I just want to put this out there…I was never a fan of either corpse or wilbur… when I was younger, I used to be a troll on twitter (my unfortunate past) and I would pretend to be a fan of any creator related to the dream smp… (If you know me, I’ve done this multiple times in other large fan bases) I actively participated in fan group chats and would post (purposefully) horrible fanart, edits, etc. Things in that nature. The people I was mutuals with knew I was kind of a hater lol but anyway I started writing clemency as a joke for that groupchat, hence why there are some inside jokes sprinkled here and there. But it was quickly discovered, I really wasn’t even planning on giving it an ending. I didn’t want to disappoint anyone so I thought well I was already just writing for fun so I’ll just keep doing that. Which is why the story is so dramatic, cringe and the writing is terrible, yet I didn’t treat it as a crack fic. Also, I guess, a lot of people liked that. I don’t want this to be something I’m embarrassed about because even if it doesn’t mean anything to me, I know from comments and messages I’ve received that, to them it was something. And I appreciate it. Now onto why I wrote a Wilbur fanfic afterwards, my passion for writing was back so I wanted to write an actual story. But since majority of my audience was in that sort of fanbase, I thought I’d write something just to practice. Which is what ROT WITH ME is. Practice. Now I could just delete both of them, but I see new comments, votes and more almost everyday. And I know how it feels when an author takes down a book that you love, so that’s why it’s still kept up. Or just for nostalgias sake. I’m just worried that it’ll define me as a writer and why I’ve been posting my original stories on other accounts. But yeah!!!!! Idk why I wanted to get that off my chest, I’m sure a lot of you have grown out of the dream smp anyway lol
