Lunaverse: Adeiu

Student Court was never my idea in the first place. I ran with it because the guy who came up with it was too busy to write it, it sounded interesting, I didn't have the huge load of ideas and projects, (both pony and non-pony) then that I do now, and I thought I could do it justice.

Since then, though, I've tried to give it up to someone else at least three seperate occasions, only to be persuaded by Emeral Bookwise each time to give it another chance.

But you know what? I had a very good reason each time to try to pawn it off to someone else. Several, in fact.
A: It was never my idea
I don't have quite the same attachment to it that I do for OR or TAS, as it was never really something I came up with myself; I've thought a bit about how it would go, but I couldn't tell you what train of thought led to it in the first place. In short: It's not my child, and though I've tried to give it as much love and attention as my other stories, I find myself simply incapable of doing so. Which brings me to the next point:
2: I don't think I can do the story justice
Due to the aforementioned reason, I know that if I try now, I'll just half-ass it and give an inferior product, or if I can somehow muster up some sort of actual care for it, I'm afraid I'll miss Hilltopper's point. I found during brainstorming with Emeral that I wanted to make it more Cheerilee-oriented, while he wanted it to focus more on Dinky and the other foals. I'm not sure which one Hilltopper wanted, and I don't particularly care to ask.
III: Other projects
I have a lot of story ideas and projects on my plate, not to mention RL stuff; all of which, to be frank, I care about more than SC. If SC is no longer a worry of mine, I can devote more time to my other things, that I'd normally spend writing a blog with some half-assed excuses as to why there aren't any new chapters.
Four: Loss of interest in the Lunaverse in general
The lunaverse used to be fun, but now that I've fallen thoroughly behind, and my attempts to reconnect and figure out what happened in the meantime have only left me confused, (as I'm not privy to the in-jokes or ideas that were discussed during my absence, and I quite simply don't have the time to go back through it all) It's become rather less so for me. Add to that the fact that everything seems to have devolved into endless arguments, and the story seems to have headed in a direction nobody wants to follow but that nobody seems to want to divert or re-write, either... I don't think it's worth the effort anymore. I'm also terribly behind on all the stories, but due to the aformentioned loss of interest, I can't really bring myself to try to catch up with them, meaning any further writing on SC would probably have some inconsistencies in regard to established canon, which would just tick readers off even more.

So here it is. Final time. If you want to write SC, send me a PM and I'll give you access to the story (unpublished but not yet deleted) for copy-paste purposes. Or if you want to completely rewrite it from the start, PM me anyway just so I know and can delete mine.
Emeral Bookwise, don't try to talk me out of this. It won't work this time, and I'm well-aware that you have your own stories going on; you don't need to waste your time babysitting me.
And lastly, as a result of Four, I have also cancelled the Storyboarding project. I have better uses for the paper, anyway. If you're curious, though, here's the page I completed a while ago: (Sorry about the shitty handwriting; I wrote most of the notes in a car.)

Comments

[Tanglemane]

Focusing your energies is a good call, man. Full speed ahead on the other projects!

Also, that's an amazing numbered list...

[ColdGoldLazarus]

681840 Yeah. And thanks!

XD

[Emeral Bookwise]

Emeral Bookwise, don't try to talk me out of this. It won't work this time,

I wouldn't have, not this time. None of the thimes before were even so much about whether or not you quit, but that if you did so, it was for the right reasons and not just because you were feeling stressed or neglected. Here though you do seem to have thoroughly thought everything through, and so while the decision still disappoints me I support you in making it.

I'm also sorry if it has ever felt like I was trying to force you into keeping at. Again, I was only trying to make sure you didn't make the decision in haste, not control what that decision ultimately resulted in.

I found during brainstorming with Emeral that I wanted to make it more Cheerilee-oriented, while he wanted it to focus more on Dinky and the other foals.

Wait, that's not quite how I remember it. I know I talked you out turning this into the lead in for another Cheerilee fic, and I pointed out how your initial plot outline seemed to be drifting into something that would work better as a Dinkie fic, but I still acknowledged that might not be the story you wanted to tell and did try to provide some suggestion that would help refocus the fic on Cheerilee as well as getting you out of having to go into detail with the foaslish politics that seemed to be giving you so much trouble.

Again though, not going to try and talk you into changing your mind anymore... though I do wish you'd brainstormed more with me first. It might have taken a while, but I thought we had the potential to work through this, and I'm sorry that didn't work out. Still, I can understand why under the circumstances how that might have only dragged out the inevitable.

[RainbowDoubleDash]

Sorry to hear that you're leaving... You will be missed.

Obviously Student Court has to stay down...mind if I keep "Keep on Trying" on the episode list, though?

[ColdGoldLazarus]

683095

Yeah, and go ahead; I actually quite like that one.

[HiveLordLusa]

Leaving the 'verse huh? I can totally understand why, and thinking about it I can relate in regards to falling behind.

I don't have much else to say, other than 'Good to know you'll have more time for TAS and OR', and 'Hi, it's been a bit since we talked'.

[ColdGoldLazarus]

686628 Eeyup.

I don't have much else to say, other than 'Good to know you'll have more time for TAS and OR', and 'Hi, it's been a bit since we talked'.

That I will,
and yes. Being away from my computer for most of last week probably contributed.

[ColdGoldLazarus]

682006

I wouldn't have, not this time. None of the thimes before were even so much about whether or not you quit, but that if you did so, it was for the right reasons and not just because you were feeling stressed or neglected.

Ah, gotcha.

Here though you do seem to have thoroughly thought everything through, and so while the decision still disappoints me I support you in making it.

Thank you.

I'm also sorry if it has ever felt like I was trying to force you into keeping at. Again, I was only trying to make sure you didn't make the decision in haste, not control what that decision ultimately resulted in.

No need to feel sorry; I'm glad that you were there to get me to keep on trying when I had no real reason to stop.

I pointed out how your initial plot outline seemed to be drifting into something that would work better as a Dinkie fic, but I still acknowledged that might not be the story you wanted to tell and did try to provide some suggestion that would help refocus the fic on Cheerilee as well as getting you out of having to go into detail with the foaslish politics that seemed to be giving you so much trouble.

I see; whoops on my part.

Again though, not going to try and talk you into changing your mind anymore... though I do wish you'd brainstormed more with me first. It might have taken a while, but I thought we had the potential to work through this, and I'm sorry that didn't work out. Still, I can understand why under the circumstances how that might have only dragged out the inevitable.

True, but yeah.