Through The Portal

by Darthlane

What happened that night thirty years ago? Why did Stanley disappear? What is the true purpose of the portal? What does Bill have to do with all of this? More importantly, what does Stan have to do with this? It could be more perilous than anyone realizes. I do not own Gravity Falls.

14. Chapter 14

Hello and welcome to "Chapter 14" of Through the Portal! This isn't going to be an actual chapter of the story, however, just a message from me. I don't know how far into this story it happened, but I stopped feeling the magic of it. The first chapter, the one that was 10,000 words, is possibly my favorite thing I've ever written, and it will always hold a special place for me personally. Then I had some people ask for me to continue, and I was more than happy to. Between Stan finding crazy things in Gravity Falls and spending his time trying to return his brother, and Ford going on a million adventures throughout the multiverse, I had a lot I could do. And I enjoyed it, for a while. I think it was Ford's adventures, trying to make a plan out of literally anything, that kinda tired me out on the story. I could do absolutely anything, like in Rick and Morty. And in fact, coming across Rick (as per the fan theory) was one of the things I wanted to integrate down the road. But while I had a tight, mystery drama going on with Stan surviving and discovering the mysteries of the town, Ford's journey was getting a weekly adventure type of feel to me, where I could do anything, but that made me feel like I had to do everything. I know that it wasn't necessarily the case, but it still felt daunting, like I had to do every kind of story, take on any kind of monster or idea, and I was tired of it when I had barely started. Through the Portal started to feel like more of a chore to me than other stories I was working on did. It ended up on the back burner while I was attacking other stories that felt more fun to me to write, and now its been on the backburner for a while. I think I'm going to officially put this story on hiatus. This DOES NOT mean that it is ending, and it does not mean that I am going to abandon it. I'm not the type to give up on what I start. I WILL return, but for now, I want to concentrate on other things. Honestly, it won't be that different than it has been, since it's been a while since I posted anything for this. When I do start again, I will probably post Chapter 14 over this, and this message will be gone. I will also probably edit it so that the names are correct. I will be back, and this story will continue, but I am officially taking a break from this one. If you made it this far, thank you so much for reading my story and reading what I had to say here. If you like my style of writing, I have a handful of other stories you might enjoy, from Avatar: The Last Airbender to Star Wars, from Harry Potter to Undertale. I've also been dabbling into writing songs, and I've written songs for a ton of tv shows, video games, anime, etc. This includes three Gravity Falls related ones (one about Bill Cipher, one about Stan, and one about Dipper) so if you are interested in that, please check those out. Also, if you are interested, I now have a Youtube channel that I upload regularly, mostly LetsPlays at the moment, but it will be expanding to more types of content over time ( at channel/UCPwLY7DuCLRqUx1AVDh9dsw ).

So until I return, bye!