Bothering Again · 8:14pm Feb 21st, 2019
As a follow-up to my last post:
After stewing it over for a long time, letting myself relax a bit, and hearing some encouraging words from fans here and friends abroad, I've decided. This isn't all good news...but it isn't the end.
•I am dropping Fullmetal Pony. If anyone wants to take over, you're welcome to do so. I'll share all my notes, plans, art resources, and everything else I have.
•I will rebuild and complete Humility. Some chapters are already re-done in a private folder, and I intend to have the whole thing finished before I publish the new version.
•Talking is Hard will continue to be a project-by-inspiration.
•The remaining stories I feel connected to - Locals, Switcharootaloo, Pause, etc. - I'll mark appropriately shortly after posting this update.
•Once Humility is fully realized and published...well, I suppose we'll see what inspires me to write for pony any more.
My apologies for stringing you along this far. I know it's not what a lot of you want, but I'm tired of lying to myself. Tired of letting messages and updates pile up because I'm too anxious to see what they are, of letting an unfortunate few users control and ruin my enjoyment of a site built for so many. When I can't even look at a project without feeling some pretty nasty feelings, I need to ask myself what it really means to me. If people are curious about what exactly happened that ultimately led to this decision, I can explain everything in full...but that would involve calling out the choices made by those unfortunate few, and I'd rather move on from how I feel about those choices.
So...that's that. I'll be around, but from now on, I'm writing for the enjoyment of myself first. I'm taking back some control.
~Leo
I am sorry to hear this, actually.
I just found full-metal pony, and am looking forward to reading at least what has been published. And yes, I'm someone who will probably enjoy it.
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I'm sorry too. It was an ambitious project but diseased from the start. Still some of my best work, but there was too much drama and pressure to make it work on my own.
Since it's cancelled, however, I'm happy to answer any question about it you have. If you come up with any, just say the word.