I just have one thing to say: That I really, really don't want to do this.
It makes me happy knowing how popular this story is. Even though I'm not, I feel famous. I've inspired people. I've made friends. That's more than I ever expected when I first signed up.
The thing is, I'm cheating. I look at this story, and it's got 100+ reviews, 20+ chapters. I look at my other stories (or, rather, story) and even though I put hard work into it (although it's suffering from a bit of a schedule slip) it's barely noticed. I mentioned this before. Maybe it's because of how crappy the prologue was, maybe it's because I'm not the writer I want to be, maybe it's because people don't really want to read about a paralell interpretation of KH1 and instead want to read about their most hated characters getting killed, maimed, or humilated.
I never should've started this damn thing in the first place.
20 chapters is a pretty big milestone, isn't it? It's outlived all other Truth or Dare fics that I know of. They always die off. Now I know why. How can you make a story out of random suggestions? I tried. I tried to keep the chapters coherent. I tried to keep the characters in-character, although that was a colossal failure. I tried to do what I love doing, which is making people happy: something I thought this fic was accomplishing. Then it got hard. I couldn't keep up anymore. I started promising: "the next chapter won't take long, the next chapter will be great, I'll get it done soon". What do you do when the fic that's supposed to make you feel better as you write suddenly becomes a chore?
You leave it.
This isn't because of Brinkmess. Maybe it is a little bit. I'm not sure myself. This is partially because of my friend Observer 00, who has decided to shut down his/her fic as well. This is mostly because I don't want to take the quick way to fame through bastardizing the characters I love.
All of you guys.. all of my fans.. Thank you. It's time to leave my starting point behind and venture into the wild frontier of my imagination. I'll try out different fandoms; maybe I'll find one I can write for reliably. Mirror's story has yet to be told still. Overdrive has been scrapped, but maybe I'll try again with those characters. And then there's all those other fandoms I love so much: Pokemon, Klonoa, and MOTHER/Earthbound.
This chapter doesn't mean I will be gone forever. I'll keep writing. I may even keep this fic up for people to read and laugh at, but it's going to go down some day when I get sick of looking at it. I'm an artist, not a writer, but I tried anyways. One last chapter, and the once-ongoing saga of Yet Another Truth or Dare will have ended.
Thanks for putting up with me.
~Katie