Hey, y'all. I'm TheGreenNickel, formerly known as EnderDragneel. As you may have noticed, it's been about three years since I updated what was intended to be a rather lengthy story. I know some of you enjoyed what I wrote so far, so as far as my radio silence goes, you deserve an explanation.
Life happens. I was in college for a period of time. Then the infamous Covid-19 pandemic spread across the world, and I dropped out. This should have been the perfect opportunity to revive this fanfic. However, I have had other, more recent interests. This includes running a beautiful D&D campaign, making plans for future writing projects, and solidifying my life plans. I have also struggled with what I believe to be undiagnosed ADHD (I'm planning to get a diagnosis), as well as other mental health issues and chaos involving my social life.
All that said, I think I am now in a place where I could potentially get back into the writing of Fairy Tail: Dragon King. There are, however, complications with that. For one, my interest in OG Fairy Tail has dwindled greatly. Furthermore, my writing skills have improved to a point where I look back at what I've written on this project and am quite bothered b how atrocious parts of this story are in that aspect. Lastly, there's the character of Hisoka, who was based off of a version of myself that, despite what I originally thought, never actually existed. Hisoka was originally written as a male character, while I have since come out as nonbinary and use she/they pronouns, while many traits that I originally expressed have fallen to the wayside as I became more honest with myself.
So what does this mean? Well, I don't think updating this story is much of a priority anymore. I did have some interesting plans for it, there are many messy elements of the story that I would have to make some effort to clean up partway through the story - an effort for which I currently lack the patience. Should I ever pick this story back up, I have every intention of polishing future chapters to better reflect my present writing skills, while I would also give Hisoka a self-discovery arc that better reflects my own discovery of my gender and sexuality (and in a way that doesn't overshadow the other elements of their arc). However, I wouldn't count on it. The fact is, I have grown weary of the world of Earthland, and of Mashima and his creations in general, and I am definitely focused on my own original content. Feel free to hold out hope, though, and just know that whatever is happening, I am doing alright, and will continue to pursue what I love. And I deeply apologize for the cliffhanger.
Goodbye (for now),
TheGreenNickel