For anyone who still looks at what shows up from my account...
So, after some deliberation, I've decided the haitus of All's End is now a cancellation, the canon of that story being transferred to AI & I. This means most of the characters appearing no longer count for the story, one or two are now alive, and then there are some who haven't been introduced anyway.
What does this mean for All's End? Well, for starters, it's not going to be named that anymore. It also means that the characters in it are a lot more defined, thanks to having someone to bounce off who is frankly far better at showing what a character is like than I am. With the lack of so many extra universes it slims it down somewhat as well - though it's important to note that while in the universe these other dimensions exist, I will not be visiting them - so the number of characters I'm having to deal with is much reduced and thus less of a clusterfuck. It's still set in the 40k universe though, and that's enough of one for me I suppose.
This also means that I do plan to be writing surrounding stories - things the Iron Rose do in the unfolding universe, and things like origins and encounters for major characters: who they were, what they were doing, how they met someone from the Iron Rose and what they became afterwards. This of course excludes Ramiel, Raikova, Kenady, Laurent, Merric, and any other character firmly in
Jazz117Volkov 's domain, since they have their own stories and I do not intend to intrude upon that territory.
It's worth noting that this does not occlude my involvement from some of the other settings. The other universes used may end up having short stories or such written about them, but it's highly unlikely that they will have any connection to the AI & I universe. (Going to be strange referring to it as that now). I really wish that I wasn't having to do this, that I could make All's End work, but having been stepping forward recently, I realise just how implausible that outcome is and while a big, multi-sphere mashup is good for some people, it's not the story I ultimately want to write, and I couldn't do the characters justice like that.
Some parts of it may work its way into the new lore. I still like the stuff between the Iron Rose and the Farsight Enclaves, along with the things happening with the Craftworlds and so on. The rest of it no longer fits the mold really.
As for Violet Era and Uncivil Union, I still don't know. Violet Era is only halfway through its story and there's a lot left to write, but no part of me actually wants to be writing a Sonic story anymore. Those of you reading this who knew me when I started it might remember how I had to fight to get the tone of i recognised. It was a struggle to even pick up in the fandom. Now, a lack of other involvement has finally caught up, the only thing actually keeping me within the fandom being my own writing, which is nowhere near enough for me I think.
Uncivil Union, on the other hand, along with the planned Uncivil Service, State of Renewal and A Red Mentality, they were all expected to be collaborations, and I am equally contested there by a lack of interest in Sonic versus it being a pretty major dick move to walk away in the middle of Uncivil Union. I am currently stuck between not having the interest to be writing the story, but my own buggered moral compass not wanting to walk away.