When are you going to release the next chapter of Prophecy of Chaos? 🤔
Short answer: When it's ready to be posted
Long answer: Prophecy of Chaos' updates take long, because it's a very lore heavy fic and on top of it all, illustrated. Each chapter is around 5k-6k words and that in of itself takes a long time to complete (plus it's beta read), but each chapter also has three illustrations that almost always have several characters and backgrounds. And since it's a fanfiction by two people, we both need to have time to work on it. Tilli is currently very busy with her thesis and trying to graduate, and I'm also very busy with my uni studies. It's passion project we want to do because we enjoy it, so we don't want to rush it out. We don't want to stress over it. The next chapter has been started, but it'll take some time.
Tilli and I talked about this a while ago in this post. This next part is not aimed at you, it's more of a PSA for everyone because we constantly get people asking about updates (No joke, the last time was yesterday). And it feels incredibly stressful and pressuring. I am genuinely flattered and happy that people enjoy the fic and want to see more, and I want to believe most people mean no harm with their questions. But if I'm being honest, one of the reasons why it has been hard for me to write Prophecy of Chaos lately is the pressure. I've been getting very stressed trying to write it, and every time I get another "I want an update" comment, it makes it even harder. Tilli is very uncomfortable with those questions as well. I've even gotten comments of people thinking I've abandoned my fics, but I haven't. If I did, I would announce it and change the fic title. But I'm too much of a perfectionist to abandon a story.
But I really want to emphasize that fanfiction is a hobby. I write because it makes me happy, so I write when it feels right for me. Writers are human beings with feelings. I've been in fandoms for several years, and I feel like readers have become more impatient these last few years. Fanfiction and art often gets reduced to "content" that people want to "consume", instead of art that you're supposed to think about and analyze. I've also heard from my fellow writers that people comment less nowadays, and that's very unmotivating. And as a writer I can assure that nice comments on fics are a better way to get new chapters out faster than asking about updates. Like seriously, I was able to finish the newest chapter of DNA Collision because a mutual said how much they love that fic. Like just that made me write most of it.
I don't want to sound rude or unappreciative, because it genuinely means a lot to me that people like my fics and want updates. Trust me, I want to update them too. I want to get my stories out, I want to share them. But I've gotten, no exaggeration, several demanding comments and even DMs about updates on several different platforms. It really hurts me, it often makes me feel want to cry. Part of me has even considered deleting some of my fics, but I can't do that, because they mean so much to me.
So please. Be patient with me. I haven't forgotten about them, I haven't abandoned them, and the update will come in due time. I'm very excited about all the upcoming storylines ^^