Hey.
Sorry for the lack of chapters over the last few weeks. Can't say much about what happened at the time, but I was feeling very overwhelmed. Then I finally got my diagnosis, and to the surprise of no one in my life, I have level 1 Autism, and ADHD is not ruled out, so it's safe to say I had a lot to think about.
Anyway, because of that, I kinda removed anything difficult I could from my routine, and since I finally built a PC, I coped by playing Baldur's Gate III. Initially, I wanted to finish the game before returning to my usual activities, but the game proved to be surprisingly long, and I lost control of my life for a while.
It's way easier to start a new save than to finish a run, and there's also a new mod that I want to try, or I discover a new thing that I could have done, and things like that.
Right now I'm in Act 3, and it's kind of overwhelming how many things I have to do.
I want to get back to writing, since I really like to do it, and I recognize that it helped give structure to my days, which, with what I now understand about myself, is very important for my well-being.
Schedules, no matter how annoying, were also helpful. The predictability of deadlines can be surprisingly soothing.
At the same time, I need a reason that forces me to be accountable, so I'll recreate a Patreon.
Now, for why I'm rebooting the story instead of simply continuing.
First is that I lost touch with the story, and then there's its structure.
There are too many characters and plotlines happening at the same time, including the ones for future arcs that I had to keep in mind while writing.
I also had quite a few ideas in the meantime, ones that I want to use.
In short, this fanfic is like a run of Baldur's Gate III for me.
I tried to play out a plot for a reboot of this as a Solo RPG(I'm a GM), and I liked the results.
It should be easier to write and wrap my head around it.
I'll also try to control my perfectionism, learn to be ok with 'good enough', and focus a bit more on quantity, following the formula: Quantity → Experience → Quality(got from a video on the YouTube channel Mystic Arts, my favorite TTRPG YouTuber).
What I'll do is delete these chapters in a few days(they'll be preserved for free on my Patreon) and publish the new ones under this same page, which I think will be less confusing.
Once again, sorry about the inconvenience; I still don't understand how my head works very well, but I hope that my passion for Overlord is clear to everyone.
I really like this series, and it frustrates me that I can't deliver it the way it deserves.