Hey, guys!
As you might have noticed by the completed tag, this arc of the fic has officially come to a close, and oh boy, was it hard for me to put it on paper! As I've mentioned previously, the ending was extremely delayed due to personal matters that I would rather not disclose, and while I never truly forgot about the fic, it did slip my mind more and more often to the point that I forgot sections of the plot I'd initially planned. Needless to say, the ending you got here would have been way different had I published it a year or so ago. While the plot remains fundamentally the same, I have changed many elements comprising it, both intentionally and non-intentionally.
Not to address the elephant in the room: what next?
Will I disappear for another year and leave you guys in the dark yet again?
Does the change in the plot mean that the fic will no longer be what it was/is?
Will the focus shift entirely from Star and Marco's relationship to other characters and couples?
To put some of your minds at ease: this fic always was and will remain a Starco fic, and while Chapter 1 of New Dawn won't arrive until late January/early February, I will finish it, albeit it will be a more condensed version with roughly 20 chapters, a prologue and a final epilogue. As for the change in tone and plot, well, as cliché as it may sound, people change, and I am certainly not the same person I was a year or so ago. Consequently, I will be exploring some unconventional ideas that I'd never have included before, but the core of the story will remain intact.
I understand that some of you may be frustrated with the changes that are to follow or are just fed up with me in general (returning after a year, then immediately introducing a cascade of plot-twists and ending the whole thing on a cliffhanger) and want to read other things. I completely respect and understand all such sentiments, but at the end of the day, I have my vision of what is to become of this fanfic, and I aim to see it through.
Since I don't want to stretch this little afterword of mine out any longer, I sincerely thank everyone who has stuck with me thus far, and I will be seeing you guys soon.
That's all for now.
Hear you guys soon.
-jolleIQ
