Hello everyone! I do not know how many of you actually still read our story, or even read it in the first place, but my co-author and I have news that may be upsetting to those of you who actually enjoyed this mess.
First I would like to say that we will never truly give up on TSLL, at least not for a VERY long time, but we have made the very tough decision to end this draft of the story here.
My co-author and I first started writing TSLL in 2012 when we were seniors in high school. It was fun, and extremely stupid, and if you think there are cringey parts of this story, you should just read the original. We had 13 chapter and I believe over 60k words. The characters were very different, and the pairings even more so.
In 2015, we decided, after a long break, that we could do much better, and that we wanted to do better. So we started writing once more, and that is the story that you have read. Now, here we are, 22 chapters and 52k words in, and we do believe this is possible in the top ten worst things to be posted on the internet. We love it. But also hate it.
The characters are nothing like we wanted them to be, the relationships are sloppy, rushed, and have no substance, the plot is nowhere to be found. It's just a mess. If you made it this far, I thank and applaud you.
There are so many parts of this story that I love, but equal amounts that I absolutely HATE. (ie. the parts where we used drunkenness to 'further' relationships.)
But, here we are, 2018, and we've decided to start a-new. I know, it may be frustrating, but this is our weird little child, and we want to see it grow and flourish. I am so attached to these characters, also I've spent a LOT of money on art commissions, and I'm not ready to let them go. Re-writing this story, that is familiar to me, also helps me to practice writing. I love to write, I have ideas bursting from me when I'm not feeling so bad, and I'd love to be an actual published author one day, but I have a lot of work to do before I get there.
We both sincerely apologize for ending this version of the story like this, but we do hope that you will stay tuned for our updated version. We do not plan on posting anything until we are a few chapters in, but that should not be too far off.
We thank everyone who ever tried to read this and we ask that you leave us a comment or send us a message to let us know the things we can improve on and what you wish to see in our new version.
We have decided to do a poll to select a new title for the new edition. The link can be found on the last chapter of the Archive of our Own edition.
Sincerely,
Mayonayys and KertBert