Albi could use a hand · 1:11am Oct 27th, 2023
They were in an accident and could really use some help. Details here
They were in an accident and could really use some help. Details here
While I was putting up a new story for publication, I got distracted (as is wont, oh hey, my drinks empty brb) by the series tag. As most of you probably already know, when you post a story, you have to choose a series tag of which series that piece is fanfiction. Conveniently, when typing in the proper tags, it also shows the number of times that tag has been used.
...you forget entire fics.
Joking with a friend on Skype earlier lead me to reminding myself of a fic I was working on...months ago.
At first, I was like
Then I was all like
I work part time as a back room guy at Target and I arrive at work an hour before work - there's parents already forming a line out the door for these damn things and I'm struggling to understand the appeal of the miracle of plastic egg hatching - particularly the fact it seems the actual 'hatching' is a one-way deal since these online reviews show the egg does irreparably shatter even though the top and bottom halves are hard plastic. Like, once the bird thing grows to 'maturity' or
Content Advisory: Contains unmarked spoilers for Monsters and marked spoilers for Twilight Sparkle: Night Shift
Hey Tee-Totallers!
New quickie from me;
Chapter 11 is now edited and live for your viewing pleasure at any leisure!
And here's some art ... I did the PipBuck the wrong way around originally, fixed after blood, swears, and tears.
Fallout: Equestria's Scoundrels.
Yup, that's right! A little bonus prologue chapter I had made a while back when I needed a break from writing the chapters for part 6. I hope you enjoy it, and hope it helps start to tie everything together.
An Epilogue will be posted next week to finish off the story.
Gonna be a quick thing here:
This is quite indubitably the greatest My Little Pony fan creation of all time. A more perfect trinity of effort, quality, and shitpost cannot mathematically exist. That more know not of its existence is one of modern life's greatest tragedies. But now at least you do!
Yes, yes, I know what I said. I can admit when I'm wrong. I caved and decided to spend the next 24 hours writing that Clock Tower fic I mentioned in the last blog entry. While I did want to put it off, I also couldn't resist the allure of posting a horror-based story on Halloween of all nights. That being said, here's a quick rundown of what I have so far (contains a major spoiler for Friendship Games, so read at your own risk):
You know that feeling of excitement you get when you unlock a new character's side story in a game? Maybe it's just me, but I enjoy that feeling. Anyway, Bambi's is coming your way in an hour or so, and Act III will be my chance to edit the way she gets glossed over in Act I and actually provide some proper characterization for her. The part after that will be Cameo/Coco/Babs bonding time that happens while Bambi is away at the Orange family meeting.
I was messing around with Google Translate on Skype, with Editor Man and some other fabulous people, plugging in bits of stories and reverse-translating them to see what came out. Just now, for fun, I ran Killjoy's introductory scene through a Japanese translator and then back into English. The result is too hilarious not to share with the world.
As noted a week ago, and in my blog post a few days ago, I am totally at Everfree Northwest. It doesn't start until tomorrow, but I hung out with a bunch of writer folks tonight. Everyone was someone I met for the first time tonight, but so far, I've met:
Morning Sun
Xepher
Ruirik
LoyalLiar
Wilson
Web of Hope
Two people whose names I am blanking on right now for some reason
Red Spiral (briefly)
Heartshine
The Cutie Mark Crusaders field guide everyone deserves, taken from DK's Amazing Book of My Little Pony. Them including Babs and Gabby and canon confirming five Crusaders just about made my day today. That, and I saw an eight-week-old puppy in the bookstore.
So after redecorating my room up a bit today, I got word that my fist batch of posters will be arriving this week with any luck. Super excited to see the quality of the product!
I finally defeated the Destroyer in Terraria tonight. Nuimbus Rod and Demon Scythe spellbook totally annihilated that bastard worm for good. I can kill three of the assholes in one night now. WOOT!
“The author doesn’t write about us.”
“Yeah, we’ve noticed, Canvas.”
“I know...but why doesn’t she? I mean, we have story potential! I have a weird fur that takes on color—Quiet Rain is mute in a society that was known for not talking for sometime—and Mellow has...has...uh...”
“We get it, I’m not special.”
“I don’t mean it like that-“
Alright, let's all take a deep breath, take a moment to relax...
In...
And out.
There, that's much better, isn't it?
You're probably wondering why I told you to take a breath. Or you probably skimmed up to this point. Whatever.
Let's just get this out there; off my chest, and on the table.
Fuck horses.
I spent the last 12 hours assembling and struggling with my new computer, discovering the joys of everything from poorly applied thermal paste to improperly connected memory to not-entirely-plugged-in SATA drives.
But at last, I finally live in the world of the SSD, with 32 gigabytes of RAM.
Right now, my computer is installing Windows 10 (huzzah for free OS upgrades), and while it still has my old video card in it (and likely will for several months), it is otherwise up and running.