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Hey guys, it's been a while. How have you been? I hope you're doing well. I'd like to see you in this fic under different circumstances, but I need to talk about this here, so I'll keep it short. I think I'm going to take a break from this fic for a while... Now, don't panic—this isn't one of those permanent hiatuses where I say I'm coming back and then never do. But I have to be honest: I'm burned out, out of ideas, and at a dead end.
For all these months, I've been working on the new chapter, but I've gotten frustrated. I've rewritten and rethought it multiple times to the point that there were a couple of moments when I almost gave up on this fanfiction. I don't know if you guys remember, but I think during January, I updated this fic with a new chapter that I later deleted. It was an update saying I was going to abandon this fic, but I had a change of heart at the last minute.
Now, I adore this fic. It's my firstborn and a work of passion for me, but I have to be honest—it was a very ambitious project for an amateur like me and something of the moment. Although I have a general story planned and the concepts in mind, I realize that I've led myself to a dead end with the writing because I don't know how to put the story together to continue it.
On top of that, when I was about to abandon the fic, I consulted a fanfiction creator I've been following for a long time about whether I should continue or not. They told me that if I liked it, I should continue but not to burn myself out. Plus, the most recent update from Internet-Xxxplor3rxxX gave me a lot to think about.
So... the truth is, I don't want to ever leave this fic. Even if the Helltaker fandom dies, I will continue it until I finish it—or, till i leave AO3 because I can't make fanfics for the rest of my life. So, I decided to take a break.
I don't know if you remember, but I had done something similar, I think in 2023, where I took about half a year off because I got burned out and was stuck. Well, I will take a break, rethink the story, the direction, the character arcs, and then I'll come back when I feel more confident.
Don't worry... I won't disappear for half a year. I'll keep working on my other fics, which are mostly smut, and I'm also working on a new chapter of Memoirs of a Fallen Queen, which i left in the dust for a while...
So, don't be afraid, but I need to take some time and get organized until that spark of passion ignites again and comes back with everything. Otherwise, if I continued like this, I would probably abandon the fic...
Dont consider it a hiatus or other stuff...considered it a break...
But well, that's all, people. I love you, and I'll see you in the next update, okay? Take care... It's not a goodbye; it's a "see ya soon"
Bye Bye