The Lady in the Pond

by TURKEYFEATHER

The vigilante in white breaks from his position and proceeds towards the man known as All for One. In his wake, he leaves behind the wounded form of All Might, emaciated into his true form. Unable to move, Yagi Toshinori could only watch as the feeling of cold water begins to envelope him and take him away from the fight, leaving the fate of hero society in the hands of another.

30. Announcement

Hello. It's been a long time my dear readers. Nearly a year if I am not mistaken. I ran this situation in my head for a very long time and no matter what I couldn't come up with anything that wouldn't step on a few toes. So I am just going to be as brutally honest with you as I can be, since I feel that it's better to break bad news without any of the bullshit. So here we go…

I haven't posted an update on any of my fics on MHA because of one simple reason: I lost all my enthusiasm for the series. If any of you have been paying attention to the series manga or anime, then you know that there has been a noticeable drop in quality with the series combined with a ramp up in pacing of the plot. As far as I am able to discern, it appears that the Mangaka has more or less lost all passion for his own creation.

You can look up a youtube video on the subject if you need a deeper explanation, but at the end of the day, Horikoshi is merely trying to end his series as quickly as possible. I can understand that feeling. If the thing you once enjoyed causes you nothing but stress and dread then I can see why one would just try to finish it as soon as you could to get it over with.

It's really hard to like a series much less write about them if even the author doesn't seem to care about it anymore. I haven't even been reading any other fics about MHA because I find myself unable to find any enjoyment because of the less than stellar treatment of the characters and the shock value cliffhangers dotting the source material as of late. And that's kind of the state I have been in for the last few months following my last announcement or update.

I have had a huge desire to write all these months, but I could not will myself to even write more than a few sentences before just dropping it in favor of something else. I wrote a lot of fics and oneshots about my d&d group's party and I even wrote a one off story about a video game on an alt account. But everytime I try to write about MHA…I just can't get into the groove.

I thought about several times about just announcing the end of my fics and leaving at that, but I hate leaving things uncompleted and I also dislike being another statistic of a fanfic that never got completed. But at the same time, I am finding it extremely difficult to even muscle through to continue without doing what Horikoshi is doing to the main series.

I just don't know what to do anymore, and I have been tearing myself apart trying to figure something out. I don't know if any of you have a solution or some encouraging words, but I also don't want to make promises on something I can't deliver.

As of right now, my fics' future is going to come into question and I remain undecided, but at the very least I will let you all know if I am going to stay or walk away from MHA for fanfiction. If you guys could voice your opinions in the comments I would really appreciate it. Thank you for all the love, support and criticisms these past years. And I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.