A whole year.

A whole year.

That’s how long it’s been since I updated this blog, and really, the site at all.

I could give you excuses, but if you’ve been on this planet and in this fandom for the past year, I think you’ll understand why. In addition to everything happening there, my own life for the past few years has been… busy. Weird. Changing. I feel like all I’ve done is give apologies yet not devote any more time to the site.

So what now? What does 2021 hold?

Well, I know what it holds for me personally, but none of those are things that will make it easier to update the site. For the fandom… who knows. I don’t blame anyone who has made the choice to leave entirely, but the reasons I created this site still hold true. The reasons I cling to hanfic as a “place to hide” when everything else is going wrong, even with the band themselves, holds true.

I can’t guarantee an increase in updates, but I can guarantee this site will continue to exist, and not just because I re-upped the domain name registration for two more years just a week ago.

2020!

2020!

I’m ashamed to look at my last few posts and see that they all relate to the beginning of 2019 and the big plans I had for PTH then.

As last year began, I was just beginning to face the fact that my health issues weren’t something easily fixable, but were in fact something chronic I would be stuck dealing with. It made me feel depressed and unlovable, but within just a few months I was proven wrong about the latter.

All of that took up a lot of my time, as did some big changes at work, and as all my readers can see… hanfic had to take a backseat to dealing with my real life. I guess that’s just the sort of thing that happens when you’ve been running the same website for an entire decade. Bethany at 22 was very different from Bethany at 32.

What does 2020 bring for this site? It’s tough to say. One thing I can guarantee is that it will remain open. I have no intentions whatsoever to abandon it or hanfic entirely. But I obviously also can’t guarantee how often I will update.

That said, I have updated the trivia and timeline, and I have updates planned next for the directory and a few of my fics. So keep your eyes peeled for all of that!

New review!

New review!

Well, I don’t want to jinx myself, because I’ve only been back at the reviews for three months now. But I feel good about how things are going so far this year.

My review for February has been on my to-read list for a while, hoping it would someday be completed. And maybe it will be! But for now, my review stands, and I’ll be keeping an eye out for any new chapters. That said, you can find my review of Scream and Be Free by Bertina in the Anthem era section.

Check back next month for another new review!

New year, new review!

New year, new review!

It took longer than I would have liked, but I did finally complete my first review of the new year! I have a plan laid out for the rest of the reviews I’ll be doing this year, although of course that is always subject to change when new fics come along and old fics get completed. But I feel really good about my plan and I’m ready to get rolling.

But before I get ahead of myself, go check out my January 2019 review. You’ll find it under the MOE era, alongside another review of the same fic — A Different Brand of War by Aimster.

Check back soon for more reviews and maybe some more fun things to celebrate a whole decade of this website. Can you believe that? The anniversary isn’t until December, but it still blows my mind. In the meantime, have fun if you’re heading to BTTI or one of the upcoming shows in Europe!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Okay, so it’s still December 31 where I am, and probably where a lot of you guys are, too. But that’s okay.

To finish out this year in hanfic, I’ve updated the timeline and trivia pages with the most recent information. That probably isn’t exciting to anyone but me, but it’s become a sort of yearly ritual for the site.

After last year, I had really hoped to get my mojo back this year and get back into the hanfic groove, and… well, it really didn’t happen, for a number of reasons. I don’t know what the next year will bring, but I’m still stubbornly hanging on. The site has been renewed for another two years, and I would have renewed it for longer if I had the money. I’m not going anywhere and neither is PTH.

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