About Equestria RPG... · 5:53am Feb 3rd, 2020
I adopted Equestria RPG 6 years ago and haven't uploaded a single chapter. Not a single blog post. Nothing. I know a lot of people have been waiting for this for a long time, but I haven't made any progress since, like, a week after I adopted it.
I was new to the site; heck, I was new to the fandom as a whole. I thought myself good at writing. However, I was incredibly naïve. So, I after I saw Equestria RPG and saw that it was canceled and up for adoption, I took the opportunity to make my mark upon the fandom. However, it was an impulse decision; on top of that, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I just thought, "I'll just ask the original author what direction they were going to take it in," and go from there. They basically said, "It's your story now, do with it what you will," and left me to my own devices. It was then that I realized that I was not the author for this story. I had trapped myself in a cycle. I wanted to let people know it wasn't being worked on, but whenever I went to do so, I kept fearing the backlash. I made many mistakes with this story, but the greatest was not trying hard enough to break out of this loop. Eventually, life happened, and Equestria RPG fell from the forefront of my mind. This was a worse thing than it had seemed, since I am a very forgetful person. My greatest mistake, however, was taking this long to let you all know.
It was so long ago, I can't even remember what the original author's profile picture looked like, much less their name. I was so new to the fandom and the website that I didn't know how to properly adopt the story; I just copied and pasted the whole thing into a new story.
The guilt of leaving you all hanging ate away at me whenever I saw that somebody favorited it or commented on it. By that point, the possibility of letting you all know the truth hadn't even entered my mind. I am sincerely sorry.
Equestria RPG is up for adoption again. If it is still up, find it from the original author. Once it is adopted, if from the original author, PM me so I can take this story down at my earliest convenience.
TL;DR, I was a big dummy when I adopted Equestria RPG, and am finally cleaning my mess 6 years later by putting Equestria RPG up for adoption.
You are apologized. Thank you for admitting to your mistake, don't worry, everyone here has done them. I hope someone adopts it then.
5196710
Thank you. You have no idea how big of a weight this takes off my shoulders.
Actually, if your comment is anything to go off, you might.
5196735
I already have too many stories being written (with my own version of a videogame like story) so I doubt I could adopt this story.
5196765
I probably should've specified. I was making a joke about how you probably knew how relieved I was feeling since everybody's made a mistake like this according to your first comment.
Oof, I'd practically forgotten about this story :o Hey, at least you recognised your mistake and apologised for it, no harm done :) It's just a story that was to be written for fun, it's not like anyone was paying you to do it so I shouldn't feel overly guilty. Do wonder, why didn't you ask someone for help if you were struggling on ideas or direction? Not an accusation, just genuinely curious. Hope someone adopts it though, it's one banger of a story!
5202216
It is a pretty good story. As for why I didn't ask for help? I never really thought about it, and even if I did, I didn't really have anyone to help me. I also didn't know how to ask for it here, not even mentioning that fear of backlash I mentioned in the original post.