Flying Buttress
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Sad News
🕑 Added 2025-06-14 17:28:12 +0000 UTCHi folks,
I was going to wait til Monday to announce this but I think I'm better off just 'ripping the band-aid off' so to speak...
Unfortunately I received a (Section 21) No-Fault Eviction Notice from my landlady yesterday evening. Basically she's lost her job due to the change in Foreign Aid Policy in the US. (I think she does Humanitarian stuff or Charity stuff or something; I don't really know lol). But she now has to move back here. And as a result... I have to move out. And I have only two months to do so.
Before I continue: This isn't me 'begging'. I haven't set up a GoFundMe or anything nor am I asking anyone to increase their pledge. Quite the opposite. Feel free to delete your Patreon Pledge / YouTube Membership ASAP. I won't take it personally; it's your money!
Anywho - I've lived in this property for over a decade so the rent has actually been pretty reasonable for quite a while. Obviously now I'm going to have to find a new place to live as well as pay quite a bit more rent in that new place as well. Not complaining - literally everyone is in the same boat and I'm fortunate to have NOT had to pay today's rate of rent up to this point. Butt... long story short; can't really do this anymore. I think it's been on the cards for a while anyway but this latest development was the final nail in the coffin (so to speak).
But yeah - The channel has not been doing well this year. I don't know why but pretty much every metric besides sub count has been in the decline. Views. Audience Retention. Click Through Rate. Even engagement. I've been practically Bipolar with Imposter Syndromey for the entire year thus far and kinda suffering in silence with that (albeit with some erratic behaviour on display during the Chronicle series). I'm not the best at putting my thoughts and feelings into words and / or communicating anyway. Plus - I have no idea how to navigate between 'Opening up' and 'Massive Overshares'. But yeah - I've been struggling quite a bit for quite a while. Tbh I've kinda always felt rejected by the wider WoW community these entire 8 years!. Something about me just hasn't landed with them and so I've always felt a little bit invisible and 'self-doubty'.
I can't help but laugh, though, at the irony of how I forced myself to finish the Chronicle series (which i bloody hated) and now I won't be able to finish the Demon Soul series (which I have loved making so far and genuinely feel is the best work I've ever done).
But yeah - Thank you very much for your support. I know some of you have been Patrons for literal years. And I feel very grateful and privileged to have received said support from you. (Either currently or in the past for those that have cancelled over the years but still follow) Thank you for believing in me. I know I've made some mistakes along the way. I'm very sorry that I didn't get to finish this series or the overall project (of adapting all the books). Thank you for being a part of this journey and allowing me to do this thing (whatever it is I've been doing lol)
Cheers mates!
PS. I don't know when to put the Chapter 5 video out? Should I bother? lol. Should I just put it out now? I feel like this is logistically more complicated than it needs to be. I guess I'll leave it a few days and put it out on Monday or something. Probably only get about 400 views anyway based on the trajectory of this series thus far! haha
Comments
salty_tech
Flying Buttress, why the top tier is only $10? Could you give anything higher? $20, $50, $100? If not I can go with multiple accounts but maybe it's easier on your side.
salty_tech
Whatever you do Flying Buttress DON'T DELETE YOUR PATREON ACCOUNT. I'm here literally after watching your last video (because previously I've been too absentminded to do so) and I want to give a few coins. You do you but please don't cut it out. Or let know if you have such ideas so I can scale the pledge. Bless you Man, you've given so much joy to so many over such a long time. It means a lot to me. But let me go back to my sub-story, focus on your stuff and LEAVE YOUR PATREON ACCOUNT ACTIVE. Thanks!
Andrew Pd
It's a sad day for all of us! I really liked the content. I was waiting for the supercuts like a chubby kid waits for the buffet to open π Life happens i guess.. Your clips will continue to bring joy. I've watched the last guardian at least 5 times. Love that story! This one started also very promising. Thank you for brightening up our feed for these couple of years! I've actually increased my pledge here. 10$ is peanuts to me and I really want to show support for all the s#its and giggles. Hope it helps and it encourages other fans to do the same - in for a pound, in for a penny! (I know what you said, but I don't care π)
Tori
your channel has been one of my go-tos for years now, and I regret not leaving more appreciative comments to express that there's so many nights I'll tuck into bed with a pair of earphones and choose one of your Supercuts to listen to until I fall asleep, but of course I forget to actually write something because of that anyways, this is me showing up to say thank you, your videos are top tier, and I'm sorry that we weren't able to make as much of an impact on your channel as you deserve, I still recommend your abridged series to friends looking to get into game lore you don't owe us anything, but thank you so much for all of the videos you released, if there's ever a time in the future where the community could maybe fund future series to make it more worth of your time I would be really happy to contribute to that I hope everything works out, please take care!
