An Intricate Blog Post · 12:24am Jan 31st, 2019
Sorry for the premature blargh upload, this is the real deal
I don't communicate or blargh much. Part of that is being very lazy. Another part is not having much in the way of social skills.
So, that being said, it's actually rather remarkable when I do manage to make friends. People like Ponky, Props, Pilate, Scampy, Zaponator and others... they're some of the few miraculous spermazoids that make it to the egg. I suppose that makes the Noble Jury a bukkake situation, but f'naaaaaaaaaaa.
As stated in previous blarghs, last year was not a very snazzy year for mesa. But I won't go deep into that again. What I will state is that the high-point of 2018 for this Lemur was meeting someone new on Discord and getting into the swing of amicable, creative, snazzy conversations on a day-to-day basis. For the longest time, I had been more or less marinating in lonesome seclusion online. Sh00r, I've long been buddy-buddy with Props and Ponky, but they live their own complicated lives and they simply don't dwell on the Internet as much as I do. And as much as I lurve the Noble J00ry, I've always been rather reticent/shy about chatting with a group of people that may more or less be considered a cabal of enthusiasts waiting for the update of a struggling fanfic. So, needless to say, for a good year or so I was... kinda talking to no one but myself every evening, which more or less added to my introverted ennui.
But that all changed when this one bloke showed up. Yeah, I knew that he was writing stuff on Fimfic. And, sure, I figured that he must have read some of my stuff to have been initially familiar with me. But that really didn't matter on the surface of things. He was just really fun and engaging to talk to, and together we chuckle-fucked it up about story concepts left and right from the start. I started tracing his work which--while not appealing to me as a reader when it comes to personal taste (or chaste)--still gave me lots to admire in terms of its success, marketability, and overall traction. I felt like I was in contact with an up-and-coming Fimfic celebrity, and it honored me that he would give a burnt-out loser such as myself the light of day... especially considering that there were (and continue to be) several glaring differences in the subject matter of what we both write.
For those of you playing the home game, I'm talking about An Intricate Disguise. If you don't know who he is, you're either living under a rock... or you have the "Mature Filter" on. F'naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. In short, he's a creative, gifted, and provocative writer of moist horse-horse, and he's immeasurably gifted in the literary arts of Feature Box Fu. But there's deeper meatiness than that. He's actually a really empathetic mate who looks at the world with a realist perspective, lends a listening to ear to any and all creative discourse, and practices fierce loyalty when it comes to defending his closest companions. He also has a really high-pitched laugh and wants to bang Tracer, but you didn't hear that last part from mesa.
And, most importantly, I attribute my latest enthusiastic "return" to Fimfic to the likes of Intricate and B_25. Those two are joined at the hip, and while Beau's "go-get-em" attitude has certainly enthralled me, I don't think it's any big secret to those in the know that it's Intricate whom I've turned to for creative discourse and cerebral contemplation over the past year. For months and months, he allowed me to ramble about ideas... even if I wasn't setting forth to write them... even if I'm still struggling to get them off my lemuriffic chest.
And while many haven't much cared for my "return," or whatever you may like to call it, I'm certainly having a heck of a lot of fun, and it may in fact get the ball rolling in places where the remaining marsupials actually do give a fuck.
And I certainly do give a fuck. About good friends like Intricate, that is. Which is why I would very much like to direct y'all's attention to his latest blargh.
I won't go into detail about it here. That's Intricate's department. But, needless to say, the mate's going through a rough patch. In truth, he has been going through a rough patch for weeks... months... years now. And while everything has recently come to a boiling point, he has done his best to keep on trucking... to stay proud and maintain the charade of digital stability on this site. In truth, things IRL have been costing him his sleep, sanity, and bodily functions. If you need proof of this, look no further than his relatively minimal upload rate as of late. The bloke is hurting... and it's come to the point that he's decided to swallow his pride and ask for help. He came to me with this before making the ultimate decision of "going public," and I whole-heartily agreed that he should let things be known. I've witnessed him trying to keep his cool while real life gnaws at him from the inside out. He's not one to complain or whine; he just wants to be the best he can be and achieve a legacy for himself in writing... but even that has become difficult as of late.
I'm not attempting to guilt-trip anyone or force anyone to give up stuff. There are loads of people who have problems who may or may not use this website. Intricate Disguise just happens to be someone whom I respect and chat with regularly, and I would absolutely wish for his situation to end up better. It seems that supporting him is the least I can do, considering how much he's lent me happiness and inspiration over the past several months.
He has a Ko-Fi page. There, if you so wish, you can make donations in increments of $3. I already tossed him "several" cups just now. I'm not demanding that you do the same, but if there's something I've observed from the Brony phenomenon it's that a whole bunch of people contributing even a very little goes a long way.
He also has a Patreon. Speaking from personal experience, something like this is immeasurably helpful, and it only takes a little bit every month to assist.
In any case, thank you for your time in reading this. All things considered, I'm still finding 2019 to be shaping up considerably better than 2018 so far, and I still consider Intricate to be one of the reasons for this. I've already shown him my thanks for that, and if you're of a mind, it would mean a lot to me if you showed appreciation in your own ways. Or at least empathy. Or perhaps sperm. Nietzsche knows his stories work for a "good cause" in this universe. F'naaaaaa.
Anyways, I'm off to write more sissy stuff. Goddess help us all.
-SS&E
Horseword creators uniiiite
Spreading the word for Intricate...
Oh, did I miss the memo that it's Post Spitfire Day?
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I, too, have one single friend who is the only person I can truly talk to. Although, that statement may be inaccurate in that it seems to insinuate that I have any other friends at all. There was this other guy, but we barely talk these days and even before that he was never as close as my truest friend. We've both been suffering life together for years as each other's soundboards for the bullshit we deal with..
So, I understand the sentiment. Intimately.
I'm glad you found someone you can connect with and talk to. The possibility of Ofolrodi updates is good news, but that's not why I'm here.
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This is a very kind thing to do for a friend.
I wouldn't expect this from someone as reclusive as thyself and I stand humbled. Good watching out boss.
I feel for intricate and I wish him the strength to keep his head straight. Thanks for the update.