Alright, time to hammer the last nail into this coffin.
I'm not abandoning this story… hopefully. I just feel as though there are some things I should address seeing as how much this fic has been all over the place.
To start with the biggest factor I finally realized, I have an extremely difficult time finding the motivation to write for this fic when I get the chance. I'm simply not as big of a Miraculous fan as I was back when this story started, and that's kinda detrimental when you wanna write a long and angsty fanfic. But I finally came to realize that I don't feel motivated to write this one because I'm not as motivated by the show anymore. Sure, I'm still a big fan and I love the series, but I started writing this fic when I was 15 and season 2 hadn't even started yet. Now I'm 18, and hoping that when season 4 airs this year it'll give me the motivational spark that I need to finally finish this story. But for the time being, I simply don't find much enjoyment out of it anymore. The few most recent chapters got finished primarily out of self-guilt that I hadn't updated in too long, and it took me too long to realize that that's probably an unhealthy mindset and I should go at my own pace for this kind of project.
So yeah, that's the big part. A few other small details involve my desire to rewrite this sucker, cause MAN do I cringe at some of those early chapters lol. And I mean hey, I'm glad to see how much I've improved, but before I ever go finishing this story I wanna fix it to its greatest potential. So what I'm thinking is this: I'll leave this fanfic posted as a sort of… incomplete and old copy of the story. When the time comes (aka when I feel motivation again) I am still determined to get the whole story out there someday, so I think I'll take the original writings from this fic and repost it as a cleaner, modified and more well-written complete story. Maybe way down the line I'll end up deleting this old version, but I think for now I'd still like to leave it posted for anyone who wishes to read it. Regardless, that's what I have in mind :) It'll be a while unfortunately, but hey Miraculous is a long-ass show that isn't going anywhere for ages, so even if I pull out this fossil YEARS from now I'll still have a chance to finally finish it! Yeah it's taking an agonizingly long time, but I'm willing to go at my own pace this time around. And right now, I've been in a big Marvel mood lately so if any of you guys are into that fandom then I'll probably be posting some writing for it soon!
Oh and as a final FYI for anyone who hasn't seen it on my account, I'm probably gonna be using this site to only publish any major or long fanfics I make. I'm a THOUSAND times more active over on Archive Of Our Own under the user name Scribble_Spirit, and I'll be posting more stories there that don't get reposted here, such as one-shots and drabbles or other minor fics. Unless you've already tried the site and you know it isn't your thing, I highly recommend it as both a fanfiction reading and writing community! And if you choose to check me out over there then I appreciate your support so incredibly!
I hope you all understand where I'm coming from! Thank you so much for all of the support you've given me, and until further notice I hope you all have a great 2021!
~ Scribble