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Let me start out by thanking everyone who has commented positively or worked on the TV Tropes page associated with this work or series. Thank you. You've been very kind and it's an incredible compliment to my work and writing that you've enjoyed the stories.
I'm afraid that they will not be going any further.
The story halted originally for three reasons: several health issues on my end, the hectic quality of my work in real life, and several plot points I'd altered at the end of Bequeathed that required me to change the direction of the sequels at key points in my outlines. While working to resolve these I got a lot of negative comments, most of which I've deleted, and complaints that I wasn't exactly providing closure any faster that GRRM was. While accurate, I'm not a professional author. My writing is done as a form of therapy and stress relief.
As the negative responses and demands piled up I found that working on the story did the opposite of what I wanted from my writing. Instead of helping my peace of mind, it caused it to deteriorate further. I began to dread getting comments and stopped reading them entirely. I realize it was terribly impolite to ghost everyone and I apologize. It was wrong of me to do so. I should have posted this months ago, but didn't want to admit to myself how poorly I felt towards a story I originally deeply enjoyed writing. Now I don't even want to reread my own work. I've tried to several times to get back into the muse and pick it up again, but about five chapters into it I find myself wanting to rewrite it, edit it again and again, or delete the whole mess and start over. These works have almost always gotten a wonderful, positive response from equally wonderful, positive, kind readers and I know deleting them would be a poor choice.
One day I may be able to feel positively about this story again, feel saner and be happier because I'm writing it. At the moment, I do not see that happening.
I want to thank everyone who has commented kindly, who has offered kudos, or has enjoyed the story for giving it time. I hope it brings you all the happiness it cannot bring me. As for the ending, you are part of fandom; your creativity is infinite. Your potential is likewise. Hold that ending in your mind, chat with your fandom friends about it, and like everything else about fandom, it can live and evolve through imagination.
~ Author376