Random Ramblings CCLXXIV · 3:31am Jun 5th, 2018
IN WHICH I'M REALLY PUSHING MY LUCK
I am of course referring to my writing. But first, some Vince Guaraldi.
This is one of only two Peanuts songs he sang ("Little Birdie" was the other). Anyway…
Like most writers on this site, I read every single one of the comments I get. What few I get. And with about half of The Rejected now posted, it feels like I'm starting to walk a tightrope.
I've been teasing Rarity×Sunset from the very beginning of Sunset's Recovery Arc. With one and a half more stories to go in the series, I can tell some readers are getting restless and want me to just pair them up already. These are some of the comments I've received so far:
Rarity by now you should realize that Sunset is not going to get anything even resembling subtle when it comes to this.
(this comment, by the way, convinced me to alter some dialogue in Ch.2)
we Rariset shippers are growing increasingly unstable and desperate
If you've been reading my work for this long, you should have already learned patience.
*facepalm* holy shit she is dense as a fucking rock, good luck rarity.
Yes, yes she is.
Lets hope Rarity can finally get through to the knucklehead that is Sunset and relationships.
This quote and the above one made me laugh because it's totally true. My Sunnybuns is a genius at everything except relationships, Platonic or romantic.
At this point, I refuse to confirm or deny anything about how that aspect of SRA will turn out. Suffice to say I don't want to let my readers down. But! There are two other things I want my readers to remember:
- I don't write clop/sex. I'll write sexy-time, which is significantly less hardcore. Let the record show I do read the occasional clopfic, so I'm not a total prude. Hell, the sheer amount I talk about girls' physical attributes in my stories should be proof enough of that.
- Sunset's Recovery Arc was never intended to culminate with a Romance. Its purpose was to tear down and rebuild Sunset's character and give a hopefully unique view into depression and anxiety, as well as the process of overcoming one's fears. I just thought a little ship-teasing would be amusing.
Y'all think you're annoyed? Think about me, the poor author, who already has everything planned out and knows almost every single thing that's going to happen. There's so so much I want to tell you and I simply can't because I don't want to spoil it. To me, SRA has always been more about the journey than the destination, even though I've had the destination planned for around two years. Sunset just decided to take her sweet time getting there. And that's fine with me.
I've already spoiled quite a lot for those who read my blogposts regularly. But with my Sci-Twi Burritoverse story, I think all the spoilers I gave in my blogs over the past two years have now shown up in my story continuity. There's a LOT of little tidbits sprinkled throughout each entry, all in aid of building a world I hope feels as tangible to my readers as it does to me.
Connect the dots, as some have, and you'll start to get a picture of just how fucked up my take on the EQG-verse is. And I assure you, once the last major character finally makes her appearance and the timelines split, it's gonna get weirder. And darker. Sci-Twi's appearance is only the beginning...
But I have to end SRA and the Burritoverse first. I've never been shy about saying both arcs will have happy endings (not that kind).
There are two more chapters to go in The Rejected. As I've said, I hope to have Chapter Three ready to go on Thursday, but don't hold me to it. Like with Chapter Two, I may need to take reader and prereader feedback into account and rewrite passages. I also need to insert a bit into Chapter Four to explain why this particular story has the title it does. I mean, I think it's obvious; you might think it's obvious. But there's gonna be someone somewhere who just doesn't get it. Just like Sunset the Knucklehead (ha!), I suppose I need to make it super-clear.
I cannot confirm or deny that Rarity will at some point show up at Sunset's apartment carrying a large box of chocolates with the intention of beating Sunny over the head with it seventeen times while screaming "I LOVE YOU!!" in her face. (I'm proud of that line, by they way)
In the meantime, I'm going to exist. And hope more people read this story. It kinda gets to me that even with THE GUIDE, the various SRA and Burrito stories all have wildly different levels of popularity. Rejected, regrettably, seems to currently be my least popular Sunset story. Hopefully that'll change as I finish it.
Peace out!
Damn, now I'm going to be thinking about that potential scene with Rarity and the box of chocolates and chuckling all day. If you decide not to push the canon story that far I can always make up a "One does not deny a lady" type alternative reality myself.
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Like I said, I wish I could talk about everything that I have written or intend to write. I don't usually care about being spoiled, but a lot of people do.
I will neither confirm nor deny that there is in my gdocs a post-finale epilogue where Sunset and Rarity do get together… that needs cleaning up in light of discussions with readers.