1. The author mentioned side stories for the last time in late 2017/early 2018. Their last actual twt was about the publishing of the Italian(?) Translation, the rest are retwts. They only said something along the lines of "I'll be preparing! Wait for the side stories!" 2. The author was VERY passionate about the L3zhin movement from 2018. L3zhin was exposed for shady practices (such as having blacklisted and exploited authors) and a series of protests followed, with some authors taking breaks. The author talked about being at protests, retwted hundreds of twts about unions/orgs, and even drunk posted about the movement. From 2018 to 2019 the author retwted about the movement, with nothing about the side stories being mentioned. They never mentioned anything about other stories or the side stories since. Makes me think they might have protested by not uploading anything. This is me speculating though. 3. Since 2019 the author has not been active online or at least not active on twt. No statement why and no updates. I can't tell what happened to them either, as it seems not even Korean readers know about their whereabouts. There were updates to the movement in 2020 but those updates weren't retwted, making me think that the author had life events happened that have taken their time up. Either they are now working an average 9-5, working under a new name (they were extremely harsh during the movement and that could've made them change pen names to publish elsewhere), or are just no longer around for personal reasons (let's hope the author is in good health). Ppl also left comments as recently as early 2025, with no response from the author, so they don't seem to be checking the account.
My hope is that the author may return one day to either give an update on themselves, release a new story, or release the side stories. I think they're a great artist and storyteller, so it would be a shame to never hear from them again. But realistically, with zero updates since 2019 and even Korean readers having no info, it seems the author is not going to return to give the side stories. ┗( T﹏T )┛
So I tried to find out more and...
1. The author mentioned side stories for the last time in late 2017/early 2018. Their last actual twt was about the publishing of the Italian(?) Translation, the rest are retwts. They only said something along the lines of "I'll be preparing! Wait for the side stories!"
2. The author was VERY passionate about the L3zhin movement from 2018. L3zhin was exposed for shady practices (such as having blacklisted and exploited authors) and a series of protests followed, with some authors taking breaks. The author talked about being at protests, retwted hundreds of twts about unions/orgs, and even drunk posted about the movement. From 2018 to 2019 the author retwted about the movement, with nothing about the side stories being mentioned. They never mentioned anything about other stories or the side stories since. Makes me think they might have protested by not uploading anything. This is me speculating though.
3. Since 2019 the author has not been active online or at least not active on twt. No statement why and no updates. I can't tell what happened to them either, as it seems not even Korean readers know about their whereabouts. There were updates to the movement in 2020 but those updates weren't retwted, making me think that the author had life events happened that have taken their time up. Either they are now working an average 9-5, working under a new name (they were extremely harsh during the movement and that could've made them change pen names to publish elsewhere), or are just no longer around for personal reasons (let's hope the author is in good health). Ppl also left comments as recently as early 2025, with no response from the author, so they don't seem to be checking the account.
My hope is that the author may return one day to either give an update on themselves, release a new story, or release the side stories. I think they're a great artist and storyteller, so it would be a shame to never hear from them again. But realistically, with zero updates since 2019 and even Korean readers having no info, it seems the author is not going to return to give the side stories. ┗( T﹏T )┛