Nearer and Nearer!

Not dead, just nearer to my goal.

I made three pages today. Yes, not very valuable alone, but together, they make… ehm, a cool trio. This won't be a long post; it's just a report. I've also piqued Relith's interest, and she might do some art. She's been translating a bunch of things into Japanese lately, I heard. Anyways, I'm proud of making three pages (and slacking off on schoolwork :3 ) today. I put a lot of effort into them. It's not the code versions, just the Microsoft Word versions! But that's very good if you want to make sure your spelling (and grammar, though the grammar check is unreliable), and they are pretty long. For some reason doing social studies always makes me want to post to the blog. After the whole Eraser thing, it's hard to blame me. I realized that I have absolutely atrocious grammar! I don't know how to remedy this problem. I always thought that my grammar was decent.

I spent a large amount of time on the computer making pages today, but don't I always? I was a bit obsessive about order and wording of the pages; I might have to redo them sometime, or at least slightly edit them. They were all at least two pages long since I tend to ramble, fairly useless and hopefully original. I tried, though, and effort and heart count in these sort of things. I just don't know why someone would really read nearly four pages about Pokemon that resemble food, especially if I wrote it! I probably would, admittedly, but I tend to read extremely long things on weird subjects like that. It was kind of a survival guide about which Pokemon you can eat and thus disturbing. Answer: Nearly all Pokemon, though I zeroed in on the ones that really looked like food- I also want to marry Bulbapedia now. They really helped me on certain things, though I knew which Pokemon I wanted to use and about them.

I just hope someone out there will actually read my pages sometime. I tried to make them entertaining but as I'm not necessarily funny, the back of a soda can has more entertainment value than most of my work.

Anyways, more walls of text for pages later. My other two contributions were affiliation-related. They are also walls of text, especially the second one, which probably will prompt more than one aspiring affiliate into gouging their eyes out in defeat and frustration. I could prune it a bit, but I honestly tried to make it slightly more brief (and failed, apparently). Me putting my soul into somehow generally means it's a tl;dr moment for the world. I hope you guys are happy…

Before I go, I'd like to mention a great webmistress at pokemonfictions.com. Her name is Kioso, and you can tell she has a very lively personality. She's got some funny characters, and likes to do many things. I liked her website because it offered her own brand of new, original things, mostly related to her fictional universes. It was pretty entertaining, and I really enjoyed some of her ideas. I also enjoyed the layout, a nice black and purple outfit that looked quite good and like she obviously put some effort into it!

Unfortunately, today I returned and apparently Kioso has been flamed a lot, and spammed by trolls repeatedly. She's not some wimp, but she was pissed and got very upset because of these unwanted visitors. I didn't happen to see any of the flamers, but they were harsh, probably jealous. Things have gotten pretty bleak for Pokemon Fictions, since Kioso got fed up due to the hate. She was doing well before that, but now, looks like she's discouraged. Now, I know that every webmaster and mistress has had a moment like this, when they were frustrated and wanted to give up! I don't approve of badgering her to make new pages, or being rude or annoying to her right now, but I think we need to encourage and support her. It's not like she got bashed a bit and decided to take a break- she is sort of underrated, and doesn't feel like she gets nearly enough respect. Webmastering has gotten frustrating for her! I think we need to support her, and let her know that her site is worthwhile. I don't know Kioso personally, but she seems like a great person with a lot to say and to contribute to her site, and she's taking a well-deserved break, I guess- I just don't want her to fizzle out and quit. She needs to keep going, to keep being inspired, but she's really been overworked. I say we appreciate, encourage, and send positive, heartfelt messages about what we like about Pokemon Fictions, and honor her decision. She needs to know that she does have fans, and that people care about her site. She got some response when she posted the 'I'm taking a break' message, and is probably feeling a bit better, but she deserves a roaring response. I think most webmasters do in their times of need. She wasn't trying to be melodramatic and flounce around, and she's not doing this for attention: she was just honestly admitting her anger and frustration.

Much luck to Kioso.