Hey everone, long time no see!
Holy shit, it's hard to believe it's been FIVE YEARS since I last updated this fic. I'm kind of surprised by the amount of attention this story has gotten in my absence, so first of all: Thank you to everyone who has stopped by and reviewed/followed/favorited this story! I'm very sorry that I've all but abandoned this fic, but a recent favorite alert sort of inspired me to take another look at it.
I've been real busy with all of my real life stuff, I've gone through 2 different colleges, moved across the country, and gotten caught up in half a dozen hobbies and jobs. I know I haven't exactly built a great track record for myself when it comes to these fics, my mind and creativity are fickle things.
On the upside however, my writing skills have increase exponentially since I originally wrote this fic (I can tell just from reading over it again). So that should provide a pretty significant increase in quality of my work. What that does mean though, is that I think I'm going to re-write this story rather than continue where I left off. The timeline for the original version of this story was super muddy and a lot of other aspects were left pretty vague or just not addressed. One of which being the use of mana without a source, as pointed out by one of my reviewers. I'd really like to go back and address these issues rather than try and build on top of a pretty shoddy foundation. The core idea and plot of planeswalkers showing up in the ME universe will remain however, and Coal will still be our protagonist, but some of the finer plo points will certainly be changing. I hope you all are willing to bear with me as I undertake this process and attempt to shape this into a much better story.
I've already been making notes about where I want this new plot to go, so in the next few days I should be writing up a new draft for the beginning of this story and I'll subsequently be uploading it. I'm going to be aspiring for some longer chapters and I'll be cleaning up a lot of the grammar and awkward interactions, all to create a more enjoyable reading experience for you all.
Once again I ask for your patience as I revisit this story and I apologize again for my extended absence from fanfiction. I hope you all are doing well and I look forward to bringing you a new and improved "Throwing Coal on the Fire"!
