Letter to all my Keeper of the Void Readers:
I'm honestly so shocked at the attention my story has gotten in the time that I left, it gives me such a warm feeling in my soul to know that it is loved! I've been very concerned about various things in the story that I feared might dissuade people from reading it, and likely it led to me overthinking many things… but it relieves me greatly to see that those specific things mentioned were in fact actually appreciated! I worked very hard on this story, and it just- it makes me so happy! 3
So I assume you're wondering now… just why is it that for a story I loved to write so much…
Why haven't I updated the Keeper of the Void in so long?
It's a difficult thing to say. At first… it was because the story grew into a grand crossover between the AU's of my dragonfell and Crudaka, aka CrossoverDude's AU Demitale. We worked on collabing ideas for MONTHS. Eventually… throughout that time, we came to love our story more than… the world it came from.
Undertale.
There was… a lot of debate. I will admit that I was the first to ask why we were even doing this anymore. We had potential to do more than the limits of Undertale's lore and world… and our story had changed so drastically we couldn't even SEE the characters as Undertale characters anymore. Their personas and demeanors had changed so greatly… we were putting so much heart felt work into our story, and we believed that it could stand on its own without the tag of Undertale in it.
So, the Keeper of the Void transitioned greatly in these past few months… its story name went from the Keeper of the Void, to Dragonfell, to MASKS, (which is an abbreviation for "May all souls keep strong". The name also directly correlates to monsters that were originally Amalgamates in Keeper of the Void…. But I put so much love and lore into the amalgamates that they became something other than what was portrayed in Undertale. And frankly, they were the CORE of the story. (w heh)
Now that I've properly ranted and probably given you the impression that I hate undertale…
I must reiterate that I do not. I love the game. It's a master piece, and I'm sure it will go down in history as one of the worlds most beloved games. However after a while of day after day constant exposure to a thing, it can become… more toxic than good. You must balance your life with other things, and I didn't balance my life well. It simply became Something that i needed to step away from. I felt like it was invading my life, and I wanted to be clear of it for a moment.
I'm not trying to discourage anyone from writing undertale related things! I made a lot of friends, and I learned many new things. I don't regret delving into the world and writing its characters. I had an insane amount of fun, and it started roots for a story that I fell completely in love with. But there's the thing… i grew greater love for my story over the one I wrote for undertale's.
But what about Keeper of the Void? Didn't I say I still loved it?
Actually yeah. I do still love it. In fact, now that its been some time, I still read fanfictions from other authors, I feel good enough that I might pick up the storyline that I left off on in Keeper of the Void that was unable to continue in MASKS. There are simply many things I had been planning to use in MASKS but because of the world shift to our own story, I can't use those things anymore… and to be honest… I had the entire story mapped out. Thinking back on it, i feel a wave of disapointment for not finishing it... but there's also quite a bit of nostalgia.
I will need some time to compose some information, but I may be able to go back and write the keeper of the void for itself… on the side of writing MASKS with Crudaka.
So what about MASKS? Can you read it?
Not yet. I'm not quite comfortable with posting the story online anywhere yet, and im not sure where I could post it that would allow me to make any revenue… (not to mention copyright problems to tackle,) but also… because Crudaka and I are artists, we are planning to make the story into a comic. For me to post the novella all online, it would be, well spoilers. For now, all we can do is share the characters and samples of their stories.
If you wish to follow us as we concept these characters and such, we can be found on various sites that I will list at the end of this letter! We are glad to answer any questions you might have!
That's about it! Sorry this was so long, but I've just had a lot to say on the matter.
Now there's actually one more thing I'd like to mention before I wrap up this letter, and that's the topic of:
is a little frustrating to upload to. ; Let me know if you would rather read this on archive of our own… as I already have made a profile, but haven't yet fully uploaded keeper of the void there YET. It just seems- that there is a large amount of undertale writers there. Should I be one of them? At first I didn't know of Archive of our own, but I used to read Zelda fanfictions here heh so that's how I knew of its existence. There's also Tapastic... where i am drawing a comci called Skelefrisk. Didn't know about that, did you? So, what are your thoughts? Where do you think i should upload?
Thank you all so much for reading! 3
If you want to keep updated with my work elsewhere, I have pretty much every social media. :U its kinda insane tbh. I'm on tumblr and Instagram a lot these days!
Now if you are on your phone, this link may not work for you, because it is best viewed on pc, or outside of the app. - Updated! List of my Socials
In case you can't view it, here are some other socials that I have:
Tumblr
Deviantart
Archive of our Own
My partner Crudaka's Socials whom i highly recommend because she is awesome and i heckin love her art go give her luv:
deviantart
If the links do not work, I've posted them in my profile bio description! I've added a link for my partner Crudaka in it as well!