Not to be dramatic... (and not promising anything) but you might have, kind of, single-handedly saved the "LolwhyamIdoingthis" ao3 account with this message.

I have been in such a bad writing slump (and kind of slump about everything in general) for a while now that I did really consider abandoning the account (at least for a little bit).

I just felt so overwhelmed by the mess I felt I had created (on ao3 by starting fics and not being able to finish them in the moment, by wanting to work on so much and not being able to work on anything at all, by having my inbox pile up more and more... and on twt mostly by posting so many wips and snippets and drabbles that I all genuinely loved but that I just could not prioritize in the moment). I genuinely felt like crying when I opened my ao3 at times because I felt like I was letting people down but felt so powerless to stop it?

And then I got your message (I have friends who can confirm this) and it just somehow gave me so much motivation? Like, hearing that there were still people who weren't yet mad at me for being so messy but patiently waiting for an update instead? It just made me want to at least try...

Since then I have replied to over 100 comments (my inbox is still extremely full but it's progress💪) and rereading all of those sweet messages has made me want to try even more.

So... I can't promise anything at all yet. And I don't want things to become even messier so I won't tackle the bigger projects (like Him & I) just yet. But I have been working on some fun things over the past three days and I have some time carved out for writing over the next little bit as well. So maybe... just maybe I will actually be able to come back soon.

Thank you so much for your message💜