Belated Anniversary Post/2024 Writing Ramble · 1:54am Dec 20th, 2024
So, it's been 8 years since I joined Fimfiction/the fandom. In terms of output, if looking at chapters instead of stories, I'm back to 2022 levels, here in 2024. It's not like I wasn't writing in 2023, I just hadn't published anything except for a rewrite of Cadence's Experimental Therapy. The Things Thunderlane Does for Love... and A Tarnished Relic? were amongst the stories I was writing in the last half of 2023 along with a third story that was almost ready to be published, but I decided against it at the time. That third story was the one I mentioned at the end of my 2023 Writing Vent. Writing this "new" kink has been fun, though I won't lie it is disheartening to see so many dislikes, way more than I get for my watersports stuff. I anticipated this, but seeing it in reality is just like...whoa. But to those who enjoyed the scat content, thank you. Your likes, favorites, and supportive comments are what's keeping me going. I put the "new" in quotes because I've actually had this kink for a long time, I've just struggled with writing it and getting the courage to post said writing.
Chapter 3 of A Tarnished Relic? is in the very early stages right now and is the one I've been focusing on the most recently. I won't give anything away as it is the final chapter after all, hehe. I've really been enjoying writing Flash and Stygian. Aside from that, I have bits and pieces of stories, but they are in early enough stages where they could still end up being scrapped. I try to avoid teasing story ideas that are early in development in case they end up not working out, though sometimes I can't help myself and let an idea slip out. As for that third scat story I mentioned, that one I do intend to release someday, it just needs re-tooling. What I will say about it, is that it is going to be anthro and it will be a Soarburn story. Since it is anthro, it won't be part of the same continuity as my other Soarin' stories. Yes, I tend to think of my stories featuring Soarin' to be part of the same timeline, so far. In my mind, it currently goes like this (from earliest to latest):
Shining Armor and Soarin's Orchard Fling -> Soarin's Urinal -> The Things Thunderlane Does for Love...
I put Orchard Fling at the beginning because I feel like those events happened before Soarin' dates Thunderlane, mainly because I came up with the idea of Orchard Fling at BronyCon 2018, which happened before I started writing Soarin's Urinal. I'm unsure of whether to count Wind Rider's Punishment as part of this continuity. Back when Soarin's Urinal was going to be a one shot, it was going to end with Spitfire telling Soarin' and Thunderlane about how she was going to give Wind Rider The Punishment and then Soarin' would recruit Thunderlane into participating. What made me axe this ending, is that I wanted to get away from the mean and sadistic Soarin' we saw in Wind Rider's Punishment. So, at the moment I think of Wind Rider's Punishment as in a separate continuity, though I guess one could look at it that Soarin' can flip a switch and go from sweet and caring to mean and sadistic. Will have to think more on this...
As far as anthro goes, I prefer ponies in their canon form, but sometimes I get in the mood for anthro. Watering the Cactus, The Things Thunderlane Does for Love..., and A Tarnished Relic? were all conceived as anthro before I changed my mind and switched to feral. Reason for the switch being my preference for feral, but I plan on sticking with anthro for this upcoming Soarburn fic.
So yeah, I guess I'll end my rambling here. Thanks to everyone who has enjoyed my stories and let's hope for a good 2025!