Hetalia: The Fifty Stars

Side Chapter 9: The Limitations to Writing

Warning: This is a serious side chapter that'll discuss various mature topics in relation to this fanfiction. Know that this side chapter was not meant to offend anyone other than to express my concerns and limits on what I can write about in this fanfiction and its sequels. Thank you for you understanding.

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Writing can be such a pain in the ass sometimes. For any writer, there'll always be obstacles whenever writing a story, no matter the genre.

Before publishing this book, I've spent much of my time creating chapters of this book beforehand. Some chapters were harder to write than others. Research, of course, is a whole different story. I'm sure some writers have difficulty sifting through the Internet thinking, "Man, I've just wasted an hour reading a Wikipedia article on Mother's Day." The same kind of thought kept popping up whenever I tend to read the article more than write the story. With all that aside, I was able to get some stories done despite having not published the stories yet, unsure whether anyone would read or like what I've written.

I mean, this fanfiction compared to various Hetalia fanfictions involving the States of America is not the typical "States barge into the World Conference" cliché. In fact, it's one of the few that actually dive into the history and culture of the United States. To some people, this type of work isn't like Hetalia's lighthearted, comedic tone, or the usual random fanfiction where shipping, self-inserts, AUs, lemons, and all sorts of shenanigans that go beyond the spectrum of good and bad. Some might not like my fanfiction either by the serious tone, the lack of jokes, or even the lengthy historical fiction which I understand.

Despite being depicted in a manner that's the total opposite of Hetalia, the fanfiction has received a generous amount of reads, votes, comments, and support thanks to readers like you who've read this far. In less than ten chapters, the first series will come to an end. By then, I would've wrote a chapter on each State of America including Washington D.C. Overall, I'm amazed to have this many reads for a fanfiction, and I would like to thank everyone for reading this once again because without any reads, votes, or comments I would probably lose interest in this fanfiction or update this work less often than usual. But thanks to readers like you, I've become motivated to write not only this series, but its future continuations as well. Again, thank you all so much.

Okay. Enough of that. I need to get on to the main subject at hand.

As most of y'all know, this series and most likely its future series have depicted various historical events. Again, Hetalia is known to be light-hearted with a few serious moments in between. On the other hand, this fanfiction is known to dive into some of the darker parts of history. Before writing a chapter, I always thought about my readers' possible reaction to the subject I'm about to write about. Among my concerns is their ability to handle "mature" subjects, especially whenever I've gone too far with the violence, seriousness, or even offensiveness of a subject. This is especially true whenever it deals with a controversial part of history as I'm aware of people who'll point out how the history I base the chapter on isn't true or is a gross misinterpretation of the event. As such, I'm always cautious on writing certain events I try to portray.

Not just history, there are things I'm wary of showcasing simply because it'll either go against Wattpad guidelines (being my main platform to write on) or it may offend readers where at its worse I receive complaints and mean comments. Even though I know such comments aren't something to worry about, I hate for my confidence to drag to where I start to lose interest in writing if you know what I mean. As such, I tend to put warnings whenever such things are apparent.

Overall, I'm forced to think and reconsider my options on the chapters' contents. In some ways it's a good thing. Something I find okay may not sound right to others. Then again, maybe I'm just being a worrywart. In a way, some things in this book are considered tame compared to other books. Either way, I want everyone to understand my limits on writing this fanfiction from this series and its sequels. Below are some topics I tend to tread carefully on: