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"You're...my friend?" He asked hesitantly. I turned to look at him. "Yes, yes I am."
Poland thought about this, breaking into a grin. "I'm glad we are frien...
First off, I just wanna say wow. It's quite literally been more than a year since I decided to start writing this book. It started as a jumble of thoughts, you could say. But apparently it's evolved into so much more. Normally I'm not one to get emotional, but to keep it simple, this book has knocked it out of the park for me. What started as a side whim for writing fluff became an investment for my time and thoughts. It's stuck with me through everything, and even though I never had a consistent update schedule, it may have helped me, in a way.
It gave me something to work on, to be proud of, and to share. Sure, you could label it as some silly fanfic written by a crackhead. And you'd probably be right. However, this silly fanfic was and still is important to me.
It started out with around 20 views on my first week, but right around May it started blowing up. My notifications started building up with votes and comments, some constructive and others simply humorous. I loved and appreciated each and every one of them. Of course, I never expected to get past 1k at the most, but seven thousand views?! That's just...insane.
In conclusion, to whoever's reading this, thank you. Thank you for choosing to pick up my work and read or comment on it. It means a lot to me.
Now that the mushy stuff is out of the way, I have a few things I'd like to stuff in this chapter. First of all: art!
Throughout random points in the book, I may have dropped some art in this or that chapter. I'm going to be honest with you: I hate all of it and it's terrible. So, I decided to make some more or less sketches of (probably) all ships mentioned in this book. Note: the flags are not drawn, so the depicted countries will be listed under the drawing.
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Our main ship: Poland (left) and Germany (right)
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The wholesome couple: Slovakia (left) and Lithuania (right)
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Everyone's favorite tsuudere couple: Austria (left) and Hungary (right)
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The "more than friends...?" couple: Kazakhstan (left) and Canada (right)
That's all the art I did for now, there might be more in the future...? If there are, you'll find them in Art Book 3 on my profile page ^^
As for the second part, I'm throwing out the possible idea of a Q&A. Basically, you comment whatever question and I'll draw the countries' responses! However, this normally flops big time, so if I don't have enough responses, I just won't draw it. If it is partially successful, I'll make another chapter of this book labeled "Q&A" with the responses.
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Once again, thank you again for taking the time to read my work. It really does make us writers happy when we see people enjoying our content as much as we do. There may be a sequel...? If not, this is my farewell to you from this book. Have a good day/night 💖
