Greetings, fellow mortals.

So, you wish to know more about me? Hmm. I suppose I'll think about it.

Unless of course, you offer me food of the utmost delicious variety, or impress me with an improvised haiku. Then I'll tell you anything. That's the kind of shallow, basic human being that I am.

For those of you wondering about Allied with the World; I am sad and ashamed to admit that it is officially discontinued. There are several reasons for this: one, it turns out reality is a lot busier when you're not sixteen anymore, leaving time for creative writing much to be desired. Two, Hetalia, while still one of my favorites, is not something I am into much anymore. I've moved on to different shows and fandoms, and as any writer will tell you, it is exceedingly hard to drum up inspiration and convince that fickle, cursed muse to pay you a visit when you're writing about something that doesn't hold your interest. Three, my writing has improved drastically since I began writing AWTW, and every time I go back to it, I cringe into another dimension at the multitude of grammar, punctuation, and spelling mistakes, sappy/preachy dialogue, and characterization that has no freaking idea what it's doing with its life. Upon managing to drag myself back to my home dimension, I sat down and thought about what to do with my absolute train wreck of a story, and ultimately decided that the only way I could possibly fix it would be to delete everything I have so far, and rewrite it from scratch. However, despite its many flaws, I have a lot of good memories attached to AWTW, and it's a big milestone for me in terms of my writing, so I don't think I could bring myself to delete it. Plus, it would be nothing more than a chore to rewrite it as I am now, as previously stated, Hetalia isn't something I'm as into anymore. AWTW is something I wrote on a whim. I didn't know what kind of character I wanted my OC to be, and I certainly didn't know where the story itself was going. I was literally writing it chapter by chapter. I had intended on writing it purely for fun, and didn't expect it to get all the attention that it did. As my following grew, I started to feel more and more like I had to deliver something bigger and better than I had initially planned, which caused me to step away from it for a while (please note, I am not at all suggesting that it was my reader's faults for what happened. To this day, I am beyond grateful for all of your support and interest in my ridiculous little experiment, and I truly don't deserve a single one of you). As my lack of progress continued, I slowly came to the realization that there was little I could do to pick up my slack, and I was afraid that if I tried to continue it now, it would be nearly unrecognizable to what it was before my hiatus. It was fun while it lasted, and definitely a good experience, but at this point, I personally feel like AWTW is completely unsalvageable. Thank you so much to all of you who have encouraged me and insisted that my work is not nearly as bad as I'm making it out to be, and that could very well be true. We are always our own harshest critics, after all. And I cannot apologize enough to my followers for leaving them forever hanging. I know all too well how frustrating it is when you get invested in a fanfic, pour your time and interest into it, only for it to end prematurely, sometimes with no explanation given by the author. That's why I took the time to write this stupidly long paragraph, because an explanation is the very least that you all deserve. Thank you all so much one more time, I would never have gotten as far as I did without you. Here's to a better run next time.