New Character Tags · 2:38am Dec 21st, 2017
Sadly, Misty Fly and Stygian were not included.
Yeah, it looks like we've got quite a few character tags to play around with for future stories, though the most important are undoubtedly the Pillars of Equestria. Here's hoping this encourages more stories featuring Meadowbrook and Somnambula, though something good with any of the six will have my attention. We even got some character tags for the parents and fillies introduced in Season 7, examples including Pear Butter, Windy Whistles, Bright Macintosh, Bow Hothoof, Toola Roola, Kettle Corn, and more!
I'll make use of a few new character tags that were rolled out after the massive update, though it'll take some time to use them in potential story ideas. Speaking of which, I should have a new story out by the weekend at the earliest, but next week is more likely. The difficult part becomes figuring out what to write next. I tried my hand at writing something lewd for a challenge of sorts, but that hadn't gone well, even if the result was better than some of the smut I've seen in the Featured Box. Therefore, my next project should be something I'm better at writing efficiently. 
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I have been heavily critisising the people running this site since season 5 for not being on top of updating the character roster. The reason why I have been so hesitant on publishing my Somnambula story is because I don't want my story to be drowned in the "other" tag along with all the huge amounts of Tempest stories.
If I support the creators of this website and they get 1.7k a month through patrion, why is it hard to add a new character to the system?
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Knighty is infamously slow when it comes to updates. It took until the end of Season 6 before we got character tags for Moondancer, Ember, etc. As for the problems that come with adding character tags, the new update is meant to simplify the system so that character tags may be added sooner. That's what I've heard about the update.
The good news is that we finally have a Somnambula tag, which is something I'm delighted to see!
4754909 SHE HAS HER TAG NOW!?
*hides away in preparation for the next ferocious creation*
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That's an adorable Somnambula pic!
I'm dissapointed that the genre tags are not going to be colored.