A change for "Dreamwalker Dash".....

No, the story is not abandoned. But there will be a change coming to it. It's nothing that you already read, because it's not public and not even written, just an idea in my head. But I have changed my plans for "Dreamwalker Dash" after recent events.

There was a specific idea for "Dreamwalker Dash", which I came up with in 2019 shortly after starting the story, that will go out and not be in it anymore. You never heard about it, because I didn't mention it to avoid spoilers, but I want to talk about this change in public to make it official. And to atone for it that I ever came up with this stupid idea.

If you read up to the most recent chapter, then you already know that Heat Iron has seen things in the dreams of other ponies that drove him mad and, eventually, turned him into a villain. Once the story progresses further, it will come to light just how deep his madness and insanity goes. Here came the idea I had, that will now not be in the story anymore, into play. I am going to put this part behind spoiler tags, to avoid triggering people who suffer from certain childhood trauma. This is a warning for non-consensual sex, child sexual abuse and use of the r-word.

Eventually, Rainbow Dash, Luna and Hyper Sonic would have found out that Heat Iron abducts the fillies of the kingdom he rules over and that he keeps them imprisoned in a personal harem where he regularly rapes them – sometimes with mind control magic, sometimes breaking them with brute force – to assert dominance and power over them.

I got this idea in 2019 after publishing the first few chapters of "Dreamwalker Dash" because I wanted to have a plot that really creates a huge splash. I had hesitations when I thought about using that idea for the story, because it went against my principles that I will never write something like this. But I pushed the concerns aside and decided to go through with it. After the problems with my writing in 2017 and 2018, caused by mental problems that, so I realize now, I've brought upon myself, I saw a strong need to make myself more relevant as a pony author again. Especially because Season 9 would be the last one and because, as it looked at that time, this would be my last chance to get somewhere as a pony author. I wanted to write something into "Dreamwalker Dash" that's daring and controversial in terms of ponyfic writing, something that would make me go into territory no other pony author would dare entering, so that I would compensate my writing fails in the two previous years with something that my readers would really remember me for. I wanted to write something thought-provoking, but also something shocking, to have my readers talk about it and propel myself into relevancy again that way.
And now I came to understand that this was wrong. I wanted to use shock value in a story to get people to talk more about me as a pony author again, which is the cheapest way to achieve prominence as an author. And I threw my own principles over board to achieve that. My friend warned me about this, too, and tried to make me see it, but my mind was too shrouded and I was too desperate for attention, so I did not understand what she meant and didn't listen to her.....
I don't want to do this anymore. I was thinking about this as a great idea for the story and I couldn't see that it was going against what I believed in, because I was so desperate to get new attention and to become more relevant in the eyes of the ponyfic community again. But it wasn't a great idea, all it was, was cheap attention-seeking and the willingness to throw my personal principles over board for it. This was wrong and I don't want to do this anymore.

This idea will not be in the story anymore and there will be something better instead. I already have a new idea for it. It's still going to be a while longer until "Dreamwalker Dash" returns from here on out, but I wanted to come out clean about this. A terrible idea for the story will not be in it anymore and be replaced by a better one.