[EDITING] The Legend of Zelda: Goddess of Secrecy

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Goddesses. To be here now. After so long, I can't believe it. But here we are. And here's the end, I'm afraid.

I want you to imagine a nerdy super undiagnostic autistic kid in 2012. The Hyrule Historia just released. Skyward Sword is establishing all this new lore. And the timeline, oh man, the timeline is brand new.

I saw on a forum discussion somewhere about this idea for a convergence of the timelines down the line, though it certainly wasn't the most popular theory. I was listening to the 25th anniversary medley on repeat, an entire arc for a character forming from that violin solo of the main theme form. A whole battle, between all the people's of Hyrule. And I thought, I could do something with that. The rest, well, is history.

I could never have known in 2012 how much this story would change me. And I mean that. This story is so dear to me. The process of writing it became so motivating to keep going, to keep trying, to keep getting better. To come back and see people, surprise, excited to read it! Who could have imagined that! I would have never become the writer I am today, the person I am today, if I hadn't started that journey. And I'm so glad I did, and to be here now. Even as sad as I am to see it done.

But there are some people I need to thank before we go.

First of all, Nintendo. Thank you for telling stories. I'm sure no one at Nintendo will read this, but this series is so inspiring and a relief for me when I needed hope in this real world. No matter how many reworks to my headcannon I need to do to keep Goddess of Secrecy on track, I'll keep coming back for more. I'm so glad to have the challenge.

Second, to my mother. Thank you for introducing me to Zelda, for feeding my love of fantasy, and for always encouraging me to keep going. Not a lot of folks get to thank their parents in their fanfics, you're truly the best.

Third, to my partner. For enduring all the silly giggling when I think I'm writing something particularly evil, for listening to all the lore dumps, for reading despite the immense task of the absolute quantity I write. For being you, and for sticking with me. I know it's a lot.

And finally, but most of all, to you. All of you. Each and every one. We only got here because of you. The folks who've been here since 2012, the ones who joined along the way, who are joining long after this gets published. Who stayed through the 2 year hiatus, and then those 7 years I got stuck in the Temple of Time. The ones who voted on every chapter, who left comments telling me what you liked or helped me catch typos along the way. The ones who I never got to know the names of as you read, and the ones who might not ever get to read this. 12 years is a long time, but I hope this finds all of you, somewhere out there in our big blue world.

Well, it's time to send her off then, yeah? Nothing else more to say. Just this:

Thank you for reading!

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