State of the story: January 2021

Had to do another re-do. Basically I hit the middle point of story two of the Bastion trilogy again and realised one of the characters (specifically Assault, see previous blogs) wasn't working. I'm hoping re-conceptualising it a third (fourth? Might be fifth by now) time will make it stick, and once that's done I can finalise what I have of part 3 and foreshadow it all in part 1, making a cohesive whole.

This weekend, I'm planning to indulge in some Blender art again, for the first time since forever. Stay tuned for reports of failure or success.

I'll also be outlining the Fluttercord friendshipping story I pitched a while back. For those who missed it: Discord's mother is visiting him, and Fluttershy pretends to be his girlfriend because Discord's mom is the avatar of toxic motherhood and she keeps badgering him about his love life. This will involve Fluttershy turning into a nature spirit to keep up appearances. How? Well, look forward to a cameo from one of my favourite deities, never used it before, very excited to finally write my take on it. Also be prepared to get offended, because Discord's mother will be a mix of stereotypes, by her nature. I'm torn between calling her Medea and Hecatone, the story title will either be "My Fey Lady" or "The Mother of All Disasters." Whichever one wins, the second place is a chapter title, it's too good to waste. Regardless, titles will depend on how the story turns out, but you can get some idea of it that way.

So, yeah, expect that to be finished around, what, November, maybe?

Okay, joking aside, things have been slower than I like, personal problems haven't gotten resolved and this one recurring roadbump in the Bastion story is really starting to drag on. I started working on this series in 2019, I think, that's mental. I also took a three-ish week from FimFiction to avoid all the, well, American news, basically. I'm starting to wean off one of my big 'addictions' now, I think, so that's nice, at least. It wasn't anything life-threatening, just a bad habit I noticed, and trying not to be a hypocrite about it.

I think I need to start seriously considering moving on to other things. I have ideas, but I don't intend to try and get the same audience elsewhere. But getting such things done takes time and effort, both precious commodities. We'll see how it goes, right?

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