May
17th
2016
He's dead, Jim. · 9:49pm May 17th, 2016
Travel, especially on a crappy tablet, gives you a lot of time to think, which means a lot of time to realize things. It's given me the time to realize that I have to kill Equestrian Roulette. I held out hope as long as I could, but I realize it's crossed the line from what I wanted it to be. I wanted romance or maybe light erotica. I got smut headed straight into clop, and sadly it's passed the line where I can save it. Like the friend who's been bitten by a zombie, there's nothing for it but to put the bullet through their brain and wish them safe passage.
So long, Equestrian Roulette, at least you taught me I need a little more patience and a lighter touch.
That's a shame, though for far betterreasonns then those you've had for other fics. It's good to hear you learned from it though, so I would still call it a success.
Edit: CANCEL IT DUDE! It was still good, why did you just kill it?
3951740 I've been really uncomfortable with it for a long time. I've disliked a lot of my work, but what I did there... honestly made me somewhat uncomfortable. If I were comfortable doing clop, I would have just gone for it 100% As it was, it became far too much a thing I wasn't comfortable with at all.
3951803 *nod* Okay, that's much more understandable. Also, YOU NEED TO GET ON SKYPE MORE OFTEN!
Well, it was fun while it lasted. And I totally understand.
Goddamnit. That was one of my favorites. One of the top 10% of fanfics currently updating whose updates I really looked forward to. And one of the very few (only) stories by you that I was actually interested in.
Could it not have been saved by having the mature content take place off-screen? Or—if the characters' development depended on showing how the sex was moving them forward as it happened—describing emotions and changes in their heads ?
3951836 Skype is bugged on this tablet, and my current connection is dropping left and right. I'll be back home in a few days and able to skype again.
3952064 Like I said, I'd gotten too close to clop to back the story off without it being a letdown.If I do clop, I want to do it straight up, and the same goes for romance. There will probably be a spiritual successor to it either way, but for now I had to lay it to rest for my own peace of mind and so I could move on.