that's it for chapter 3 AND the end of the very first arc! wow!! unbelievable to have made it this far already :)

so, first, here's the plan for the forseeable future: there will be a 2-3 week break between this page and chapter 4 (leaning toward 2 weeks, but it depends on how comfortable i am with my page buffer). chapter 4 is going to be a lot more chill and more of an interlude into the next arc more than anything else. i'm also planning on it being shorter than previous chapters, but we'll see if i'm able to stick to that! after chapter 4 is done getting posted, there will be a longer hiatus as i chill out a little bit, get settled into grad school, and get the next arc set up. i'll know how all this is going to look more definitively once we're a bit closer to that time.

i'm unbelievably excited for the next arc. as i've said in a previous blog post, there is a bit of a departure from what's been going on in this first arc, but that's mainly because, well. the cult's dead. all that's left is lani, who has to contend with everything that's happened here. i also realize that chapter 3 was a bit on the more serious side, but generally speaking, wthi will not be that serious all the time. the first arc was structured in a way to encapsulate all (or most) of the vibes the comic will have throughout its runtime, so i assure you we're gonna get back to there being silly moments :) . anyway uhh i got off track! the next arc is (to me) where things start getting particularly fun because i get to introduce more characters(!!) and some major plot threads. people who've been following along with wthi since i first started working on it 7 years ago are gonna recognize a lot of characters that show up! i hope you're as excited for this as i am!

lastly, i just wanted to thank you all for all the support you've given me thus far. it really makes my day to read people's comments on this since it's such an important story to me :,) . i'm especially grateful to you if you've ever recommended wthi to someone else. word of mouth is quite literally my only form of advertisement, so i appreciate it more than i could ever express.

anyway! i hope you all have a great rest of your day and week! see you in a couple weeks!!