Hey! How have you been doing? Now that Snk is over, what are your thoughts on it? Is Snk still a fandom you intend to eventually make content about? I know a lot of people's perception of the series drastically changed after the Basement reveal and even more so with the final chapter, so I'd like to hear what you have to say. Anyway, you're an amazing writer and I wish you the best.
Hey, thank you for your kind words. I've been doing okay.
I was debating my answer to this quite a bit and then unfortunately forgot about it before I could sort out my thoughts. Apologies for the wait.
I'm one of those people whose perception of the story changed quite a bit after the basement reveal. I thought I was reading a story about the last of mankind fighting off titans and hoping to reclaim the world outside of their (more or less) safe walls. The basement reveal recontextualised things in a way that left me with an icky feeling.
I tried to stick with the manga after that to see how things would end, but it was harder and harder to stay motivated, so eventually I dropped it. I was planning to look into it again once the manga ended, but man, I just couldn't be bothered by the time it happened. I looked at some out of context spoilers which hardly makes me qualified to judge the whole thing. I didn't like what I saw of it though.
In the end, I could only wonder what the point of telling the story that way was. I don't have an answer, I can't be bothered to try and find one. I guess I'm over it. Whatever I thought SnK was, it turned out to not be that. The part that stung most was finding that the early arcs that I did like all took on a bitter taste after the basement reveal. Once that realisation settled in (still before the manga ended, but quite some time after the basement reveal) I didn't even feel like taking the characters and putting them into AUs as I had done from time to time before then.
I don't see myself coming back to making content for the fandom. So far I haven't even managed to fix my biggest issues with An Unbearable Sight and re-uploading it for the people who enjoyed it. That would be the only thing I could even consider doing and it wouldn't be due to whatever I once liked about SnK, but for the people who liked my fanfic. (Me not getting that done is mostly for reasons unrelated to how I feel about SnK btw, though my lack of interest in the source material doesn't help.)
I think that's all I'm able to say on the matter. I'm sorry if you were hoping for something more.
I hope you'll see this reply (even though it took me four months to get around to it) and that you're doing well wherever you are.
