Hey guys.

I know it has been FOREVER since I came here. I can't even remember the last time I came here and did something more than just reading comments and accepting friend requests. I legit have been gone for years, YEARS. I have gotten old, my friends. This site has changed ssooo much, I can't even navigate around here without looking like a granny on a computer. I even learned I got a Pioneer badge?! What?? Thank you! Especially for not deleting my account!!

Okay, I know this is what a lot of people have been waiting for. I have quite a number of things I have to cover in this blog post and I hope I cleared some of your concerns.

Where have you been?!

I have been caught up in a lot of things, and I mean A LOT! If I recall properly, the last time I legit wrote and updated a chapter here was when I was 17? Yeah, then school got to me like a Dementor the life out of me. I stopped writing because I started writing essays after reports after presentations, etc. Most of you should know the drill. And I just lost my touch in writing, for a good... two years, probably? I got back into writing fiction when I was 19, but that was just short stories, which I post on random days on my tumblr (izzie-writes.tumblr.com).

Why did you come back to AFF?

To be really honest, all these past few years I've been on hiatus, there will be some days when I would think back to the days when I wrote fanfictions which received tremendous amounts of love and positive feedback, and I would actually miss it. So on some days, within the past 2-3 years, I would log back onto this website and just look through my notifications, read the new and old comments, accept the friend requests and sometimes read my own stories. But I don't really make a sound.

Except that one time, when I decided to choose one of my uncompleted works and post an update saying I would start writing again for that particular story. I'm sorry I didn't. I broke my own promise to myself. I just got caught up in life, I guess?

Are you going to continue writing here on AFF?

No. There is your definite answer, and I have reasons for that.

First, my computer crashed. Yes, it crashed some time back this year and all, and I mean ALL - my hardworked assignments, projects, lecture notes, revision notes, and of course, the documents I kept for asianfanfics - were gone. I still remember I had a folder dedicated in the back of my computer's memory filled with the plans and outlines for my fanfics here on AFF from way back in the day when I was actively creating stories for this site, and now its all gone. And I was a really sad baby because I didn't have a backup for them.

Second, I have changed loyalties. Yep, I'm putting it straight out there that I am not a big kpop fan as I used to be, sadly. Now, don't get me wrong, I still do support the main groups that I have always been supporting (mainly Big Bang and Beast). I listen to their songs but that's it really. I'm kinda out of that zone for a while now. Explains why I feel like a granny when I come back. Haha!

Are you at least going to continue writing fanfictions/stories?

Yes, definitely, 100%. In fact, now that I've graduated from college, I'm starting to get back into writing as much as I can, since I don't have things like homework or projects or presentations to do when I get home. Yay! And in fact, I've already posted a couple of fanfictions.

What fanfictions are you writing now?

As I've mentioned up above, I've changed loyalties and moved out of the kpop scene for quite a while. Let me tell you where I've been. I moved through  A LOT of fandoms the past few years, mainly a lot of anime and Japanese culture. And then I kinda dipped my feet into the Hollywood TV fandoms, to be honest, its just Game of Thrones. But the fandom that I am immersed, submerged and happily drowning in is the Harry Potter fandom. And so, I write Harry Potter fanfictions.

Where are you writing those fanfictions now?

Archive of Our Own and FanFictions.net, I'm under the pseudo izerius04 and izerius respectively.

So what happens to these beautiful stories you left incomplete?

Well, my friends, here's what I have decided to do.

Some of the stories here are very, very dear to me. They were like my precious babies, which I've lost and now I'm putting in my effort to rebuild them again. So yes, I am going to fix this problem and complete these works once and for all. BUT. There is a but, people.

There are some stories that I've created which are absolutely amazing, in my honest opinion, that whenever I read it again, I give a mental pat on the back to my 16 year old self for thinking up of such spiffing ideas. These stories I will be most likely taking it down and redoing and revamping it with new characters. I know, this is as heartbreaking as any fictional character's death scene but it has to be done. Some of the stories I would not be able to keep the character's personality intact since I have been out of the kpop loop for several years.

However, there are some stories where the characters are already OOC (out of character) and those stories will remain as it is and I will try my best to write the chapters and update them as soon as I can.

Which stories are going to be updated? Which stories are going to be taken down?

I don't know. I have yet to check out my stories, but once I do and made my decisions, I will let you know soon.

So those are all the things I wanted to clear off my chest. I'm pretty sure I missed out some things but those are most of the things that I feel like I owe to most of my readers and subscribers, after my years and years of MIA. If you have anymore questions for me, feel free to leave it as a comment to this blog or on my wall. I will make it my utmost duty to stay updated on this website... for at least a month, once I've made my decisions.

Thank you so so much for all the support and positive feedback from all my stories, especially my compilations. I still get such lovely comments after years of hiatus and it makes my heart go doki doki, or should I say dugeun dugeun? Okay, I will stop.

Have a splendid day, friends!

Izzie x