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Well… I can’t believe I’m finally here and I actually did it. Slow burns are scary. Ending them can be something like confessing in real life, if that makes sense- because it’s so scary. I hope it lived up to your expectations, and also mine lol.
As I said in the author’s note, this is my magnum opus. And as I commented on the first chapter (back when I used to comment just for comments sake on my own work), this is my baby. I have poured everything into this work- all of my feelings and all of my effort and all of my love for these characters and this story and the feelings they feel.
As is such, I have a few people I’d like to thank.
Again, the creators and developers of Ao3. I’m so grateful for the opportunity to publish my work and this site means so much to so many people.
The creators, writers, voice actors, composers, animators, sound effect artists, and every other role I can't think of who worked on Little Witch Academia. Sorry about all the plagiarism, please don’t sue me <3
My beloved compatriots, Nocturnearound and Cookie_The_Cat! I’m sure you guys are really tired of me always asking “so have you… i don’t know… have you… read the latest chapter??” All threateningly but it’s because I love y’all and I need validation. Thanks for giving me validation, both about my work, and otherwise. You inspire me to write, which I’ve always thought of as the purest form of love. In terms of friends, also, the people who sit next to me in my classes and are nice to me. Y’all are real ones.
My camp friends, without whom I would not have had the courage to make this account.
The rest of my summer trio. You both mean so much to me and give me so many ideas. I hope we can all be together again someday.
My parents and teachers for the support, and for not realizing I’d be so much more productive if I couldn’t write.
My readers!!!! Again with the validation. Thank you for all of the hits, kudos, and especially comments. I feed on comments. And Ao3 is really the only place where you can meet people who will have in-depth conversations about the arcs of minor characters with you. So thank you to everyone for reading and for putting up with {however many} words of these characters not knowing how to deal with their feelings.
Doja Cat, Harry Styles, Dayglow, Mitski, Ricky Montgomery, Conan Gray, Kate Bush, Sam T. and the Radical Rimes*, people who make slowed and reverbs on YouTube, and all of the other artists who sustain me as I write. Also Ovid, T. S. Eliot, and all of the poets I’ve stolen quotes and chapter titles from.
(*produces no music and only exists as a concept)
I’m leaving home to seek my fortune, by the time this is posted I will already be on my journey, so I won’t be able to post for a while. This arc has been so rushed because I’m trying to get it all in while I still can. I should be back online in mid-july, but for now, consider this a hiatus, which I think I deserve, after one year of writing, two years of storyline, 80 chapters, and 188,521 words! I deserve rest not because of the quality of my work, but from the sheer quantity lol.
Anyway, I’ll be gone for a minute, but comments are always appreciated even if I’m not here. I try to respond to everything as soon as possible, so if that’s in a few weeks I’m not ghosting anyone or anything.
Feel free to ask questions, I need to stall for time again. Even though I’m going on hiatus, I won’t be able to write, which means season 9 is nowhere near ready. I realize, after reading a lot more fanfiction than I had read back in seasons 1 and 2, that authors here don’t really do Q and A’s, but I do need to stall for time, and they’re good for that. Also I just feel like answering questions.
I also want to make it clear that this isn’t the end!! There’s still a lot more in the plot…… I mean, I haven’t even started writing the mess that Louis and Amanda’s arc is going to be. It’s super complicated but I can’t just write “it’s complicated” and be done with it, it has to be clear to at least the author what’s going on… well, I’ll deal with that when I get back. See y’all then and thank you so much again for reading!!!!!!
Much love,
griff