a.j.

heyyy everybody! no update last week due to holidays and traveling. hope everyone enjoyed their holidays and hope 2026 treats you all well!
          
          might not update this week… but we’ll see what happens. currently i’m working on edits! i’ve got a laundry list of plot points or details i want to change/clarify, and i’ve decided i want to start my year cleaning up my fic. no change will be so crazy that current readers will be confused, so don’t worry haha (those are coming when the fic is fully written & posted… whenever that happens. part 3 THE PRESENT is long af. part 4 THE FUTURE is much shorter, but its contents will be very different and a beast of its own).
          
          anyways, if i don’t update this weekend, then i’ll have one out the following weekend <3

next chapter is my longest yet at 14,000 words… it will put the fic over 200k words. i have lots of editing to do once the whole story is written and posted lol
          
          update coming tmr! it’s a veryyy important chapter hehehe

i thought the next chapter was gonna be around 8000 words… how have i made it almost 12,000
          
          expect an update sometime tomorrow! THE PRESENT interlude + chapter 21

hi everybody! sorry i haven’t updated Time in 3 years. BUT i just put out chapter 18. not my best quality because i’m still rediscovering my writing flow and groove and whatnot. but i hope you enjoy it!
          
          had lots of life stuff happening over the past few years. but i recently took really big steps forward. left my job, moved out of my parent’s house, and moved in with my boyfriend. life is good right now i’m the happiest i’ve been in a while!
          
          if you’ve been waiting for an update for years, thank you!!! i’m so glad somebody enjoys what i do. will try to keep this good energy up and finish this story
          
          p.s…  i have decided to post this to ao3 as well. my username there is pilot_ii so feel free to read there if you prefer!

Hi everyone!
          
          It’s been 1.5 years since I last updated Time… Sorry about that! Not sure if anybody is still active on Wattpad and is waiting for updates, but I’m putting this message out there just in case
          
          I’m getting back into writing! Currently going through chapter by chapter and editing what I have. Trying to keep myself in the mindset of writing for enjoyment, not for perfection.
          
          That was what got me out of writing in the first place. Chapter 19 was a big struggle. It’s one of the most important chapters. I had literally been imagining this chapter (plus the following one) for YEARS. So I wanted to make it good. But i think that pressure I put on myself ruined my focus and caused me to lose my motivation.
          
          But recently I found it again! Back to the grind and super happy! When I’m writing, i just feel better about myself. Even if it isn’t perfect, it’s fun, and it’s the hobby I need as I grow older :)
          
          Started writing this story when I was 17 during Covid. Along with the isolation, I had some terrible health issues. This fic helped me distract myself! Now I’m 21 and focusing on my career, plus getting ready to move out of my parent’s house. I’m an adult……
          
          Anyways the next chapter should be out within two weeks! Stay safe everyone :)

girl are u ok? 

I literally have the next 10 chapters of Time all perfectly planned and plotted out, and i could write their final drafts at any second now.... But why can't I just write chapter 19 this chapter will be the end of me.
          
          i think i'm also psyching myself out bc chapter 18 was over 10k words and it ended with some *slight romance* and i just don't know how i'm ever going to top that chapter tbh. I haven't updated in almost 6 months because I'm struggling so much. This is one of the chapters I've been planning since I first started just THINKING of this story about 7-ish years ago, so I just need it to be perfect
          
          Anyways just wanted to update u all on that... I haven't given up on writing i swear, i'm just really fighting myself over here

SORRY i didn't actual post a new chapter. i decided to split Chapter Fifteen into two separate chapters. just thought it'd make more sense with how the chapter is laid out!
          
          sorry that it isn't an actual new chapter. BUT, i'm like... 75% done writing + editing the new chapter, so it is definitely on its way. writing it is definitely a challenge, just because i don't understand Dhalis Zachary's position and responsibilities very well, and i'm having trouble finding info online. staying positive though!
          
          expect new chapter by the end of the week (hopefully)!

every time i go to write the new chapter of Time i always end up editing previous chapters lmao. i'm procrastinating, but i'm at least being productive?
          
          so anyways, on that note, Chapter Twelve (the expedition chapter) was previously 5000 words, but it is now 7000. if anyone is killing for new content, you can reread that chapter if you so desire? not required though!
          
          basically what i added was a scene at the end where arden and levi are just talking a lot and it grounds their friendship. previously i felt that the growth of their (platonic) relationship was hard to believe, and maybe even a little too slow for my liking. i like a slow burn, but i needed their friendship to be stronger for when the romance comes around, so i added that in. in addition, the expedition chapter didn't have enough weight to it. that chapter is important because it marks arden becoming a true member of the Scouts. we start to see hints of how her stance towards the regiment changes. she begins to truly grow and mature. it was important to actually show some glimpses of that, so that's also why i wrote in the new scene
          
          hopefully i'll eventually write chapter sixteen ajdojdojdjo. i hope everyone's safe and healthy out there!

hey guys!!!
          
          long time no see. i'm sorry i haven't been updating Time, it's just that i haven't been in the groove of writing for quite a while now. BUT, i swear, i really really really do want to get back into things!
          
          i'm not sure why it's so difficult getting back into the rhythm of it all... whenever i try to write, everything just sounds bad, or it just isn't up to my standards, which is so unfortunate! Time really does mean a lot to me. i desperately want to finish writing it. even though i'm not crazy about AOT anymore, Arden Keiser's story is so important to me, but writing has just been so difficult!!!!!! writers block/creativity block i guess :/
          
          but anyways, i'm currently rewriting and touching up some previous chapters. my hope is that  going through everything here will give me the inspiration i need to continue!
          
          this story really does mean a lot to me. the idea of writing and posting an entire Levi fanfiction has been with me since I was 13! i was writing stuff back then, and slowly, as i got new ideas, my story morphed into what we know today as Time! when I was 16, i took a risk and uploaded the first chapter, and then i kept updating it! now i'm 18, thinking about my future and school, and even now, i'm still thinking about Arden Keiser and her story.
          
          it's crazy how things can stay with you for so long... :P
          
          anyways, thanks for reading this random post! thank you to the people who are actually curious about when Time will update and how the story will continue. i appreciate you all so much! hope your days go/have gone well :)