Hi everyone.
The Chapter 3 update is the biggest in terms of wordcount, and frankly, it's also the most disappointing and depressing update ever.
I've included a whole bunch of secrets (complete with a guide), new character art, hidden links and references to IAC... all in an effort to get a crumb of interaction.
It's been a week now, and besides a few survey responses and bug reports, I've received virtually ZERO asks here in Tumblr, or comments in the forum thread about what happened in Chapter 3 itself.
I'm not gonna lie. I'm very much tempted to keep future updates limited access. Because why share it publicly when I get ZERO engagement anyway? If every sneak peek, new idea or even a whole NEW UPDATE I have is met with silence, I might as well keep it private.
If you all want the next update to stay public, please, please send me some asks. About the update, the plot, the characters (including spoilers about IAC), your favorite scenes, anything really. Go ahead and tell me how stupid or dumb my story and characters are.
I don't want any praises or compliments, I want to talk about my story. That's how DDWCaPH! came to be today. Without me talking to other people, this story might have been long forgotten at the bottom of my documents folder.
I'm not overreacting here. The same thing happened when I first updated Chapter 2 as well. I expected this to happen. Doesn't make it hurt any less.
Tell me, am I asking for a lot here? Because seeing all these other IFs that I also adore get comments even without an update, and me getting none when I worked hard for it even while I was sick multiple times, I don't feel like I exist.
So much for writing a slice-of-life story.