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Bootsy Slickmane


Retired writer and graphic artist.

More Blog Posts136

  • 303 weeks
    If

    Sometimes, I make the mistake of looking at my stories here and their comment sections, and I get that old itch to make pony stuff again. I had a lot of fun doing it, after all, and I do love to entertain. I still have a lot of trouble getting any creative work done, of course. I haven't even had any real interest in it for quite a while, now. But even beyond that... well...

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  • 316 weeks
    A Collab Relic

    A few years back, Samey90 and I started writing a story. A story about a little group of young pony friends hanging out at a lake. We did most of the writing on it, but it kinda fell by the wayside. I drifted away from ponies and retired, and it looked as though the fic might never see the light of day. But now, that story has finally been

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    1 comments · 515 views
  • 332 weeks
    2018

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  • 350 weeks
    A Surprise Shadowbolts Story

    Do you like the Crystal Prep Shadowbolts? Do you like stories with romance in them? Do you like a grittier and more realistic (and cynical) take on Equestria Girls? Then you might want to have a look at the story below the break. I think you'll like what you find.

    And no, it's definitely not the Shadowbolts Adventures series, if that's what you guessed by who's doing this promotion.

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    1 comments · 612 views
  • 362 weeks
    The New Fimfic

    Is it April again already? Because this new site update is a joke.

    Edit: Okay, it's not a complete joke. There's actually a lot of good stuff in this new update. Bugfixes and cool stuff galore. Buuuut there are also some not-so-good changes, and the flood of new code seems to have broken... everything, at one point or another.

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Mar
16th
2017

Walking Away · 3:00am Mar 16th, 2017

You all knew this was coming, surely. It's been coming for a long time. I don't want to get into too many details, but let's just say that the show no longer makes me feel good. It makes me feel bad, and I just don't want to do this anymore. At least not for a while. I want out. I need to get away from all this. I don't expect this to be permanent, but I gotta walk away, and I feel that if I don't put this out as a public thing, then I won't be able to properly let go and really relax. Unless I really go through with it, I'm always going to be stressing about doing more fanwork. I need to make this official. I expect to be back at it, someday, but I don't know when. Note that I'll still check in here fairly often, so if anybody wants to talk or anything, feel free to drop me a line. But don't expect any real content in the near future (as if any of you did, anyway, at this point).

I know there have been a lot of things I've said I'd write that I never did, and for never fulfilling those promises, I am truly sorry. It really bothers me that I never delivered on what I feel like many people followed me in the hopes of seeing. I would love to just pump out all the hundreds of ideas that sit in my folders, but I just can't do it right now. You guys and gals have been wonderful, over the years, and it's been an amazing ride. I can look back on my endeavors here quite fondly. Maybe someday, I'll pick up where I left off and bring you guys some fresh stuff. But for now...

Well, here it goes.

For the time being, consider me retired.

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Comments ( 4 )

That's sad to hear.
Hope the show makes you feel good again at some point down the line.

Don't ever think you disappointed folks. You wrote 45 incredible stories and they're great fun.

Take time for yourself. If we see you again, it'll be delightful, if not, you'll find something just as fulfilling and that will be wonderful.

Adios broheim; we'll keep the light on for you, :fluttershysad:

If the show makes you feel bad, does the show's fan-fiction also make you feel bad? Because if that's the case, then... shit.

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