honestly i planned to just read hours other side because youtube algorithm shoves p2 at me and now i'm ridiculously invested in whatever the fuck tatsuya and jun have going on. then i saw jade say in the notes that Technically mainline hours verse isn't required for hours other side but it still made me go "Okay i'll just. invest in a 37t83748748r year old series now, nbd. i shall submerge myself in this series the authors have worked on for a million years 🙏"
safe to say, no regrets and actually, i'm surprised i never stumbled upon mainline hours naturally because i also really like ryomina?? i really like what you've done with the worldbuilding, the characters, their relationship—it just really scratches The Itch(TM) and i'm so obsessed with it. i've currently reached the cascade fics and UGH i need to give all those kids a hug, and when i reached that part with futaba's uncle tripping over his own feet and threatening to sue and akira had a meltdown... gotta be honest i started crying a little DJSNIDWJKX all of the pain just feels so real i'm like Argghhh these fucking Children why is no one taking care of themmmm
genuinely the series is such a huge aspiration for me, from the Giant world you've build with all the fics to the way you show whose pov it is just by switching up first and last name usage (lmao. i do that too so it's an incredibly validating thing to see when it's in someone else's fic). i hope one day i'll be able to share a massive world with the fandom as well—
<- (guy who's terrible at plotting)
—but for now i just wanted to tell you thank you very much for sharing hours verse with us 🙏
I barely know what to say, oh my gosh. <3 Thank you so much!
I'm a firm believer in it never being too late to start reading something. Especially when its ridiculous author is still thinking about it and contemplating more dumb ideas. XD
I will back Jade up that technically you don't need Other Hours for mainline Hours, either, but some of the references will definitely be orphaned without it. But if you're on Cascade, definitely have fun! That's where I started taking things further off the rails.
(I'm so happy someone pointed out the name thing because I felt so clever doing that. :'D )
And... doing something this big is a lot of work. And a lot of notes. And a lot of double-checking who's supposed to know what and when and where. XDDD But you figure out where you want to start, and you do it one piece at a time, and eventually you have enough worldbuilding that things settle into place. I think if that's something you want to do, you'll definitely be able to, and I wish you the best of luck, because it's so much fun. <3
