User blog:Krayfish/Status and other matters

So I've taken a bit of time to reflect on the wikia's overall status and have given some thought on my own decision to step down as a writer. After thinking long and hard about it, an epiphany struck me. Regardless of my decision of whether or not I plan to continue writing here, I've realized that I don't need to get worked up over the whole licensing stuff. One of the most important things I forgot was that I'm just writing for this wikia for fun. I just got the whole thing mixed up after undergoing the stress of setting up my own site for commercial purposes. But that's not the only factor.

In addition to going partly commercial, one of the main reasons why I decided to renounce my writer status was really just due to burnout. At the time of my decision, I spotted far too many flaws with the wiki to the point where it was irredeemable. I was looking for a fresh start somewhere, but the solution was right in front of me this whole time. What is the solution? What the wiki needs is a fresh restructuring of the Dark Prophecy story arc from the ground up. Rather than being too wrapped up in whatever canon we established, we should just look at the story from a brand new perspective and touch it up to be up to par with what we are capable of writing now. So in other words, it's an ultra-retcon.

But you may say, "You've announced all these retcons, yet you procrastinate and never do them." That is true, but in retrospect, that's because we never took the time to rip apart Dark Prophecy critically to figure out what its flaws were. In other words, we didn't even know what to fix. Granted, I've reviewed Dark Prophecy in the past, but I've always been too nice about it. So in response to that, I'm going to post a full length critic on Dark Prophecy. Seeing as I've given feedback on other people's works, it's only fair to review something I've had a major part in.

The review is so long that I'm splitting it up into multiple blogs to allow for commenting on each of the individual aspects. And lastly, this review is far more negative than most of mine. This is just a necessity if I am to address the story arc in an honest manner.

Dark Prophecy Review
...to be uploaded...