We've done it! This fanfiction, which has been my child since December 22nd 2011, has come to a close. It's sad. Like, super sad. This story has 81K words! I wrote 81k+ words about Finnick and you read them! WHAT?
Here's some facts for you about this (as of 8/18/13), that only YOU (yes you) made possible:
81K words +
212 Reviews.
80 favorites
65 follows
2 years, 9 months in progress
77 chapters
Those are now my favorite numbers and I don't even like math. Honestly, I wrote the first chapter before the Hunger Games was even out, and now as I reread about who we all wanted to be Finnick and almost none of you saying Sam Claflin, to having seen him as Finnick and majorly fangirling because THAT MAN IS FINNICK. It's insane.
To those of you that read the first chapter and continued all the way through – omg, that. I don't care if you started in 2011 until now or if you just read them all right now. That's insane. So, thanks for that.
To Coydog22, my first reviewer. Without you, I sincerely doubt this story would've continued on in the way it did. So, that's cool.
To randomrandoms14, who introduced me to the fanfiction world. You've turned me into a writing monster and I could never thank you enough for that.
To every single one of you who reviewed. Every comment (even the ones who didn't like the story) makes me prouder of this story. And to the people who didn't like it, well, you read it and it made you have opinions on it.
Anyone remember when I did contests? Yep, those were insane on this end. But if you competed in them, congrats. That trivia was tough.
To those of you who had to put up with my very long writing hiatuses. I'm sorry for all of them and there were a lot. Hopefully it was worth it.
To those of you who PMed me. I now consider you my internet best friend, whether you like it or not.
To those of you who just found this after it's been finished, WHOA you found this story among all the others on this website! Hi! Hope you've enjoyed it.
This might sound stupid, but writing this is like closing a chapter of my life. Through everything that happened, I had Finnick to come back too. Through this journey, I've learned so much about him as a character and who he is and why the Hunger Games means so much to me. Hopefully, you found some of that too.
I don't know what's coming next and I don't have some crazy announcement about a one-shot or a new POV, so sorry. If you want to read Life and Story of Foxface, the first three chapters are up. It's dramatic and kind of AU until we get into the arena, which I'm having a lot of fun writing. I promise that I will keep writing more, though. *heart*
I guess that's it then. Bye, guys.
And as always…
Thanks for reading and don't forget to review!
*curls up into a ball and cries eyes out*
In other words, we have one more chapter, in which Finnick is alive! And his child is going to be named…
nope I'll wait until then to tell you!
Until then (which will probably be sometime next week – maybe Tuesday because school starts), let me know your overall opinions on this story by reviewing this chapter.
I don't know how to end this.
So, bye…
Xoxo Mikayla