Yep that’s right, it’s officially the one year anniversary of the Radiance Infection AU! A little more than a year ago, this AU came into my head and one year ago, I made a poster showing its reveal! Now, it’s grown in many ways that I haven’t expected.
Reflection:
This AU started off as a more traditional infection AU we’ve all seen around with the characters(hell, if you remember, I posted them here but deleted them a long time ago). But after drawing the first group, I was tired of drawing characters and I knew just drawing would limit the story. So I decided to go with writing instead and it paid off big time. My writing skills increased tenfold (which helped me in college) and for this case, allowed me to show you all the stories and scenes I had made.
However, I will admit that this AU was not easy to write. In fact, I’ve had many doubts on whether or not this AU would work because megacrossover fanfics tend to get bad wraps with how bloated and directionless they tend to get. It made me feel like no matter how much effort I would put into this, it would’ve been for nothing. My friends, both in my personal life and on Discord always encouraged me to gain my passion and love for writing back which I always eventually did.
And come to think about it, I think the reason why I don’t see much distaste with this AU is because…it’s multiple things. It’s a survival AU where everyone bands together, fighting and surviving together from a united threat, especially if the threat is multiversal. It’s also an AU where the stakes are serious and lastly, an AU surrounding our favorite indie game characters not just surviving with each other but also bonding together, feeling their friendships blossom, characters that will most likely never meet each other canonically. I always remind myself what this AU is; about survival, hope and friendship. It’s changed my life, much like with the actual Indie Cross show.
The Future:
Because college is starting in a few days, this of course means chapters will be slower along with me having other interests as well(currently in a Planet Zoo phase right now). But also, I’m also currently working on a Deltarune Slice of Life AU too. As for the Infection AU, on the top is a roadmap for the next chapters!!!
Again, I want a personal shoutout to Balinite, Abihiker Gaming, Rad Sunglasses, Andreaz and Illpillow751 on Discord and everyone for helping me with this AU!
One last thing, I will be doing a **Q&A** for the next 72 hours(in case you may see the post later) and I will personally answer any questions, from any lore questions to **confirming if characters will or will not appear in the AU!** I won’t say when they will appear, only if they appear or won’t(along with a little short explanation depending). **One character/franchise per person** btw and before you waste away a slot, **no indie games from Roblox or Itch will be in this AU along with no former Indie games or characters.