So. About all the fan speculation and what-not. · 2:26am Jan 30th, 2013
MonoGlyph here. I'd just like to say that I'm here. This is intended to reassure my followers, y'understand. I'm debating with myself whether to even make this post. Mayhap it'd be better for me to remain silent. But lo. That's not going to happen, is it.
A sequel to Their Otherworldly Grace is probably not coming because I don't want to ruin my existing story with a sub-par continuation. Also, my interest is waning and don't have many good ideas for a would-be sequel. Same thing goes for My Money's Safer in My Mattress. That's staying a one-shot. But that's okay. There's more original stuff in the works.
I am currently writing another fanfic. I am three chapters in, (All TOG-sized, about two thousand words each), but I will not upload until it's finished, reason being, I'm not entirely sure I can keep writing and maintain reader interest. This piece is intended to be slightly more meditative in nature than my two previous stories, and I dunno if I'm a skilled enough writer to pull it off. I won't discuss it any further, as I don't have much else to say that won't spoil the story for you. It's good to try new things, so there you have it. I don't know when it'll be finished, sorry. Stay tuned, is all.
After I eventually complete the story I'm currently working on, I hope to move on to something else. I'm thinking it will be an episodic, cyberpunk-flavored fanfic, as this is my second favorite genre. I only hope I'll prove to be an decent story-teller in this regard, since I'm not the most scientifically-savvy person, you know. But this is a show about cartoon horses. I don't think the most realistic 'hard' science fiction would be a good fit anyway. In any case, I have some ideas percolating in my head. Let's see what becomes of them.
It is possible that I have jinxed myself by making a blog post about my plans. Life happens sometimes, and plans are laid to waste. Who knows what'll happen.
Moving on...
Well, I've been lurking on Derpiboo.ru for a while now. In recent times I notice that some people on there are totally flipping their shit because of... well. Some rumors.
***Fan speculation and possible spoilers below.***
So apparently, there are rumors going around that Twilight will become an alicorn princess at the end of season three. When this speculative nugget first surfaced a while ago, I dismissed it as a load of BS. The cast denied it, the writers denied it. It was an idea without merit. But now it seems that there is some rather convincing evidence to the contrary? Toys of alicorn Twilight are being produced and stuff. And Meghan McCarthy supposedly confirmed it in an interview, or something. I might be late to the bandwagon here. If so, sorry, I'm not really up-to-date on news. Then again, maybe it's not true. Maybe that interview is fake, maybe we're all blowing this way out of proportion. And maybe I'll feel stupid for even adding all this to my blog post later.
EDIT: I hear it got confirmed on Facebook recently. Well. There you have it, folks.
I don't care too much one way or the other. I guess I'd rather Twilight stayed a unicorn, but if Hasbro doesn't want that, whatever, there's nothing I can do about it, no use whining. Assuming that these news are true, maybe this will be a change for the better. Maybe this will keep the show from stagnating, who knows. Or maybe this is the worst possible thing and we'll all be regretting it.
This got me thinking. MLP:FiM is just a show, like any other. Eventually, it will end, and all that will remain will be the DVDs and the merchandise and all these bloody fanfics and fan art. And I just don't know why I'm spending so much energy on it. I've written more while working on Their Otherworldly Grace than I have in my four years in high school. That's great. My grasp on the English language has improved exponentially in the meantime. I guess I don't regret writing my stories. Nonetheless, once the show ends, it will all have been for nothing. This isn't disillusionment or whatever, this is just a simple realization, but it's still impacted my motivation towards writing.
A friend of mine tells me I shouldn't let this affect me. I should probably enjoy it while it lasts. But I can't help but wonder; what's going to happen once it's all over? What am I going to do? I've never been passionate enough about any piece of fiction to contribute to fan works, and maybe I never will be again. Most of my recent submissions on DeviantArt have been pony-related. And I feel guilty. I tell myself I should do more original things. I guess these thoughts aren't productive though. But I can't help it. It's the way I'm wired.
I just can't help but worry.
The New fics sound interesting, I look forward to them appearing sometime in the future hopefully. Whilst I am sad there is not going to be a sequel to Otherworldy Grace any time soon, I can't deny that I am looking forward to your cyberpunk idea coming into fruition. I think I will enjoy it when the time comes around that it appears upon this website.
As for the Twilight Alicorn theory, I wouldn't put to much weight in it, a lot of speculation, very little proof officially on the ground for it to be so. Even if it is the case, I figure it might be a one or two episode section and Twilight will be reverted to normal by the end of it, generally I don't think the fandom would take to kindly to this sort of ... mess. As I said its unlikely to happen, the alienation which it would cause not just within the characters but within the community would end with it being a bit of a disaster if it pushed through, I am easily seeing a case for another Derpy Crisis if it did happen.
But who knows, we will just have to wait and see, the last episode for this series isn't far off anyway.