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Almost exactly a week ago I wrote my first blog post explaining that I'd been unwell and therefore not writing (and no, it wasn't the 'rona, just monumentally crappy timing of a seasonal head cold that nonetheless knocked me flat), but I was on the mend and I would finish my current chapter by the end of the month.

Since then, before last night I had written one (1) more paragraph of the story all week, along with dropping out of a programming contest I'd committed to and neglecting another project despite being home from work all week. I suppose I was overly optimistic about my recovery -- while the worst of it was done with by last Tuesday I've been very snotty and fatigued lately. So, I have failed in my promise and I'm sorry about this. I could upload that half-chapter I finished while out in the Atlantic but it's not enough (it's 3.4k words) and I'd rather keep it aside for the time being...

In the meantime, here's a thought: the one book I took on holiday was the complete archives of the "Bill & Ted's Excellent Comic Book" series by Evan Dorkin, and you know something? It has a few things in common with MLP! Well, the settings may not have much in common, but consider:

• Bill, Ted and the world they live in is very optimistic and fun and loves to party. It's not Equestria but there is wacky time travel and its vibe is weirdly wholesome, despite being a Gen-X metalhead fever dream where the protagonists are wild-eyed young adults thrashing while windmilling to Anthrax before hopping into the time travel phone booth to visit Abraham Lincoln. They love their friends, families and each other and that counts for something
• Evan Dorkin never watched "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" but still made a decent fist of writing the characters (It helped that they're not complicated, I suppose). Compare this with certain DHX Media staffers who definitely didn't watch all of their own show before writing new episodes, with some mixed results 🤣 (That is, some were better at winging it than others. In fairness, there's a lot more MLP than B&T, but still... okay, I admit it, I'm slightly mad about the whole thing with Twilight Sparkle's ladybug phobia in those S8-9 interstitial YouTube shorts and yes, I know that wasn't actually G.M. Berrow's fault)
• There are two ambiguously evil characters called Flim and Flam in it. They are record label executives. I found that to be an amusing coincidence
• Probably other stuff but I'm gonna leave this here before my tenuous train of thought collapses outright

Anyway it's good stuff, read it (Watch the movies too, they hold up, and don't listen to anyone who says Bogus Journey is bad because it is good and not bad). Either buy the hardcover or just get it off of the net however you see fit. As for me, well, I've started slamming out those words again, it is happening, I just fear that someone will die unsatisfied between lengthy chapter breaks waiting for me to write the next chapters due to my slovenly work ethic, so I am sorry to the fallen Sparity shippers out there who were following my stuff who have not lived to see the tenth chapter. I salute you all

Also now that I type that out I think that's actually a more realistic concern than it would normally be?! On account of coronavirus and all. Hopefully nobody reading this is suffering from that, and if you are I hope you recover soon. Stay safe, everypony.

Also also there are new Bill and Ted comics from the last few years?! That's cool, I haven't read them but that is swell to hear

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Unless the virus causes a delay, the third Bill & Ted film will be released in August.