Presents, Futures, and Apologies · 1:49pm Aug 14th, 2019
I'm sorry that I've been quiet and unresponsive for so long. I've been dealing with complicated things in my life for a long time now, and quite honestly I still do. Said things have grown into a needlessly complex mess that have kept me from reaching out to inform the people still waiting for me, and worse yet, left the story of Friendship is Aura incomplete without even cancelling it.
Because truth be told, there's still some foolish part of my mind that wishes to complete it. But the problem is that it's no longer possible. Friendship is Aura was born of thoughts and feelings I had back when it was first published, and those thoughts and feelings are no longer there. They are no longer "part of me", if that makes any sense. I've seen multiple people ask me to finish it, to cancel it, or even give it to someone else to finish in my stead, and all this time my stubbornness has kept me from letting it go. Just because "What if? Maybe by some miracle I will find that spark again, maybe I can make this work."
But I didn't, so now I'm writing this post for several reasons. Firstly to apologize to those I've frustrated with my absence and silence. I understand fully that you've been hurt by it, and while I partly blame my personal problems behind the scenes, part of the fault is equally on just me being inconsiderate and meek. I'm truly sorry.
Secondly, to announce that I will NOT be finishing Friendship is Aura... although I'm willing to go through with my past promise to post a summary of what was going to happen to it. I'm still rather protective of the way I wanted it to be written, like with certain choice words in dialogues and how fight scenes play out in detail, so I can't bring myself to trust its continuation in someone else's hands.
And thirdly... not to exactly "announce", because announcing implies that something will definitely happen, which you all can already agree on that I can't be trusted on claiming.
All I can say is... that I have an idea.
I will not call it a plan, because it isn't. It's not a finished story with a structured plot from beginning to end, partly because I'm planning for it to take place after the end of the show's season 9 finale, which has yet to air as of me writing this. How things will start and how things will turn out depends on how this show I've followed for over 8 years ends and what pieces it will leave me. It incorporates themes and characters from Friendship is Aura, but in such a different way that it can't be called a remake or even a true crossover. Frankly, I'm not sure how I would properly tag it here on fimfiction in terms of genres and rating.
But it's an idea that has been on my mind for a long while now. Just like of Friendship is Aura was born of my thoughts and feelings back then, this one has sprung from my thoughts and feelings right now. How and if I can even properly translate it into an MLP story is something I can't say for sure right now, but at the same time, I feel like I won't know peace with this site until I try.
I'm probably the last person in the world right now that has the right to ask for this now, but I hope you all can still be patient for just a bit longer, until season 9 ends at some point this year so I can figure out how and if I can get this going. I have friends in real life who I can ask for support and opinions in case I run into a wall, but I might come to you guys for help too. If not before it starts, then during the actual writing when I run out of ideas of how to progress. Like I said, there's no concrete storyline planned in advance here, just the general theme of it.
Again, a thousand apologies to you all. This is a post that should've been made a long time ago, and you've needlessly suffered for it. I'm still humbled that so many of you still hold Friendship is Aura in high regard, even though I personally think it's dated and poorly written in several places. Maybe if I'm strong enough, I can make this new idea something that holds up better to my current standards, which are admittingly unreasonably high. I'm not a professionally trained writer, and yet I expect so much of myself. But if you guys can still accept my failings in that regard, then maybe I shouldn't be so hard on myself.
...Although I should definitely be hard on myself for being quiet here for so long. That was definitely uncool. Again, I'm sorry.
And a thousand apologies accepted my friend
I'm not exactly the type for long paragraphs to say just how thankful i am that even after all this time you've still found the will to come back.
But I look forward to whatever you have in store for us, and will be there with you through good and bad.
stay in touch, friend
Kang, you can take as much time as you want and of course. All of us as audience will give hope and help if you need it, so don't be hard on yourself and stay strong.
Dude, let it be said that I empathize with tou completely...
You didn’t owe them this. I was screwing with them and I guess helped them get what they wanted in the end, not that it’s a bad thing, you chose to do it, although i feel i helped force your hand and I apologize for that. If you want shoot me a DM on here with ur discord if you have one and i can bounce ideas back and forth with you and apologize to you properly. I’m a much bigger Pokemon fan than mlp and cool battle ideas are always running through my head. I was a 14 year old when i found this story, before i made an account and I followed it, so it’s got some nostalgia for me. Sorry I used your comments section to fuck with some kids at 2 AM. If you want send me a dm. If you don’t, ignore it, I wont be insulted by it.
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So, you'd rather have this story suspended forever? Without being finished? He said so himself, he lost the inspiration. He would have never gotten back to the story. Yeah. Better in purgatory, in uncertainty, then clean death....
There are no words. There are only feelings.
We still love you, Kang.
I see... I understand and respect your decision. I'm just wondering which part you think was poorly written though, because all the parts I have read seemed to be well written in terms of plot and story and character.