Just Keep Smilin'

by Belle Isle

24-year-old Luke Porter is a bright, optimistic country boy thrust into a dark, unforgiving world. With his best friend and worst enemy at his side, he's confident they'll make it through anything. But as the world crumbles around him, he's forced to make a promise that only becomes harder to keep: to just keep smiling. Written in the style of the game. [DISCONTINUED]

21. DISCONTINUED

Author's Note: Yes, this is probably exactly what you were expecting: the dreaded "I'm quitting" update that most fanfictions inevitably come to. I understand if this is a disappointment.

First and most importantly, I have lost the vast majority of my interest and passion in the cast of season two and the game as a whole. Going into this project, I had never anticipated what I would do if my opinions of the characters changed and I began to see them in a different light. Unfortunately, my interpretations and opinions on the cast have changed, and this devolved my future plans for Just Keep Smilin' into something more like a personal rant/criticism of the canon story and its characters. Trust me, nobody who remotely enjoyed the season two cast would want to read the current plans for the plot of this story.

I think that it is therefore better to cut off here, as my current plans don't reflect the initial conception of this story. If you have read the entire story, then you know that I originally set it up as a chance to give the season two cast a chance in the limelight and insight on their characters. The current plans no longer reflect that and I unfortunately cannot bring myself to feel the same way about the game and its characters as I did when I first started writing this. I genuinely wanted to bring this project to completion, but I lament saying that that dream is unattainable at the moment. If I pushed myself to continue, the result would be totally unsatisfactory/disappointing for both you and me. If you read fanfiction often, you can tell when a writer has lost their passion for the subject matter, and that is exactly what JKS would turn into if I forced myself to keep going.

Overall, I thank you for bothering to check the story out, even if it will never be complete. It truly means a lot that people would be interested in and read my writing. I hope you understand my reasons, and I hope you believe as I do that this is the best option for the story.

This is likely to be the end of my fanfiction career.

Thank you. And remember to smile.