Hey guys, long time no post! I'm super sorry about that, especially after I decided to continue writing Petals and Ink at all! Life got in the way, as it usually does, and you might be happy to know it's because I'm working illustration jobs and trying to pay off student loans!

However, that's not the point of this story interruption. No, unfortunately something a little sad has happened and I need to make an explanation of something.

Today (Sep. 1st, 2017), while at work, I got a review from a guest that explained someone was writing an idea much like mine and gave me the name to check it out. Well, check it out I did, and I quickly realized that, even so early in the fic, it was nothing like mine, really. I closed out the page and went back to work, thinking nothing of it.

Except when I got off work, a friend of mine on tumblr explained that, hey, their friend's been getting some pretty awful hate for writing a fic like mine! I was also messaged by the kind and amazing writer loudlewdlyricalmiracle on tumblr, who explained the situation from their end, and the situation is this: it was their idea first.

On chapter one at the very top of the page, I explain the inspiration for this silly idea I decided I needed to follow, though I didn't name names because I didn't think of it. Loudlewdlyricalmiracle is the inspiration for this fic. This was their baby first. They've stolen nothing from me, and I am so, so deeply sad about the hate they've gotten for the assumption that they did. If you follow me or them on tumblr, you'll hopefully have already seen the post I made there, but I want to reiterate it here, PERMANENTLY, that they did not steal my idea.

This AU was their idea first, and I got crazy excited about all the ideas popping into my head and rushed into a fanfiction based on it. LLLM has been working on their idea for months. In no way are our fanfictions related beyond the starting prompt, which is basically five words: tattoo artist/ flower shop AU. Please, please, PLEASE do not give LLLM anymore grief over this. I'm very grateful that people apparently jumped to my defense, but the aggression, the hate of it, is intolerable. I would never, ever in a million years ask for someone to hurt someone else for me. Please, that's not the way to handle things at all. Thank you for caring so much, but no thank you for the violent response, alright?

If you were a part of the aggression, I would appreciate it if you would apologize, anonymous or however. I can't accept that they've been put through this stress and anger on my behalf. It's not worth it, not to me.

Thank you for hopefully taking the time to understand this situation and apologize. I will be leaving this PSA here until I update again, though with my crazy schedule it's impossible to say when that will be. I will also have a shorter explanation on the next chapter, and it will remain there, forever, to mark what happened today, and it will hopefully prevent this from happening again. In the mean time, read LLLM's fanfiction, One Sweet Chance, and give them the love they deserve for the idea that was always theirs! I know that I am excited to read their full fic when I'm done with Petals and Ink, or if I decide to call it quits again.

Thank you, as always, for reading.