This place was a source of so much joy in my life. Thanks to FA, I've forged bonds of friendship with countless awesome folks, some of these bonds lasting for more than a decade. I got to share my weird babyfur art and get so much great critique and responses from my viewers. I'll always remember this site as the place it was, not the place it's become.

Truth be told, when they banned my buddy  friar for a picture of an adult character in a messy diaper (while it may not have been YOUR cup of tea, it was well within the TOS of this place afaik) I probably should have left this place right then and there. Heck, there were probably plenty of reasons to leave before that too. But yeah, it didn't start or stop with Friar. Many of my other artist friends also received unfair bans over the course of the year. I didn't leave because I thought it was just a mistake. Maybe cooler heads would prevail and start steering the site better? Maybe the admins would realize that, for a lot of artists, this place is their storefront and is absolutely integral to their survival in this hellworld of ours? Heck, maybe the admins would be more transparent with their rules and thinking so we could at least know specifically WHY we were banned? I know a lot of babyfurs went to bat for FA when Dragoneer passed. Obviously, doing the right thing for the site and Dragoneer's family doesn't mean that FA would have to treat us fairly and kindly, but it would have been nice if they did.

I'm not planning on deleting my account as I still want to support folks here in some way, but sharp eyed viewers will notice that I've wiped my gallery completely. I don't really know where else I'll post. To be honest, I haven't really felt like sharing my art anyway. I'm sure plenty of folks will be happy to see my art gone, but I do know that tens of people will probably miss it. I've saved every last picture I posted here in a zip file. I don't know where I'm gonna upload it, but if you want it you can message me. It's a big file though, so I'm not sure what place can host it. Advice in this regard will be welcome.

I can only speculate as to the motivations of the admins and, at this point, their very clear crusade against our little slice of the fandom. I can't rule out that they have some justified reasons for going after our content. Maybe it has something to do with a lot of countries cracking down on pornography and the admins are just doing what they gotta do so that the UK doesn't ban them or something? *shrug*

I can't rule out that the recent bans are for unjustified reasons either!

So yeah, obligatory where to find me:
https://bsky.app/profile/tacki-hatchy.bsky.social
https://cubhub.social/@Tacki_Hatchy
https://x.com/Tacki_Hatchy

I'll probably be on other places too, but I'm currently in a bit of a lull with my art so I don't know what place I'll ultimately start flooding my art onto. I don't know where I can host Children of Maeria. I don't think the main social media sites are the right place for it. I'd prefer a gallery website, but no place seems to be the new hotness for us babyfurs yet. As stated, I have all of my work saved including a bunch of pages I haven't posted yet.

Thanks for your support everyone. This isn't a call to action or anything like that. If you want to stay on FA then I absolutely will not judge. I just made the decision that if they ever banned  babystar then I'd know for a fact that my art would no longer be safe here. Take care, and see you around!

-Tacki