Author's Notes for Spider Queen · 12:25pm Apr 30th, 2017
WHAT HAVE I DONE?
Well, it's here. I don't really know what to say, except thank you for reading it and this blogpost. I enjoyed writing this story, yet I feel I should apologize for it. Please direct all your hate to Posh, as he gave me the idea. Even if it didn't turn out quite the way he envisioned it. In fact, I imagine he might be disappointed that I took this story in a different direction. Anyway, please follow me past the jump for more fun little tidbits.
For those of you who looked at earlier iterations of THE GUIDE, you might have noticed that this story did not appear. It was rather forcibly inserted in between Rarity Pays For Burritos and A Special Envelope. In short, this story was never supposed to exist, yet it does. And, to be absolutely honest with you, I'm glad it does. Posh's insane suggestion allowed me space to set up some plot points that will become important in the final three entries in this continuity, as well as in the Anon-A-Miss fic I'm slowly working on.
I know I've gotten onto other authors for having characters curse, yet I have Sunset do it here. In my defense, she's kinda drugged out of her gourd and has very few inhibitions. Plus it gave me the chance to talk about boobs, and I'm an awful, dirty fellow (and yes that is a masturbation reference near the end). While writing this story, I asked several of my IRL friends and acquaintances which flowers could fuck you up if eaten. I received many great answers. In the end, the bouquet was also meant to contain marigold and blue lotus, but I decided to limit Fluttershy's warning to the jimsonweed, a.k.a. Thornapple.
Why Fluttershy? Simple. She was simultaneously the worst yet best equipped to deal with Sunset being high as a kite. And I liked writing her. I don't have nearly as much enjoyment writing AJ or Dashie.
I don't know if there really is a B-movie about a Spider Queen -- I wouldn't be shocked if there is -- but what I was thinking of when envisioning such a film was the 50's classic, Catwomen of the Moon. Or something from Ed Wood.
I'm going to finish this blogpost up, as I'm sure the hate has started to roll in by now. Don't worry. The next installment in this arc is MUCH more conventional, if a little sad.
I want to give thanks to Posh for being an absolute madman and giving me the idea not only for the story but also to reference SFDebris -- not doing so would have been a massive missed opportunity. Oh and he ALSO suggested a pie fight, which I merely referenced (sorry). And as always to CoffeeMinion and Dusk Melody for their consistent encouragement.
…Should I have put "Trigger Warning: Spider" in the description? Oh well, too late now.
Peace out, y'all!
What I want to know is if that was an Earthworm Jim reference.
Erm yer are you sure sunsets moments of random mania are not in fact caused by her eating flowers and in doing so becoming insanely high but not sleep deprived so she's got at least some control over how much she curses if at all?
And as such the low points after her manic points could be caused by her body going through addiction withdraw also like I love your work your making me think of stuff at random by being random