Thank you anon! First of all, I apologize for the rushed plotting post because there were a few things I've wanted to do with Steve, but most of that involves the up coming event, which is a separate post altogether, but I should have linked to that at least . I have been meaning to toss him into the Valentine post as well, so again, sorry for the delays on these points.
You mentioned Steve not having any real connections and that is true. A large part of that was because previously I had been so lost and unsure of what to do with him that I would throw him into a lot of threads and end up not seeing them through. I was also shaky on his voice and approach so that added to the anxiety. Those were all issues that had been brought to my attention a couple of months back, and as a way to try and bounce back from it, I made a conscious decision to drop all of his threads from before the Bridge event, which included all of Bucky's threads. It was something that Celen and I discussed and agreed was a good thing to do. We decided to hand wave a lot of old threads and start fresh with the newer posts. So when we did the Bridge event, I focused myself on the threads there and made an effort to make sure they all had direction and purpose while potentially creating an opportunity for Steve to actually bond with others outside of Bucky, and hopefully get him to have some fun with different individuals. (There's an ongoing thread where he's reconnecting with Constance in the Snow Ball post, so I think the event did help a little.)
After the Bridge, there were a few posts mid January that I was interested in tossing him in like the joint Porthos/Isabella post and other threads in the Snow Ball, all with the intention of following up on some CR he started, some of which was just simply getting him to make friends. Others were more to put him in situations where he'd be more vulnerable or awkward around others, and those can lead to some good threads. Unfortunately, my mother got very sick which snowballed into my getting sick and was followed by some awful personal circumstances involving a close friend of mine (which I mentioned briefly on plurk). All those combined really knocked the wind out of my sails, so to speak, and I was back to slowly trying to ease myself into the game again. In doing so, I was trying to avoid a repeat of what I did wrong last time with him. I didn't want to throw Steve into newer threads without first making sure I had been keeping up with older ones, that all the new threads I started had the same focus and direction I had during the Bridge AU. However, it seems to have had the effect of him not being involved enough and for that, I'm sorry ;-;
I really don't want to make excuses for the lack of initiative or communication on my part, but I hope that at least explains why I sort of dropped the ball in January. I'm hoping February will be a lot less disruptive, and I'll try my best to keep following up on things with this guy. I'm determined to keep improving him and to know that my efforts during the Bridge event were evident makes me even more so. Again, thank you so much for the feedback, anon! I really am sorry for the trouble, but I promise I'll keep what you said in mind and do what I can to fix my mistakes ;-;