The Post Con Post (Part 2) · 6:09pm Aug 13th, 2019
Immediately upon returning home, I was informed that my old dog could no longer walk. He was fifteen years old, and I initially got him as a puppy when I was nine. It was a pretty rough few days. I had no motivation to do much of anything. As a matter of fact, I was so upset about it that I invited my friends over and we drank until we puked by the fire side. To Boomer, born sometime in February 2004 to August 5, 2019. I had my hand on him when they put the needle in. It's a strange feeling, seeing the life exit a body. I had my doubts, I had my regrets, but once it was done, it was done. there was nothing more to add to the story. Back cover closed.
I think the strangest thing about it was how... numb it left me feeling. I was sad, broken up and the like in the beginning, but the next couple days were filled with moments of, "Oh. He's not there anymore." Another odd feeling, When i dealt with my grandfather's funeral, literally a few months prior, there was less emotion there than there was with this. I was more attached to that dog than i was to my mom's old man if that tells you anything about me.
The main point I think I take away from this is that no matter if you know it's coming or not, being attached to something that dies hurts more depending on the attachment. When it's my parents turn, I can only imagine the days I'll just sulk through afterward. It's something I always knew, something I've written about in half my stories, and only now do i truly understand the pain of loss. Well, as minor as this was, all things considered. I'm a rather optimistic person, and once the fog had cleared, I picked up BPH and with a little inspiration from that fueling me, I finished this chapter of super and reopened an old story I'd initally planned to turn into a comic.
Bronycon proved to me that I could write a story and people would buy it, so that's my next goal. Aqua's post (Pay no attention to the man with my name tag in this post, btw.) struck a chord with me and I've come to the realization that the next story is just another story. It might not be ponies, barely, but there will never come a day where there isn't an Applejack/Celestia expy in anything I write. As a matter of fact, my next long story, the one I plan to sell for real and probably put up here under a vague AU tag, features definitely not Celestia in the lead role, and Definitely not Applejack in the main supporting. I've always wanted to do something like this story for several of my stories, but I already have a map and half a world built, so I figured I might as well take it and run.
Super will be finished first though, so don't worry about that. That story is just waiting to be completed, and I've left Applejack sitting for too long. Three years is far too long to be working on one story, and we've come a long way getting here. For the next few weeks, I'll be giving myself a few days to work on the world building of Solaris (the continent in the new thing), and all other work time will be devoted to finishing Super. With the wedding out of the way, we have a meeting, a Kaiju, Some... stuff between, the last Kaiju, and an epilogue. It's probably gonna be a bit more than this, but five chapters remain. It's time to close the back cover.
Sorry about your dog. Also wow that’s a long story.
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Thanks, I appreciate it.
One of these days, it will be complete. One of these days will also be sometime within the next few months.