Pink Alicorn Blues Progress Report #1 · 3:56pm Jul 5th, 2018
Hi all. I know some of you are anxiously awaiting the second chapter of Pink Alicorn Blues tomorrow. I am too, to see if the confusion about what the Tartarus is going on in the story makes sense to those who are currently confused.
And no, Discord did not put me up to it.
Go away Discord!
That’s better!
Despite having a crater the size of the pacific ocean basin in my head from a molar extraction Monday that left me slightly traumatized, I was able to finish up chapter 9 last night. I ran it past my better half with flying colors, so today I tackle the final chapter.
It's hard to wait for another chapter of something you are already in love with - I went through that with the original Ask King Sombra story arc until it turned into a murderfest. Then I was a sobbing, inconsolable mess resembling a teenager getting over her first crush.
No, let's be brutally honest here - losing Kingsley was way WORSE.
If that is uber-pathetic for a 55-year old to confess, then so be it. It turned out okay in the end, so I regret NOTHING.
Oh and “uber”...get it? Ha! Ha! Ha? Never mind.
Now onto the GOOD NEWS!
Because Chapter 2 is a measly 679 horsewords, I am upping the awesome factor of tomorrow’s release and throwing Chapter 3 in for a meatier read. That one weighs in at 1,288 words, which makes a read of 1,967 words...hmmm, I was four years old going on five in 1967...
...so, if nopony noticed, I did some tweaking on the story cover art. Kingsley’s back legs were disappearing on my mobile view because the color values were too close to those of the cave background. I literally added the background as the last thing in the original cover design and didn’t worry about it until I was in the car going to a movie and saw that Wiggles dumb baby appeared to have only 2 or 3 legs *sigh*. So, he’s better now and isn’t doing an imitation of a three-legged wonder horse.
So to make a long blog post even longer, I wanted to address some questions here that have been trickling in and see what you all think. This first part WON’T contain spoilers for PAB (Pink Alicorn Blues), but the next part will. Don’t worry, I’ll hit you all in the face with the Beware of Spoilers! Image before you come to that bit.
Question - If you were baking a cake for Coffee Talk, what kind of frosting and sprinkles would you use?
Answer - Well, it would have to be something good on coffee cake? Get it?
Anywayyyy….if I were weird (and I am, but that’s not the point), I would use coconut pecan because I’m a color nerd and it matches the color of the cake, BUT I wouldn’t touch it with a 100-foot poll ‘cause I HATES COCONUT and coffee cake doesn’t HAVE frosting. But it’s an interesting idea.
*breaks to take a 600 mg painkiller for...crater-in-my-head reasons*
*[reads label on high-powered painkillers] “Take with food”?!? Crapbaskets! Goes off grumbling to grab a bowl of cereal*
Okay, NOW I’m back. *sigh*
Question - Also will there be any Bitchometers in Pink Alicorn Blues?
Answer - you mean these?
image by Wiggles
Maaayyybe? If I did - and I’m not saying for sure I would (Okay, I’m lying, I am definitely doing one!) - I’d do my own version and a NEW horseface would appear on it, so stay tuned!
Question - Will other characters from Ask King Sombra like Freckles and Drizzle appear in Pink Alicorn Blues?
Answer - sadly (and not so sadly) no.
I like Freckles and Drizzle from the original Ask King Sombra comic, but they aren’t trapped in the cave and have nothing to do with Pink Love Horse and her Shiny Jerk Horse Husband’s issues, so they are sitting this one out. Would you like to see them in a future story? Maybe they would be good at Ogres and Oubliettes…*just thinking here*...maybe Coffee and Kingsley are visiting Ponyville on game night and some dimwitted jerk horse not Kingsley invites Kingsley to O & O night without telling Shiny White Knight Horse or Spike?
Oh crapbaskets...Spike would get to meet the ex-King Sombra! Wouldn’t the terror be sweet?
What would Coffee Horse do while the boys, er stallions are playing? Probably have a mares night out (another side story? *FACEHOOF!*) with Twilight Sparklehorse, Princess of Lovehorse, Big Mac’s Sugarhorse beau Sugar Belle, Butterhorse and Smoulder. Why Smoulder? ‘Cause, dummies, Spike and Smoulder hang together ‘cause they’re the same size dragons and ‘cause they’re both dragons and Spike needs to herd with his kind once in a while.
No, they’re not having sex, you beautiful horse perverts! Why does it ALWAYS have to be about sex?!?
I wonder if Ember would like to crash the O&O party? Discord?
Maybe I needs to do a survey on this already out-of-control story idea? Maybe I needs to get my friggin’ HEAD EXAMINED ‘cause I already have a 23-page gDoc of story ideas in the queue ahead of this? Maybe I shouldn’t do it ‘cause I am also committed to a wonderful RP with Wungiel centering around the EQG universe, SciTwi and a really wonderfully twisted version of King Sombra? Maybe I don’t give a shit ‘cause I is afraid this Kingsley-Sombra train might just be heading for a cliff my, er HIS adoring fans want to push it over…
...maybe I need to work on that survey, shut the hell, er Tartarus up and get back to work on finishing PAB. Yeah, that’s what I’ll do…
This message has been brought to you by the makers of the Kingsley-is-out-of-control-train-and-I-don’t-want-to-stop-’cause-he-was-ded-for-two-weeks-and ruined-my-life Train *PHEW, that was a MOUTHFUL*
This blog is 1,012 words...longer than Chapter 2, 4 and 6 of Pink Alicorn Blues. I think I’ve created a monster…
Shutting up now, Sir.
Readers: "Shut up! Shut up!"
Hail King Sombra: "Now you see the violence inherit in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed!"
A particular one of your readers: "And, by the way, your better half is named Dennis."
Hail King Sombra: "Well, I didn't know he was called Dennis."
A particular one of your readers: "Well, you didn't bother to find out, did you?"
Hail King Sombra: "Well, I did say I'd put up chapter two AND three up tomorrow."
A particular one of your readers: "I object to you automatically treating me like an inferior."
Hail King Sombra: "Well, I am king."
A particular one of your readers: "Oh, king! Very nice. And how'd you get that? By exploiting the readers, by hanging onto outdated imperialist story structure which perpetuates literary and dramatic differences in our society."
A particular one of your reader's waifu: "Dennis, there's some lovely clop over here. Oh, how'd you do?"
Hail King Sombra: "How'd you do, good waifu. I'm Sombra, King of the Crystal Empire."
A particular one of your reader's waifu: "King of the who?"
Hail King Somba: "The Cyrstal Empire."
A particular one of your reader's waifu: "What is that?"
Hail King Sombra: "it's this kingdom, and I'm your king."
A particular one of your reader's waifu: "Well, I didn't vote for you."
Hail King Sombra: "You don't vote..." Face hooves "This is just going to go down hill from here isn't it?"
Coffee Talk: "Yup."
Hail King Sombra: "Bloody fan boy critic."
Would you like to see them in a future story? *Sees this* In my mind HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!
Also Thanks for answering my Questions!