Doodle Person

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

What do you guys think about me moving my oneshots to a separate fic?
          
          I'd basically just copy and paste them from the Masked fic to a different one here on Wattpad, and it'd have a collection of those.
          
          Pros:
          It won't clutter up the Masked fic! And god is that long enough already.
          It'll be the same exact oneshots.
          It'll make the Masked Cinematic Universe LOOK like it's larger without it actually being larger until updates >:)
          
          Cons:
          It'd delete all your comments :(
          
          Any feedback? Thank you if you do reply!!
          
          -Doodle

Hi guys! Back from vacation!
          
          I can't promise an update this week, because I might need a little time to recover. Minor things just like sunburns and jetlag can throw me off.
          
          We'll see how things go. I'm letting you all know so you're not too disappointed if there's not an update this week.
          
          -Doodle

Oh, heads up for the others who didn't see what I wrote in Shadow Rift!
          
          For spring break I'll be out of town, so I won't be able to update next Wednesday. However, the one after that I'll be back, and hopefully I'll have time then to write and make the art!
          
          Sorry for the inconvenience! But I hope you guys have a good spring!
          
          -Doodle