When I started writing Chitin, I wanted to write about ideas and concepts raised by the first two seasons, and I had zero interest in writing about season 4. I felt like I needed to acknowledge more recent developments, so I made it an AU splitting off at season 3.

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A bunch of the authors I'm following are letting everyone know they're still alive, so I figured I'd do so, too. I'm on antidepressants now, and they seem to be working. I'm just juggling some really homework-heavy classes lately, so I haven't had much time to moderate Short Stories, let alone work on Chitin. I promise it's not dead yet, and I hopefully won't be dead either by the time I finish this semester.

Chitin is on hiatus until I find an antidepressant that works for me without side effects.

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Tagged to Chitin because it's a chapter of Chitin that prompted all this. This'll be a bit self-indulgent, so feel free to skip over it if you're not interested.

The long and short of it: I write a lot of characters with weird morals, but I promise I won't sermonize or try to push them on you.

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I cried, I bargained, I considered cancelling the story . . . but it's finally done, and hopefully it doesn't suck! (I'm sorry it took so long, but this is one of two chapters I absolutely can't screw up.)

Retcons to date:
* Changelings can now walk on clouds. This is the only retcon that will matter going forward--it was limiting my options way too much.

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Inspired by a suggestion from Vates Despero, I changed a lot of my ideas for what I would do for chapter 5. This is a brief, unedited excerpt in which Fluttershy is suddenly reminded of her mother:

A little yellow filly rushed through the front entrance of her cloud house, crying every step of the way. She nearly bowled her mother over with a desperate, wordless hug.

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The short version: Chitin is going to take a while to be the best it can be, but I'll do my best to at least keep it from sucking.

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Before I say anything else, I want to make absolutely certain this comes across: none of this is anyone's fault but mine. I'm not blaming anyone, and I'm thankful for all the critique I received. I promise not to turn into one of those authors who throws a hissy fit when criticized, and whenever there's a flaw in my stories, I encourage you all to point it out and help me improve.

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First, because the passage with Fluttershy and the mirror clearly wasn't working, I've made some small revisions that I think should help explain what's happening. (I'm a little wary of showing my hand so early, but it's already shown to anyone who looked at what groups this story's in and noted the odd one out.)

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