Wattpad Pet Peeves

thank you! & goodbye!

april 2020//

hello to anyone who's still reading WPP and has made it this far.

i started writing this in middle school and now im a 19 y/o who's about to finish her first year of college. it's weird to have something on the internet that holds a record of your writing from when you were 14 and 15, but im grateful i have this. i've always loved writing and reading (ofc, this is Wattpad). i have decided to major in english and honestly looking back that was really the obvious path i was going to take from the very beginning and WPP exists to prove it.

i'd like to thank everybody who has ever read Wattpad Pet Peeves, from 2015 to 2020. five years!! i only updated the app today (bc i didn't want to go through the pain of losing the original app design ☹️) but in the past few years i have been checking my notifications once in a blue moon. and it's always amazed me that i still get notifications on a book i haven't updated in forever or replies to comments on stories i havent clicked on in years.

today i visited the profiles of people who were very supportive of me and WPP since it's inception and i saw that just like me, they are no longer active on Wattpad. and i was filled with such nostalgia and sadness and this wave of "adulthood" washed over me. i was like "damn girl, life does in fact go on." life goes on, yes that's true.

but i still can recall the feelings of exhilaration and excitement i possessed every time i hit the "publish" button. i remember the chapters i wrote in one sitting at 2 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. i recall inspiration for a chapter striking me out of no where, eager to open up my drafts and get to writing. yes, i miss it. miss it dearly.

i am forever grateful to Wattpad for giving me a platform to crack stupid jokes and let out a fuckin ton of curses. what's more, i am forever grateful to each and every person who's ever clicked on Wattpad Pet Peeves, added it to their reading list, voted for it, left amazingly insightful/witty/supportive comments and everyone who has made me smile these past couple of years.

you didn't need to, yet you did. thank you.

in my 19 years of life i have been through hell and back but whenever i opened this app, or logged onto this website, i, at least for a few hours, was a witty teenage girl that had a way with words. y'all listened me to complain and rant and i love you for it.

my inspiration for writing this and officially ending WPP today is ironically thanks to all the new readers who every so often stumble upon WPP. to you guys, sorry to be ending it when you just found WPP. but don't worry, there's tons of other stuff to read on Wattpad. get lost and be found again in the words of the many talented writers in this beautiful community.

i have a bad habit of not ending things even when i know they've reached their expiration date. but i wanted to actually take hold of something in my life (as much as i can in this fucking quarantine) and officially conclude an aspect of my life i am very proud of.

truth is, i am not as much of an avid reader i used to be. mentally, i haven't been in the space to read or write ( which fucking sucks) but re-reading WPP reminds me that im kinda a pretty good writer and anxiety/depression will not kick my ass. i'll eat them alive before they end me. and that's on period.

but i am still an anime/manga nerd and i've been a kpop stan for almost 2 years now so if anyone wants to rant about your faves, pls let me know and i will gladly cry over those beautiful and talented people with you.

also if you ever want to talk with anyone about anything, from your hobbies, thoughts, or opinions, message me. i've got time. time and a half.

AND if anyone's inspired by me to start their own rant book, please do so!!! and message or tag me so i can read it! i love it when you guys branch off with your own stuff!!

SO.

to anyone that has actually made it this far, i would like to fucking thank you, because i know my attention span is shorter than that of a fucking gold fish.

Chicken Wings! i would like to bid you farewell.

Wattpad Pet Peeves has been concluded.

stay gold, stay fresh, stay flossy.

i love you! forever yours,

~k

Fin ~~