...So, has it been two years since I've been on hiatus, then?
Don't answer that. You know since I'm asking that very specific question, it's true.
So since I've died, I've officially become an aerospace engineer in training at a prestigious university, broken both of my legs, and various other...mishaps throughout the year. For those of you who don't feel like looking up what an aerospace engineer does, it is rocket science. Technically planes and rockets, but I'm majoring in space and propulsion because I want to feed my ego. Anyway, it's about as time consuming as you'd expect, which is why I've only really been around to throw whatever random oneshot I scribbled down at my account and hastily dashing back to whatever stack of assignments was due that day. I was having multiple panic attacks a day and even though I made it through with a near-perfect GPA, doing that along with every other commitment I stupidly signed myself up for because bragging rights broke me as a person, more so than an engineering class is supposed to break you. So at the end of the day, I usually wasn't in the mood to read or write any more fics if I had spare time. I was more in the mood of venting out my frustrations on Discord, which I did quite frequently.
I do still have my stack of private messages and reviews to reply to, but mainly to the people I really care about talking to. I do apologize for this, but I just...was in a bad spot mentally and I didn't want that to spill over into my interactions with you guys. All I can hope is that at least one or two of the people I've seemingly ignored for the last 8-24 months are reading this because I still like you guys, I just...My social skills have just gone from garbage to dumpster fire.
On this story though.
The reason I'm posting another note is because I finally decided what I want to do with this story, and that ended up being not continuing this train wreck. It's actually very convenient that I stopped where I did, because I changed some headcanons and dumped some anime stuff, as well as a fic I had planned to follow this, leaving the latter 2/3's of the fic riddled with irreparable plot holes. Since this version was going to be about 30-40 chapters long, the last chapter you all got was teetering on the beginning of absolute BS. And considering I was already accumulating plot holes in the beginning...I just don't like doing a sloppy job and then asking my audience to ignore blatant problems to keep the plot going exactly where I want it to with no roadblocks. So this version isn't being continued.
...mmmmmh my laziness hates that.
I'm rewriting FR from the ground up, fixing every mistake that was so meta (the literal prefix, not the character) that either everyone missed it or just didn't want to call me out on it...along with the host of other issues I found. The new version will be completely unrecognizable from this one, but for good reasons as it will eliminate everything in this version that made me want to roll my eyes or stab myself in the face, and patch every blunder I made without realizing it (which were A LOT.) Because 2/3's of the plot no longer need to exist, this new version will be much shorter, only about 12-13 chapters, by my estimate. I'm going Madoka Magica on this thing. If it can get what it needed to done in 12 episodes, I should be able to fit this one psych plot into 12 chapters. And it will happen because I've already plotted out what I want to happen in the story; all I need is to write it.
The question is, when I publish FR 2.0 (not 1.9 like I've been beating my head against trying to fix), I will likely be in session at university with a part-time job and clubs, because I don't learn from my mistakes. So I'm not 100% certain whether I'll really be able to reply to reviews in a timely manner, or whether I'll pre-record author's notes...but I suppose I can burn that bridge when I get to it. And cross it. Don't burn the bridge before you cross it.
This is the last note I'm leaving on this fic. Family Reunion 2.0 will be out soon enough, so follow me if you'd like to get a notif when I finally publish it. When I put it out, I'll edit a link in here for anyone who comes afterward in the future, but edits don't generate notifications, so I'd just advise a general follow since I rarely update anyway. I'm not sure when the official release for it will be because of time restraints, but I want to post this note and get it out of the way so there's less confusion for newer readers. Knowing my luck, posting this has cursed me into not being able to put the story out on time, but I'm gonna hope for the best.
Other than that, uh...hope your new year is off to a good start, and I'll catch up on all the fics (and reviews) I've missed from way back last year when I either finish this, or on my spring break in eight weeks. Trying to prioritize actually finishing this project instead of putting it off at every opportunity.
...no ending because my social skills are trash. Bye...?