/read but in my current shape, I can't continue C6 as it is. I hope one day I'll be in better shape and can come back to it, but right now, it's just not happening.
To those I'm losing with this announcement: I'm sorry I failed. I tried. That's all I can really say.
To those sticking around: Thank you for sticking by me. I don't have enough words to properly convey my gratitude for keeping me fed and housed.
Collar V begins this week. I hope y'all enjoy it.
Comments
This looks fun and god knows I need soothing light hearted right now
Blackcatter15
2022-02-20 02:54:32 +0000 UTCI just joined and the only thing i have to say is, I´ll support you!!!
ADINU
2022-02-19 14:49:22 +0000 UTCshould be fun, but the magick is fantastic, please keep those bits (JRPG villains need not apply)!
Samantha Lindsey
2022-02-16 16:47:47 +0000 UTClooking forward to your new story line
Spencer Bunn
2022-02-14 18:37:51 +0000 UTC!!!!
Gary Spinrad
2022-02-14 15:09:55 +0000 UTCHi, I am looking forward to it. :-) Greetings Juy Juka
Juy Juka
2022-02-14 10:07:51 +0000 UTCI fully understand this. Your current storyline meant you were having to portray abuse being done to your characters. That's a very hard thing. Then that the abuse was being conducted using bdsm, which then taints what should be a happy-sexy-fun thing. You were having to turn a thing you love into a weapon used against characters you love. That's a really hard thing to do, and to what end.. I think we get it, what started out fun ended up in an place that was getting increasingly dark. We all knew there would be light at the end of the tunnel, but it's clear it would have been an ordeal for the artist and characters alike.
Chuckv
2022-02-14 07:38:04 +0000 UTCI remember the beginning of Collar 6 when it was just about bondage and fetishwear. Sticking to that without any of the backstory that kept moving things in the wrong direction is definitely for the best.
Wild Card
2022-02-14 02:47:48 +0000 UTCNothing but love and support from me! I look forward to Collar V and I hope that working on it becomes a fun, happy activity for you again Fi!
Draconic Paragon
2022-02-14 01:52:30 +0000 UTCHuge hugs offered! I’m looking forward to seeing the team back for fetishy fun.
Vixandra
2022-02-13 22:28:36 +0000 UTCThank you so much for Collar6, I look forward to Collar V! I'd like to say though that Collar6 is not a failure. I'd rather say it's a story that ran its course and it's right that it rests. Trying to push forward a story in spite of it only leading to blacker places mentally, while understandable, must have been torment. You did what you felt was right by you and I celebrate it. Love, support and loyalty.
Anne Bloodrose
2022-02-13 22:28:03 +0000 UTCThank you for making the choice that works best for you! Also for taking care of yourself! We are here for you and we look forward to what cool fun things you will create! Sending all of the love and support!
wes9511
2022-02-13 21:38:44 +0000 UTCeh bien je compati, mais je tien a te dire que tu n'a pas échoué, tu a continué a nous envoyé des message et c'est pas rien, et si 'Collar V' est bonne pour toi pour que tu te rétablisse! très bien j'ai rien contre, et j'espère de tout cœur que tu retrouvera tout ta volonté et la force pour reprendre le comic collar6 pour le rendre moins 'méchante' a l'avenir. 💖💖💖
Immortan84king
2022-02-13 21:11:01 +0000 UTCWoohoo!!!! Yesssss!
KF5TQN
2022-02-13 21:04:44 +0000 UTCCan't wait to see what you will come up with ^^
Martin Severin Jensen
2022-02-13 21:02:07 +0000 UTCThis sounds like the best and wisest move, and hopefully can help re-ignite the joy of story-telling as a few kinky gals find their ways through foibles, a few playful misunderstandings and kinky shenanigans ahead. Should be a fun new journey ahead, especially getting a chance to see the lovely gear skills to use in happy settings! :D
Aidenke
2022-02-13 21:00:58 +0000 UTCI don’t see close to 1,200 comics as a failure. You made something and you put it out there. It takes courage to say something has gotten away from what you wanted and start over.
Yeoman
2022-02-13 20:59:24 +0000 UTCgood luck with this one, try not to paint yourself into corners.
Andrew Gifford
2022-02-13 20:54:09 +0000 UTCFor what it's worth, I think this is probably for the best. If the current storyline is too taxing on you, there's no need to try and keep forcing it for our sakes. I'll continue to stick around for as long as I'm able, and I'm looking forward to how Collar V turns out <3
LlamaMaster
2022-02-13 20:49:48 +0000 UTC