So... bad news and good news.
Bad news: It's cancelled.
Good news: It's being rebranded as an AO3 fic.
And it's not going to be called "Chapter 0" anymore, and instead it's going to be callllled
So basically, here's what’s up. I know i don't owe some lengthy explanation to like- 30 people, but I've always been the type of person who likes to be transparent, and I also just enjoy rambling in general.
So, when i first came up with this story during late December 2025 it was really, really simple. It was supposed to be only like 6 episodes long and it was JUST supposed to be about what life was like for child Kris while Dess was still around. It had Kris's character arc of them finding their own identity, realizing they're nonbinary and a tragic ending where Dess goes missing in a way i won't reveal. ...There's a LOT more to it now.
Throughout January - march i built up more and more of the story in my head, to the point where even in February i would've done the prologue entirely different due to all the stuff i came up with since i published it.
During May i finally accepted that- no. If I wanted to get chapter 0 done in a time span that wouldn't take 5 years, then having the series be entirely a comic with coloring and ALL would just be impossible.
So now, Chapter 0, or rather, My Deltarune, is going to be mostly literature with the occasional illustrations embedded in. The art will also be in black and white like how the cover art above is.
I'm not upset by this at all. Actually I'm... really excited! For one, i kind of just consider myself a writer at my core, an artist second.
I also feel like it being literature will make child Kris's gender debacle a LOT easier to understand and accept. My biggest insecurity when posting these scenes is that someone would come across them with no context and think I'm some idiot who's he/himming Kris for no reason when that wasn't the case at all, you know? I just feel like... idk, seeing it all in words will make my intent a lot more clearer to someone who's just tuning in for the first time.
And Thirdly? In general, I just have a good feeling when i think about posting my stuff to AO3. From what my friends have told me, it’s a real community driven place and i feel as if i can actually expect people to... read it. Shocker, right?
Now, i know people DID follow this series. Given the way sites are now with the algorithmic slop machine I'm surprised anyone other than my friends discovered this at all. Hell, since May, I came back to this blog to see a few new people have followed it even while i was gone. Real acc's too, not just bots. So seriously, thanks.
And now the last thing I wanna talk about here.
I really can't wait for chapter 5, yet... I'm also really anxious about it.
I know its just some bullshit OCD anxiety i have that's all in my head but a part of me worries it'll look dumb if i use my own dess’s design IF dess's real design is ACTUALLY in chapter 5.
I mean, if i like her canon design ENOUGH then ill just use it, but otherwise, i wanna stick with my OWN design. It's how i imagined it for months now and Its called "my deltarune" because it takes place in my own universe, so it makes sense that I'd use my own Dess design.
Really, i think people on AO3 of all places will be able to accept that but my anxiety kinda just makes me anxious about it regardless. And i end up worrying that people would rather read something that has the "real" Dess in it while i get left behind in the shadows forever... yeah maybe ill stop thinking about that now.
But yeah, that's really all i wanted to say on that. Hope you're looking forward to it :33 (i'll also still be using this blog to post the chapters as they come out and ill be rebranding it as well. That MIGHT be important to know, just maybe.)
