Me in January, 2024: i really love this new cartoon, might as well open a google doc and write some silly fanfic in it. At least i’ll never show it to anyone
January 2025 me: you will show it to people. Well, not those first two ideas, but the third one, you will
January 2024 me: the third one?
January 2025 me: yeah, you’ll make a whole chapter fic out of it
2024: and actually publish it?
2025: yeah!
2024: but it’s, like, short and I give up on it after a few months, right? Like I always do?
2025: no, it’ll hit 100k words next week. we’re up to like 18 chapters and still going
2024: no fucking way
2025: and you’ll join a discord server and make all these great connections in the fandom and have a really lovely community building experience
2024: a nice fandom community? On discord?! Fuck off, no way
2025: way! It’s great!
2024: wild, dude
2025: yeah
2024: a discord server I like
2025: yeah
2025: and that’s where you’ll meet your girlfriend :)
2024: …