Kiku

@cpt_zenith never

@kiyorisu_ayanon I'm still committed, yes. Just have a lot on my plate, so I had to put it on the back burner. The story is already outlined, I just have to find the time to write it.

@kiyorisu_ayanon bumpad couldn’t handle this peak

@kiyorisu_ayanon I didn't delete it, wattpad did. 
            
            You can still find the story on AO3 here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/55313149, or on ff.net here: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14345517/1/Classroom-of-the-Elite-Checkmate

@Primordial_Entity It's sadly just the way life works out. Only a handful of lucky people can really do whatever they want to and be happy without having to make sacrifices (work). I'd love to have enough money so I could just do what I want every day without having to waste 9-10 hours of my life working and another 8 or so sleeping. But you gotta earn money somehow.
            
            And yes, it's crazy how time flies. At one point it just starts and gets worse by the year.

@omeglesucksbaby Isn't that normal though?
            
            For fanfics, you can probably argue one way or the other, but original stories are always personal. They are shaped by your thoughts, feelings and the ideas you want to express, so of course they feel like a part of you. Much more so than any fanfic could, since you are mixing someone else's ideas with your own.
            
            I once read somewhere that writing a story and publishing it, feels like nurturing a child and sending it out into the world. I'm not sure how good the comparison is at face value, but I think I understand what that person tried to express.

@Kiku_6037 You're much better than putting such thoughts to words than I am, perhaps it's because I've often turned to writing my thoughts out through other characters rather than my own words. 
            
            On the subject of writing, I've written and finished aroudn 3 novels, but that's an exxageration because one novel turned out to be soooooooo long, I'm talking 250+k words that I had to divide it to 4 parts, and even then it was horribly slow to write. 
            
            Which brings me to my next question, do you ever feel that your works often feel too personal to you? LIke I felt with this novel, it felt, and really was so personal to me that I almost don't ever want to publish it. As happens with most works, it deterioated my mental health, and I jokingly like to call it, the longets su-c-de note I'll ever write... Idk, weird.

@omeglesucksbaby 
            
            Most beginnings are rough, writing is the same. What you wrote before shaped the how you write now, so it's normal to look back on it fondly. The nostalgia glasses are always pink, even if the writing was cringe, or unrefined.
            
            I'm happy to hear that you found something that works better for you than fanfics. Screenplays sound nice, but I'd probably struggle with that kind of writing myself. As for writing actual novels, I also tried a bit, though nothing I published. I wrote close to 600 pages while actively writing Checkmate. I kinda want to pick it back up, but I'm struggling to find the time for even my fanfic, much less an entire novel.
            
            As for your question, I don't think it's scary. 
            
            I mean, a bunch of strangers finding a common interest in a novel, writing fan stories, talking about them and how unhappy or happy  we were with some of the decisions in canon. That's just a nice way to spend time. And it is definitely worth remembering how much easier life was back then.

@Kiku_6037 no problem 

@Pika_pika_pichu If I could have left it on wattpad, I would have, but that was not my decision to make. Publishing the story again would just end in it being deleted down the road. I wouldn't mind that, because re-uploading doesn't take that long, but they will ban my account after the third 'offense'.
            
            As for writing a new fic, I'm sorry that's not how I do things.

@Kiku_6037 ik but I say for Wattpad audience , which site you uploaded your checkmate fanfic is really troublesome  Sometime.
            Sometimes writers make another story even when 1st one didn't complete.
            
            

@ttawesomes There should always be hope!

@ttawesomes With life there's hope of another chapter

@ttawesomes Barely. 
            
            Jokes aside, yes.

@Kiku_6037 yup:) id like to emphasize my previous statement, ik chabashira is getting expelled, but if she stays that way... CREPITUS. Anywho nice to know you're okay, can't wait to see you again

@WEINUK I think that's the great part about stories like this. If you know what happens, you can easily reread and realize that hints were scattered throughout the entire story. That makes it so much more enjoyable to me.

@WEINUK read this enough to actually gradually see the strategy and contingencys taking place from the get go. Pretty interesting stuff:D (if chabashira is expelled, necessary action must take place) 

@Udys038 I'm doing fine, thank you!
            
            Glad to hear that my story still lingers, it's been quite a while. I hope to be able to continue, because there's a lot I'd still like to share. Given that most 'ends' are disappointing, I agree that not every story needs one, yet I feel compelled to rectify that with my own, as well as my abilities allow me to, that is.
            
            I get how you feel. It's a lot right now, wherever you look. Things were definitely better back then. There are a few perks these days, but they don't really make up for whatever weirdness we are in for this week.
            
            I hope your doing well, even if you are just drifting along without direction at the moment.

@LokiStormHead Oh, right....
            
            The purge was rough. Luckily I'm using an app and didn't have many issues migrating to another source. Same thing when Comick got taken down. That hit hard. Though iirc that was Kakao's doing, unlike the Mangadex one.
            
            Cybersecurity is neat and will always be needed, so it's definitely a good choice for the future as well. More so now with AI writing way too much bad code, because most people don't bother to check it. Will be interesting to see all the new issues popping up.

@Kiku_6037 
            
            Oh, I was referring to the substantial copyright takedown requests on Mangadex, and even anime piracy websites being forced to shut down. Doubling down even more compared to past years, which was still rather harsh at the time.
            
            I'm doing CyberSecurity & Risk Management. It's been nice so far. 

@LokiStormHead True, 2025 was kinda fucked up...
            
            Payment processors should never have this much sway over what stores can and can't sell, but I guess our politicians never got that memo.
            
            What happened with Japanese companies? I don't think I heard anything about that.
            
            Automated moderation is the future! Pesky humans make mistakes and cost so much money compared to AI. There's surely no way an AI could make mistakes, right???
            
            Whatsapp and Discord were never really that private to begin with. They still sell / use your data, but I get what you mean. That moronic chat control law they are trying to force through is worse on so many levels though.
            
            But at least government officials are exempt from the law, because there's like... no way that they'd have anything to hide because of some shady dealings that may make them a shitload of money, right?
            
            I don't think 2026 is going to be much better. All we can do is hope.
            
            I'm doing decent, I guess. I've caught a bad case of the flu, so I've been sick over the holidays which wasn't great, but I'm getting better. What are you studying? Hope it's been going good for you so far!