Chiffon Skirt (Brallon)

Author's Note 3 years later

(haha this is part 69)

Holy shit this is weird. I haven't been on this app since 2016, the last time I updated this fic. I had no idea it would turn into this thing that 54k people would read and 1.2k people would like (not to mention it's # 16 in the bandoms tag wtf). When I wrote this I was going through some tough shit and all that could get me through it was my love of bands and the fictional ships that came from them. After rereading all of this 3 years later I recognize that I made all of my characters so extremely lgbtq+ because I was dealing with my own internal struggle. Growing up I had no one else around me who identified as lgbtq+ so that lead me to create all of my favorite band members as lgbtq+ characters so I felt less alone. And there's nothing wrong with that. I needed the validation and the only way I was going to get it was by making it myself, and I guess you guys needed the validation too. It's crazy to think I am still getting notifications on the story of people liking it and asking for an update. It just goes to show how a little poorly written story like this can leave an impact on someone and validates their identity. Anyway, I'm making this story sound like a bigger deal than it is. I just wanted to thank everyone for making this fic I never finished become popular, a dream 14 year I never thought would come true. Part of me wants to continue writing this, but I don't think I could. I've grown out of my obsession (don't get me wrong I'm still a die hard fan and since writing this fic I've seen (and met) Fall Out Boy, Twenty One Pilots (twice), Paramore, and Panic!) and I've improved as a writer, so to go from choppy one sentence paragraphs to the writing I do now would be a total 180 and wouldn't make any sense. I do want to use this story idea though. I like the idea of a group of friends having house parties with a love porch, inviting a new guy in who has a antisocial friend who drives him everywhere,  having the new guy and a guy at the party fall in love over a bet. I want to use it all, but I don't want to use band members, instead using new original characters. I want it to be my own story. If anyone finds this interesting I might even start a new account and do it here. There's people here anyway that need new stories so I might as well write them. Once again, thank you for everything. Love you all.