hey, guys! the reason i'm updating this is because, for whatever reason, i'll find a random review in my email for this fic every now and then. i don't know how y'all are even finding this fic since i haven't updated it in literal years, but kudos to those who still read and review it. y'all are the real MVPs.

anyway, i just wanted to put your souls at ease and tell you that this will not ever update again; you don't need to keep stressing about it.

i'm 20 years old now, nearly 21, and when i wrote this, i was like, 12/13 years old. i was young and i still had a lot of internalized homophobia. hence toothless being a girl. but apparently i was chill with beastiality? now, granted, i'm totally still a monster fucker, but at least i'm not afraid of gay shit anymore.

in the past eight-ish years, i've come out as a transgender man, started taking T shots, have worked on overcoming my anorexia and bulimia, am in a very happy relationship with my boyfriend, and i plan on continuing to look back on this fic as proof of how far i've come with my writing.

toothless, honey, you didn't deserve this.

also, i just want to point out that—with this whole spiel—i don't want anyone to think that i'm embarrassed of my writing when i was young. i don't want to give younger kids the impression that their writing isn't good and that they shouldn't post it online, because for a 12 year old with very little prior writing experience, this is actually pretty decent! i'm not embarrassed of the writing itself, i'm embarrassed of the ideology i had when i wrote it. the fact that i thought it would be better to make toothless a girl was a very harmful idea.

i want all y'all beginner writers to stay open-minded. and i don't mean to things like pedophilia and romanticizing abusive relationships and whatnot, i mean stuff like the LGBTQ+ community and interracial relationships, working on being as educated as you possibly can be when it comes to other cultures and identities. your writing style will grow as you do, and you're always going to look back on old pieces and cringe. but keep in mind that you were younger and you're going to keep learning for your entire life. i believe in y'all. you kids are going to be amazing.

see ya on the flip side, homies!

(as a last bit, if any of you want to see what i'm up to now, i'm very active on tumblr! my url is transtarks.)