Hey look! A blog! · 7:58am Jul 24th, 2012
I write in a blog now. Blogs are cool.
So, since I now have two incomplete fic's going, not to mention I'm helping my very good friend Inoeitall with his own fic, Not the Afterlife I Signed Up For, I should start keeping tabs on my activity. That way, my rabid followers will know what I've been up to, and Yadda yadda.
So! First off, Pony in the Cupboard! I have neglected this poor story terribly, and for that, I apologize. First, I had writers block for like... ever. Then, I finally broke the writers block... by starting on my second story, which I will talk about shortly. However... I have nearly made it out of a proverbial shitstorm, and will be, with luck, writing more soon! Yay~!
Next! The War Bringer's Companion. So, there's this little group, calling themselves the Chess Game of the Gods or something like that, where a bunch of humans get sucked into the same Equestria as the champions of gods... only, they take the form of creatures that are neither Human nor pony. First was Rust with Echo the Diamond Dog. Next came Blackwing with Griffin the Griffin. Suddenly, all kinds of authors wanted a piece of the action, and so, a group was formed! Yay!
Well... it was yay. See... these guys were pretty lax about the whole thing. There weren't really any established rules at first, so much as an honor system. As long as someone's story didn't diverge too far from the original premise, they were accepted.
However... some of the stories weren't very good. Well... according to the mods, anyway. And said mods? They were worried that they were looking at another Ponyfall (which was bad, I guess? I dunno - Politics), and then came the Ban Hammer.
Enter Pony Paradox, a lowly author and generally underdog/angst filled/tragic hero. Pony saw the wonderful wide world of the Chessverse, and you know what he said? "By golly, by gee, this place looks swell! Why, I think that I shall also post a story here! It just so happens that I have had an idea floating around in my head which would suit this place super terrifically! [sic]"
See... he and a group of his Brony friends had been attempting to play a pen and paper role playing game called Pathfinder, and there were a few characters in his group whom he thought would be fun to plop into Equestria! and so, he began typing away at his story, having a blast with his good pal The Producer, who played the part of one of the main protagonists in the fic, Grunt.
After many long, sleepless night's, the story was finally finished! (well.. two chapters of it, at any rate) and they were ready to submit! Initiate: Waiting protocols.
Eventually, they didn't have to wait any more. Their evil nemesis, Poultron (who may or may not, in fact, be a faggot) had staunchly denied their request to submit their literary gold, claiming that there wasn't enough evidence that the story had anything to do with Equestria at all!
Rather then become discouraged, out hero got to work. He added a forward to the story, talking about diamond dogs and pony prisoners and what not, and also Renamed chapter two so that it reflected the fact that it took place in the Everfree more clearly. Emboldened by his newly refurbished masterpiece, He submitted the story a second time! Initiate: Waiting Protocols.
The next day, he got his answer, again. And again, his request was denied. Surely, the evil Poultron had it out for out hero! "Still not about Equestria lololloolololp; if u post again i ban yuz [sic]" was the answer.
Now, our hero panicked. For the next two days, he did very little except make a very weak plea to the moderator, Wanderer D (which still has yet to be answered, by the way) untill finally he summoned up the urge to confront his enemy directly.
Well... turns out that Pony Paradox's burning hatred was slightly misplaced. Poultron, who was also an underdog/angst filled/tragic hero, was only doing his job. Pony's story, while undeniably awesome, did still lack a connection to Friendship is Magic which could be noticed while Poultron glanced over it before returning to the hundreds of other, mostly inferior fics he still had to sort through. "I'll tell you what, oh most heroic of hero's. I think you are totally awesome, and I will pass your story on principle of that awesomeness alone. However, you should also probably send me a few paragraphs proving your case, just so I have something to show to Knighty the Tyrant so that he doesn't murder my family. [sic]" Boy, did he ever miss judge that guy! And he certainly never questioned his mother's sexual habits pertaining to various exotic animals. Nope!
Sure enough, after initiating the waiting protocol one final time, victory was achieved, and the story was submitted! Pony Paradox Celebrated by immediately adding their nose-bleed-indusingly awesome fic to the Chessverse group! Total victory!
Chapter 2. yes, this has chapters now. Deal with it.
The story had been submitted, and Poultron had proven himself to be a pretty reasonable guy! Total Victory! Right?
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See, what Pony didn't realize was that he had stepped from the proverbial frying pan, into the literal frying pan! While he was doing battle with his one time Nemisis, the rules of engagement had changed. Three or four days had passed while Pony awaited moderator approval, and in that time, the mighty ban hammer had come down onto the heads of the unsuspecting Chessverse! By the time his bodacious fic (bodacious is good, right?) had been submitted, a new rule had been applied to the group... a rule which Pony Paradox had completely smashed by adding his story to the group without permission.
Immediately, the fecal matter hit the proverbial rotary cooling device, as people began to question weather or not his epic tale should be included in the group.
All joking aside, I now await Blackwing's approval. Should I receive it, and I believe I will, my story of an epic quest will finally finish it's own epic quest as part of the Chessverse. If not, well, then I get the not-really-bad-just-not-ideal ending, where I have to post the story without the group tag and rely solely on my meager writing skills, rather then having the group pull me through like the layabout that I am.
I also feel compelled to remind you that I was intentionally dramaticising (is that a word? that should be a word.) events. I do not, consider any mods to be particularly evil, though I cannot personally speak on behalf of Poultron's sexual habits (nor those of his mother, though I'm pretty confidant they don't include any exotic animals).
Whew... what a ride, though, right?
Not the Afterlife I Signed Up For: Well, those of you who follow Inoeitall already know that he has left for his Two Year Mission in sunny California, where he will take on the name Elder Noe and beat people until they become Mormon-zombies (or whatever Mormons do. What? I live in Canada! We barely have any Mormons up here!). As Isaac is a very dear friend of Mine, I have agreed to help him by finishing his story for him while he's gone. Of course, I am not alone in this endeavor! K12314 and Nathan Traveler have also agreed to help, and if I know Isaac's friends (who happen to be my friends, as well) there will be more of us eventually!
Think of us as ghost writers. While we are doing the writing, we are doing so based on an outline that Isaac has left for us, and we will try to stay as true to Isaac's style as we can. Think of it as Isaac using his freaky Mormon powers to write the story through us.
And please, don't tell him I said that. Mormons have something like voodoo, and I fear for my life.
Well Its good you didnt give up!
Im sure Blackwing will be ok with your story.
In fact every regulator in our team.
Like a certain *cough*Troutking*cough* regulator....
No? No one likes me!
Anyway keep going friendo!
Your not liked friend,
Troutking
Yay, so this here crossover might become real after all
I added my own story just before that rule was put into place. And while I'll actually be there for some of the important things, nothing will change in other stories. (Yes, Jazz is going to the Galla in his own way).
See you in Whitetail
-Glassed