#MLYID update

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Guess who just finished writing chapter 3 of Maybe Loving You is Dangerous? This guy!

Imma be real I’m both very excited and nervous to post it so I’m just going to yap about it a little on here because fic updates yk- (gonna keep this as spoiler free as possible)

It’s a whooping 15k words. I don’t know how I did it but somehow I wrote 15k words for one chapter. Like I said, they’re gonna be long ones- (I didn’t choose to yap, the yap chose me)

It’s a Jack centric chapter (first but certainly not last) and it sadly isn’t their little date. I deeply apologise, you’re going to have to wait another week for that. Instead it’s going to be the introduction to his little subplot (they’re both going to have one but it’s a little early to introduce Wanderlust’s one) and even though its the most basic subplot for him, I’m still very excited to write my own little version of it. BUT don’t you worry, I sprinkled a good amount of gayness into there for you guys to enjoy (hopefully)

Like three new characters get introduced in this chapter. 2 of them are OC’s, one of these OC’s I hold very close to my heart already even if they were just made for this fic- they just got me hooked already I guess. The other coach is the coach for Rock N’ Roll (who would have guess I’m obsessed with that map) using my own personal lore for her. I might make a post explaining that a little like I did before, but thats a task for me after I get some sleep.

I’m just very nervous to post this chapter as this fic is starting to feel like my child thanks to the time I spent working on it. I really hope you’re going to like it as much as you guys liked the other chapters so far (thank you for that btw)

Thats all I’m going to yap about it for now. It’s being beta’d as we speak so it’ll be ready to be posted tomorrow or well later today for me- I’m going to probably go to bed now.

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In the middle of writing chapter 6 of MLYiD I realised that it was probably going to be a shorter chapter. And it is. But don’t you worry guys. It’s only 8.2k words.

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The song I chose for MLYiD chapter 4 is just so 🥹

I love this band and I love writing Wanderlust just be lil guy (who’s inlove)

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Pretty nice for a chapter I have been struggling to finish

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I am going to have so much fun writing chapter 5 of MLYiD

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Chapter 4 for MLYiD is already at 12.2k words and I haven’t even written what I think is going to be the longest part yet. I’m truly delivering you guys the date you’ve all been waiting for (I hope)

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Guess what my dear lovely readers. Chapter 4 of Maybe Loving You is Dangerous is done, and guess how many words it is? Well whatever you probably just thought: *absurdly loud incorrect buzzer noise* (unless you are right)

It’s 20k words.

I’m not even kidding. Currently its at 19928 words but that is subject to change as my beta reader beta’s it and I look over some less than parts again.

The last part? The part I would probably consider most date-ish? Yeah thats 7.6k words.

What has my life come to.

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I just wanted to come on here and make a little celebration post because Maybe Loving You is Dangerous has officially hit 100 kudo's! That number is like genuinely insane to me because I was expecting it to get like 30, max. I cannot believe it oh my god. I'm so grateful for everyone that has read my fic so far, that has left a kudo's, that has left a comment. It all really means the world to me, thank you so much. I truly wouldn't have been able to do any of this without you guys. I'm so happy you enjoyed the story so far, and I'm so excited for what's coming next because I get to have some fun. I hope you guys will like it! Now, surpisingly or not, I am very bad at talking about myself and my accomplishments. And since it's my celebration post I get to do what I want. Today that is being nice to some other writers. So I decided to leave a little note to the authors that inspired me to write and actually publish this fic under the cut. (So if you got tagged, that might be why). Feel free to read these notes if you want to, it's truly just me being an insufferable fanboy. If you did not get tagged, but we are mutuals (or friends) just know that you might have also had a role in the inspiration and motivation departments of this fic.

A note to @halfratsalready: I'm sure this comes as a surpise to no one, and I warned you I was going to tag you in something. But yeah, being very real and sappy with you: you're like one of my biggest inspirations for this. I was, and still am, absolutely enamored by the Lose Yourself series. I honestly feel confident enough to say that its my favourite Just Dance fic, ever. It's genuinely so well written and you executed everything so perfectly. I loved inserting it into my weekly schedule and I felt so inspired to write afterwards. I'm going to be a little sneaky and say that the whole reason I started even thinking about possibly writing a pre-canon fic. So truly, MLYiD owes Lose Yourself it's life. I joke around sometimes and call you my target audience, but honestly? You are. Everything I write is with your enjoyment in mind. I really do catch myself thinking "I hope Oboe likes this" while writing lol. I will forever be your nbr 1 fanboy, and I am so glad that we're friends. I wouldn't have it any other way.

A note to @libra-cant-just-dance: Hello there! You're the only one in here I haven't talked to, but I still wanted to tag you and tell you how much I love your fic. The Tainted City was such a great fic. I loved the plot and your story telling and the way you describe things is just so amazing. I really look up to it. The Tainted City was a bigger inspiration for my other fic than for this one, but honestly without it I doubt I would have ever started posting fics. So really, I owe you one at this point. Your fics are amazing and I cannot wait to see what you end up doing with Mirrored Walls!

A note to @lightning-and-sparks: Thorns was the first Just Dance fanfic I have ever read, and it will always be one of my favourites. I genuinely enjoy the story and you're such a good author as well. I'm so glad it's back and that I get to read weekly updated for it again. As you know, it is a very big inspiration for MLYiD and I might have accidentally stolen a few things from it but that was all in good faith and because it was all so good that I just had to. Keep it up, I need infinite Throns content (please.)

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MLYiD scheduling!

Two posts about MLYiD in one day, what am I? It's author or something? Anyways, I have a little question to ask you guys. You see, no matter how much I LOVE writing 10k+ word chapters for you guys, these coming months it's just not going to be a realistic goal anymore. It's going to be the busiest time of the year at the themepark I work at, which means I'm going to have to work a lot and till very late. Meaning I physically will not have enough free time to write such long chapters (nor will I have the energy to). So I have two options for you to pick from. I could: A. Write shorter chapters (like 4-6k or something) and try my absolute hardest to keep posting weekly. Which basically means I will be splitting the chapters I write now in half, or three ways if necessary, not that you're going to get less content. Just more chapters. Although I cannot guarantee that this will be on Saturdays like it is now, and I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to make it every week. You guys will be updated if I don't. B. Continue to write the long of chapters like I do now, but they are going to be way more spread out. Like I'm going to be posting one every 2/3 weeks instead of every week. Also with this I can't even guarantee I'll make it to current MLYiD levels, but I'll try my best.

Vote for which option you'd prefer please! It would really help me decide on what to do.

I really don't think this matters to you guys as much as it does to me, but I'm someone who very much likes to keep a tight mental schedule and who very much likes to stick to that schedule. I would love nothing more than to keep writing as is, but that's just not even remotely possible for me right now due to work. Hopefully this should only apply to July and August though. This also applies to chapter 10, but I honestly already decided to make it shorter so I can give you all a chapter this week.

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MLYID Update

Decided to post this today bc well why not, it's porbably going to become the posting day lol. For anyone unaware: "Maybe Loving You is Dangerous" (aka MLYID which is the shortened name until I think of a better one) is a Wanderrose one shot I wrote and posted like a solid week ago. If you haven't read it yet and like the ship, I would highly appreciate it.

I'm officially going to continue the story (yippie!) and I know how I want to format it now!

☆ I am going to be posting it as a chapter based story on AO3 but the chapters are going to be more like seperate stories that follow a similair main goal/plot (The boys being gay for eachother) and a funky little subplot to keep things intresting. This means that the chapters won't always line up with each other- but them sneaking off during parties to be gay seems way more fun to write than just a day by day type of thing. ☆ ☆ Every chapter will have it's own title based on a song lyric from the song that gave me the inspiration for that chapter :) You don't have to lisent to the songs during reading but I will link them to the chapter updates ☆ ☆ I'm going to try my best to post a new chapter every saturday but I have no idea how life will treat me during the postings so you might get some chapters earlier and some later. Who really knows. I can almost certainly say that Chapter 2 is coming out next saturday! Also the chapters might be looonnngggg so writing that takes a lot of time. I don't have a set amount of chapters yet though, that'll come later (I do already have the end figured out somehow tho) ☆ ☆ A lot more coaches will be included, including an OC, so keep an eye out you might see one of your favourites pass by (maybe I'll include them if you ask nicely) ☆ ☆ The ao3 tags will be edited if nessecairy per new chapter that comes it because sometimes shit just happens, so keep an eye on those aswell! ☆

I really do hope that you are even a slither as excited to read this story unfold as I am to write it. I am so immensely for all the positive reactions it has gotten so far. I am so happy you guys enjoyed chapter one and I hope the rest live up to its standarts.

If you haven't yet and would like to before chapter 2 is posted, here's the link

☆ Sorry that this is such a wordy post, I have no idea how to explain it otherwise. Thank you so much for reading lol ☆