Though it isn't as bad as Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League it was still plagued by a horrendous monetization system which is unfortunately common in free-to-play titles. Either pay through the nose to get the characters you want, or grind for it like it's your full time job.

Though the inclusion of Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls, and Raven were great on their own it still wasn't enough to save this freemium game from its predictable fate at the hands of Warner Bros' AAA mismanagement and David Zaslav's malicious greed. Honestly they should've been left out of this entirely to spare them the trouble live-service games causes, though it was reassuring that the Girls along with the Rowdyruff Boys (as a skin) not only got their original voice actors back and also were characterfully improved from their horrible 2016 rebooted selves.

Given the massive commercial flop I can see Player First Games, the developers of MultiVersus to be marked for shut down given WB's greed.

I honestly never really gave MV a chance, it just didn't hit me as much while the controls and mechanics were clunky and nothing like Super Smash Bros at all. Plus I hated the microtransactions and the grinding aspects of it. Though it was a treat to play as the Powerpuff Girls and the Rowdyruff Boys it wasn't enough for me to keep playing.

I finally shut down my Twitter account.

And why not since that place is nothing but a far-right neo-nazi riddled hell hole of Elon Musk's ego. I encourage everyone else to follow suit; leave Twitter/X and join Bluesky! Partake in the X-odus!

Another year begins and already things are crazy AF despite the fact that America's worst president ever is returning to office thanks to the worlds richest illegal immigrant of a selfish greedy pig...!

On the political front Panama is already protesting loudly against Trump's threats to conquer the sovereign nation.

Since Denmark is already prepping their armed forces in case of an actual aggression by the worlds most hated USA president along with Canada I can see things escalating VERY quickly before the end of the month given how thin-skinned Trump is...!

Another thing that was as predictable as Trump threatening our allies is that more Cartoon Network shows are getting purged from Max, yet again!

For five minutes, Zaslav, could you not be such a gluttonous prick of a CEO to all of Warner Bros and it's subsidiaries... FOR FIVE MINUTES?!?!

Thanks for once again proving why physical is better than digital, and also for encouraging piracy...! ... But there is something about this that caught me completely off-guard; they're also purging Teen Titans Go seasons 1-7!

Why would they also purge Teen Titans Go from Max if that thing by itself is a major money printer like Spongebob is to Nickelodeon, if not something that WBD can literally bankroll off of? Are they out of their minds or have they FINALLY milked this overaged cashcow bone dry? Who knows...! But one things for sure; Cartoon Network and Warner Bros are both STILL screwed given what their greedy old pig of a CEO is doing in order to make himself richer as the animation industry still burns away to nothing like a charcoal roasting.

... I still call dibs on the Powerpuff Girls IP (and maybe a few other CN IP's or perhaps the entire trademark) when WBD finally croaks...!

So with that stuff out of the way I might as well get into something else; what should I work on and do THIS year (assuming that I'll still be alive during and after the Trumpocalypse/Muskageddon, World War III or Civil War II)? Well, obviously there is that one iconic fanfiction comic that has languished in dormancy for far too long; The Rowdyruff Boys Story.

As I stated multiple times; the project needs to be restarted since the unfinished comic started BEFORE I made my revision of the entire Powerpuff Girls series via Repowered.

Plus thanks to how I redeveloped the boys in my AU some of the stuff is long outdated and needs to be cleaned up to better reflect the direct prequel; Custody Battle (along with other RRB episode revisions).

Though the biggest problem I have asides my pathetic starting & staying power and piss-poor willingness along with easy distractions; I keep second guessing everything! Case in point; have you seen all the times I revised the timeline literature? I've revised that thing over 30 times in the span of 3 years! Its extremely difficult for me to leave something as is for good, never mind flag it as "final".

The Repowered Arc's episodes weren't the only thing; I've been wondering about the Ruff Story too, as in the path I chose and wonder how it would play out later on? I've seen other Rowdyruff Redemption fanfictions and comics too, most of which have been left dormant while others are still unfinished yet still being worked on (as far as I can tell), and those made me stop and think about my own version. Like I said, it isn't easy to stick with something given how I constantly second guess things...

I might actually restart some of my old polls to get more feedback on somethings that still persist; such as the universal name of my AU, design aspects, various bits of various episodes, etc.

Though there are some other things I would like to try out with my stuff, but I think it's best I don't explain them right now. I think those are best reserved for other platforms...!

Moving away from my prime hobby a little bit there is a few other things I would like to do address; most of which are personal life issues. As I stated in the past I'm getting laid off from work soon thanks to my employer going bankrupt. As such I need to start looking for a new day job to help around the house and other things. But having Autism and ADHD makes things a little more problematic. It ain't easy being impaired or disabled...!

Another chore; wrist tendonitis. Yep, my right wrist is STILL sensitive and still hurts me, even when I'm not on the computer. The punishment I netted myself for strangling the mice for years...! But even then I cannot let that dampen my spirits or my passion! If only healthcare in America wasn't a total scam by the ultra rich...!

Deny, depose, defend...

One last thing that might be an issue; my car. She's seen better days but sooner or later I'll have to trade her in given her age (she's a 2001 car) and also repairs are slowly becoming more frequent. Though I've been taking good mechanical care of her for a while and I would like to keep her going as long as possible since she's paid off. And who DOESN'T want a paid off car?

So what should I be looking forward to, asides the inevitable collapse of the returning Trump Administration & the entire MAGA GOP & cult? The successor to the Nintendo Switch! It's been speculated and theorized to hell and back, even more so since the Switch has already lived past its own lifespan, exceeding the NES. Though it may be possible that we'll get something about it this month along with a few expected surprises along the way; like Metroid Prime 2 Echoes remastered along with a possible NSO GameCube among other things. Nintendo can't keep everything from us forever! They should NEVER underestimate the fans and the data miners...!

So... here goes nothing! Happy new year!

Bad news: I'm going to be losing my job.

Why? My employer, BigLots suffered chapter 11 bankruptcy several months ago and now our hopes of rebounding has gone up in smoke since the company’s closing sales agreement with Nexus Capital has failed. As a result, going out of business & liquidation sales are now underway and we’re getting laid off soon.

I was hired back in May of 2021 and was able to start working almost immediately following an instant in-person interview after I inquired about their open positions. I stuck with them ever since and got a reliable source of income. As a result I was able to pull more of my own weight around the house and help out my family when needed.

I’ll still be employed but I expect things to officially end once everything gets sold and or enough time has passed, 2 months at most, just in time for the upcoming Trumpocalypse / Muskagedden.

Dark days are ahead…

Another reason to join the X-odus asides Musk using Twitter/X to interfere in the 2024 election via lies and disinformation along with Russian propaganda; AI generated art is now a thing on it via Grok 2!

I look forward to seeing many Twitter artists finally abandon ship, if not sue for art theft.

Officially set up shop on Cara, treating it as a contingency plan in case DeviantArt finally croaks.

I'll slowly add stuff from my DeviantArt to Cara along with BlueSky like I did here and on Pixiv. Though I plan to also bring my memes and meme bases over there as well.

Still, DA will be my primary outlet for now unless it REALLY screws up. Yet I still have enough good will and faith in it that it can save itself, unlike Twitter.

Though I hate to have multiple outlets to maintain and keep track of, still you never know what could happen...

Decided to give Bluesky a try as a more stable & sane alternative to Twitter given how FUBAR it is thanks to Elon Musk's X fetish and lust for Russian propaganda & Donald Trump's ego.

https://bsky.app/profile/escarietson.bsky.social

Not sure how much I'm going to use it, but you never know.

Finished reposting my stuff from DeviantArt.

Out of the 512 deviations I posted only 164 were worthy enough to be reposted here to Newgrounds and also on Pixiv. All the rest either had very little work put into them, are fill-in memes, or stuff I personally didn't care for.

Still DeviantArt will be my prime outlet while Newgrounds and Pixiv will be additional outlets. But however anything concerning NSFW will only be posted here and on Pixiv while DA is off-limits. Inversely all my memes and literatures along with my general status posts will be DeviantArt exclusives.

After I reuploaded 95 deviations of my DeviantArt portfolio to both outlets with the last one being the Ruff-ly Different Versions deviation I came to my next major reupload; The Powerpuff Girls Repowered / Team Chemical X Timeline literature - the backbone of my entire Powerpuff Girls stuff.

Newgrounds is out of the question since their is no ability to post literatures over there at all with the only option that comes close to it being the News Posts, but even then it has a character limit of 32,768 characters - which is DEFINITELY a big problem when it comes to posting something like a timeline literature or even an episode transcript rewrite.

So that leaves Pixiv, but there is another problem. While it too has a character limit, yet much better than Newgrounds at around 300,000 characters, there are other things that are missing which is rather important; no ability to add bullet or numbered points and no typographical emphasis abilities (Bold, Italic, and Underline) at all! Case in point, my timeline literature has a bunch of bulleted points that have sub-bullet points that are further indented.

Here's the DA version.

And here's the Pixiv version (as a draft).

I tried copying & pasting, but that left out all the typographical emphasis elements. The only thing that sorta-worked was tab indentation, but that has its own issues that are technical; when pressing the "tab" key my web browser exits out of the text field.

This is proving to be more difficult than I wanted so for now, unless Pixiv addresses this and also Newgrounds FINALLY allows literatures, my timeline literature and all episode rewrites will not be reposted to Pixiv or Newgrounds due to such limitations. Even DeviantArt is much better at literatures than Pixiv is, and DA's been scaled back from what I understand! (If I can say something like that then you officially have no excuse!)

So for now, all of my rewrites and the timeline literature will be exclusive to DeviantArt.