Hunters of the Dark Announcement

Hey. How ya doing? If you're reading this, I've some bad news.

Back when Destiny 2 was first announced, I decided to not include content from it in Hunters. The reason was, at the time, to avoid the "Ah, I could always do these things, I've just never done them before now!" cliché.

But now that we know more about Destiny 2, and because of personal reasons, I'm gonna rectify that statement.

Effective immediately, Hunters of the Dark in its current form is dead. I will not be further updating the story and will not be planning anything in that universe for a time. There's a few reasons:

The first is, as mentioned, Destiny 2. It's on the horizon now, Beta's out next week and I'm gonna be on that like a tick on a dog. It's gonna be a game-changer for the Destiny universe and lore, and I'd like to use that content in Hunters.

The second is because I have been failing to deliver quality work the last few chapters. Between rushing to get more out, consequences be damned, and focusing on other works at the time of writing, I rushed the last four to five chapters. I feel my standards have slipped significantly, and I don't want to ruin the story because of that. I love Destiny and RWBY, so I want to deliver a quality product.

The third is RWBY Volume 5. This is mostly the same deal as Destiny 2- it's coming out soon, and I want to integrate it into the story.

Reason four. I want to get better at writing. Jumping straight in with a massive crossover was ambitious, but I need more practice. Again, I want to deliver the best story I can.

So where does that leave the story? Well, I've put a lot of thought into Hunters and I'm not quite ready to let those thoughts die, so the plan is this: I'm waiting for Destiny 2 and RWBY Volume 5 to come out, and in the meantime I'm going to write more stories to get better at writing. I'm also going to begin cross-posting my Archive of Our Own content. When I feel I've gotten better, and when I feel I'm ready, I will restart Hunters of the Dark, but that won't be until next year. I doubt I'll wait for Destiny 2's expansions, but it'll be easier to integrate them retroactively than it will be to include an entire game. Even still, I'm not likely to start the story until the Volume 5 finale in February. I'll certainly begin plotting it, but there won't be anything publicised before then.

Some of that content, like Jewel Thief Turned Heart Thief, will be slice of life fluff mostly for the sake of getting character voices down. Others, like the Persona/RWBY crossover that keeps yammering at me, is for fun.

Tldr: Story's dead because I feel it's turning to shit and I over-reached for my first story, I'll be re-starting it next year-ish when I get better at writing.

That said (SHAMELESS PLUG), I do have a Tumblr called Rampantly Writing, where I do take requests. So on the off chance you want to see me write Destiny stuff before then, throw a request my way. I'm not even averse to using the Fireteam from Hunters.

Regardless, thanks for reading Hunters, I hope you understand why I'm doing this. See ya around, folks.