A weekly-ish update! · 2:48am Aug 24th, 2020
Oh, hello.
So yeah. Figured I'd at least get into the habit of checking in via blog these days, because it's ... something, right? That and I'm addicted to the little 'ding' of the alarm icon.
Now, the 'easy' way to get more alert-dings would be to write a pony story ... buuut I've been working on other stuff. In fact, I've reached like 37k in this draft of non pony stuff I'm working on. (not counting the, like, 9k I've already cut out of it from going down various plot threads I decided to abandon). And, y'know, it's a really UGLY first draft, as I'm already looking at big sections I want to revise, but my goal in the next few months is just to get the damn thing DONE. Yey, writing.
Or ... theoretical writing as sometimes I find stuff to distract myself. Like, say, the LANCER hardback that finally came in via kickstarter. Woo? LANCER, for those who might not be aware, is a mecha-based RPG designed and illustrated by the guy who does Kill Six Billion Demons (which you should also be reading, for the record).
And while there have been plenty of "ponies play an RPG" stories on this site (I, myself, having written two of them which you should read 'cause I'm best at pony), I don't know how well a "Ponies play LANCER" might land. Which is a shame, as Rainbow Dash would of course want to pilot this thing. (Also warning for robot f-bombs, BTW).
The black orb on the Pegasus' back is not the omnigun. It's the omnigun's containment unit.
The omnigun is not a gun.
LANCER is a weird game like that. It's pretty great.
hot damn i love LANCER
still waiting on my hardcover copy to arrive down in aus!
also now i'm just imagining what the others would pilot
my mind has situated pinkie in a barbarossa and will not be dissuaded from this image
Ponies and giant robots do seem like a winning combination. Just don't let Starlight anywhere near a Lich and it'll probably turn out okay.
Also, make sure Pinkie understands that the Genghis is not primarily intended as a creme brulee torch.
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So I am not 100 percent awake enough to make up a full list, but I think it goes without saying that Applejack gets a Raleigh. Rarity, meanwhile, will pick something from SSC based purely on the name/aesthetic, and Fluttershy either gets something with a bunch of drones, or a Lancaster.
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And now I'm imagining Fluttershy assigning a name and personality to every module of her Hydra. What is RA but the Discord of LANCER?
I'm in this post, and I don't like it.