Pledge Processing Issues (but also a peek at what I'm cooking) (Patreon)

Hey everyone! I wanted to make this post to clarify on issues some of you may be experiencing with Patreon payments being declined. I got an email a few days ago saying that Patreon was having problems with certain payment providers and that I "might experience a slightly higher-than-normal number of Declined patrons". Except that "slightly" is a huge understatement, because nearly 200 of you got declined this month ;___;

Apparently, Patreon changed their payment processing to Ireland to capitalize on certain tax rates, which caused many credit card companies to assume the charge was fraudulent, since these payments were handled in California for years. Here's the exact email I received:

Unfortunately, a quick glance at Twitter shows that this has been affecting thousands of people all over Patreon - I don't know what the heck is going on, but if you're one of the affected users, I'm genuinely sorry this is happening to you and I hope Patreon gets their shit together ASAP :(

Also, here's some Mona tummy - I'm nearly done rigging all the pieces together, and then I can finally start on the fun part 💙