We’re Not Dead, We’re On Hiatus

“Isekais Don’t Exist, You’re Just Trapped In A Social Experiment” updates and art (if I ever get back to drawing 😅) Slow updates because life has gotten bad. You can find all my platforms on my Linktree

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WILL WE EVER GET AN UPDATE ON ISEKAIS DON'T EXIST?

Eventually? 😅💀🫶

I am honestly not very driven to update it at the moment, I’ve got a bit of writers block on it. Note revisions are happening in the bg, but the actual writing is on the wayside for now.

That’s the most I’ll say about that on this blog though, bc I’ve been asked a lot about updates for it to the point I feel a bit burdened by that fic. 🙏🫠

I’m NOT abandoning IDE though. There are no plans to discontinue it, now or in the future. It is on a hiatus until I can get things sorted out.

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Since this is relevant for this blog, lemme just-

Yep. 😅👍

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Pookie are you still alive, it’s been two months😞

I am still alive!! But I’m still in a writer’s slump :’) I’m very sorry…

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Lol still at chapter 10, just wanna say holy waca molly this is so good I’m in love??? I don’t usually read reader insert but yours convinced me to dig around the tags more 🤧🤧🤧 The combination of romance and horror is so good 🫰🫰🫰

What a coincidence, I don’t usually write reader inserts! (But I read the crap out of them haha) I’m really glad you like it so much though! I will say, I actually prefer using OCs for my fics though.

Even the protag in this fic started out as an Oc, she has a name and a full design. The sad truth is that OC fics don’t get picked up as much as xReader fics do bc of the stigma against OCs, so I’m kind of forced to write xReader if I want people to give it a chance.

Of all the stories I’ve written, the only two that have drawn people in on Ao3 are my two xReader fics- and they’re the the only xReader fics I’ve ever written in general lol

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Ik reader is a little introverted but imagine if she and cyno SOMEHOW actually get a conversation going at some point in all this chaos, modern day humour bro😭 Give that man an upgrade with his jokes, I genuinely want y/n making friends here

They definitely will open up to each other! It will just take Tighnari mediating to break the ice between them, I’d say. Once they both realize they have the same urges to embarrass or tease Tighnari, they’ll have no choice but to be friends xD

It won’t just be him though, sumeru friends are abound in the story

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I wonder if we ever get to see Y/Ns mom coz she's been mentioned a few times🤔

Yes, the mom is an important supporting character in the story, and we will see her in the physical within the narrative 😌

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Ik we kinda timid with new characters, but istg once cyno tries and cracks a joke when Y/N meets the gang I want that mf exposed to gen z humor at least once😭

For sure, jokes are planned aplenty (actually, they are not, sometimes they just appear on the paper and I won’t even know how it happened)

As for the exposure Gen Z humor, I gotchu. I’m on the cusp between Gen Z and Millenials though, so have mercy on whatever comes out lmaooo

[Tangent: jfc, I didn’t realize how many asks had accumulated in my inbox 😭😭 I’m sorry to everyone who’s been waiting for me to respond, I’m realizing the funk I’ve been in has probably been a depressive state. I’m already writing the next chapter though, so…it’s great fuel for that? 🤡]

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omg you're back! it's good to hear from you again, I hope you're doing okay considering the state of the world and all <33

gonna tuck into ur yummy writing in a sec 😋 have a nice day!!

I’m baaack! Yes, I’m doing okay, we’re trying to brave the storm for the most part. Thankfully I have a lot of great friends looking out for trouble 🥹

But it’s all good for now, so we won’t sweat the problems until they come knocking! I’ve got a good roadmap for IDE, so expect more updates in the near future! 🥳

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/41536551/chapters/172791112

New Chapter!

Finally!! 😭 Dehya, I love you, but you were the biggest headache to characterize for some reason!!

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I have a question! I love this story so far, im a big fan. I really admire how you wrote tighnaris character.

Im getting off topic 😅

I’m wondering if it’s too invasive to ask how many chapters do you think the story will contain in general? I don’t need an exact estimate if you decide to answer I was just curious 👀

Hi hi! 😄 That means a lot, especially after the long hiatus, thank you so much!

As for the chapter count… I honestly don’t even have a ballpark guess, but I’d say maybe 50??? With a big asterisk, bc I mostly measure the story by events as opposed to a chapter count 😅

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Are you ever going to post again? I would love to know because waiting for a year was torture

OKAY, so time for a little update since I've gotten a few of these asks about the updates now, and I keep putting off answering due to forgetfulness and/or guilt and/or thinking I've got the mojo to finish the next chapter only to rewrite the scene multiple times and never reach the point of it being postable.

TL;DR at the bottom:

The chapter is halfway done. It's been half-way done several times now, but I have certain speed bumps that are directing my focus sporadically on and off of IDE towards "greener pastures".

Fortunately, the political and economic climate is (as terrible as it is) a source of depressing inspiration I can inject into the fic.

Unfortunately, the political and economic climate directly affects me, my sibling, and my mother (I am Latino & bottom-of-the-barrel lower class), so I have a not-unique-at-all set of concerns regarding "which happens first, does my mom get deported? Do I get deported? Or do we get priced tf out of America and head to Mexico?" That kind of stuff.

I have urges to write about everything and urges to look away from it all, but I also think it's really important to keep writing the experiences of people in the states right now since it's not just me stressing out between "we are so fucking fucked" and "we can hold out until it all blows over". Internationals, I know y'all have it hard too thanks to the decomposing orange freak in charge of the White House right now, I'm so sorry.

Still, I think continuing to write it will also offer that safe space to sort out misery since it's definitely a place I can sort my feelings out. Like the pandemic start when numerous fanfics were flooding sites with stories relevant, related, or mirroring the lockdown mandates.

Anyways, that's all. I'm doing my best. Hope everyone in and outside the states are doing alright too. Again, sorry for the delays on the fic. 🙏

TL;DR - I don't want to make promises that I'll update soon, but I will be updating eventually.

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Every few months i come back to reread your tighnari fic. Its so well written i love how you portray him and other characters.

Thank you so much! I’m pretty happy with what I’ve been outlining for the fic, so I’m excited how things go down the line with reader perception 😃

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The amount of fics I’ve read that have blown me away and me being unable to recommend it to my friends bc I don’t want to be the person to break it to them that they have to play 3 other games/ watch 6 movies/etc-

I feel this deep in my soul 🫠🫠

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Has the reason why the landlord had kicked us out been revealed yet? I'm not far into the story but i need to be spoiled rnnn please

Nope, that hasn’t been revealed yet, still a big mystery in the fic 🤐 it’ll all make sense in the future hehe, just sit tight 😁

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I religiously check this account to see signs of life because I gotta make sure my favorite tighnari author is still existing somewhere in the world

Still kicking and screaming, I promise!! XD obligations to my other fic has relaxed now that I concluded a murder mystery segment, so I can return to writing a bit more for this fic :3

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DROP ANOTHER CHAPTER, AND MY LIFE IS YOURSSS‼️🛐🛐🦅🦅💥💥

Better be prepped to live by those words when I finish the next chapter 👹

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Ya like jazz? 🐝

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The new chapters as good as ever😔💝.

And the scene has been living in my head rent free ajdbak so i drew a headcanon of them maybe when everything has ended happily and then they are together ahah

Anyway hope you are doing great, @hyperbloomreset ^^

I love them aakbdjs

Link to fic!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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Whoaa, how sweet, I love the art! Also, him leaning into her ear 🥺💘

I love you’ve got him speaking in her ear, cause I’ve been building that up as an amusing “thing” for future chapters 🤭 (essentially, I gotta give Tighnari something to hold against her, she’s too much.)

I live for the chapter where everything calms down to purely sweet moments between them like this 🥰 aside from that, thank you for reading my work! I hope you enjoy the future installments too! ✨