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Cloudy Skies


Cloudy writes stories. Cloudy likes it when ponies like each other maybe a little too much and sometimes end up in love. Cloudy writes stories about these things, often.

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  • 317 weeks
    Longpost: What's Next? Also, To Perytonia Resources, Art, Thoughts

    To Perytonia ate a year and change of my life. Dramatic? Yes, dears, I am dramatic, and thank you for finally realising. I’d even add “and I wouldn’t have it any other way” because that's certainly true. However, instead of revelling in its completion and trying to drive hype, I've partially disappeared, so clearly it's complicated.

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    12 comments · 2,810 views
  • 320 weeks
    To Perytonia Completed

    The longest story I've written to date, To Perytonia, is complete.

    If you've been waiting for it to finish, and if you're in the mood for a grand, dramatic adventure to foreign shores, I invite you to give it a read. Bring plenty of food and drink, pack a blanket, and ask a friend or two to come with you. It's a doozy.

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    17 comments · 851 views
  • 327 weeks
    Today and the Future

    This post features no spoilers of any kind.

    Everyone’s talking about S8 and movies and who knows what else. Goodness, I’ve not even watched S7 yet!

    And you know what, dear reader? I don’t think I ever will.

    This is not a protest against anything, I’m just observing a fact. At this moment I do not know that I will ever engage with the newer content.

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    28 comments · 1,330 views
  • 332 weeks
    Pony Fan Fiction and Positivity

    Alternate titles: “The post wherein Cloudy justifies their tastes”, “let’s talk about positivity”, or “I’m not just gonna bash on sadfic, I promise!”

    (There are some words about To Perytonia at the end, hence the tag.)

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    26 comments · 1,040 views
  • 336 weeks
    RariJack? RariJack.

    Shortfic is an art. An art I've never mastered.

    I understand that my latest story, To Perytonia, may be daunting to some/many/most because of its sheer length. Some are waiting for it to finish, some are simply put off by the prospect of a fic that, if printed, could be used as a coffee table.

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    9 comments · 964 views
Oct
8th
2017

To Perytonia: Even more art? · 4:28pm Oct 8th, 2017

This is a post partially concerned with To Perytonia, a fully written ongoing adventure story updating every Tuesday and Saturday. This post contains no spoilers.

We're thirteen chapters in, and I think I think it's safe to say the story is hitting its stride. We're no longer "just getting started". We've slowly moved into the thick of the story.

While I think the pacing of chapter releases is working out fairly well, I must admit that I selfishly wonder what people will say in the coming weeks, in a month or even in two months from now.

I have nothing else to say at this moment. I just wanted to share some art, a little sketchier and more rough this time.

Here is the art.

This has been the art.

Report Cloudy Skies · 639 views · Story: To Perytonia · #art
Comments ( 11 )

I like the slight out of frame on the hind leg, it adds to the sense of power.

Nice. Definitely looking more ferocious than most of your peryton art.

4691291 Hi!

4691438 It was an accident, sort of, but I like it too! Now I'm annoyed that I didn't go full on with it. The shadow cutting off like that is a lil' annoying.

4691552 Yay indeed! This one was very rough, but I decided to clean it up to postpone showing the more colourful one in the forest, 'cause I'm starting to see flaws with it that I wonder if I can fix. (Probs not).

4691649 So. Many.

Not too long ago, I said that we were barely halfway to halfway. So, let's say it's more than twenty-five, less than forty, and that leaves a pleasant amount of wiggle room and ambiguity!

4692197 I really like scary monsters, and while peryton don't have a terribly frightening disposition, it was nice to get to draw something that showed off their teeth and talons for change. Whether we'll ever get to see an angry peryton in the story, that's a mystery!

4693632 Perhaps. Thirty is in that field. But yeah, like said, it's very long. That's why I'm doing these staggered chapter releases; I suspect the full story will be daunting to a lot more people than it will be attractive

4693652 Nope! Far, far more than that. My thinking is just that if you know how long it is, you'll think "oh, that means the climax probably happens around here", or something dangerous will happen and you'll think "this can't be a big deal, we're barely halfway" or whatever.

If you don't think it's a spoiler, and if you really want a closer/more accurate estimate on the final word count, you can PM me and I'll tell you. It's not a secret, I just don't want to say it out loud here, that's all!

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Everybody likes monsters.

At least everybody with taste.

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