Doodle Person

It’s 2026 now. Might as well give you my annual update! (/silly)
          
          I’ve been really struggling with mental health these past few months. I am getting treated for ADHD (which I may need to adjust), and literally the night I sent out my last announcement I learned that I have a dissociative disorder. So that’s great!
          
          I’m struggling to manage my time as well, what with my recent mental toll, college kicking my ass, and employment. The Masked Rewrite has remained my passion project, but takes a lot of energy out of me, so my creative pursuits have often been smaller-scale projects that only some close friends have got to see. My apologies. I have a few oneshots posted to my AO3 account, but if anyone is interested in reading those, I’m more than happy to post them here too. Not to mention I’m quite active on my tumblr account(s)…
          
          Hope you’re all doing well! I appreciate anyone and everyone who sticks with me even after all of this time. Or if you’ve moved on to other pursuits, I understand. Frankly, I’m shocked that I’ve held onto my AHiT interest for this long. Just earlier this week I had an idea for another AU that could function as a soft sequel to Masked! But don’t expect it anytime soon, of course.
          
          Thanks, all. I love you,
          Doodle (& co.!)

Howdy! I dunno how many of my followers are still interested in Masked, but…
          Progress is still slow. Due to life issues that are including but not limited to schoolwork and monetary work taking up a lot of my time and a general lack of spoons, I’ve not found much time to work on Masked. It’s been months and I only have three chapters officially finished and have been chipping away at the fourth.
          
          Which brings me to my question.
          My original plan was to complete writing an entire arc, post that arc (with art with chapters where it’d be appropriate, and post the chapters of that arc once a week. While the chapters are being posted, I’d get to work on the next arc, and take hiatus time if necessary to complete it. Rinse and repeat until all 4 Masked arcs are posted, and then write one shots at my own discretion.
          However, I’m wondering if anyone would prefer if I posted chapters whenever I finished writing them. The gaps between chapters might be very inconsistent, which will likely be frustrating since Masked is a 60+ chapter fic with oneshots.
          Any feedback or opinions is appreciated. Thank you for sticking around ^^
          -Doodle

Goodness gracious… it’s almost been an entire year since my last message…
          
          It did NOT feel like that at all. Damn.
          
          Anyway! I figure that another update is in order! I know that I’m posting this at a very strange time (for me, at least), but this is just what the brain worms dictated.
          
          I’m still in the process of rewriting Masked. Progress is… significantly slower than I would like it to be. I’m still passionate about this project, but I’m just distracted by so many other things very easily. But I have the main lore document (which was kicking my ass initially) and a few chapters completely rewritten already! Hooray!
          
          When it comes to other writings… if you guys want to read some other short one shots from different fandoms that I’ve written, I’d be happy to post them to here, too. I only have two finished one shots up on AO3, one for the Fate series and another for some of my OCs, but if there’s any interest in reading them, I could make a story that could serve as just, like… a collection of one shots.
          
          Who knows! Maybe that’ll motivate me to finish more of my wips…
          
          I dunno how much of my AHiT audience has stuck around, but I’m still not over this game. Normally this is where I’d apologize, but I’m actually NOT sorry. I LOVE Masked, and dammit, I’ll find people who’ll love it WITH ME.
          
          If you have stuck around though! Thank you so much for your patience and your appreciation :)
          
          I think that’s all I have to say. I didn’t have any updates planned out so this kind of turned into a ramble. Uhhh. Oh yeah I have a new profile picture. Which is good because the old one was ancient. Anyway. Bye. Love you. In a normal way don’t be parasocial. Byeeee.
          
          —Doodle

OH. GOODNESS I KEEP FORGETTING TO GIVE YOU GUYS UPDATES! So sorry!
          
          I am still not dead, I promise! I am just in the planning stages of a story, because I… drumroll, please…
          
          AM REWRITING MASKED!
          
          Yes, that is correct! I have indeed lost my mind!
          
          In all seriousness, I do love Masked as a story, and it is because of that love that I am rewriting it. Masked has been monumental in building my potential with original characters, adapting pre-existing lore, and connecting arcs into a cohesive narrative. I’m eternally grateful for the audience that Masked has granted me, and the friends I have made because of this story.
          
          HOWEVER! Masked is not a flawless story, and those flaws do eat away at me! Indeed, I myself have the flaw of being a perfectionist!
          
          The incredible success of the Shadow Rift rewrite both here and on AO3 has given me a wonderful confidence boost, and I have been cooking. I have been collecting my thoughts in an official lore document for Masked, and have rewritten some fragments of chapters! While official rewriting has not yet started, I have been cooking and explaining my thoughts to friends, and I’m very excited for what will come out!!
          
          When will it come out, you ask?
          
          HAH! I have no idea! Sometime in 2025, I hope!
          
          If you want slightly more frequent updates in the midst of random drawings, rambles, and insanity, I occasionally post Masked things on my Tumblr. I’ve posted some wip fragments on my spam account, but nothing’s super organized yet!
          
          Anyway, toodles! Until next time!
          
          -Doodle

I have given you my new discord five times or five different strings of messages, so I'm actually getting concerned, like have you forgotten to send a request, or just never looked at those messages twice or what 

following up the discord conversation there's some sort of hack going on which forces a ban, that happened to one of my friends then that message probably was sent to you

Hey guys. I think I owe you an explanation.
          
          Before anyone panics, let me get this out of the way- Shadow Rift IS NOT CANCELLED. In fact, the final chapter is already written and beta-read (everyone clap for my bestie who did that).
          
          But I definitely had a noticeable absence from Wattpad, with no Shadow Rift update in the near future like I promised you there. I’m sorry about that. Here’s what happened.
          
          The unintentional hiatus was thanks to a few factors:
          -Some of the factors that allowed me to write Shadow Rift and make the art so quickly have been changed (hyperfixations, free time, opportunities, etc.)
          -I forgot Wattpad existed for a good chunk of time. I wish I could joke about this, but I genuinely have not opened this website for MONTHS despite being active elsewhere.
          -I’ve been suffered intense burnout in regards to Shadow Rift and have just now been overcoming it.
          
          The main reason why is because of the art. The art is not yet finished for the chapter. That is because I am drawing it in AHiT’s storybook style, which is difficult for me to replicate, frustrating, and ambitious. However, it is about halfway done despite the troubles I faced.
          
          I hate to ask this of everyone, but you must continue to be patient. I can’t set a time frame for when the last chapter will come out- I’ve learned my lesson when it comes to scheduling- so I can only ask you to wait. I know it’s annoying, I’m sorry, but the whims of art block are not for me to control.
          
          Thank you for your support.
          
          -DoodlePerson

Guys I’ve forgotten Wattpad exists I’m so sorry
          
          To my Wattpad-only followers, here’s the progress I’ve made:
          The last chapter of Shadow Rift has been written, edited, and beta-read. All I need to do is finish the art.
          
          I’m pushing myself to get the art done before January 1st hits, but I’m not sure if I can promise that. It’s a large art project that, quite unfortunately, I would much prefer to procrastinate on. So we’ll see how that goes. Hopefully it’ll be published by the end of the year!
          
          In the meantime, happy holidays!
          
          -Doodle

OH YEAH UM. I MAYBE FORGOT AND HAVEN'T BEEN ONLINE TO SAY IT
          HAPPY PRIDE!!!

Uh yeah so!
          No chapter this week! I got completely overwhelmed and burned myself out </3
          It might have to be every two weeks for a while. I promise I will try to update as frequently as possible, but I have a lot of stressful things to prepare for.
          Ackkkkgh sorry! But Life got me
          
          -Doodle