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Pictured: Alia, Lumine, Axl, Signas in the background. Kain Jakob and X in the foreground.

Today is a very special day and I just wanted to share our new milestone with you. I saw that we were about to hit 1K, so I asked @ratprt if they could draw a little something for the occasion. I hope you enjoy it.

Let The Past Die has been a story that ratprt and I hold very dear to our hearts, and the fact that we’ve been able to put it to words and share it with you all has been an experience that I have enjoyed.

Unlimited Potential worried me as I was writing it, because it focused on a plot point that I was very nervous about, and that was X taking the role of Commander of the Maverick Hunters. I won’t spoil how it happens if you haven’t read it, but it’s something that stumped me for a while.

Eventually, I found the direction I wanted to take it, and I was happy with it. And after hearing what a lot of you had to say, it seems like you were too.

Thanks again for taking the time to read this and our fic. It means more than you know.

X enjoying his day off with Pallette. She has fun calling it a date.

Excerpt from Weight of Command

Had to get one more chapter in for the Month of May, I hope you all enjoy it.

Hello! It’s been a good while since the last chapter update of our Mega Man X fanfic, and just wanted to share what’s going on.

Chapter 8 of Unlimited Potential has been mostly finished, but a combination of me being busy IRL and trying to fine tune it have held me back from getting it done, but it’s close.

Chapter 9 has also been started and the direction is already set in stone.

Things to look forward to: Pallette and Alia stepping more into the forefront of the story, a brief hint at Jet and Kain’s past, and the inevitable confrontation of Axl’s comatose state after the events of Mega Man X8.

Tensions are high and I think that’s also what made this take a little bit longer alongside me being busy IRL. It can be hard to balance everyone’s involvement in the story, as we’ve clearly seen. While X is the main character, there is a large ensemble that shuffles in, and that can take a bit to manage.

Luckily @ratprt and I bounce ideas as much as we can and that makes everything always go a lot smoother.

To people who have been following since the start, thank you for your patience. If you’ve stumbled onto our fic on AO3 and have happened to read the story already, hello!

X ends his day off early, hearing the reports of his team's latest mission from Alia.

How could you not like him? Gate steals the show in almost every scene he is in. I love characters that ooze with natural charisma like Gate. Gate is one of the most competent villains we have seen in the series, and X6 does a great job at showing that.

We start off at square one, the first opening scene of X6 shows Gate with nothing, but stumbles upon the goldmine that is Zero's remains. The framing of his cutscene does a good job of showing us one thing-- Gate is alone, and he's found his golden ticket. But X6 doesn't stop there. Most other games in the series don't really show how the villain gets to the point that puts the game's events in motion. A lot of the older games get a pass with this because of limitations, but I think one of the best things that X6 tackles is it's pacing and story (Hiding and repairing yourself aside, Zero 😒) And that's because we get Gate's history explained in a natural way, we get to see his past.