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Announcement

Hello UtahLIVE viewers, I have come before you today to talk a bit about recent events and how they will impact the future of this blog. Apologies this note is a bit long, but I would really appreciate it if you took some time to read this.

As I'm sure many of you know, within the past month Wilbur Soot/William Gold has been outed as an abuser. I want to make it clear right now that I no longer support him, nor do I accept his apology (mainly because it's not mine to accept in the first place). I stand with and believe Shelby and Alice 100%. This goes for any other victims that have or will come forward that I am unaware of, since I've been trying my best to stay offline. This aint about me!! But it's still hard when someone you look up to and who inspired you to create art turns out to be a shitbag. If you were somehow unaware of this, please go watch Shelby/Shubble's stream (VOD + transcript) and read Alice's post (and mind the CW/TWs) for more information.

This blog has brought me a lot of grief because of all of this. I do not want to support or perpetuate this man's image, but at the same time, I don't want to discontinue a story that I've put so much time and effort into. After a lot of deliberation, I've decided that I am going to continue this story until the end. I will also be adding a disclaimer in the pinned post, and I will no longer be tagging any of my posts from here on out with #wilbur soot or any adjacent tags. I don't think it's fair to myself or to anyone else who has enjoyed this blog to waste all the hard work that I have put in, because ultimately this is my project and my story, not his. If you disagree with this, I totally get it, but I ask you to just unfollow and/or block rather than sending me any hate because I promise you that whatever you say about me "supporting" Wilbur Soot by continuing this blog is something I've already considered myself. He is not (active) on Tumblr, he did not receive any of the money I got from stickers, I doubt anyone is looking at this blog and thinking "wow this Wilbur guy seems cool, let me go listen to his music and watch his vods".

Despite this decision, I'll probably still be taking a bit of time to myself to think about things and focus on school. Updates will likely resume in late March or early April.

I hope you can all respect my stance on this, and I want to reiterate how much I appreciate you all for supporting my work. Love you guys <3

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Hello everyone! in light of erm... recent events.. im going to be taking a bit of an extended break (both from this blog and from tumblr). I can't say exactly when I'll be back, but I can assure you'll hear from me again in the (hopefully) near future! Please take care and stay safe everybody ^_^

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Behind the scenes!! This one is a little long, so I'll put it below

so, the latest sequence/comic has actually been planned out for a very long time. The original writing of the scene was done in January of 2023 (!?!?)

I definitely kinda procrastinating getting to this part/sequence. Ultimately what I think was stressing me out was just the sheer amount of effort I would have to put into that many frames, so I tried revising it a bit in early November (shortly before it was posted) except I.. somehow planned out more than I originally had. But this was what I ended up following for the final product!

I also had a page for generating ideas for the next/current arc + I was trying to figure out what the new "default answering pose" was going to be lol

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Hello UtahLIVE nation, I have some unfortunate news.

For the past few days, my tablet had been acting off, and after doing what I usually do to fix it to no avail, I believe it's time to retire her. This tablet served me well, and we've been together for 8 long years, and for that I hope you will all join me in a short moment of silence for our fallen soldier.

unfortunately this does mean I won't be able to draw for a while. I did order a new tablet already (yippee!!!) and it will arrive sometime this weekend, so until then there will not be any updates.

I will, however, post some behinds the scenes/development stuff for the past few comics, so expect that in the coming days!

Thank you all for your patience <3

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if you could live forever, would you?

Thank you for the question!

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Anonymous Caller:

if you could live forever, would you?

Wilbur Soot:

No. Living forever sounds pretty miserable.

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Is it normal to get customers that aren't exactly welcomed?

Thank you for your question!

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Caller Marzbarzstarz:

Is it normal to get customers that aren't exactly welcomed?

Wilbur Soot:

As far as im concerned, every customer is unwelcome!

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Sorry guys :( I felt a bit too sick to draw tonight

New update tomorrow!!

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in bed on camera? kinda unprofessional tbh

Thank you for the question, caller!

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Anonymous Caller:

In bed on camera? kinda unprofessional tbh

Wilbur Soot:

FINE. Gimme a minute.

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sir, please clean the crumbs off the bed. i cannot imagine that’s comfortable.

Thank you for the question, caller!

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Caller Spacexxcoward:

Sir, please clean the crumbs off the bed. i cannot imagine that’s comfortable.

Wilbur Soot

No. They're like brothers to me.

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Happy Valentines Day, UtahLIVE nation!

we interrupt today's broadcast to wish you a happy Valentines day, and to give a little gift from me to you!

Enjoy, have a great day, and see you tomorrow :]

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Please clean your room.

Thank you for the comment, caller!

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Anonymous Caller:

Please clean your room.

Wilbur Soot:

I'll get right on that.

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I like your hair grown out like that! its nice

Thank you for the comment, caller!

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Caller Ratsonceagain:

I like your hair grown out like that! its nice

Wilbur Soot:

Yeah. Nice.

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sick bedrotting dude. you should probably shower though

Thank you for your question, caller!!

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Anonymous Caller:

Sick bedrotting dude. you should probably shower though

Wilbur Soot:

I will when I'm READY!

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is your boss mad you haven’t been in?

Thank you for the question!

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Anonymous Caller:

Is your boss mad you haven’t been in?

Wilbur Soot:

....Maybe. I told her I had a cold a month ago. [off camera] she's usually pretty lenient. I'm not too worried.

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when's the last time you've washed that uniform

Thank you for the question, caller!

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Caller Clarae-guns:

when's the last time you've washed that uniform

Wilbur Soot:

...What day is it?

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you alright my dude?

Thank you for the concern, caller!

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Caller Lacystar:

you alright my dude?

Wilbur Soot:

Just peachy!

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WELCOME BACK, VIEWERS!

After weeks of knocking, Mr Soot has finally allowed us to resume interviews!

Callers, feel free to send in more questions! Perhaps some more interaction will cheer our local resident up!!