#Emilio works on his inner issues because he has way too many and sort of finds his peace

[lieutenant-amuel]

Why have you stopped writing was born to lead?

I… didn’t want to answer this question. But it seems like you misunderstood me a little, because I’ve never said I’m stopping to write WBTL. It’s on hiatus now, it’s not abandoned.

Anyway, I admit I had a lot more dramatic~ answer to this question in my head when I first saw it, but after all I realized the main reason I’m stepping away from publishing the chapters is… life.

There are too many external factors that prevent me from being as productive as I’d like to be and given the fact I’m a lot more emotional than I think I am (damn it), I know I’ll be way too harsh on myself for not updating often (I update almost every month now, which, I think, is often enough, given how long my chapters are).

But I write this fic for joy only. And I want it to bring me joy only. The way to achieve it is to write it for myself. But I want to assure you that the fic is not abandoned. I just stop publishing the chapters until the entire story is finished.

I have no idea when I finish it. But for now, I just hope I’ll manage to do it.

I’m actually on hiatus now (and no, this is not some summer vacation hiatus, as I said I won’t publish the chapters until I finish the story, so it’s going to be quite a long lasting hiatus) and I won’t write anything for at least a month (unless I’ll get hit by some extremely cool idea that I’d want to write down right away), because I have some big plans in terms of outline and editing.

But that’s actually a good thing, because it means WBTL is not escaping from my head. If you want to send me my characters for the OCs ask games, or give me suggestions for the story, or simply talk about it with me, please do. I won’t mind. On the contrary, I’ll be extremely happy to know that any of you are still interested.

I hope it clears things up and you understand why I’ve made this decision.

#Ask me anything #Was Born To Lead #Alright I admit there are several reasons why I’m doing this but the one I elaborated in the answer is the main one #But you know if WBTL was a TV show those 21 chapters probably would be season 1 so it makes sense there’s a hiatus afterwards #(especially since it has quite a logical ending: the main characters’ (Gabe and Valerio) arcs are finished #yet there’s still something to look forward) #and the rest of the chapters make up season 2 because I *think* I’ve already reached the mid of the fic #Or not #Either way I know how to finish all the storylines I started so that’s already a good thing #Valerio cannot run from his past forever so he’ll have to face it and it leads to the new dynamic between him and Gabe #Ángel has a family drama and finds a new hobby that’s actually interesting to him unlike fencing #Frida keeps solving the hideout mystery and it gets to the point when she HAS to return to Avalor #Matías keeps facepalming after every stupid thing Valerio does and meets Gabe #Emilio works on his inner issues because he has way too many and sort of finds his peace #Roberto and Blanca have to meet their old friends and protect Gabe from the possible danger (and there also will be their backstory) #The man in the cloak a mysterious figure call them whatever you want keeps being the main source of intrigue in the fic #And finally Gabe #Oh my goodness I have so much prepared for him #which is obvious he’s the main character after all #The closer I am to the end of the fic the closer I am to expose my EoA related Gabe headcanons and I’m excited #For now everything I have for Gabe is made up exclusively for the fic because I need to write about something before I get to the main poin #I don’t know why I’m writing all of this but at least you can be sure lack of ideas for the fic isn’t the reason for my hiatus #All I need is a peaceful environment so I can bring all those ideas to life #Oh also now when I have free time I’m thinking of rewatching the entire show (EoA of course) to refresh my memory #specifically in terms of lore because as for Gabe I already know him like the back of my hand #It’s all for writing reasons yes