To those who follow this story,
It's been quite a while, and I'm sure that seeing a notification pop up regarding this story may have excited some. However, I regret to inform everyone that this story is discontinued. I know it must be disappointing for those eagerly waiting, but I think it's best to not give false hope. The story will be open for adoption — you can start the story anew, or continue where I left off. Though I won't be writing anymore, I will still have this account for reading. If you want to message me, feel free to do so.
(At this point, you can leave if you don't care about the author writing personal stuff.)
At the start, there was the excitement of doing something that I've never done before. But as the days wore on, writing and revising every word to achieve something that satisfied my perfectionism, I realized that it wasn't what I wanted to keep doing. But even still, and I must be a broken record, I hoped that I could continue writing this. How could I not? It was my first fanfiction that garnered so many readers. However, other things took priority over it.
University is tough, but nothing that I haven't been through before. I think the most difficult part now is trying to get an internship over the summer. I've sent over 40 applications, and plan to send many more, but not a single company has considered me. In my free-time, I pursue game development as a passion. I hope to be able to make a side-income from that. And no, I won't be sharing where you could find that; I'd like to keep it separated. Sorry. My first dog that I've ever had passed away. I wish that I could take him out for a walk one last time. Since 2020, I was nihilistic, bitter and angry, but in the span of the past five months I mellowed out, reconnected with old friends, and learned to feel content with myself.
Such is life.
So why did I write out all these personal things about me to post on the internet, and possibly regret it later in the future? Well, this is pretty much my resignation letter from fanfic writing in general. It also felt rude to just simply say "the show is over" and provide no context. It is sad that this story will never reach its conclusion, but I'm happy that it happened; it was an outlet to keep my sanity, and allowed me to meet wonderful readers and writers.
To those who are reading this, I hope things are going well for you. And if they aren't, know that it is possible to change it — I learned that the hard way.
Take care, and goodbye,
Refined
