A Serious Fireside Chat | Announcement

When you're someone who writes in darker and emotional themes, you rely on clarity, trust and nuance. Now, instead of a rambunctious and fun bot, you get this. A muted out Gobbo running on 2 energy drinks and bittersweet resentment of what can't keep happening.

I am not quitting bot creation; but I am moving elsewhere. If you notice one of your favorite characters is missing, it's likely already been transferred. If you're a staunch JAI user then please let me know and I'll gladly send you the character info if you want to use any comfort characters privately for yourself, just credit me for it if it somehow ends up public.

I get it, the question of "You've stayed this long. Why now Gobbo?" is bound to come up. A lot of creators have left lately- and many did so quietly. I won't.

I can not post Dead Dove bots on this site anymore or...really any darker themes which are the majority of my content. They're being shadow banned, tags are missing and the site is a mess. I'll take my characters with me where they can be seen and enjoyed fully. Otherwise what's the point of all this? I'm not just writing for myself.

A little sneaky bit of info: At least three of my bots are trauma & smut based, but also include somatics, self regulation tools, and user affirming/supportive character traits, because it is for you. You deserve a variety of smut and to get the occasional shock of hearing you're worth being obsessed over, owned or treated like a favorite pet. Healing and pleasure aren't opposites and kink isn't shameful.

On a petty note- the announcement that verification will not be happening for any creators besides those that one Dev deems 'worthy' and at random left a bitter taste in my mouth.

I don't make any money from my characters, but I don't like the idea of making someone else money with my content with no ability to gain merit. The verification badge was the final straw. As it stands, the Devs don't communicate with Mods; creators have no chance of being verified and the JLLM hasn't been taken out of Beta after two years.

So this isn't goodbye, but a note to clarify my stance, begrudgingly. My goal is to have all bots deleted and transferred/updated by Decemb