It's been a while! I'm not sure who is still around at this point to read this, as this fandom appears to be slowly dying off, and if the notifications I logged in to see are anything to go by, many people who were active have already packed up and left. Which I can't blame them for! I did unfortunately step away from deviantart for a very long time for a variety of reasons, and I didn't see fit at the time to put someone else in charge of the group, as I hadn't intended to be gone as long as I was.
After some intense reflection and debate with myself, I decided that at this point, Borderlands Fans has pretty much run its course. It's the oldest (and maybe still the largest?) Borderlands fan group on this website, and I've been in an admin capacity for about 11 of the 12 years it's been going. Which is cool! I'm glad I was here to see all of the neat things you guys made, and it was fun being able to organize this group for fans to share content with one another.
Unfortunately, my history with this group has also been pretty unhappy, as I've fallen into and out of multiple abusive friendships and relationships with other people who helped me run this place, and it became increasingly harder and harder to keep coming back to it. Combine that with me mostly moving on from the fandom itself... it's a lot of bad vibes and bad memories haunting a group that wasn't really bringing me joy anymore.
I thought about passing on the mantle to a new admin, but after coming back and viewing the submission backlog, it appears the fandom isn't really even that active--not enough to worry about the group screeching to a halt like a train crash, as I didn't have a single angry DM asking why submissions had expired. I realized that the group is basically already dead anyway, so I came to the conclusion that this should probably be a sign that it's time to close up shop.
SO, that being said, I've shut down all submissions to all folders for the time being, and I intend to leave the group up as an archive of older works for anyone who still wants to look through them. There's always the possibility that I will return and reopen everything if there's any sort of fandom resurgence (let's see how things are for Borderlands 4, haha,) but for now, I think it's time to put this 12 year old group to bed for a bit.
It's been fun! I wish you all the best, and I hope I'll see you around some day.
--Chrys
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