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We’ll we’ve survived another year!\u00a0 And can you believe it’s 2020?<\/p>\n
Time really does fly, and we’re now staring down a new decade.<\/p>\n
Let alone Sylum’s 15th Anniversary.<\/p>\n
15 Years.<\/p>\n
Well at least the 10th Anniversary of Clan War is finished. *snickers*<\/p>\n
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It was a pretty eventful year, despite only having our normal Sylum Events:\u00a0 Spring Fling, Seven Days of Summer, and the 10th Anniversary of Sylum Advent.<\/p>\n
This year alone Sylum put out:<\/p>\n
And a special note to taibhrigh for all their hardwork on a variety of projects.<\/p>\n
The biggest accomplishments<\/strong>:\u00a0 Finished Clan War!\u00a0 At the same time wrapped up Hell Week, and Hurricane Season!<\/p>\n Well first off lets start off the most important thing.<\/p>\n Sylum is a safe place.\u00a0 \u00a0Always has been, always will be.<\/p>\n There has been a lot of unrest world wide, for a variety of reasons: politically, socially, and economically.\u00a0 There are times it’s hard to turn the news on without being blasted by hate, suffering, and insanity.<\/p>\n But here.<\/p>\n Here we will always have our doors open for all those who need us.\u00a0 \u00a0We may not have a physical manor that we could offer as refuge, but we can offer a virtual one.\u00a0 \u00a0Here you’ll find fun and pretty things.\u00a0 Here you’ll find comfort and support.<\/p>\n Well first off we’ll have our normal Sylum Events.<\/p>\n Spring Fling:<\/strong> Sign Ups will begin in Late January \u2013 Event starts April 12th Like 2019, we’ll be focusing on ‘old school’ Sylum, and will not have any other Sylum Events, but the three listed above.<\/p>\n At the moment our main focus is editing Family and Evolution, which we’ve already started.\u00a0 I’m not going to say when they’ll be finished as we know, real life has a tendency to screw with timelines.<\/p>\n I’ll be posting Afternoon Fic, likely starting in late February.\u00a0 This year it won’t be focused on a Sylum story, but instead actual fanfic.\u00a0 The few ideas that are brewing: a segment in the Dragons of Interest<\/a> series, Part three of the X-Men AU (well if I can get that bunny to come back from Egypt with a storyline), a whole new fandom\/story idea that Speed keeps throwing bunnies at me.<\/p>\n We will be continuing with the idea of Sylum Snippets.\u00a0 These are random stories, that are not really part of a bigger story, just moments in time of a variety of Sylum characters.\u00a0 They will usually be incorporated with National Days or within Guest Posts.\u00a0 Reminder<\/strong>: these snippets will not go into the archive, but stay on the blog just click the tag ‘Sylum Snippets’ to read them.<\/p>\n Outside editing Family and Evolution, we have a few stories we’ll be working on.\u00a0 Including, but not limited to:<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Sylum Website<\/strong><\/p>\n Sylum Archive<\/strong><\/p>\n Sylum Wiki<\/strong><\/p>\n Nicholas J. Finch<\/strong><\/p>\n Sylum Vault<\/strong><\/p>\n Yahoo Groups<\/strong><\/p>\n Give me all your adoration, kidding or am I?<\/p>\n No really, one of the best ways to support Sylum is by being active on the blog and in the archive.\u00a0 All of us who work on Sylum throughout the year, do this because we love this universe, and the annoying assholes in it *cough* Nick *cough* McFassii *cough* Ernesto *cough* spies *cough* fucking swans *cough* damn Meridii *cough*<\/p>\n So please hit the like button, and leave a comment on the archive.\u00a0 Note:<\/strong> You can leave comments on the artwork, music, and videos – along with the stories.<\/p>\n Other ways to help keep Sylum going past our 15th towards the 20th.<\/p>\n All donations and purchases help keep Sylum striving for the future, and I am always grateful for each one.<\/p>\n I couldn’t do this without help from my friends!<\/p>\n To Gil, thanks for the support, and dealing with the hooligans in Border.<\/p>\n To taibhrigh, I can’t thank you enough for all the amazing banners & images!\u00a0 When it comes to dealing with the wiki the spreadsheet alone is awe inspiring \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n To my partner Speed, none of this would be possible without you.<\/p>\n And to Bob, Bob 2, and his army of bunnies.\u00a0 Fuck You.\u00a0 I say that with love and contempt.<\/p>\n We’ve survived 15 years, and here’s to another 15!<\/p>\n We’ve got some great stories lined up, and working on fun surprises.<\/p>\n Remember everyone is welcome here.<\/p>\n Be kind.<\/p>\n Be courteous.<\/p>\n And most importantly, be yourself.<\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n Bj Jones aka The General<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" State of the Clan: 2020 We’ll we’ve survived another year!\u00a0 And can you believe it’s 2020? 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\nSo what now?<\/h2>\n
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\nSo what do we have in store for 2020?<\/h2>\n
\n7 Days of Summer:<\/strong> Sign Ups will begin Late April \u2013 Event starts July 1st
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<\/h2>\nAnd now for the Odds & Ends<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nHow to support Sylum?<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nIn Conclusion<\/h2>\n