A note to the Changeling readers...

[randomweaving]

In light of a few queries we’ve received lately, I wanted to clear a few things up about the direction this story is heading.

I apologize if we weren't terribly clear about this from the beginning: This is fantasy. Fantasy we've done our best to make seem semi realistic, sure, but fantasy nonetheless. I'm talking full out, magic-and-mythical-creatures fantasy. And it's going to get more so, as we go on. This has barely scraped the tip of the fantasy iceberg.

For those of you holding out for a viral explanation, or the discovery of a mutated gene, I'd either reframe your expectations or consider giving the rest of this a miss. Because there isn't a logical explanation. There's a reason, but that's not the same thing, and we don't want you guys to stay all invested in the outcome if it's going to disappoint, simply because we weren't clear enough up front.

I will also reiterate something I said in the first author's note on chapter one: this is going to be out of character. We did our best, but as the story developed, so did the characters, and not always in ways that are terribly true to their original selves. We are toning it down some, but it will still be sappy to the point of being cavity-inducing to some of you, and while we make no apologies for the writing itself, if that's not your thing we don’t want to feel we’ve led you on. If you don’t like it, you will not hurt our feelings if you simply decide not to keep reading it. But please don’t try to tell us it’s OOC as though that’s something we didn’t already realize, because believe me, we do. :)

That’s all. Thanks for listening, and I hope at least some of you will stay with us!

Cheers,

~RS

Comments

[drathis.livejournal.com]

OK, I feel bad now, because I think I might have pointed out OOC'ness back in chapter two or three. The point I was making at the time was that it was abruptly OOC. JD had had no time to develop into the kind of person he was acting like, or at least, the story had given no prior indication to such a huge shift about to occur.

Don't get me wrong. I adore this story more than can possibly be good for a person... That being said, where the smeg is the next update! It's Wednesday!! It's been Wednesday for nearly 12 hours where I am... actually, where do you guys live? And if the answer is America, may I suggest that you start posting on New Zealand time? I mean, I'm Australian personally, but Wednesdays and Saturdays do first occur in New Zealand, so it's only fair... *whimper*

UPDATE

[randomweaver.livejournal.com]

LoL Awww... sorry. I'm in Missouri, USA, and Thuri's in California. So it's still Tuesday for us. But hey, at least we update when it's Wednesday for me, not her--that's two hours ahead! :)

'nother hour and a half, and it'll be up. :)

[drathis.livejournal.com]

Dude, by the time you guys post, it's practically Thursday. You might as well say Mondays and Thursdays. Oh I hate America for so many reasons. You live behind the rest of the world. You have all the best TV shows. Shooting people appears to be completly legal...
It's just not fair. *sigh*
And I repeat, not stalking. I've just noticed (well, when I say just...) the obscene amount of comments I'm leaving peppered all over anything to do with this fic.
*shrugs and wanders off to comment on the chapter post*

Cheers

Drathis