It has been long overdue that I post this announcement here. It just maddens me that it took someone leaving a comment on a whole other fic on my AO3 account, one that is not only mine, for me to finally decide to do it.

(Which, by the way, don't do that. Never do that. To leave a comment on another fanfiction to ask about a previous one is such a dick move, and I know for a fact that I'm not the only author who thinks so. More so that said fanfiction has more people involved; don't drag other people into things they have nothing to do about. Don't.)

But I suppose it's my own fault. This is something have been postponing for over three years, but clearly, I now see that it is inevitable.

It saddens me a little; I still remember my reasons to have started this story to begin with. I thought this trope often held great potential, but lacked greatly in execution; I still think so. It's not because a trope is cliched or original that it can't live up to its possibilities. I also wanted to be one of the first people to carry it to completion; I don't think I've ever read a fanfiction where the characters have watched or read their own media that has been fully completed. It is now ironic, but I do have my reasons — which I will list below, if only because I know people will want answers, and I would like to provide them.

I would like to say, truthfully, that college took my time away from writing. In part, it may have been true, I don't remember. But, mostly, it happened right at the two years-long hiatus between Miraculous' first and second seasons. I believe that, somewhere down the line, the wait lessened the hype, and by the time the show came back around, my main focus had moved on to other shows, with characters I could further relate to in other ways.

For years, I told myself I would come back to OSND eventually; I truly wanted to. I wanted it to be the one long-fic I finished, if only because that is not a feat I have ever managed before; but also, because I knew people loved it, and I wanted to give them the satisfaction as well. Eventually, I realized that my mindset had changed a lot from the time I started writing this fic to the present days. I was 18 when I first started, 19 when I lasted updated. I'm not that much older now (only 22), but we're constantly changing, and three years can bring quite a lot of change. There are things in the story I would like to rewrite if only to appease myself and to help the story flow more seamlessly with whatever else I could come up with — that, and I'd have to reread the entire thing to begin with. It's been so long, there's much I've forgotten, details and character development that are important to for coherent continuity.

Even so, for a while I believed I would be able to do it — eventually. When I put my mind to it once again.

And then came the crashing disaster that was Season Three.

I think I gave the second season the benefit of the doubt because Zagtoon is a relatively new company and, at least I figured, they were still gaining their footing on writing and the whole industry in general — or maybe, I was just making up excuses to believe that a show I really loved would get better than whatever it had presented us with.

But truth is, it won't. And if past experience has taught me enough, is that no matter how much potential a show may carry, it means nothing at the end if it isn't made good use of. And the Miraculous' crew clearly don't know, or don't want to, make use of the clear potential their show set up in its very first season. The character and plot development are either rushed or simply non-existent, cast aside for the sake of continuously keeping inside their comfort zone, and making more seasons to gain more money.

I quit in advance. Before I could get to the end and feel even more disappointed than I already do. I didn't get to finish the season, either; by the time Chat Blanc rolled around, I was so fed up, I barely had any reasons to continue anymore. Because it was frustrating; over the years, I used to joke with my friends that watching MIraculous was painful, but in a good way. The way that makes you groan because the obliviousness of the characters and the situations it gets them into is annoying yet intriguing, and the world-setting is compilling enough that it leaves you wanting to learn more, to see they grow as their story progresses.

But towards the end of the third season, "painful" took another meaning to me. It was painful, in the way it makes you frustrated, and unsatisfied, the same way a dog must feel chasing after a treat on a treadmill; no matter how much it walks, it never leaves its place, and it will never reach what it actually wants, because the ground beneath it moves contantly backwards. And byt the end, I decided that a show that brings me no joy, no emotions other than wanting to physically take the last two seasons out of the screen, burn them to the ground, and rewrite their whole entirety... That is not a show that is worth my time or emotional attachment.

Even now, writing this, a small part of me wishes to keep going, to finish what I've started and bring joy to the people who have already started it. But I must face the facts: I won't. I'm not invested enough, and unless comes an unforeseeable change in the future, I honestly don't think I'll be again.

And for that, I'm deeply sorry for all the readers that enjoyed this fanfiction so much and wanted more of it. As a very invested fanfic reader myself, I understand your frustration better than anyone, have been there more times than I can count; but I also can not promise to deliver a story worthy of anybody's time, yours or my own, when I'm happy with what I'm doing.

And to those who actually got to the end of this announcement, I would like to greatly thank you! For having read and participated with all your wonderful comments and even fanarts from time to time. Who have engaged and made me keep going because you brought me a lot of joy, every time. And a great thank you to those who will, hopefully, understand.

I hope you're all as safe and well as possible this quarantine, and that things will be better soon.

— Dani Rosa

PS.: I hope my opinions (because that's what those are — opinions) on the show have not offended any of the people still passionate for Miraculous. My opinions are mine and mine alone; they're not here to force change to the way you think or feel about something you love, nor do I want them to. It shouldn't be reason for anger and mistreatment, either; you're entitled to your own opinions, and I hope you can enjoy the show more that I have been able to the last year.

I would also like to point out that it was past midnight when I wrote this and I didn't edit any of it; if any mistakes were made (probably lots ot them), please ignore them.

As a side note, if you are interested in finding me elsewhere for things other than OSND or Miraculous, you can easily find me on social media looking for this exact same username ( piecesofarose). I draw a lot of gay shit, being a gay girl myself and all. I even make commissions!

If my content pleases you, don't be afraid to drop by!