A Moment of Nostalgia · 7:35pm May 20th, 2022
So, I just saw the Chip N Dale: Rescue Rangers movie.
No spoilers, but I liked it. It was really good.
But after, I started feeling... weird.
I don't think I've ever felt genuinely nostalgic before.
You see, that series was what originally got me into writing.
It was a little less than ten years ago, if I recall. (Don't call me on that. My memory is awful, and the years tend to blend together.)
I was a teenager, in a hotel room for some reason. I don't remember why.
But for that Christmas, I had been given a dvd box set of CNDRR. I loved cartoons, and collected classic ones, so it was right up my alley. I would get up early in the mornings to watch a few episodes as a mood booster before school.
But anyway. I was bored, and looking for something to watch. So I tried looking up some episodes online on my 3DS.
I didn't find any, somehow, but I did find my first fanfiction archive for the show.
I read a lot of good ones, but then stumbled on what I felt was a bad one. It got under my skin, because I was a little overly sensitive at the time. So I said out loud: "I could write better than this!"
And someone, I can't recall who, but I think it was a family friend, said, "Then why don't you?"
So after I got home, I wrote a pretty crappy story on ten pieces of notebook paper. It absolutely was not better.
I still have those ten pages to this day, stored in a binder.
And almost ten years later, it might seem silly, but watching that movie made me think how much has changed.
I've gotten my first two jobs. Lost one, quit the other. I found the loves of my life through fandom stuff. Lost one of them too, even though I still consider him family, and my closest friend.
Still with my longtime coauthor. Found shows and stories that changed my outlook on life. Still struggling to make something of myself in the real world. Met some of my best friends. Hopefully helped a couple of others.
Not sure why I'm writing this. Just felt a lot of weird emotions, and wanted to get my thoughts out and off my chest. About how those three words from a person I don't even remember in a hotel room for a trip I don't remember changed me.
I guess that's all I have to say.
Going through a bit of writer's block right now. But kinda hoping it'll clear up over the weekend. This coming chapter of Bloodhound is pretty ambitious. So I really hope it turns out well. Also gonna do some editing on the early chapters. I read them out loud to someone recently, and noticed some bad writing tics and mistakes.
Also really looking forward to getting back to The Hero Club at some point.
Well, I'm about tapped out. If you're reading, I'll see you next time.
This was a pretty interesting dive into your fanfiction origins! Seems strange to think that a relatively niche series like Rescue Rangers would kickstart your writing muse into gear. Did you continue to write Rescue Rangers fics after that experience or abandon it for other things? Do you think you would've started writing if it weren't for that interaction? I haven't seen the new movie but I'm planning to eventually, funnily enough, with a longtime friend I made through this very site.
I'm glad to hear you've come a long way since then. I'm happy for you! And there's nothing weird about having a sudden revelation over something so seemingly benign. I like to think it's a rather innately human trait to have. Nothing is meaningless in life if we decide to give it meaning.
MLP definitely changed me, being the first anything to force my hand into pursuing writing in any real capacity, which has since resulted in an ungodly amount of work on silly little stories about pastel-coloured horses. Demon's Souls changed the way I viewed videogames and storytelling forever. Moby Dick almost had me weeping for its peerless prose. Danganronpa changed my perception of murder mysteries and turned into a mild obsession, eventually bleeding into my writing ideas. The world of manga has completely transformed my perception of an artform that I used to look down upon, while Keyforge straight up rules my waking thoughts on the daily, with the articles I've written getting the kind of attention I could only dream of Trigger Happy receiving. And there are so many things in between that have had an effect on my life. But here I am, still writing MLP fanfics. It's funny how things end up.
I came here because I'd been checking back every now and then for a new chapter of Bloodhound. (Yes. I know. You update on the first of the month. But I like to check back just in case!) I can definitely say your story has me hooked, and I can probably see myself reading from the beginning again while making notes at a future date to pick up on any details I may have missed or overlooked. (I can't tell what are red herrings and what are legitimate clues!) I know your story doesn't have the biggest audience, but keep it up. I for one am in for the long haul, and the news of your 'most ambitious' chapter sounds mighty tantalising. (Merrilight is still best character, by the way.
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Until next time!
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I have around a hundred spiral notebooks filled with unfinished Rescue Rangers fanfics. Never was all that good at finishing stories. Eventually, I moved onto the Kung Fu Panda fandom, where I met my current boyfriend, and later the Zootopia and MLP fandoms.
MLP has a special place in my heart. Throughout my childhood and teenage years, I rarely talked. To the point some of my classmates thought I was mute. It was a show that genuinely taught me how to socialize, and got me out of my shell.
Well, mostly. When the pandemic hit, I sort of bottled myself up again. Maybe I ought to go back and rewatch, haha.
Thank you! It means a lot to hear that. My self-esteem isn't the greatest, so that kind of praise from a fellow mystery fan makes me really happy. Though part of the slowness in MitM's posting schedule is from commissions taking up much of my time. Hoping to finish my list, and get a regular job, so less of my writing energy is consumed by comms.
I really ought to get art of Merrilight. So far the only character I have art of from this is Bloodhound herself.
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My husband read an infamous CDRR fanfic I wrote, many years before we met. He was underage, so apparently I was corrupting him way back then.