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As of now, this work is orphaned. Now, I hate doing this. Hate. It. Hate having things unfinished, it goes against human instinct to leave something unfinished. But realistically speaking, I just can't see myself finishing this. Granted, if you want, Chapter 8 does have a finality to it that could be seen as an ending, and if you want to see that as the ending, by all means, go ahead. But it's not where I wanted to end it, personally. I have so many things I wanted to write. I wanted to explore the relationship between Sharon and Diana, I wanted to explore the relationship between Tony and the Bat-family, etc. This really isn't where I just wanted to jeer to a halt.
But let's face it, I have so many directions and things I want to expand on in this fic, that if I bothered to write them it, it wouldn't really be focused on Ironbat anymore, and I wrote this to be an Ironbat fic, not have Ironbat on the side. I also really didn't want it to be a fix-it. I hate fix-its. I'm a realist, and fix-its are too optimistic and fantastical for me. This was not a fix-it. Chapter 8 was supposed to be the beginning of healing, but I planned to explore how everyone actually felt in further chapters, and how sincere apologies actually were, and why Tony wasn't truthfully so quick to forgive and forget. I swear, I had plans on exploring all of this. But things just got so big, and so many characters, and personally I feel I can't do justice to the ending I wanted to write. I got in over my head. And even if I could, I have classes starting soon, and multiple other works here I'm knee deep in, I'm human, and I overwork myself as it is. I literally don't feel like I have the time to properly write it.
If anyone wants to pick this up, or rewrite it, or take my basic idea and re-imagine it their way, by all fucking means, go for it. This is fanfiction. The story doesn't belong to me, it belongs to all fans. Seriously, if you want to take this and do it your way, I'm giving full permission. Hell, drop the link to the work in my comments so I can read it as well. I'd be honored to see someone fix up this mess. Seriously. If I read one I really like, I might link it in this work in the future.
So all that said, I am truly sorry. I'm really super sorry to anyone who saw this update and got excited for a second. Please don't kill me. Thank you all so much for reading and commenting and giving me all the kudos I could ever ask for. Seriously, I am still awestruck by how much attention this had gotten. I can't express how happy and thankful I am for that. So thank you all for reading, and have a nice day, love ya all.
Signed, Gothic_Lolita