Did I? Yes, I did create an OC that is a race we have yet to see.

@dragonprinceofficial did I at least get semi close????

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

A new chapter for both my fics in one day! (Well it's a little past midnight but shh)

I'm going to post my notes for it here as well as some of the notes from the end of the chapter: 

Hey everyone! I'm being good today and posting a chapter of both this AND Waiting Up! Also, for those of you who didn't notice, I posted the first chapter of the JeanMarco sidefic I promised you! It'll probably be two chapters total, but I'm also planning on making other sidefics for other pairings, so if you want to make sure you learn about those when they go up, you can subscribe to the Series "I Can't See My Way Out" rather than just the fic. Just so you're aware, the JeanMarco sidefic is SUPER adorable, if I do say so myself. They're such dorks.

A few trigger warnings for this chapter, though I promise it does not end on such a sad note as the latest Waiting Up chapter. There are heavy mentions of both 'hard' mental illness (ie. schizophrenia, dissociative identity disorder, etc.) and drug use throughout the chapter, so if you're bothered by either I suggest you skip this chapter (though there will probably continue to be mentions of drug use here and there in the future, but not nearly as much as here).

Also, I am not a mental health professional, nor have I done illegal drugs. Especially the portrayal of the mental health issue here is most likely not accurate, because I gave my idea priority over accuracy. I tried to do my research for things, but there are definitely going to be things that aren't necessarily accurate for the sake of the story. This chapter is really the furthest away from reality that I'd like to get though. I'm trying to make most of this story fairly realistic.

I guess you could also say slight manga spoilers for this? I don't think it's anything really huge though, or anything super super obvious.

So, I know [chapter spoiler omitted] may not be extremely accurate, but I wanted to stick somewhat to the original plot while still portraying a homeless person with a 'hard' mental illness. Hard mental illnesses (generally considered mental illnesses that include psychosis) and all the problems that come with them (the stigma, oh god, the stigma) are very close to me and hit very close to home (if you want to know more you can ask me on tumblr), and I want this story in its portrayal of homelessness to include how an absolutely shocking amount of people with hard mental illnesses end up on the streets. The prognosis for people with hard mental illnesses to live "normal, successful" lives is very poor, and a lot of those people end up on the streets because of the poor treatment of mental health in the U.S. As far as I'm aware, it's a global problem as well.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

As promised, a chapter today! The chapter title has pretty much nothing to do with the chapter, but oh well.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works