#rip riptide

[ragnarockz]

Lost a real one tonight 🪦🙏🏻🐟

[im-fairly-whitty]

are you going to continue caught in the riptide soon I really enjoy it and I'm a bit disappointed that a new chapter hasn't come out in a while, but I hope you don't feel like I'm pressuring you.

No worries Anon! I’ve been meaning to address this anyway so here goes.

The problem with creating stories as prolifically as I do is that not all of them survive to adulthood, there’s just too many projects I’m involved in for them to all be completed, and the ones I’m not super excited about end up withering away. Of all the stories I’ve created/written/drawn there’s only been two so far that were struck from this Earth before they reached their natural end. Regrettably Riptide AU is one of them.

It’s a mix of personally losing interest and not being as invested in the fandom as a story that long would require. I say the story is “on indefinite hiatus” since I feel heartless officially euthanizing a storyline, no matter how much I don't want to write it, but honestly it’s just the equivalent of saying the family dog has gone to live on a butterfly farm while you were at school. I’m very grateful for everyone who loved it during its short time among us, it had a happy life while it lasted. 

So, let us all join in a moment of silence for Riptide AU, a storyline that deserved better in this life, but that fell victim to the cruel onward tread of life. Rest In Peace.

[biggest-ultra-mags]

OH BOY MAGS GUESS WHAT? IM BACK...oh it looks like youre a bit preoccupied. Ima...im just gonna back outta da room now...

When Riptide enters his office, he finds the massive, infected mech chewing on the remnants of Smokescreen's arm. He has it locked in his jaws chewing idly on it, up until his discovery of this strange looking bot. Optics brighten, he tilts his head and leans down.

"No, no....Not at all, my friend. How about you stay a while, hmm? Don't be so brash, I'll make time just for you~!"