Wait... It's over? · 7:48am Oct 13th, 2019
My name is Corbin or BanesBloom, if you prefer.
So... The final episode is out, and G4 comes to a close. It's. A weird feeling, one that has spurred me to action. That action - for the moment - has culminated in this post. This post has two purposes. Firstly, it is a love letter from me to the fandom and the show. Secondly, it is a declaration of intent and a personal reminder.
But first, let's get the sappy things out of the way, shall we?
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Thank you. All of you. Everyone from the writers and creators of the show itself to the people who commented on some of my favorite chapters here on FimFiction. This show and fandom has been with me through a lot of personal growth in a lot of areas.
I started watching... Luna, I don't even know how long ago. I think it was back when season 4 was airing? At any rate. I was pretty dang young, and was still toeing the line of delving into actual art. MLP pushed me over that line and straight into the deep end of the pool. Watching the episodes as they came out and seeing other artists flourish and create amazing things fueled my creative fire and kept me learning and drawing. It gave me a lot of help with my motivation issues in what I think was a really critical point. It also helped me understand how to grow as an artist - trying to emulate my favorite artists styles and then twist and shape that into something unique to myself.
MLP also acted as a gateway into rapping and voice acting for me - activities which I adore, though don't quite do as much - and this site itself taught me so much about writing.
But... It also helped me in other ways. To keep things from spiraling too far into an existential crisis, I'll keep it short.
I try my best every day to live by the credence of Harmony. Laughter, Generosity, Loyalty, Honesty and Kindness. Before this show though... I didn't really have an ideal I could follow - nothing to direct me as a person or spur on me to be better than I was. It also helped me be more comfortable just. Being myself. Figuring out what I wanted that self to be.
I've never been particularly good at organizing my thoughts like this, and this is all kind of stream-of-consciousness in response to the last episode airing - and I haven't even seen it! But the point is. This show and this community? I owe a lot to them both. And I always will.
So... Thanks.
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Okay. So. That's that. Bore my soul and emotions and now I can lock them back up in my "In case of emergency" box. Or. Something witty and satirical along those lines.
I said that the second part of this was supposed to be a declaration of intent - which will also act as a personal reminder. What I mean by that is this. I'm a creative - says so right in my product tagline and everything - but I've never written a proper story for this fandom. Or I've never released one, at least.
I want that to change.
Stories are my passion and I've had numerous ideas for stories for our favorite quadrupeds just sitting on the backburner for literal years. And admittedly, they're probably going to stay on that backburner for a little longer. But that's where the reminder comes in. I wanna develop these worlds and create stories for people to enjoy and I wanna contribute to the fandom - now more than ever. But I have a lot of things going on at the moment and a lot of projects to sift through and prioritize.
So I'm leaving this here. I'm gonna pin it where I can see it easily, I'm gonna draft up a prologue for the story I have in mind and when I have it ready to go, I'm gonna post it.
If you're reading this, future me? Or have glanced at this page or even just the bookmark and remembered I wrote this line? Go work.
There's a lot to get done.
