Hey dear reader,

No, this is not a new update.

Just a letter I plan to tape to your special little ass. :)

So...

I have decided to invoke a couple of changes in regards to the story. The style will still be the same, like, overly descriptive and slow-moving. But, I just don't think my interest in Hetalia, in general, will be able to make it for the four years that I've planned to exclusively work on this story.

I had bitten more than I can swallow, pretty much. The momentum of the story is moving too slowly and densely, and as a university student moving into my third and most crucial year, I don't think I'll be able to take on the overwhelming challenge. Oh, and after I graduate, I'll probably be shipped off halfway across Canada to attend professional school. So, my youthful years will be busy busy busy. :/

BEFORE YOU READ THIS ANY FURTHER. I HAVE NOT GIVEN UP ON WRITING "LOTOPHAGI", AND DON'T PLAN TO UNLESS I AM DEAD OR SUDDENLY ACQUIRED BRAIN TRAUMA TO CAUSE ME TO BELIEVE THAT I LIVE ON MARS AND SPEAK SWAHILI!

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Now that I got that out of my system, allow me to continue.

Because of my own selfish morality as a writer, I refuse to find someone to help me write Lotophagi, or to which I could transfer my authorship henceforth. So, what I'm going to do is to continue writing, but only focus on the iconic history scenes that I had already conjured in my head. It's really mentally taxing to think of all the fillers in between, you know?

The headcanons that I had already planned out before I even started writing Lotophagi reach all the way up to year 3000, so you'll definitely still find out how the whole story ends, even if I've changed my writing.

But the difference is that the story will move more quickly and be more exciting. More snap-shot like, but at least you wouldn't be waiting four to five years to see if Ivan and Yao's love will have a happy ending or not.

Besides, I'm pretty sure that the story so far is boring to read, as not much has really happened. Everyone wants cannons to explode, drama to happen, and people to die, right? That's why we read stories in the first place! Not for pointless fluff...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've always viewed conflict as mandatory in the art of storytelling.

So now, there wouldn't be like 140 freaking chapters. There'll be a lot fewer, and are prehaps easier to read. I'll try to tie them together as well as I can, but just as a warning, after I post the few slow-moving chapters remaining in a few weeks or so, it'll be a roller-coaster onwards.

Opium, WW2, Cold war, and the future would be the key events in my story, and you'll be able to read my headcanons about them a lot sooner this way. The pairings as promised in the description will stay relevant.

Besides, I've counted- I have like 12 Rochu stories that I have to start, and I'm still getting new ideas all the freaking time. So, it's chop-chop for me.

Plus, I also have a bit of an extra-fandom as well... I also like to read books, exercise, do my nails, get into political arguments, shop for shoes, learn languages, play guitar and grab the occasional drink at the bar. (I am also learning to draw... Or, doodle.) Life's busy! ^^'

So yeah, it's not that I'm giving up on Lotophagi. I'm just going to make the plot go much quicker, so I can get this behemoth of a fic DONE with, and can write more Rochu fics for y'all.

I also have a few Fruk and Gerpan one-shots planned out as well... And I plan to write one each for Sweden/Norway, Spamano, and Cuba/Vietnam some day...

But for the most part, I will be a Rochu writer, at least until I get struck by lightning and become paralyzed.

Why am I so preoccupied with death, and am always thinking of morbid ways for it to happen?

I don't know, really... ^^'

But anyways, you'll hear from me again after I finish posting the next chapter to "Genevieve, I beseech thee." I am personally very excited for this change though, because I'll be able to write about chapters that I actually feel passionate about, and not useless fillers. Hopefully, it'll be equally fun for you to read!

I'm just really looking forward to finish writing my favourite scenes that are just bursting forth in my heart right now, and get onto all of the other Rochu stories that I would like to introduce to the fandom.

But not to worry~ As a writer, I take pride in that I plan to finish every single story I start, and won't start on more than two until I have completed at least one. I think I have the balance thing down pat. I'm not much of an emotional writer than a logical one, so I don't work on behalf of my on-and-off muse as much as others. Like, I take necessary breaks, but am immune to a complete writer's block, if you get my drift.

So, yeah...

Stay tuned for more updates from me!

Love,

Salty Peanuts.