update: wayward children ch 7 + poll
2 updates in a year, so far -- that's got to be a record for me! unfortunately (or fortunately), this is not the elusive "ch 7" that has already been written since um 2018(?). anyways, here's chapter 7.
here's also a short ranked poll regarding the story if you're so inclined to vote. just a way to gather anonymous feedback and pick the minds of my readers (whoever you guys are, I love you for still sticking with me). after some time has passed, I'll edit this post with a link to the results. (psst if there's a character you're gunning for this would be a good time to make it known ha).
so after 10 days and a sample size of 37, here are the results:
a few notes:
- i honestly wasn't expecting so many people to vote, so thank you all for participating!
- i'm also blown away by how highly ranked plot/story is -- definitely an unexpected but welcome surprise
- nyx actually ranked higher in the beginning of the poll, but noctis started to edge out towards the end. i'm assuming this discrepancy stems from my older more established readers being a little more predisposed to nyx vs newer readers just discovering the fic who might've clicked in for noctis
- people who ranked nyx high also tended to rank noctis similarly high and vice versa (usually within 1 rank of each other)
- a few outliers showed that the few people who ranked noctis very high (rank 1 or 2) tended to rank nyx quite low (rank 4 or 5)
- romance > horniness woof!
data chart for those curious:
my key takeaways are that most of you are reading it for the actual story?! and that most would be ok with either male leads as the main love interest (which makes me really happy!! cause...of stuff). so hopefully whatever i churn out in the future and whether it's noctis or nyx that's endgame, ya'll will enjoy the ride :)
in the meantime, keeping the poll open just to see if my theory about older vs newer readers hold true with a larger sample size. if i discover anything interesting, i'll update this post.
ch 8 is in the works -- there's quite a few pov changes (and some new povs!) since i'm trying to move past some key canon events.
