Here. Safe. And Okay.
Thus completes chapter 26! This chapter was such a fun challenge (well, fun most of the time) and I’m glad to see if finally wrapped up. Thanks for your patience as this chapter took a veerryy long time to complete due to the complexity of the chapter, but also things going on in my personal life. This chapter took me through my own personal adventure of pain and healing, which maybe I’ll find the time to write down. But short version is after being sick for over a decade, then getting well, I actually had to relearn how to draw. I had to reshape what used to be a coping mechanism, to fueling my passion to draw with love and joy instead of a means to survive the screaming in my head. If you’ve seen Avatar the Last Airbender, I was Zuko without his fire for some time. But instead of a 20 minute episode, it took about a year to find that fire again. XD Oh, to be an anime.
Anyways, I was going to take a significant break between chapter 26 and 27 in order to revamp all of the Sever arc. But I ended up getting struck with inspiration, and chapter 27 is already in production! So I expect chapter 27 will start updating in about a month. I’ll see you then!
This chapter full-on made me cry. Bravo.
I get what you mean about trying to relearn a coping mechanism into something joyful. I used to write, and when my life is going well, I just… can’t. It’s hopeful to see that there might be another side to it, where I can be creative and happy at the same time. 🤣 I’m so glad you’ve found it.
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