You are never going to believe this, but a year ago today (Jan 29) was technically the date of conception for this project LMAO... I was just screwing around on twitter snowballing some marching band AU ideas with my Pals and drew This. This is kinda the image that gave Pent the idea of... expanding upon it. With a oneshot. It’s hilarious because after we started actually growing this into an actual thing, we went through so much worldbuilding and changes that this image... is completely noncanon. Rip!
The biggest reason is that Sidney doesn’t even attend Mauville Tech, which is the setting of this fic lmao. Later Sidney.
So while BTL really has like... three different birthdays (conception of the AU, conception for the project in February, and official release in October, haha), it’s still super cool to think that this little doodle I did a year ago today actually turned into something so huge and personally meaningful to us both? Kind of incredible!
Anyway, I know it’s been a real long time since Chapter 1 was uploaded, but as Pent said in an earlier post, we’re back on track, working on Chapter 2 every day! If you missed it and the lil sketchy draft preview you can check it out riiiiight here! Wanna reread Chapter 1 to refresh, relax, reward yourself after a long week? Get in here, it’s free.
Thanks for standing by so patiently! We’ve got so much in store for you. Stay tuned!



















