Final Announcement: REWRITE CAUGHT-UP

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Final Announcement: REWRITE CAUGHT-UP

Hey! Rustpen here. The first arc of the rewrite, Fate Unraveled, ended yesterday, at chapter 29, meaning it’s now caught up with the original. (You can check it out by clicking here, but I recommend reading through the announcement below first.)

Now, for those of you who’ve already checked out the rewrite but didn’t enjoy it, and for those who have been waiting until it’s caught up, I’ve decided to clarify some things, to give you guys a better idea of what to expect, based on the feedback I’ve gotten so far from UT readers who’ve read the FU.

First of all, the prologue. It really doesn’t seem to have much of a connection to Unfortunate Transmigrator, so if you were to judge by it alone, you’d think that it’s a completely different story. Everything after it, though, is very much so in line with UT. Chapter 1 of the rewrite pretty much perfectly parallels chapter 1 of UT, and so does the plot as a whole. For a more thorough overview of the plot—and assuming you don’t mind being some light spoilers—check out the spoiler tag below.

To start with, you get a mission gone wrong, with the inner disciple leading their mission trying to assassinate the protagonist’s teammate. That leads to the protagonist mysteriously regaining his memories of his previous life, realizing that his teammate is special, and deciding that he wants to follow him around to get to the bottom of things. Following that, a bunch of disciples get sent to a forest to hunt monsters.

There, during the hunt, the protagonist’s team is ambushed. They end up escaping, with the protagonist’s teammate mysteriously leading them to a cave, where they find a special weapon that only answers to the protagonist’s teammate. Then we have a final show-down with the overarching villain of the arc who wants the protagonist’s teammate dead.

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Now, and this is important, I said earlier I wanted Fate Unraveled to be different from others stories. However, even if you do find that I succeeded at writing something different, different doesn’t mean good, and you might still find that the rewrite isn’t for you, as many others have. But if you liked Unfortunate Transmigrator, I think you’d be best served by at least giving Fate Unraveled a try. The prologue aside, chapters 1 and 2 parallel greatly UT’s beginning chapters, and they should give you a proper idea of what has changed in the rewrite and what has remained the same.

Just a heads-up, though: I’ve had lots of people tell me that chapter 3 is a slog to read through because of the world-building and the terminology, but that the chapters after it are much better; I’m working on fixing chapter 3, but I haven’t been able to get it quite right yet, so I’d just like to say that chapter 3 is not at all indicative at all of what the rest of the story is like, and further chapters are more in line with chapters 1 and 4. (I’ve also revised some of the terminology used a little over a week ago, simplifying and streamlining it, so if you checked out the story at the beginning and found the terminology overwhelming, you might want to give it another look; that’s not to say the issue has been fixed—the terminology is still far from perfect—but it’s not as bad as it was before.)

Another common concern is the fact that the protagonist, Jieyuan, doesn’t feel like a reincarnated person, that getting his memories from his previous life had no effect on his personality and worldview. That’s partially addressed at the end of chapter 6 and at the beginning of chapter 7, in which you’ll be getting a better idea of how I’m working the reincarnation angle in the story, but I’ll admit Jieyuan still remains largely uninfluenced by the memories of his previous life, and that’s also a issue I’ll be looking to address further down the line through some edits (though not a rewrite; no more rewrites for me, no sir).

Anyway, that’s about everything I wanted to say. The above should give you a pretty good idea of what to expect from the rewrite, Fate Unraveled. I hope you’ll all give the rewrite the chance, and more importantly, that you’ll enjoy it. But even if you don’t, if the story just doesn’t click with you? That’s completely fine. I just felt I owed it to the fans of the original to give you a better idea of things so you could make a more informed decision. (You can check out the rewrite by clicking here.)

Also, as I hope you guys can tell, I’m always taking feedback into account and improving the story however I can as long as it doesn’t compromise my vision for it (or require a full-blown rewrite, which as I previously said, is not happening), so don’t be afraid to share your opinions with me. Even if I don’t answer every comment, know that I read them all and that I’m keeping track of every suggestion and criticism given.