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Dave Bryant


E-mail: dave@catspawdtp.com • Discord/Bluesky: catspawdtp • DeviantArt/Ko-fi: CatspawDTP • Telegram/FurAffinity/FurryMUCK/Tapestries: Tom_Clowder • Mastodon: @tom_clowder@meow.social

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  • 17 weeks
    Random snippet to prove I’m still alive

    “I got the time off!” The familiar voice emanating from the landline handset was jubilant.

    A broad grin crossed Sunset’s face. “Great! Y’know, I can’t remember the last time both our vacation times lined up.”

    “Four years, seven months, and twelve days.” The dry, and dryly humorous, reply came back instantly. “But who’s counting?”

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  • 32 weeks
    Everfree Northwest

    So, uh, yeah, I’m here. I guess I should have mentioned it earlier, but it slipped my mind. Better late than never, I guess.

    4 comments · 96 views
  • 45 weeks
    Tidbits

    Yes, I’m still around, though I still have nothing substantive for Fimfiction—and I’m not sure when, if ever, I will again. All I’ve got at the moment is a handful of random morsels from my tiny but active mind.

    Counterparts

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  • 66 weeks
    Not naming names [writing tips]

    As I’ve mentioned here and there, one of the (many) rules I generally abide by when writing for Twin Canterlots is: avoid using real-world names wherever possible. It’s harder than it seems—especially when one considers indirect coinages as well as direct references—and I don’t always succeed, but in general I find ways to skirt them most of the time. For the handful of people who

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  • 67 weeks
    Idea for a pony, cooked up with Baron Engel

    Sales Spiel, seller of used carts, wagons, and coaches. “Tell ya what I’m gonna do—”

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Feb
17th
2021

Asked and answered · 12:24am Feb 17th, 2021

I gave in to curiosity and asked a couple of questions of Katrina Hadley (and Ishi Rudell) regarding Sunset Shimmer’s domicile—specifically, what if any backstory the building and the neighborhood had, and how the interior floor plan fit in the building exterior seen in “Monday Blues”. Ms. Hadley’s answers:

  • Sunset’s place is in an older, more run-down low-rent district in or near downtown.
  • The interior and exterior look like they don’t fit together because . . . they don’t fit together. Time and money were limited, and they never could be sure the series would continue, which had a number of knock-on effects. They didn’t have the luxury of generating ancillary material to help with consistency, such as floor plans. Backgrounds were created only as needed, so the interior was created a year or more before a script required an exterior. In turn, that exterior likely was, in her words, “slapped together”.
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I love getting the inside (pun unintended but appreciated) scoop on this sort of stuff

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