I will be present in-game time and post in roleplay sections, but this is how my activity on Discovery ends. Why, you ask? With this decision, it is not only lack of will to create anything - it is also the utter toxicity of the community put into extremes.
You asked me and Bret to "simply change the character's picture." This is not how it works. This is not how any of these work. The most fatal issue is that a lot of roleplay would be going to be retconned. And I mean it. Ask @"SirDoge" and @Wellingtons how much roleplay they had put into doing things out with me - it was not only initiative of mine, mind you. Not to mention several other players which actually enjoyed such a roleplay idea of human-animal hybrid with actually something more than "just because it looks cool" background.
Problem with Cody is not 'duh, you can just change the avatar'. Human Cody will not be the very same Cody created previously. It means a lot of changes, a lot of stance and behaviourism changes - it is easier to create whole character a new than to do a lot of retconning to already existing character.
For me, both possibilities is throwing my efforts into dustbin.
This said, now just imagine how Bret feels right now. After all these years, invalidating his roleplay. And if I am disappointed after putting not even a month of efforts into roleplay, now imagine how Bret feels. How I am supposed to roleplay after all that? I feel angered and responsible for the fact that Bret's roleplay went into void.
But, there is one point you are all missing. It's not about furries, as I already stated. It is about gained disappointment and loss of time and effort dedicated to the character creation, brainstorming and fitting all pieces of the puzzle into place. It's not about lack of adaptation. It's about time and efforts wasted, but also about the community, which is "haha, you were put in place stupid Toris". You put more acid into already toxic community, hating on players for silly mistakes and "git gud" state of mind.
This is not the place I hoped to roleplay in.
Sincerely but not without disappointment,
Toris James Gray
