A decade ago, today, Regent last updated. Needless to say, this is not an anniversary I was looking forward to. Part of me didn’t want to even acknowledge it, but it’s been years since I did one of those “deadfic updates” authors do and a decade’s as good of a reason to as any, so I figured why not.
While I do consider myself an animation connoisseur, I can sometimes be limited in what I watch. I certainly don’t check out as much indie web animation as I should, for a start, and that’s a pity, because a lot of it’s great. I bring this up because just last week, a new show pilot has gone absolutely viral, to the tune of 47+ million views in seventeen days. If you keep even a vague eye on such things, you’ve no doubt already heard of it: it’s The Amazing Digital Circus.
Fluttershy: "Oh, um, today is World Kindness Day. Ghost Mike would give you all a hug of appreciation, but his kind has difficulty doing that with the living. So he asked me to help. Which I was only too happy to, Kindness being my Element and all.
In the early hours of this morning, the total number of public stories on Fimfiction passed 150,000. There have been plenty more than that, of course, excess from delisted and removed stories – though not nearly the 540K you’d guess from the URL IDs, many of which are generated by a user but never have a chapter actually uploaded or published – but it’s an impressive total no matter what way you spin it.
It was bound to happen again before long. After a month and change of blogs where I always had something interesting to wax about in the opening blurb, once again I am stumped for topics. Well, unless I just repeat recent things (latest Disney100 was 101 Dalmatians, great as ever, didn’t expect it’s graphic look to feel boosted much by the big screen, but it was, and the small audience seemed to dig it really well), and even I don’t want to do that. Let alone what you guys would want.
It's early, but I have had my eye on this story for a while since reading it earlier in the year (or maybe the year before). After contacting Flutterpriest for permission to record, I got the green light and so I got to work! Granted, my vocals aren't as good as they used to be thanks to a throat issue, but we got there in the end!
Just before Christmas, something interesting came up. Completely breaking major company convention, Netflix has released viewing hours for the period of January-June 2023 for every title that had at least 50,000 watch hours. Which is over 18,000 titles. Several of which are a property to do with colourful pastel magical equines.
Anything to say this week? Bits and bobs; still a bit off finishing judging and announcing results for the Ancestral Tribute contest, while my blog miniseries on Make Your Mark Chapter 2, and the two-parter of my experience at UK PonyCon 2022, each have one post to go, coming later this week and again next week (but in reverse order). Between that and other obligations, kind of in a headspace of having several tasks ongoing, and all making progress (well, except my own fic writing,
DOUBLE SUBJECT BLOG
DO FICTIONAL CHARACTERS HAVE FREE WILL
Another thing I get so incredibly irritated with that this person I'm dealing with... she keeps going off at me that, "At least I try to simulate free will. You on the other hand give no free will at all to your characters, and instead you make them do things like a control-freak."
Well, my opening blurb topic got postponed last minute, leaving me high and dry. Bugger. Eh… I guess Ponyville Ciderfest's Charity Auction (which broke the prior Bronycon record and raised over $100K) including anonymously donated scripts (with notes) for nearly the whole series counts? This stuff's been in the wild for four years, but if the pony archive storing it gets more eyeballs on it, now it's
Good Thanksgiving, I hope, my American comrades? All full from the turkey and familial reminiscing? Nothing like that here, but I did have the first organised Christmas dinners/parties that tend to start up around now. This one being at work, to facilitate easier flights home for those coming in for it. First time on a boat on a canal, of all things. Fun to see the locks opening and the water level changing when you’re on the thing!
I just achieved another crazy milestone! If you haven't seen it, the link's right here.
A New-Found Blaze
Two weeks ago it dawned on me that, with July 10th having landed on a Monday this year, I’d missed a prime opportunity for a themed throwback feature on that day. As July 10th is the day Fimfiction was launched in Beta, I could have had a week themed around the site’s 12th anniversary. The bad news is I missed my chance. The good news is, with today being July 31st, it’s prime for an even better celebration of the site’s twelve years.
Hey, remember when I once tried themed character weeks? Yeah, me neither: it had four attempts early on*, but they were more just fics matching the chosen theme then forming a statement. About time for a better revival, I say. How’s about a quintet of Cadance fics, all adding up to something to properly say about her?
And, here’s December. Christmas is approaching again fast. So much to do, not enough time. Got gifts to decide on and buy, a Jinglemas entry to write, other fics to at least not fully pause work on, plus video games to play and Ponyfics to write and review. A ghost’s work never dies, you might say. 
But, you know, I’m okay with it. I like being busy enough to not be lazy, without being so busy it gets to be too much. If that makes sense. I’ve at least already read and prepped
Nice advantage of a Bank Holiday Monday is I don’t have to have Monday MusingsTM ready to go on Sunday night, owing to not working up to nearly posting time of 6PM UTC (distinct from GMT, which doesn’t account for time zones). Meaning I can, and am, throwing this together shortly before pressing submit instead. Not a bad side bonus to national holidays always giving the following Monday off. 
As you know (Or some of you at least) The Writer is the one in charge. The Writer is the master. The Writer... is... God (Of the world the write anyway)
I don’t know about America, but the price of travelling is going up more and more here. Just got booked in for UK PonyCon in October, nearly six whole months ahead, yet the hotel (same as last year) wasn’t even £10 less despite getting there two months earlier. Not even offsetting the £8 increase in ticket price. Then there’s the flights and if train prices will be different by then… yep, the worldwide travelling cost spike in the wake of COVID sure isn’t slowing down!
It’s probably not a surprise I don’t play party multiplayer games much. What I have said in here has probably spelt out that I prefer games with clear, linear objectives with definitive ends, and while I’m all for playing with friends, in person or online, doing the same against strangers runs its course once I’m used to the game. So it was certainly an experience last Friday when I found myself playing that (by now ancient 
) early lockdown hit, Fall Guys.
Anyone else ever remember giving something up for Lent when they were young? Even though it hasn’t been a thing in close to two decades for me, I’m reminded of it by two people in the house doing it for the first time in donkey’s years. Okay, one person, my mom to combat her sweet tooth: my brother is merely relaxing on the soft drinks outside of before and after sports training/matches. But that’s still 1.5 more than usual.
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