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Jacob Wheeler
I think it's time for a change.
It's a minor one, for certain, but it's been a long time coming.
This change is only coming to the main site. I envisioned it as half-portfolio, half business front-- as a way to share my art and ideas with the world. The issue was with the name. I had grown attached to "Th'Den Wheja" over the years, but even in the beginning, I never really felt comfortable sharing something I couldn't really pronounce. "Wheja", however, was something nearly everyone could look at and immediately say aloud, and since I got that from combining the first few letters of my first and last name (JAcob WHEeler), it seemed the most obvious candidate for the new name of the website.
As for how it works as the name of my site's main character, I'm not entirely sure how that's going to change. Th'Den Wheja was (no surprise) originally made as an author insert and a way for "me" to explore the universe without placing too much importance on my real self. As time went on, he really spun off and became his own character, and I think it's gotten to the point where his name doesn't really work anymore as a tie to the original artist, i.e. me. I may keep it, I may change the spelling, or I may workshop entirely new names. The point is that there's a lot of freedom now with him and his story now that the entire universe doesn't need to revolve around him.
Regardless, I think this will be a big step in the marketability of this little project I've built up over the years. The URL has to remain the same for now, but we're really standing on the edge of a new frontier now that we can communicate our ideas better.
Keep pushing to that future, guys!
