hello there!

long time no see, huh?

...yeah. i think you guys know what this is.

for the record, i'm really sorry. please please hear me out.

writing toujours pur was one of the highlights of my teenage years. it was the first fic of mine that ever truly gained any form of popularity and i am truly grateful to every single one of you that made that possible.

i know it's not the best fic in the world but all of you guys commenting wonderful things really made me smile and boosted my confidence as a writer.

a lot of you probably wouldn't know this but i was thirteen when i first started writing euphemia and fleamont's story.

i was literally a child and, reading back on some chapters, it's very much reflected in my writing. i'm not gonna lie to you, some parts (especially the first half of this book) cringe me out because i just don't write in that style anymore.

i lost motivation for this story just before covid struck, really. it was hard enough trying to keep up with writing anyway, alongside school and life. anyone who's been here from the start surely would've noticed the periods between chapters getting longer and longer.

i guess i just tried not to give up completely because i didn't wanna disappoint you guys. and many times, your encouraging comments did pull me out of deteriorating writing blocks.

i think it was my own fault - i planned out too much of this book and put too much pressure on myself. toujours pur got too long, too tiresome to write and i lost any kind of inspiration for it.

which, as anyone who is creative will know, is the worst thing that can possibly happen. because i love writing. as of right now, actually, i'm just about to head to university to pursue a creative writing degree. i'm still writing, guys!

just, unfortunately, not this story :(

i simply cannot force myself to write any more of this if i'm not enjoying it. losing inspiration sucks the joy out of writing.

if i was to continue this now, i would want to go back and edit so much of it because my writing style has simply changed, improved and matured over the years. and i just don't have the time for that, especially when i have other things, other works, to focus on.

another reason why i'm not continuing this fic is because i simply don't use wattpad anymore. not to read, not to write, not to do anything. it's too heavy with ads, promotions and paid content now for it to be recognisable as the safe space i saw it as when i was younger.

however, like i said, i am still writing...but on ao3 instead! and still firmly within the harry potter fandom, namely the marauders era (and pre marauders - i'll always have a special connection to the toujours pur generation).

so, that's why this announcement isn't all doom and gloom. because you can find me on ao3 as serendipitysirius :)

i have plenty of fics up and, for those of you who remember my now deleted companion book to toujours pur (poisonous love about walburga black), you may find that uploaded if you look ;) it underwent A LOT of edits but the general idea is still there.

it's called 'all things truly wicked start from innocence' and is (though not necessarily broadcasted) set in the toujours pur universe! yayyy

i will probably upload some other short stories around characters from this universe like fleamont & david perhaps. or alastor & heather. or more on the walburga/henry/everleigh love triangle.

let me know if you're interested in any of that and we'll see ;)

i haven't written anything about euphemia & fleamont on ao3 yet but i probably will, in the future! that's a promise x

who knows, i might even upload some one-shots about them or updated, edited parts of this book. because i'll always love these characters, always love this world that i was able to create within for a little bit. and i'll always be grateful for the way it helped me develop as a writer.

please please make sure you check me out on ao3 if you want to keep up with me! i genuinely don't even look at wattpad anymore so that's where you'll find me.

my new tiktok account is also under the same name of serendipitysirius if you want to stay up to date with my writing.

hopefully, you will be able to notice a major difference in how i write on ao3 compared to what i used to churn out on here.

that's the main reason why i've found it hard to continue this fic, honestly. obviously, lack of inspiration and not using wattpad anymore are major factors but the reason i'm discontinuing this is mainly because my way of writing is simply not the same anymore. i hope you guys understand.

i've become an adult, a far cry from the thirteen year old who started this fic and i simply cannot continue a fic that i think could be written way better. i'm just a major critic of myself and a supreme perfectionist.

but don't get me wrong... i don't hate this fic! because i feel like it's a true journey of how my writing has developed through the years. but i don't love it, either. and that's the bottom line of it all.

i'm sorry :/

so, this is the end. i don't even know whether anyone will even read this or whether any of you actually care. i just felt like i owed you an explanation instead of disappearing off the face of the earth and hoping people didn't notice. i guess one too many 'please update' comments got to me lmfao.

but i truly am sorry. i'm sorry for letting you down, for not updating, for making you wait. i'm sorry if you got attached to these characters and are now extremely mad at me because i've ended it on such a drastic cliffhanger.

i'm so evil aren't i? if it makes you feel any better, i might as well just spoil it for you now - everleigh was always gonna survive, i just felt like tricking you all. henry died tho lol :D

but i can't express it enough - writing loses its fun if i don't love the story anymore and, due to everything i've mentioned, it's time to finally close the curtains on toujours pur </3

thank you for everything. for every comment, every theory, every vote, every time you swept to the next chapter for more, every second of your time that you gave to this fic. i appreciate every single last one of you.

so this is goodbye :( but the ones that love us never truly leave us, do they?

so, if you like my writing and want to see what i'm up to now, i urge you to hop over to my ao3 where i am much more active and currently writing a jegulus fic if that's your cup of tea :)

thank you, once again. stay safe. follow your dreams and passions. i love you all.

- megs <3