#ask cato

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Hiiiii!! When will we get a new chapter of CROSSING THE LINE?? Thank you for sharing the story! 💕

Heyy, you'll probably get a snippet next week and a new chapter in two!

Thanks for being patient!!

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hi! When are you updating your Joel x reader fic where they are best friends in a small town? i love that one!

Heyy,

I'm not planning to update it in the next few months because I'm currently stuck in my exam "season" but someone asked for a snippet so I'm working on that.

If you want, you can request smth. related to the story as well.

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I was wondering, do you use AI to write and/or edit your fics? I know there’s an uptick in fanfiction being written by AI, and I wanted to know if your most recent John Price work was written by it.

Heey,

I only use tools I used before that are now using ai when I correct grammer and all because English is not my mother tongue.

I'm currently looking for other apps/pages that do the same but without ai but yeah, still looking.

Hope that helped

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Your Ghost fic really resonated with me. Makes me kind of want to write my own version of this, just for myself, for some catharsis. Thank you for writing it and being brave to share it.

Thankss, it did help. Tbh it wasn't supposed to be a one shot at first, just a message to one of my closest friends (I changed it a bit for the story) but yeah, writing and editing it was mentally exhausting.

Not everything I mentioned in that one shot is something I experienced, some of them come from my friends, you know.

But sure, it might help you as well. I won't lie and say it'll be easy, after writing it, you might need a lot of tissues and might find it hard to fall asleep after.

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omg thank you for clarifying the Joel/Alice thing!! I’m so sorry I must have misread!! I just find his behavior towards Alice soooo aggravating!! Like how do you not know she’s dying for it LMFAO

I just read the latest chapter and OMGGGGG THE TENSION THE SLOW BURN UGH IM DIZZY

thank you! I love this fic! I can’t wait for the next chapter! 💕💕💕💕💕

No, problem, don't worry!

Well, Joel's behaviour is a bit inspired by me/my own experience lmao.

A former friend of mine had a crush on me and I didn't realise they like me, because we were just close (even flirted as a joke – at least I SAW IT AS A JOKE – they didn't, apparently)

So it's basically inspired by my own cluelessness (to be fair, for me, it's because I'm on the aromantic spectrum and don't really understand the difference between romantic and platonic feelings, but yeah).

Thank you! Hopefully, I can publish it like I planned. But WHY DO I HAVE TO WRITE EXAMS? (I know why, don't need to remind me BUT URGH, yeah that's mostly what's stopping me from writing (or when I have a tiny writer's block-))

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Can’t wait for the next chapter of crossing the line! I love the tension between reader x Joel!!

but I’m a little confused about Alice and Joel…is it purposely ambiguous whether or not they’re dating/together? I just think Alice is heavily flirting with him, but after reading the bar episode I’m not sure if Joel is dating her or not?

thank you!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thanksss!

No, it shouldn't be ambiguous whether they are dating or not, sorry for that, pookie.

Just to clarify: Joel and Alice are not together or something. Joel is clueless about Alice’s feelings for him(as clueless (at the moment) as he is for reader’s feelings- welp-)

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Hi!! I’m so OBSESSED with Crossing the Line!!

I’ve been re-reading it almost every week and THE ANGST is so delicious!! I wanna knock some sense into Joel and push Alice into the street (LOL) but seriously the way you’re able to put into words the tension of their relationship, emotional constipation of the reader, Joel’s obliviousness is *chefs kiss*

Can’t wait for the next part 💕💕💕💕

thank you!!

Heey!!

first of all: thanks for being the first person to use the ask feature on my blog lmao

My reaction when I saw the ask:

But back to the topic:

I'm really glad you like the story so far! As someone who has a love-hate relationship with angst, I'm happy I'm able to deliver the angst!

And I can assure you (you probably already know that since I mentioned it in the comments of thr last chapter) that you are not the only one and someone is going to knock some sense into Joel for all of you.

Sadly, you can't push her into the street just yet because I still need her for the story-

Well, you'll have to wait a few more weeks, though, because the next chapter is planned for (*checks their calendar/schedule*) February 14th.

Sadly, I have to focus on my exams soon (which I should have started basically yesterday lmao) but yeah, I'll still try to deliver all the chapters planned for the month!

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I'll even say please.