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INTRODUCTION
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Welcome to my latest writing endeavor! Yes, I've decided to be pretentious and include an introduction this time as the first chapter. This is sort of a... bonus fic...? It's a celebration of a milestone I've made: of half a million words in just about half a year on this site of AO3. This is a collection of descriptions of singular days told by original characters I have come up with for the Zootopia universe. As my regular readers are aware, there are a lot of them.
Expanding the world when it comes to Zootopia is difficult if you limit yourselves to the small cast of characters in Zootopia compared to the possibilities of the world at large. Are Nick and Judy like the best characters ever and should totally smooch in canon? Yes. Is the act of producing characters of quality even approaching theirs nearly an impossible task? Also yes. Doesn't mean I won't try- TRY EVERYTHING (no, stoppit!)
(Crashing sounds.)
Anyway, along with this introduction comes a warning. A lot of these stories will draw from every released and unreleased idea I have about said original characters. Meaning any readers who want to start here might be spoiled when it comes to previous stories. Some of the characters will be trying to solve unresolved issues from their story arcs in these "days", some will just be working through their problems, and other days will probably read just like harmless fluff.
Which... fluff. I do that; I tend to do that a lot.
I'm rambling at this point. I'm very grateful and thankful for pretty much everyone that reads my works, but I felt I needed to extend special thanks to my regular commenters. As my extremely patient editor can attest to, I have a lot of self-confidence issues with my work, even after writing so much of it, so your constant encouragement and suggestions have been quite a boon to the ol' writing process. You guys know who you are. And in case you don't...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Thanks as always to Roahm Mythril, my patient friend who's been the editor of my works since word one, and my friend for much, much longer.
Thanks to DrummerMax64 for coming up with the idea for this in the first place; something I cannot believe I've never thought of. Also thanks for your consistently constructive comments and sort of serving as a sounding board for my doubts.
Thanks to SophieWitch, for writing interesting and realistically angsty fics that often challenge the thought processes. Also for letting me steal one of your characters ad nauseum (guess what, I'll probably be asking for Samantha Hopps again before long).
Thanks to eng050599, whose name I will never be able to remember without staring directly at it. Whenever I have a science question you respond so thoroughly and politely, and your fic is definitely one of (if not the most) unique ones in the fandom. Also, thanks of course for pushing me to work with my original characters.
Thanks to stokerbramwell, whose comfort zone I seem to always buzz a bit close to the edge. I'm very glad you enjoy my work, and I wish you the best.
Thanks to DeadDireWolf. I really appreciate your comments and compliments, but I'd appreciate it if you'd get off my mental wavelength and stop predicting where I'm going with things!
Thanks to CAPTAINPRICE79. Your enthusiasm is as palpable!
Thanks to twocentnuisance. The dissertation you wrote upon reading Vixen's Mark was extremely humbling, and I'm so glad you've enjoyed my work. Keep writing, your style is great!
Thanks to Pinormous. You've kept goading me in the directions you want to read, but I'm glad you have! Testing Limits was partially your fault, so you can feel good about that if you'd like.
Thanks to the newly-christened Virginia_Doggo. You've been with me for quite awhile! I'm glad you've stuck through this long, grueling half year and half a million words!
Thanks to Erinnyes. I'm glad you don't hold back from your constructive criticism, but thank you so much for your nearly constant praise as well.
Thanks to SkumringsKrabat. I hooked you early as well! I'm glad you like my fluffy writings. Always glad to please with my own favorite "genre".
Thanks to PhantomReader42. Your veiled references to silly Partners plot points in a certain social game gave me a lot of amusement "back in the day".
Thanks to ThermodynamicEntropy. You also exploded into my inbox with a huge, gushing essay and it makes me so happy to read things like that about my writings. I'm glad I can make you feel feelings and hope you continue to enjoy my work.
Thanks to MyLittleAngel. I hope your situation improves soon, and thank you for giving my works a try.
Thanks to Anteroinen. Seems like I tend to keep you on edge with where my stories are heading?
Thanks to BeetDaBrat. I still haven't forgotten you modeled Larry and the Partners wedding ring! Thank you!
Thanks to Cimar of Turalis (WildeHopps). You're the only person I've yet guest-written for, and I appreciated your in-depth comments on all of my works.
Thanks to missfandom, if you're still out there! YAAAAAS, CHILD.
Thanks to DrBry, who also encouraged me to write Vixen's Mark. I'm not sure if you saw it yet? Either way, thanks for your comments. You got one of the most obscure references I made, so good for you!
Thanks to Shnavell, another culprit that goaded me into Testing Limits. Your really thorough reviews of the chapters were appreciated, so thank you!
Thanks to hannahberrie for your thoughts on Testing Limits. I need to read more of your stuff sometime (really like your Moana avatar)!
Thanks to Hebbocake. My brain loves pronouncing your username.
Thanks to TheEvilestOfTwins. I know you went through some stuff recently. I hope you are well.
Thanks to stevegallacci. It's so cool knowing one of the "golden oldies" of the furry fandom enjoys my Zootopia writings!
And to the likely many I missed or the ones who have just commented a few times, still, thank you very much. Without your encouragement there's no way I would have made it past my first fic, let alone five hundred thousand words.