Where the Wind Takes Us (Patreon)

My Dear Darlings,

I think it's safe to say that we are now looking at the beginning of the end for this Patreon. Support has been steadily waning and maybe that’s simply how some journeys end, quietly with a whisper rather than with a crash. All this time, I've felt the dream was a small boat, with it's small sail on a vast ocean. Ive been at it since 2011, I feel old and maybe a little too sick to keep rowing against the current. After years and decades of trying, part of me wonders if it’s time to rest.

And yet, I’m still on this journey, captivated by the open ocean and the wonder of the unknown more keenly than ever. I’ve come this far, and I still wonder whether to raise the sails and steer boldly into the deep blue, or simply accept that it may be time to come back to familiar shores.

To everyone who has kept this boat moving with their support, thank you. And to those who have been the wind since day one, my eternal gratitude. Your generosity and faith have filled these sails and kept this little boat afloat far longer than I ever imagined. Though I am alone at the helm, it is your wind that carries me onward.

I will see through the conclusion of both Working Girls and Pretty Officer x Drunk Salaryman, though their endings may come sooner than planned. Perhaps abrupt, perhaps unsatisfying, but maybe that is how some journeys end; Not with a triumphant conclusion of a grand odyssey but by simply coming home.

The wind is yours to command. Each pledge, each bit of support, is a gust filling this little boat's sail. Whether this little boat sails onward to the unknown or glides back to familiar shores depends on the direction you choose to send the breeze. The horizon stretches endlessly, and I’ve never been more eager to see where it takes us.

-@studionice2011