Digital Circus isn't just a massive, wide-reaching, well-made show with a passionate fanbase. It's also one of the most important casts I've ever been a part of, filled with incredibly talented people who have welcomed me with open arms and made every moment of this feel like we're a loving family.

Animation as a genre has been *incredibly* hard for me to make any headway in, which wasn't helped by the fact that last year I finally landed what was to be a major recurring role in it... only to be recast after the very first session. In many ways I've struggled to feel like I belonged in this.

Clearly, that has not been how many of you have felt. To say that this show has melted communities together is a massive understatement. With the release of each episode, it feels like I hear from literally dozens (if not hundreds) of you, sharing your reactions and excitement and theories and awe.

People want to be involved! They want to create! They want to craft and collaborate and parody and sing and theorycraft and all of these amazing, thoughtful, and constantly downright fun and creative things. And I'm scared I can't keep up with it. I struggle to even manage to keep up with the cast.

It feels like - right as the show itself is hitting a fever pitch - my own personal life's never been crazier. Trying to maintain my schedule while looking after those closest to me has made it increasingly difficult to give proper focus to everything asking for my participation "while it's fresh".