#3u-41a

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To distract myself from all of the Very Bad Things happening in my life right now, I've officially started writing the UV sequel fic.

Project 3U-41A is a go.

I'm two chapters in already. But tomorrow is a stressful day, where I may either be getting some extremely bad news, or some mild peace of mind. Then the day after that, another very stressful day in which all of the news will definitely be bad.

The weeks and months to follow promise to be every bit as miserable, regardless of what happens this week.

So, even though I'm writing now, I have no idea how I'll feel later this week. Or for a long time. When I first got the news about my mother's cancer, I didn't want to do anything but cry for days. Not even eat.

If they tell me I have the same thing, I don't know what I'm going to do.

I don't even know why I'm saying all this.

I guess, I just want to prove that I did start writing it, like I promised I would. So if it never actually manifests, in the end... well, I tried. But life gets in the way.

Feel free to message me if you want to beta what's been written so far.

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There's nothing quite like randomly receiving a new comment months later glowing with praise to re-ignite your passion for a project you were slowly falling out of love with.

UV sequel, I have not forgotten you. I've just been caught up cheating on you with another story. (And also I cannot stop playing Balatro, it's a serious addiction, send halp)

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Coming back to these characters after such a long hiatus is... heavy. After all I put them through, I can't feel any casual way about them anymore. They're in my heart.

This week's been heavy, but I'm still writing. It's giving me something else to think about.

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Hi hello I just wanted to tell you I binge read undefined variable. I started at around 3am Jan 12th, and just finished it at 3am Jan 13th. I only stopped for some sleep, food, and a nap. Every fandom I enjoy I have 1 or 2 fics that stick with me forever and become iconic. There are fics from other fandoms from years and years ago I still think about. Undefined Variable is that fic in the DBH fandom for me. I couldn't put it down. I laughed, I cried, I screamed to my best friend about it. Usually when I read a fic, I'll see a few flashes of images like a movie, but for Undefined Variable I saw them almost constantly. I don't think I can truly express how much I enjoyed that fic. Thank you for sharing it with the world. You're incredibly talented.

I honestly don't know what to say, other than this legit brought tears to my eyes and put a smile on my face that has no right being there today. Thank you so much for reading, and for sharing with me your experience.

Though I mostly feel heavy anxiety these days when I think about UV (and about the enormous task of following it up), messages like this keep the fire burning.

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I think Linda is a nice name for Hank's ex-wife. What do y'all think?

(I don't think we know what it is canonically, do we? Please tell me if we do!)