it hurts, it does, i'm a fucking messTen Years... · 2:03am Jun 1st, 2023
Hiya. Long time no see, eh? (Again, lol)
So. Ten years since I joined this site! Whodathunk it. (And I'm late as well cuz I didn't remember the date anymore...) Y'know, a year or two ago, I finally watched the movie from 2017, because my friend had mentioned about going with me and then we never went; and despite it being on Netflix, I for some reason never took the time to watch it. Well, I watched it with a different friend, which was a mistake at first bc he kept talking over the beginning musical number, but it hit me that it was the last time I was ever going to hear "new" MLP G4 music, and it was just so odd to me. (I've given up trying to watch any of the EqG stuff lol.) This whole portion of my adolescence was now officially done and over with, in my eyes, now that I had finished the last vestiges of it. That's the reason why this anecdote is on this post, bc despite ultimately spending only a few years majorly on this site, Fimfiction and MLP have had such a huge impact on me. I think I may have mentioned this before, but this site was such a huge help in my transition into high school and a buoy through such an internally turbulent time. It helped me hone my craft of writing, and helped encourage me to learn more about drawing. It also helped teach me how to navigate the internet at large, lol.
I know I haven't been on here in months, but I think about this site all the time. You have no idea how much I miss the straightforward tagging on this site versus Tumblr, and how much I miss the ease of being able to find an editor—I haven't had a fic edited/proofread in years and it hurts lmao. (I also am still quite peeved at kingy's decision to make notifications only keep like a week max BECAUSE I HAVE 78 NOTIFICATIONS AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE ETC.) You have no idea the amount of times I've thought about the story ideas I had but never really wrote, stories that I feel would turn out really good if I wrote them now. I keep thinking about Advice Pinks, which I know has been laying by the wayside for years. It used to be that I had a bunch of ideas all the time, but some time after I had to take my break to focus on school work in high school, those started to drop off, and then writing pony fic slowly dropped off as well, as I know you've noticed. Even if it might not have the same prestige anymore (I no longer have my finger on the pulse of bronydom), I'd be interested in potentially editing the Snow Day fic to make it up to snuff for EQD. I would like to write one of the ideas again, or rewrite my Twilight immortality fic, or do some more Advice Pinks, but I know better than to make promises anymore, especially now that I am working full time as a graphic designer (can you believe it?! 
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I'm writing this during dnd to make sure it still comes out in May, so I hope this all makes sense, but thank you all so much for being with me these ten years. Even if you haven't been here since the beginning, thank you for coming along this journey with me. I do apologize to anyone whose messages I haven't replied to or comments I haven't seen over the years; for the latter, let me know what blogs or fics etc they were on and I will take a look! I also want to apologize to anyone I promised things to directly and never followed through; I had a bad habit of taking stuff on, getting in over my head, and not admitting that I shouldn't have taken on the task, and for that I am sorry. I am more active on Tumblr if you want to stop on by (link should still be on my profile), or PM me because I still get those to my email. Thank you all again, and we'll see what the future holds. 
Happy ten years (and a little change) anniversary! It's always good to hear from you, and I hope you'll stick around a bit.
The fandom's a lot smaller than it once was, but there's still some life left in it. It really depends on how much you want to jump back in. We could use the company.
If you still have the desire to write about ponies, there are folks who still have the desire to read about ponies.
The new generation is pretty good, especially the movie. Fan content is still being generated (music, videos, fics, etc.). There are still MLP conventions (one of which is even this weekend, Whinny City in Chicago), though I sincerely doubt any of them will ever see the numbers BronyCon managed.
Congrats on your job!
It sounds like you really enjoy your work, so that's always a bonus.
I have Tumblr & DeviantArt, so I'll look you up on both those sites. But I'll be honest, I don't log into either of them very often. For better or worse, FimFiction's my online home these days.
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What this awesome fella said.