2017 · 2:15am Jan 9th, 2017
Happy New Year, everyone. Here's to another year—one that hopefully doesn't shit all over our faces like last year did. Also, I guess I have some explaining to do? Now I'm certainly no one special on this site and I doubt many people are actually reading this. Still, I wanted to just write this to sort of sooth my concerns about being totally dead on this site and not saying a word!
I disappeared from this place for a few months. Aside from a story I dished out back in July, my account has been essentially silent this whole year. I haven't even read a lot of stuff here as of recent, not even stuff I previously obsessed over before my gradual distancing from this site. I feel bad, but also don't plan to force myself to get onto this site if I'm not interested enough. Maybe I'll get a few quick sparks here and there to jump back on to read or something, but I doubt those'll last long.
I still enjoy the show a bit. Not as much as I used to. I have yet to see every single episode of season six (although I did see the finale, which was pretty darn good. Loved a lot about it. The new changeling designs—well, just have to get used to them I suppose). However, time changes us all, and we find different interests and hobbies to keep us entertained. It's nothing against the show or the site, but that's how life works out.
I have one current project that has yet to be complete, and I very much doubt it'll return from the grave. And though I have had several ideas pop into my head and tried to work on, they have scarcely been so much as touched within the past few months. It's kind of sad, because I had ideas to continue the Roseluck story with sequels of sorts, maybe some Equestria Girls stories to expand on characters that absolutely needed more spotlight time to create decent characters. If I ever get to them somehow, I will share them here, of course. Wishful thinking.
To be fair, a lot of my stuff was kind of garbage, anyway. I look back and cringe haaaard. I'm aware a lot of people say stuff like this, even if they're good, but at the end of the day, part of me wishes I had written plenty of things differently. I can't, and I don't plan to. I sort of keep those as reminders of my progress, even if I will never look at those again. So I'm sorry for the garbage that is my stories, though to be fair, ya'll liked that shit, apparently so who's REALLY to blame here? Still me? shit
Of course, I still love writing, but so much not for My Little Pony Fanfiction. Currently, I am on ArchiveOfOurOwn (Fanfiction.net is laaaame); though all of my stuff is still garbage. Just less shitty garbage, hopefully??
I still love this site for what it did to me, if you'll pardon me being a sappy and weird person. Besides show me that wow, some fanfic writers are pretentious as shit, it also helped me grow as a person. I've met some people that I still love tons, people who I talk to quite a bit, people who I can talk to about our shared interests, people who are overall just wonderful people. Because of some of these people, I think I changed for the better. I was pretty shy when I was in high school, about to graduate. And... well, I'm still pretty shy and airheaded, but I'd like to think I've certainly improved. I feel different than when I started college. Now I'm really loud and hardly ever shut the fuck up because I'm just that excited. I call that an improvement, hah!
2016... wasn't easy on me. It was fine, overall, but some stuff felt like a good stab in the chest. Aside from political bullshit giving me headaches and driving me up the wall, my grandmother passed away early November. That alone ruined the year for me, even if good stuff did come my way. My grades have improved, but I need to focus more on my academics and figure out what the hell I want to do with my life, because four years in and I'm still a bit in the dark over it.
I want 2017 to be a year of change for me. Cheesy as it may sound, I am very much ready to stand tall (at 5'2”) and work through my goals for this year. And I hope all of you, if you have goals this year, are able to accomplish them. Just try your best, and no matter what, that's what matters. But I still hope you receive the best this year. If not, keep going because I totally believe in you!
Fluttercord is still best ship motherfuckers wow I never even wrote a Fluttercord fic I fucking suck
Glad to hear you're still chuggin' along. Yes, we all look back at our old work and cry or cringe, but if you go back far enough then your old, old work would be something your mommy placed on the refrigerator that we all felt proud of.
*hugs you* Keep writing and, yes, Fanfiction.net sucks as its interface is so bad...
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Heh, that's a cute way of looking at it. I suppose that IS true. Though as if I'd ever, ever show any of my fanfics (even my current ones) to my mother. LOL. I digress, thank you so much! So glad to have friends like you still hanging around fimfiction, so yeah, I'll still be writing, and I hope you still do, as well.
4377987 I do, don't worry! <3 Just been distracted a lot by my new job so... that's a thing XD and inconsistent schedules and retail work can go suck a... something.
I have showed my mother one piece of Fanfiction work because she kept bugging me to see it lol. If you wanna talk on Skype, let me know, also have Discord and Telegram, now. Just PM me.
4377999 New job? Congrats! Always a good thing to hear! And you got Discord? That's basically my new Skype at this point. Be sure to find me; my tag is #8937 (same username as this too... so original).
4378077 I can't find you XD.
I'm sorry that you're not as into the fandom anymore, but it happens to all of us eventually. Goodness, I still love Codename: Kids Next Door, but I haven't read a fic in years. And I was OBSESSED with that fandom in middle and high school and up to college!
2016 was a rough year for a lot of us, yeah. And for what it's worth, I'm so sorry for what happened. But you're strong in heart and spirit, so I feel like 2017 will be a good one for you. And honestly, about not knowing what you want to do with your life...if you're in high school, you still have a ton of time to decide. If you're in college...you still got a good bit of time. People take a different direction in all stages of life. You're not someone who doesn't care about making a life for yourself, so I'm not worried about you not being able to figure it out. You will.
You'll accomplish all you set out to do. And if one dream doesn't work out, another will take its place. It's happened to all of us. I believe in you!
Sorry this took so long for me to get to.
You don't suck and even if you didn't write one, you still have a complete thing on ALL your stories. THAT'S AMAZING!!!! Ohhhhhhh I wish I could say the same, MLD WILL TAKE ME FIVE-EVER TO FINISH WHY4407376 Exactly. I still like the show, and do believe it is a genuinely good family cartoon program, but the excitement died off. I'm glad it's still around, though!
You're too sweet, Tater!! (mega-hugs!!) I sure hope 2017 is for the better. I have a lot I want to do, and I just hope I do get to do it. One word: internships. Ahhhh, crossing my fingers. Here's hoping! And hey, at the end of the day, having support helps us all through rough times. So I hope 2017 treats you nicely, as well. We both deserve it, hah!
And perhaps that's why I don't usually write long stories--frankly, I just never get to finish them on time because I do get distracted very easily, including writing. Though I have to correct you in that there's that one bad Rarijack story I wrote a few year back that never got an update, sadly. Rest in peace, Rarijack story.
But don't worry; I'm sure you'll get there someday!
One Fluttercord fic coming up for you as an apology for the shitty story I wrote for you, just have to come up with an idea my friend.