@Background Pony #EB35
Bud, just get some nice food, and get a good nights rest and shut your brain off for a bit and disconnect. We’ll be here whenever you come back. Seriously, just look after yourself, it’s okay to give yourself some self care.

@Iron Tarkington
I want to see this finished… but the PACE could drop by an order of magnitude (or maybe even two) and I would still be satisfied.

I don’t know who the artist is, but I hope you keep this up. This has been a ride, and I am loving it, for many reasons.
I love the drama, and I love the hope and happy moments we are getting

@Draco Dei
I guess you’re right. If people care, they will keep it alive while I figure things out. If they don’t, then thats ok too. I’ve been trying to tell myself this, but for some reason i still feel pressured.

I have some comment I could make on the artists posts, but for the moment the comment I quoted is probably the sort of thing to focus on… well, I will also venture to say that you are getting responses here, and thus maybe keeping the 4chan thread open isn’t the important part? I would ASSUME you can do a sequel thread on 4chan with a link here (or to the original thread if that works?) when you have a large buffer built up?

@Background Pony #EFE4
Its kind of ironic that its difficult to follow the advice that i wrote.. sometimes the anxiety is just so overpowering. Even though everybody is being so nice and sweet, i still have this lurking feeling like someone is going to snap at me at some point. Maybe this sort of self reflection could help me write the next panels.

@Background Pony #EB35
What advice would Izzy give you, if she was with you right now?

I think, myself, that she might tell you your friends will always be here, and it is ok to take care of yourself, and work at a pace that feels healthy and good for you. You already have done wonderful and amazing things. You don’t have to always be a hero - it’s ok to rest up.

I thought that i could just post everything smoothly, and keep up some sort of an image while im at it- only typing a message when i need to. But I don’t think that I am capable of doing it so rapidly, but it’s so hard for me to just take a break to think for a moment. I feel like I should just keep going. It’s a lot. I can’t really think too well and my words don’t flow.

@Draco Dei
I think i would personally feel terrified to be fed by machines. It isnt realistic but i think it was my fear that made me do this. I should probably backtrack right now. I don’t even know what I’m doing anymore.. I really think I need to redo this and maybe the previous 3 images because I’ve been drawing it all so early. i thought i could just push through, like id been managing for a bit, but right now i dont feel too confident. I guess that trying to make a 4chan thread stay up when I should just be doing it at a proper pace does make you reach a breaking point. I’m just afraid of people losing interest and I mess up. I’m sorry for all the rambling.

She may be psychologically ready (or may not, I would not know), but her physical condition doesn’t look to me like it would be medically indicated to discharge her… unless that is what you are going to consider an “acceptable break from reality” for some sort of story-telling reason?

Then again, I am hardly a medical professional, and the only second opinion I have on this is that of a high school teacher.

Still, it seems a point worthy of clarification, if only in the comments.