Obligatory Holiday/Progress Journal

Hello again and Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays!

As it's Christmas Eve, I thought I'd just take a moment to discuss some things I will and will not be doing.

First off, since I haven't said anything on it until now, it's pretty obvious I won't have my Christmas Special story ready again this year.  The preparations I've wanted to make as a setup for the story are nowhere close to happening.  The first thing I still need to do is plan out my own personal headcanon for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which wouldn't be that hard.  Then, I need to make A LOT more progress on my old "Tale of the Fiction Fox" story so that my own fursona is actually developed, which will be a little harder.  Until both of those things have been done, I don't think the story will be coming.

Additionally, my motivation toward all things Zootopia pretty much DIED several months ago.  Because of that, no further progress has been made on either of my Zootopia stories.  I did just see "SING" in theaters, though, and since that's somewhat the same, it might rekindle my motivations.  I may also write a review on "SING", but we'll see.  I'm not saying the Zootopia stories are cancelled either; far from it.  I know it wouldn't be too hard for me to start them, but I just haven't gotten around to it yet.  I'm sure it's the kind of thing where simply watching the movie again could fix it.

As usual, my current motivation is oriented almost entirely toward developing the SUPERverse.  This has been the main reason for delays on all of the previously-mentioned projects, but for good reason.  This superhero universe project is the closest thing I've received to a "calling" in life, and I've specifically designed it so that I will ALWAYS be motivated to work on it.  I'm tired of projects going the way of former ambitious efforts like "Balto -4-" and my Sly Cooper fan-fiction, where I start them then burn out after just a few chapters because I'm clinging to the dated motivations of old source material.  Particular sources of motivation for those sources can likely never be properly rekindled.  For example, it's damn near impossible to think that another Balto movie will be made, so I'd have to just keep watching the old ones over and over again for motivation.  That only works for so long.
With the SUPERverse on the other hand, these comic book universe movies are going to continue for a few years, and as long as they hold my interest, so will my own superhero universe.  And when Marvel and DC manage to finish their ambitious universes, I'll have FAR more than 3 old movies to cling to for inspiration, so I think it'll work.  I've already gotten much farther with the SUPERverse than I have with a lot of other projects, but there's also the expectation to ultimately go far beyond the scope of my previous projects too.  I want to keep working on this; I don't want to stop.
Currently, whenever I think about working on a different project, I tell myself "I SHOULD be working on the SUPERverse", as I know I've attracted a few dedicated fans who are eagerly awaiting the next installments of those stories.  That's the place my head is in right now.

I recall that back after the new year, I resolved to work on a plethora of other projects.  If I haven't mentioned them here, they might as well be cancelled.  Starting this superhero universe project has changed a lot of my priorities, and it's literally taken things over.  I'm sorry if this disappoints anyone.

Once again, Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays.