Hello there guys!
Okay, so I have a little bit of an apology to make to you guys. Well, let's be honest, it's a pretty big apology.
I haven't updated this story in nearly a year and do not plan to continue it. I have nobody to blame but myself really, as not only have I left have I left what I would consider the "mcr/frerard fanbase", but I've been having, I guess, a lot of personal problems over the last nine months which have resulted in me losing my passion for writing as well as the motivation to do near enough anything. I am deeply sorry.
That being said, last night I rediscovered this account, having had forgotten about it for so long, and found myself spending the evening reading through old work and reminiscing. And bloody hell, am I proud of this one story (though, to be truthful, most of my other older work makes me cringe). I will admit, it's not perfect, but there is definitely some stuff which makes me flush pink with pride. I was honestly sitting reading this going holy shit that's a nice metaphor or oh man I'm never going to top foreshadowing like that. I feel like since I have barely written in a year I have lost some of the flare I used to have, to the point where I find my older work highly impressive.
(I will also note that I have wrote a little fic and some attempts to plan a novel in the last year, but I'm not quite as happy with it as I was with this.)
I also was reading through reviews- some old ones I'd forgotten about, some recent that I had never seen before- and realised people actually did like this, which, believe me, I find quite insane. Just the very fact people want me to continue this or that it has been added to reclists makes me want to continue it.
I can't though. I no longer have the time to keep up to date with a multi chapter story as I am in my last year of high school with exams to sit and university to prepare for. I would love to, but I simply do not have the time to dedicate to recreational writing that I used to. However, I still really love the themes that ran throughout this writing. There are some messages that I never managed to see through to the end in this that I regret. I also love the characters. Although I may not be as big a fan of MCR as I used to be, I spent so long on character development and preparing distinct personalities for the characters in this that I feel quite sad to abandon them.
So I have a proposition for you guys. I could possibly, if anyone wanted or is interested, write a short summary of where the story would have ended up going. It wouldn't be in depth, and would probably do no justice whatsoever for the themes I wanted to portray with this story, but it would be something. It would tell you what happened to the Frank and Gerard.
However, I don't need to do this. It is simply up to you guys. If you feel it would destroy the 'magic' if I simply came out and told you what happened, abandoning all sense of artistic writing or any of that shit, I can leave it like this and let you decide the rest of the story for yourselves. It doesn't bother me either way what you want.
I just don't want this story to be left hanging there without any sort of explanation, even if that explanation is simply for my disappearance, for I am far too proud of this work.
Also, if anybody fancies keeping up to date with me I have a tumblr account (which I use regularly) and an A03 account (which I post on occasionally). I will leave links for these on my profile for anyone who's interested.
Thank you so much guys. I may be gone now, but this site, the readers, the writing, it definitely got me through a large chunk of my life. I may have grown up and moved on from this site, but I still feel so proud when I look back on some of it. For the years I was one here, it kept me motivated and sane.
Lots of love,
Pop Horror xxx
