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After some deep thought, I have decided that I will be dropping Reset the Universe. It's become a chore to write it, and each update feels like a mistake. Also, almost no one is reading it anyway, and I think it's obvious to everyone why - the story has a bunch of unfixable problems.

The MCU has nothing story-worthy happening in this time frame, the people who read the comics or watched X-men aren't reading this fanfic, an old grumpy dad isn't the sort of archetype popular with the lion's share of self insert readerships, I gave Jason the mirror dimension too soon, and it's clear that I've not made him or anyone else particularly engaging. Certainly not enough to make most people stick around.

The opening prologue had amazing response everywhere I posted it, but that was also where the story peaked. Everyone came for Tony Stark, but what followed wasn't enough to make them stay (or me, now).

It would probably have been different if I bit the bullet and just made this a straightforward Tony Time Travel (instead of waiting until he was 18 and got with Pepper as was the plan here). Worse, I tried to write a version where he just goes back himself after finally accepting genuine therapy, but all my remaining interest died half-way through the rewrite of the pilot.

I should've just left it as a standalone one shot.

Thank you to everyone here who left likes on the last two updates, even if they were just out of politeness.

To those few (if any) who would have liked to see it through despite its many issues, I apologize for the disappointment.