*.☆ 𝐁𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐆𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚 ☆.*

Hello everybody! Yes, it's me! I'm ALIVE!! (lol)
It's been quite some time, right? I'd really like to apologize for that. Though life has been so busy, it was very wrong of me to go completely silent for 7+ months. I'd like to explain myself, and also talk about how my life has been going!

Life has been really good, but SO busy. As some of you may know, I am now in my junior year of high school. Junior year is one of the most important years of school. There is a lot of work, and I'm starting to think about colleges (which is still crazy to me tbh lol. I remember when I was a little 7th grader fiddling around and making gacha videos for fun). I am also DRIVING! Now, THIS is insane to me. But, driving is sooo much fun and it is one of the perks of growing up.
Despite being busy with school, I have also pursued new hobbies! Writing, reading, and singing are all so important to me and it has been so fun to practice these hobbies. I even finished writing a book (the first draft at least lol)!
Likewise, since I am growing, I am also --- as you can expect --- leaving some old hobbies in the past. And, as many of you can probably already guess, one of these hobbies is video-making.

This post has taken me so long to write because I know that it is going to be upsetting --- for you, and me. I realized early last year that making videos, specifically gacha videos, is not something I am passionate about anymore. My little journey began as an unserious "I'm-going-to-post-these-videos,-but-know-one-is-really-going-to-watch-them" kinda idea. But now, almost 6,000 subscribers later, here I am! All of you lovely humans are supporting this channel, and I could never be more grateful. But I've never intended to make these videos forever. A part of me knew that someday, I would in fact outgrow this passion.
It's been so difficult keeping this to myself and neglecting to truly tell you all about this until now. After releasing part 2 of Ophi's backstory, which was my last true video, I started the 12th episode and quickly lost motivation to finish it. That was the first moment I knew that my journey was coming to an end. From that moment on, I continued kind of "making excuses" in my community posts, putting off releasing more videos. Eventually, I informed you all that I was going to be quitting. However, I also told you that before I left, I would be releasing a Q & A video as a goodbye.

I am super sorry to say that I am no longer going to be making this Q & A video. You all left some very kind and insightful questions, but I have not truly sat down and found the motivation to begin the video. I thought to myself, "Where would I even begin? How does one even MAKE their final video?" It made me too upset. Honestly, I haven't even OPENED gacha life in over a year. My tablet is super old and is quite literally breaking down on me. I'm really sorry if some of you have been expecting this video. I truly cannot apologize enough.

In a way, I thought it would be nice to just say one final goodbye in this community post. You are all absolutely and 100% encouraged to ask me questions in the comments, and I will respond to them! You can ask me about myself, the series, my characters, or anything else that you have been dying to hear. We'll sort of do a little Q & A in the comments!

I hope you all understand my decision. It's going to feel really different knowing that I have officially given you all a goodbye, and I will miss all of you guys so dearly. But, I am going to be keeping all of my current videos posted, so feel free to leave a comment if you ever want to reach out to me to say hi in the future! Please, though, do not request that I continue making videos. I'm making this post in hopes that you all understand why I am no longer making videos, and I ask that you respect this decision. Thank you all for understanding. <3

Well, I suppose this is goodbye, isn't it? It's really difficult to say now that I am finally here.
Goodbye everybody! Thank you so much for helping me through some of the best years of my life and being my best friends throughout this journey! Thank you so much for all of your support throughout the years! I appreciate each of you so much and I want you to know that your kindness has inspired me so much. I love you all! :D
Goodbye! I will see you guys in the comments if you choose to ask any questions. If not, then I suppose I will see you all again one day. <3

Much love,

Bubbles (AKA Taylor <3)

PS: I already know that ALL of you will ask about my zodiac sign, and after all of these years, I will finally give you an answer. No April Fools pranks this time!
I am a TAURUS!! (which a lot of you seemed to guess lol). I tried not to be biased towards her or reflect my own personality onto her, but at times, I think that I subconsciously did lol.

PPS: I'm assuming a lot of you will ALSO ask about the ending of the series, and you can find a gist of the ending in the comments (a lovely fan already asked about the ending, and I gave my response in the replies of their comment. Lmk if you cannot find it!)

Alright. Goodbye everybody!! I love you all so much ❤️❤️

11 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 108

*.☆ 𝐁𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐆𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚 ☆.*

Hi all! Just wanted to chat and give a bit of a life update since I haven’t in a few months :D

One more day left of sophomore year, WOOHOO!! I have two finals tomorrow and then I’m done until the fall!! I’m very excited and this year went by soo quickly.
So there’s that! How were your guys’s school years? I hope they were amazing!!

Okay, here’s the big announcement: I am getting back surgery in less than a week! 😬 Don’t worry, though! It’s nothing too serious, just a spine correction, and I’ll be healed in no time afterwards. However, that means that there will be a delay on the Q&A vid (which I have not started yet if I’m being honest 😅). I’m not quite sure when it will be released, but definitely some time this summer. Just bear with me everyone 💪

This is just a pretty small update but I like to keep in touch with you guys as best as I can about my life ❤️❤️
I also wanted to wish everyone great luck on final exams, graduating, and even just great starts to the summer! Relax it up and take time for yourself because it is so important and therapeutic 💕

And I’ll see you all one the video is released! Goodbye for now!! ❤️✨

1 year ago | [YT] | 105

*.☆ 𝐁𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐆𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚 ☆.*

Hi everyone! Long time no see! I hope you’re all doing good ❤️
Regarding my last post, I’ve decided that it would be nice to do a little Q&A in my final video, so you guys can finally get your long awaited questions answered!
As for the video, I’m not sure when it will be released. Definitely before the end of my school year (so before June), but I want to take my time on it and put effort and love into it. That’s why I think a Q&A will be very suiting for this special occasion!

So please leave me some questions in the comments! They can be about me as a creator, my series, my characters, or any other dying questions you have! You can leave however many you want, so that there are a variety to pick from, but I will try to answer them all.
Until then, I hope u guys have a great next few months! I’ll see you soon 💕💕✨

1 year ago | [YT] | 83

*.☆ 𝐁𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐆𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚 ☆.*

Oh my gosh, we made it! I never actually knew that this day would every come.
Thank you all so so much for helping me reach my goal. I love and cherish your support ❤️❤️❤️
Now that we’ve reached this goal, I feel as though our journey is complete. I have always told you guys that I planned to do something special for 5,000 subscribers, but I was never quite sure what I could do. For now, I just want to thank you all so much. Even though I’ve been offline, you have still been showing me your utmost support and I cannot express my gratefulness for that. Even if I’m not hearting any comments, I still read everything you all send me and it makes my day better. You are all so so kind!! 💕
I am going to give this channel a few more months so that we can spend a bit more time together. When the time feels right, I am going to be making a voiced-over video saying goodbye to you all. This journey has been long but amazing and it will be hard to say goodbye.
And I know that some of you are a bit upset because I am not finishing the series, and I’m very sorry about that. I always wanted to finish the series before leaving this channel, but I just don’t think I’ll be able to because I still have so much to add to it. In the goodbye video, I will surely give a gist of what you all would have seen in the rest of the series. So don’t worry, you won’t be left on a permanent cliffhanger 🥰

I cannot thank you all enough for helping me reach this wonderful goal. I love love love you all so much!!
Please comment any questions down below if you have any on your mind. I will be responding to almost all of you who comment because I want to talk to you all as much as I can before leaving. Feel free to have a conversation with me!! ❤️

I will see you all very soon, this is not my goodbye. And once again, thank you! 💕

1 year ago | [YT] | 63

*.☆ 𝐁𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐆𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚 ☆.*

Hello! Wow, it's been a little while!
Have have you all been? I'm hoping you're all doing great :)
If you didn't really know before, I am on a "break". This "break" has helped me focus on my studies more and other topics that interest me. For example, I love writing, and have been writing a novel! Since singing is also very dear to me I have given song writing a try and want to try to record music. If I want to record, though, I need to practice more with my vocals and will need to teach myself to play the piano lol TvT
I have had more time to spend with my family and friends in real life which is super important to me as well. I have been less stressed!
It's upsetting for me to finally say this, but I've been thinking about this really greatly this past month. The "break" was a bit of an excuse.
I realized that I'm kind of growing out of gacha. This realization has kind of been floating in my head ever since the end of summer, mainly around the fan art contest. I thought that by changing my OC it would give me a bit of a "fresh start", but it really didn't feel that way at all.
I am almost 16 and am beginning to learn how to drive. Goodness, I can even start looking at colleges next year if I wanted to. Idk everyone, I just feel like I'm outgrowing gacha and am moving past that stage in my life. It was a super happy phase don't get me wrong, but I'm getting older and other factors are playing into my life. A job, school, friends, driving, etc.
I don't really find joy in creating videos nowadays. I really like seeing that my videos make you guys happy, but making them does not give me the same pleasure. Do you all kinda get what I'm saying??
NONE of you are to blame. I love each and every one of you and the support you have given this channel is insane. In fact, seeing you guys and your comments is in fact why I have stayed on this channel for as long as I have. This lack of interest in content-making is just a personal struggle of mine right now and I truly apologize.

This is not a goodbye message, and I am absolutely NOT quitting content creating right now. I just thought that I would bring this up because it has been a concern of mine for a bit. If I do eventually leave this channel, I will give a proper goodbye and make a final video for all of you. However, I didn't want to make a goodbye video abruptly. I wanted to kind of sink this message in a little bit so you all may see the gist of why I haven't been active. I really hope you understand, and still feel very sorry.
Comment below if you have any questions. I love you all, thank you for being understanding and patient for the time being ❤️

2 years ago | [YT] | 63

*.☆ 𝐁𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐆𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚 ☆.*

Guys, I need some tips! ✨✨

As you all (probably) know, Gacha Life 2 just came out a few days ago and I’ve been wanting to install it. But there is an issue for me: my device cannot be updated to IOS 16.1, which is the requirement when you download the app.
I use an iPad Air 2, and I’ve had this tablet for quite some time, but I don’t think it can be updated any point past 16.1. It is up to date and requires no more software updates but is still in 15.7 I believe. I’m decent with technology, but I’m not a hardcore tech genius, yk? I just wanted to know if any of you guys know whether or not I can still download Gacha Life 2. I’ve been trynna do my research, but I feel like I’m the only one with this issue lol 🥲
Please comment down below if you have any tips for me to fix this, or if any of you have been having this same issue. Thank you all ❤️

2 years ago | [YT] | 69

*.☆ 𝐁𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐆𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚 ☆.*

Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing great :)
So, today I kinda wanted to address something a lil more serious. As you may or may not know, I have been slowly but surely working on finishing episode 12 of my series. I haven’t had a lot of time nor motivation to work on it, however, since I’ve had a HUGE workload. And because of my workload, I’ve been, well — stressed.
This is sort of an unusual feeling for me because I’ve never truly felt what it feels like to be stressed. It’s a hard thing to adjust to. I think it’s partially because I’m still getting used to my routine, but I have also been procrastinating a lot. School has been difficult for me this year and I’m not adjusting to it the way that I should. There is no particular reason why, but to name one example, I had to drop one of my AP classes because it was too difficult for me. I feel a little burnt out even though I’ve only been in school for over a month. Yes, being burnt out is a normal thing that high schoolers often feel, but this feeling began for me not too long after school began. I haven’t posted (a real video) in almost two months because I need to focus on my work. When I have my free time, making videos really isn’t a way for me to relieve stress anymore. They make me feel a little drained. It’s not that I don’t enjoy making them, though. Making content just isn’t something that I am physically able to do right now because I am so busy otherwise.
I want to take a little time to focus on my work. I won’t necessarily be on a “break”, but I just know that I won’t be working on videos as often as I usually do. I hope you all understand <3
I just wanted to say thank you as well. You all have been so patient with me these past few months, even though my posting has been a bit wonky. You’re all so kind and I couldn’t be more grateful for each and every one of you. Thank you for listening to my tiny little “rant”, ig you could say. ❤️❤️

I will be online and active, so I will talk to you all soon! Thank you for your patience and support. I love you all 🥰💕

2 years ago | [YT] | 71

*.☆ 𝐁𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐆𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚 ☆.*

I want to give a huge huge HUGE shoutout to @Helpful_Maggot for this absolutely amazing art of Ophiuchus!
Please check out their channel if you have not already ❤️❤️

2 years ago | [YT] | 65

*.☆ 𝐁𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐆𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚 ☆.*

I am proud to announce that the winner of the Battles of the Zodiacs is…. 🥁🥁🥁


SAGI!!
Congrats to Sagi! ✨✨

*her after realizing that she won 😎*

2 years ago | [YT] | 87

*.☆ 𝐁𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐆𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚 ☆.*

BATTLE OF THE ZODIACS!! 👊
(Finals - Fire vs. Earth)

Now, we have our final two contenders, Sagi and Taurus! Please vote for your favorite out of the two.
REMEMBER, this poll is supposed to represent MY original characters, not zodiac signs in general :D

2 years ago | [YT] | 51