Hello everyone, this is HPE24. I have a really important announcement to make regarding the whole TMC series. I hope you don't take it as something bad, I've been worrying about how all of you will react to it before making this decision, but I needed to get it out. So please read the whole thing from beginning to the end. It's not entirely a bad news (I hope), so I don't want any misunderstandings going around. Thank you.

I'll start it plain and simple. I have made my mind up to stop writing The Minecraft Chronicles, or at least TMC: PotA. It was really hard to come to this, as I'm aware some people out there are enjoying my writing and would love to see more. Ending the story at this point is very selfish of me, and I cannot describe how sorry I am to my readers that I reached this conclusion without even consulting most of you for opinions. This was mainly why I was very conflicted with ending TMC in this state, for I thought quite a few people would… not be happy with me for this, to put it mildly.

BUT.

That doesn't mean I'm giving up on the idea of TMC itself. I'm going to (hopefully) get an art tablet in a few days, and because I knew TMC is not so suitable nor comfortable for me to WRITE, I decided to start the sequel series (I'm just calling it TMC II for now, but not sure if the title would change) in CARTOON format. Which means I won't be publishing on FF, but instead on this art website called deviantART. I hope you know where that is? I have my account link on my FF profile, if you're curious.

I'm not entirely 100 percent sure I'll be getting the tablet, or even be able to draw comfortably on it (but from my friends with tablets, I think I can), but it is certain that I won't be 'writing' TMC anymore and I'll be publishing TMC II as a cartoon series in any way I can. If you want to know what made me change my mind, here it is:

First off, I didn't even have time to finish this story in the first place. From what I've gathered, I'll be going to Korea this June or July and I'll have almost no time at all to write or do any creative works I do for fun, if I'm really unlucky. And as you all know, my writing speed is horrendously slow, and there was no way I could finish a story with over twenty chapters before then. The same goes for the comics, too, but… I felt like I should do what I REALLY want in that given time, than to push on with something I have no will to continue. Even if I don't get to finish TMC II, I think I would regret less in the future if I discontinue TMC and start on the sequel series as soon as possible.

Secondly, as I said above, I lack the motivation to carry on TMC. Because I completely neglected planning and set off my first Minecraft story in such a STUPID manner, TMC became more of a huge source of stress for me. I do have quite a lot of reviews (how did that happen), I have some fans, and the huge support from you all is overwhelming - I suppose there's no need to repeat how much I love the lot of you – however, this is my story, as selfish as that sounds. It's my creation, and I should enjoy writing. But I'm not. Sometimes I did think I should just do it no matter what so the majority can be happy, but I can't keep that up. Thankfully, TMC II has been in planning stage for more than you can think of, and I love it way more than TMC.

And lastly, TMC should have been a comic from the first place, come to think of it. I'm not fluent in English but I'm more confident at art, so lots of pictures and fewer texts are just what I need. It allows me to do a better visual representation, too. And turns out that doing comics will give me some evidence that I did art stuff before I apply to college, so there's that.

This is getting so long I'm sorry

So I have few more points to make.

What is TMC II?

TMC II is the sequel series to TMC that I've been dreaming of writing one day, but now planned to be a cartoon series on deviantART. It's set a few years after the end of TMC, which means all the characters (Alpha, Delta, Omega, Rho, Iota, etc.) will be grown up. And all the things that should have happened from TMC: PotA onwards will be revealed. And new villain oh yay. The original aim was to start with a young protagonist and put out a sequel about the now-grown teenage hero living 'happily' with his family and so on, HOWEVER I thought of reversing that order so it'd be a former war veteran fighting new stuff and having constant reflection of his depressing adolescent age.

Which leads to this question that I want to ask all of you, and please don't forget to answer in reviews, if you're going to leave any.

Would you like me to publish a chapter entailing all the plans I had for TMC so you'll be satisfied of what will happen next? Although I had an idea that I can write little snippets of important scenes on FF while going on with the comic, I feel like the comic will get way ahead of oneshots. So please tell me your opinion. If you want to go read the comic without 'being spoiled', it's your choice. But it'll be very confusing.

And to round off, I don't believe all of you will like to go on deviantART and read new cartoon chapters that you won't even get email notifications about (for those who aren't registered, you have to make an account and follow me, but the notifications aren't sent to email but to the website's inbox – I suppose most of you will find it too bothersome but it doesn't take that long :P). I'm anticipating less interest when I move to deviantART, although that would be quite sad…. ;-; Nevertheless, I'm really crossing my fingers that people would visit deviantART to check the comics out. You don't have to be part of the website to gain access (but unfortunately commenting is only for registered users), I'll just say that.

THIS IS THE LAST FOR REAL

I once again bow in deep regret for bombing TMC with this news. I wish I was good enough to have motivation to continue. ;_; But TMC will continue in TMC II with grown up Delta and more conflicts on deviantART, I'll love you forever if you read and review, and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me if putting up the entire plot of TMC would be a good idea.

Thank you so much for your time, and I'm ever so sorry for all this. m(_ _)m

… that was meant to be a bow.

-HPE24

P.S. I am not leaving FF. I still have stories to read and review, and Moralities to go on with. :)