A/N:
To the people who still get emails about this story because it's on your alert list: sorry, no, this is not my great announcement that I will continue this again. I'm sorry. I'm so done with this story. You have no idea. But I will say thank you again for sticking through it with me. I really do love every one of you.
Now, this is where it gets a little interesting, and I'm sure you're wondering: "If she's not continuing the story, why post this whatever this is?"
Here's your answer, everyone. A Guest review is what brought me back.
I know it sounds childish to make such a big deal about this, but believe me I have thought this through many times over and I really would like to speak to the reviewer, however they were simply a guest and this is my only way of speaking to them. And I would really appreciate other people reading this, too (even if it has nothing to do with The Big Bang Theory).
I'm not sure if the review is still there to see (my internet has been acting wonky and it won't let me go to certain pages on ). It was full of good ol' criticism, which I'll be honest, I don't take kindly to. I'm a very proud person, and I'm not all that proud of it but it's who I am and I cannot change that, nor will I attempt to.
Now, please try to understand this for one second: I'm not trying to be a big cry baby. I'm not trying to stir up drama where it does not belong. Mostly, I feel as if I'm Prince Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender and I'm trying to regain my honor. (If you don't understand the reference, just ignore it). So please, listen to what I have to say and understand that I am not trying to attack the reviewer. I just simply cannot sleep without doing this.
Okay, so. Moving right along.
The reviewer started with the fact that I could have just left the new account at the bottom. And yes, I totally could have done that. But not everyone would want it. I mean, they'd probably get to it and be like 'ew she turned into a Hetalian and a Homestuck gross' (not trying to offend, but that's what I get from the majority of the people who know I like that shit). So no, I didn't put the new account down. So I will say it again: if you want it, then PM me. It's not that hard to type 'what's your new account?' And I have gotten some people asking for it, and I would like to point out that they have all been very kind and gosh you people are nice.
The second point was that the story wasn't that good: I can agree with you there. That's the entire reason I stopped it. I honestly think it's a piece of shit, but it was one of the very first things I actually enjoyed writing. It was also kind if an experiment for me- it started without me even thinking it through. I take pride in the fact that I even tried it because let me tell you, my writing has gotten extremely better because of this. Because I started here. Every great artist starts somewhere (I'm not calling myself great, believe me). This was just my starting point.
There were lots of mistakes: oh hell yes there were. I think now is a good time to mention I had just turned 13 when I started this thing. And I'll be honest: I hated English class at that time. I didn't understand it, I didn't want to understand it, and I pretty much doodled every day instead of paying attention. This story was doomed before it started. But I will point out that since then I have began paying attention in class and I do take interest in English now. I do see the importance now and I do understand the rules and such. I've gotten better. That's why I made a new account: I couldn't stand to see something I was actually proud of going next to something I was using as a muse (this). Now, I still don't have a beta, so the stories on the new account are not perfect either, but they are a million times better in terms of mistakes, and I am proud of myself for learning from everything in this story. But in the end, yes, this story had major editing problems.
And if you thought about quitting, dear Guest, I really don't blame you. I was awful in terms of update schedules, some chapters literally went nowhere, and I put off a lot of things and sometimes it was more than obvious. So if you had quit, I wouldn't have been surprised.
And the guest's last point: "You should have summarized..." Oh, Guest. How I would have loved to be able to do that for you, and for the rest of the lovely people who stuck with me through this. I do hope you and everyone else realizes that it was painful for me to write that note saying this was done. I didn't want it to be over, really. But I didn't have a plot line for this story to begin with. Each chapter was just me going 'blah blah blah... Oh what about this? What if this happened? Okay! Blah blah blah...' Seriously. That's all that was happening in my head. So no, Guest. I couldn't summarize what was going to happen. I couldn't and I don't think I ever will be able to tell you that.
Thank you so very much for listening, and again I am not trying to attack the guest reviewer. I simply wanted to explain myself-not only to them, but to all of the people who have ever read this story. Again, thank you. I really do love and appreciate you guys more than you'll ever know.
-Annika
