Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012: Hamato Andrea

by HardyGal

Hey, I'm Andrea, but you can call me Andi. And good luck on trying to pin me as a stereotypical girl, cause I've grown up with four irritating younger brothers, so I know how to kick my fair share of butt. My bros are absolute idiots, but I love them. And hey, once a big sister, always a big sister, right? You get to them, I'll get to you. (DISCONTINUED BUT NOSTALGIC)

21. AN: Quit?

Well… Hello there, all you wonderful people. It has been… quite a long time, to say at the least. So, what have I been doing? Quite a bit that I don't want to bore you guys with. Anyhoo, so why haven't I been ~updating? Partly because of busy schedules, and the fact that writing these chapters has just been SUPER hard. In fact, for the past couple months I have been considering giving up on this fic all together. It's terribly written, and Andi needs a little bit more of a solid character (because I don't think I can use teenage mood swings or my own varying attitudes as an excuse for some of her inconsistency in character). I also considered going back and rewriting the entire fic, but… Other writing projects, both original and fanmade, seem like they would be a better use of my time.

I was so happy to see that this fic actually gained some fans. It was one of my first fanfictions, one that I had spent almost a year writing before I even joined fanfiction, and I was terribly nervous when I first published it. Imagine my surprise when it became one of my most popular fanfictions!

But again, I've fully acknowledged how bad it is. Rather recently I saw this fic on a thread discussing either bad OC fics, OC fics that you could tell were bad because of the summary, or bad summaries for OC fics. No matter how you look at it, it's bad. This was quite the humbling experience for me.

So, to the final point. Will I quit this fanfiction? I honestly don't know. I know that I won't keep on updating it what with the terrible state it's in right now. But will I rewrite this fanfiction? Again, I don't know. I love TMNT, I really do. But it's kind of hard to write for an ongoing series, and such a LONG one at that. I would like to know, though: do you guys want to see more of Hamato Andrea? If you think this fic should be dumped, would you like to see her in a non-insertion fanfic? If so, do you have any advice on how to make her better?

No matter what happens though, I am forever thankful for the people who kept on reading this fic. I want to thank all you wonderful fans who stood with me, gave me encouragement, and even said that Andrea was an inHateresting and original character! Do you have any idea how big of a compliment that is!? It's fantastic! Thank you so much!

Well, that's all for now. Write you guys later. Hopefully.

~HardyGal

P.S. Dragonmoon, what does cf stand for?