It's been a long time since the last update, mostly considering I was updating this fic every few days, more or less, before suddenly stopping, and now it's been just over a year and a half since I last touched it. I wanted to try and explain why, especially since so many people have been reading this, old and new readers both. Don't worry, I'm not about to tell you I'm abandoning the fic-I'd just delete it if that were the case. If you don't care to read this, just skip over to the next chapter (an actual chapter), which should be posted a few minutes after this note. If you don't see it right away, just give it a moment or two, and it should come up.

I have a sort of love/hate relationship with this fic. I started it because I was bored, as you may have guessed from the title, and kept going because so many people seemed to be enjoying it. It was the most attention I'd ever received for something I wrote at the time, and I was addicted to the positive feedback.

It wasn't meant to be a super serious fic, but it also wasn't meant to be entirely crack either, though it feels like that's how it's ended up. That's not really a problem in itself-I really do enjoy well written crack fics. They're really entertaining, depending on the day.

The plot, however minimum it might be, was also something I liked, and the many references I tossed in were self-indulgent. I'm one of those people who does go back to read their own work, and I liked seeing those references. They were for me. That's why I write what I want, instead of what others want. I write what I personally want to read, and this fic was no different.

And then I had people start telling me that this was the best thing I've ever written. I didn't like that. I don't blame anyone who said that, of course. They couldn't possibly have known my mindset, so they aren't at fault in the slightest.

It just started bothering me that this fic, this thing I practically pulled out of my ass, was supposedly better than anything I had ever written before. The feedback I got (which I truly am grateful for) only seemed to confirm that, because this quickly became my most popular fic on both sites I post on.

I couldn't understand it. Why was this so much more popular than everything I'd actually spent proper time and energy writing? Why was this more popular than the the fics I'd actually done research on and planned out? I enjoyed both writing and reading the fic, but I certainly didn't think it was even close to being the best thing I'd written. The funniest, yes, but not the best.

I started resenting the fic. I continued writing it, but I was also starting to hate having to do so. The last few chapters were written more out of an obligation to continue than anything else. But after posting the previous chapter a year and a half ago, I wrote only a paragraph for the next chapter, and then didn't touch it again until just a few days ago.

I've realized now what my problem was with this fic, and why I'd started hating it, but at the same time, I really do like it-I don't tend to find many things that fit my not very common sense of humour. And after posting as much of it as I have, just deleting it would feel like kind of a waste. It's also currently my second most popular fic, the first place spot going to something I'm really happy to see at the top thanks to all the work that's gone into it. And since this fic is likely reaching its end, and that one's not even half way through yet, I have a feeling that even if this fic goes back to being my most popular, it won't be for very long.

So I'm going to continue this fic, and I'm going to finish it too, though updates for it are unlikely to come as quickly as they used to.

There really isn't a moral or lesson or message in this, and I'm certainly not saying not to give me feedback on this fic (seriously, please do), I just wanted to explain what's been on my mind and why I've pretty much been ignoring this particular fic.

So, hopefully you'll get the next chapter in a few minutes, and we'll see what'll happen from there.

Sorry for blabbering on! Laterz!