To My Followers, My Fans, and My Friends · 9:34pm Mar 30th, 2019
I joined this fandom around the assend of 2013, when the pony fandom was still at its highest point, IIRC, artwork poured onto the website, stories were still being birthed that would eventually climb up to the top of the rankings for the best content the fandom writers had to offer, friendships were being made that would grow into something more later on.
And little old me, my life changed because of this fandom, for the better of course. I have a job, amazing friends, awesome fans of my written works, and more opportunities then I feel like I deserve.
It's been almost six years since I became a part of this giant fandom full of crazy horse loving people, and I don't regret a single part of it. What is there to regret? I've met so many amazing people, I'm friends with so many that I never thought I'd get to meet let alone actually call friend.
And when I first started writing, I didn't think I would get very far in all honesty. Fanfiction.Net (Where I'm from originally) had this thing called Legacy User Stats, and it showed you how many people's alert/fave lists you were on, and I was on a total of just under 80 people's fave and alert lists, not a lot but it made me feel like what I wrote mattered on top of just having fun.
I'm not going to lie and say I'm just here to write for fun, that's only half of it. I know people enjoy my writing and that makes me happy, but there will always be this part of me that wants to see it, you know?
Like... I don't know how you wanna look at it, but one thing I wanted to do was leave my mark on the fandom. It was something grand back in the early years, so many amazing memories, people, activities and cons happening, even stories. And I wanted to be one of those people, to leave my mark on the fandom before the end of G4 and the birth of G5. And it's gonna end this year I would imagine, Season 9 is the last season.
I have written over 600k words across 48 stories, and I have a follower count of almost 800... and honestly, I feel like I don't deserve any of you guys. I mean... I know I've written a few decent stories I'm proud of, but I doubt they're really all that memorable. Maybe I'm looking too deep into it, but I had big plans to write some great stories, I still have those documents and I can still write them of course...
But Iunno, I guess a part of me just wanted to finish them before the end of G4, but I never did. Honestly, it'd take a miracle to do so. I'm someone who writes a fuckton and makes giant story ideas, it's rare that I make something short.
Regardless... I'm hoping to finish Without You before G4 ends, which I intend to focus all of my efforts on from now on, everything else is getting a hiatus because... right now, I just want to write something, be proud of it, happy, and content that I finished the first part in a epic I've had planned since I first started writing.
So apologies to those who're waiting on other stuff to update, but I'm going to try and focus my efforts on Without You. I'm not abandoning other stories, they're just on hold.
Anyway, hope you're having a wonderful Saturday.
I've been here for 6 years too. And it's been great.
Best of luck.
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A good attitude! I also will finish my stories, season 9 won't stop me,
I hope I had your motivation :/
Cool.
As long as you don't kill yourself writing for the people you'll never meet, I'd say you're living the good life
You do you, fam. I mean look at me, fuckton of projects that I wanted to done before the end if G4. And that's not going to happen, even if I focus one. Do what you got to do and I'll happily wait patiently for the next installment for what I'm waiting on.
Take care, fam.
You put an awful lot of emphasis on finishing your stories before G4 ends. Which sounds like you think you can't finish them anymore afterwards and that writing new G4 fics won't be worth it anymore once G4 is over or when G5 comes.
That's a way of thinking that is really not necessary and that is rather destructive. Even without new episodes, the fans of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic will still exist and still be interested in the show and, therefore, still read fics based on it. It's even possible that the end of Generation 4 suddenly creates a much higher demand for G4 ponyfics. Especially if G5 should suck, which it might be anyway, if the reboot informations from the leak are true. And who's to fill that void if not us G4 pony authors?
There is never a reason to stop, only reasons to continue.
We love you bro. I'm not giving up either! You and me, Dustchu!