#i'm still going with three chapters

[fezwearingjellybananas]

"Oh I'll just write a short little ficlet for this idea, I'm sure it won't take long"

Help

[disposal-blueeee]

no bg ver because i once AGAIN added too many details and thet got lost with everything else

[groenendaelfic]

I've written 90k of ABO fic in which Wilhelm has a knot, animalistic instincts, endless stamina and people cower and kneel at his mere presence, and yet people feel the need to keep telling me my silly, mistaken identity ROM-COM in which Simon doesn't google stalk his boyfriend is not the most realistic thing they've ever read.

It's a rom-com! Silly, fun escapism with a suspension of disbelief is the entire purpose of the genre!

Is this a generational thing? Have people forgotten they can enjoy ridiculous things without publicly acknowledging and making it known that they're aware it's not as realistic as it could be?

It's okay. No one will think less of you if you enjoy (or don't enjoy) The Prince and the Barista without telling me that it's not 100% realistic. I'm aware.

wilmon staying together for the rest of their lives isn't 100% realistic either, and I still want that, come get me

[originallymarysue]

Chapter 7 is here!

Summary: The crew are going shopping today! Hopefully nothing goes wrong and no arguments happen for once!

[kyouka-supremacy]

:O

[oh-meow-swirls]

how does the raft not capsize.

[mitsuki91]

Everyone is bold and read smut in public with a straight face, myself included...

But today I unlocked a new features: writing smut with a straight face in front of my coworkers 💪🏻😎

[decaflondonfog]

thinking of kent parson and the aces and all that symbolism... and specifically the ace of spades, which often mirrors the death card in tarot... kent parson as the bringer of death, kent parson as the something that jack needs to leave behind, to let die, so he can start again, so change can happen, so he can become his best self

kent parson knowing he is that to jack but not being able to fully accept it... MY. GOD.

[asteria-argo]

i can feel myself getting preemptively annoyed with some of the comments I might get on the next chapter of to all the better places and let me tell you it's making it really hard to write this chapter in peace

[levana-stark]

You are not ready for this next chapter...

I'm just about to break my own heart... 🥲

[goldnhourwrites]

Can't believe I've been at this for six whole months.

[rubberduckyrye]

A little late BUT I got my 2k done for the two-hours-ago yesterday :'D I'm still on track wooo!!!

[nerdish-nostalgia-revived]

Agatha Christie’s Poirot - S12E01 “Three Act Tragedy”

Egg and Charles on their little sailboat.

[iamthepulta]

There's the little evil voice in the back of my mind that's saying "five hours is enough :) U will write in the morning before 10am :)" because I could keep rereading the Liztlie AU because it's a lot of fun and chapter 21 fucks. But this is the evil voice talking. :(

[finniestoncrane]

running around in a circle tugging at my hair and holding back tears: too many things too many things too many things too many things too many thi

[writereleaserepeat]

Are you still actively writing Hear No Evil? No pressure either way, just thought you should know those guys live rent free in my brain :)

I'll admit that I've left both these asks sitting in my inbox for way too long - I'm sorry that it's taken me so long to get to them, and thank you both so much for asking about Hear No Evil <3

TL;DR - Yes, I'm still actively writing Hear No Evil, and it's not going to be abandoned. I appreciate all of the love and support I've received for this story so far, and hope to get the people more of what they want very soon!

Longer Answer - While I'm still actively writing and working on Hear No Evil, it has some real problems that I need to address narratively and character-wise before I start putting out new chapters. I started writing it just for fun, as my own personal foray into the original fiction whump community, over a year ago. I've changed a lot as an author in that time and learned a lot more about what makes a compelling whump story.

Our still-nameless whumpee was merely a vessel for my whumpy ideas rather than a fully-formed character, and it really shows. The foundation for the rest of the story is very, very weak considering what's been posted so far. There's very little room for either whumpee or caretaker to grow and change in a meaningful way. To keep writing them this way, without making significant changes in the foundation, is simply unsustainable.

The plan is simple, and already in motion - I'm rewriting the chapters that have already been posted. They're going to be new, improved, and much more robust with character development. It's going to be the same story, hopefully just elevated. This is going to make what I hope is a much more satisfying story that lives up to reader expectations in the short and long term.

So, uhm, yeah! Sorry if that's not the answer you were hoping for, but it's what's happening. I do this for fun, but I still want to post things that I'm proud of, and the current iteration of Hear No Evil just isn't that. Thank you everyone for your patience and continued support of my whumpy writing <3