#tyrant's guide

Well I be damned. 😭 It's been a year. A year of constant updates, ups and downs. 🥹 GEEZ I NEVER EXPECT IT TO BE SO LONG AS IT IS NOW?! 106 chapters, 380k+ words.... My bad. But I'm glad you guys seem to be enjoying the story as much as I do!

@novelistwriter Thanks to you, I hope I really brought that unexpected story to life. Though I also want to share a little story, about the honest reason I thought that prompt became something more for me.

Back in 2024 there was a story, one that I wish I could show you all. "lex luthor's ascent from supervillainy to fatherhood by halfagone" it was completely unique with both the pairing and the idea of a villain being a parent. I don't know if any of you knew it before it disappeared but I do. That story was also my first introduction to this community of crossovers.

I always thought I could find a story like that again but I didn't really, not one that made me feel things like that one. That one stuck so I decided hey if I can't find something that makes me cry or laugh or feel something why don't I make it myself. Eventually the year after I found something similar, it was short and could be left to interpretation but it was a start. I took that and made my first fic, one that people enjoyed. If it wasn't for that story from Milky I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be an ao3 writer today.

It would have become another phase that came and went like the wind. But it's not, this is something special for me to give to you. I don't know if I could ever live up to the bigger people of this community but I hope one day I can inspire someone else to take that pen and write anything. There was a day a few weeks ago where I posted on this blog, I wrote this story to an audience of one. 😅 I won't lie some of y'all took offense to that but I don't mean it in a way that you guys don't matter. I promise you I love all of you especially all you commenters, looking at you Circus.

But i meant it in the way that I focused so hard on my own happiness that if I think it was good enough then it was worth giving it to the world. The amount of scrapped chapters and twists and turns I could have taken are almost ridiculous. My drive for this fic alone has 182 chapters with 50 of them being scrapped chapters of some kind. Something I can throw away but something I can learn and take from. The final product usually gets an adjustment or two before release.

All that to say I'm glad you still stuck with me despite the story taking a very long time to finish. I regret to inform you I have like 4 more major plot points to get through aside from the current one. 🥲 No guarantee I will even finish this this year but hey here we go again. If you had told me last year I was in the 100s for this fic they would have laughed at you. Here I am sipping on the fancy grape juice and staring at my notes of what to do next.

But honestly to all the sneaky lurkers and the commenters that took the time to leave sweet Comments behind. All of you gave me the inspiration to keep going. So Thank you. To all that found me and stuck by me from here before and into the future!

To those who have no idea what I am talking about. Oops. 🤣 Here you go: Go find out for yourself.

Anyway Happy 1 year anniversary and cheers for many more! 🥳 I'm not done yet and y'all can't get rid of me just yet.