UNDERGOING REWRITE // Apples [Ledger Joker x OC]

REWRITE UPDATE / Heath

*it's 2am so ignore any spelling errors*

I'm rewriting Apples.

Yes, this is no news to those who regularly message me or follow my twitter! (@ thekillingj0k3, gimme a follow and a dm!! <3) It's nothing new either, though the process is extreeemely slow, I'm really gonna do it justice and do it right this time. I know, I apologise greatly to those who really wanted more after the last chapter I left here, but with what was already written, and the progress I had actually made in the grand scheme of the story... I just couldn't. I couldn't let this story that I'd let marinate and grow in my head, this great and beautiful tree with its crooked branches and intertwining vines- I couldn't let it be reduced to this thing that I was scrambling to update just to please people. I've discussed this before, but everything- the twist, Dr. Arkham, Mara, Colter, June and Joker's relationship, their kiss... none of it was done correctly, nor how I imagined it. I really let the 'popularity'/demand for the story get in the way of the actual story, and it wasn't any of you guys' faults- you were all just excited, and I'm so grateful!- it was my own fault, and I think I just got caught up in all the excitement. Again, I'm really, really sorry, and I really hope you enjoyed what I wrote to begin with regardless, and I hope you enjoyed my past stuff like Ace of Spades. You guys' support is what makes me refuse to give up on the story! It's why I have to do it properly this time.

The more this story sits and moves and crawls in my head, the more I fall in love with everyone inside of it, with Arkham Asylum, with Gotham, with this shadowed and half-faded Joker, with Juniper, lovely Juniper Stoltz... I really adore June. I refuse to let this story be a 'could've been', because this is her story and she deserves to live it, to experience it. You deserve to experience it. I want to share the love I have for this story by doing it properly this time, no bullshit.

It'll take a while. I know, it's almost been a year, maybe even over that- I'm not so sure- but I've started university, I'm coming into my own, living by myself for the first time- despite feeling like I'm still fourteen, I'm eighteen and let loose into the world! And my love for the Joker has not wavered one bit, I promise you. Anyone who follows my twitter would know well enough!

Since it'll take a while, I'd be very eager to publish one-shots, smutty or not, or short stories (progress on the one I'm doing in collaboration with Alyssa over at @SweetFantasies is slow, and it's totally my fault, so sorry Lyssa!) but of course I'd love your opinion on whether you'd like any, and of course, any ideas are welcome. If you're hesitant to comment, hit me up in the inbox!! I don't want to lose contact with any of you, and of course I'd love to publish more for you guys to read!! Speaking of @SweetFantasies , buy Catatonic, her very first published novel and re-imagining of her Joker fic! I'm currently reading it and loving it so so so much <3

But back to Apples. 

Here's some things I'd like to cover:

- It's a total rewrite, from total scratch. The general plot is the same- June works at Arkham, has powers, gets into Joker's head. Don't be surprised if certain quotes from the first draft are transferred to the rewrite!

- The title will be changed from Apples, since apples are not relevant in here whatsoever.

- I will publish it here on Wattpad, and try my best to publish it consistently on Fanfiction and Archive of Our Own/ AO3. My username is the same or at least similar on all websites.

- Some characters remain the same, some change A LOT. Dr. Arkham is still a douche, Joker and June remain the same (though I gave June an additional character arc that will take some re-watches of The Dark Knight to grasp... top top TOP SECRET!!), but characters such as Colter and Mara, while retaining the same personality, will most likely have more time in the spotlight to actually impact June and the story the way I intended for them to. Mara is debatable, but count on Colter's dumb ass to make his presence heard MUCH more in the rewrite.