The Status of Old Stories

This has been far overdue, and for that I can only apologize. Emotional exhaustion hits pretty hard, and it took me a while to recover. But, I'm here now, so it's time to get down to what's going to happen in the weeks before 2016 hits.

Hopefully the page break stops this from filling your blog feed with a massive wall of text...

Visit from Sunset Shimmer Series.

This is probably going to be the hardest one out of all to revitalize, because one key point that was going to occur down the line was actually done in Friendship Games. That, and it's an emotional rollercoaster which is something I've drifted away from since I last left it. These days I'm more interested in writing character analysis stories, not unlike how BioWare does their characters if you will.

Overall this was my highest rated series in general, and so will probably be the priority if I feel up to the task of resuming it. I want to be certain I will actually finish it this time, same goes for all the other stories I need to tackle.

That said, I had two other stories set before Twilight, both in the Equestria Girls world. One was focused on the CMC, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. The other was about Cheerilee and Principal Celestia. At this point, I'm confident in saying that those won't see the light of day, because they don't contribute a whole lot to Sunset's own story, which is what I would much rather focus on first. Maybe I'll go back and do those two eventually, but they're far from being a priority.

The Heaviest Burden.

This was conceived during that phase of my life where I was going through the motions of transgender mentality. I've moved beyond that in short, which leaves me in a very difficult position with this story. That, and the final explanation behind what happened to Spike will probably leave most readers squeamish, so at this point I am debating between removing the story altogether, and completely reconsidering how to approach the concept itself. Without some of my more fetish-orientated influences.

It does fit into the character analysis structure, so I'm not strongly in favour of dropping it altogether just yet...

Queen Chrysalis' Foundation for Volunteer Incubators.

Hooooooooooo booooooy, where to begin... This story was half blatant pandering to the oviposition fetish, and half dark exploration of changeling culture as I imagined it. I only began to do the second half when I left, so it's possible that I can muster up enough intestinal strength to face this once more and blitz through to the end you've been waiting for far longer than anyone should have to.

Good time to say that I won't be approaching clop material in future. I was already starting to feel guilty about deliberately pandering for views, and now I think it's safe to say that I just don't feel right about doing it anymore at all. The rest of the story was going to move away from sexual encounters anyway, so no big deal in this case. While Visit from Sunset Shimmer is the most likely candidate for continuing, this would be a relatively straightforward goal to tackle, since it'd take anywhere from 4-8 chapters to complete.

Sunset Shimmer: The Alicorn, The Clopping and the Pregnancy.

This is where things get messy. Easily my most pandering story, since Celestia's Inception was more of a self-satisfying go, it's gotten the highest number of ratings and views out of all my stories. For better and worse. Mostly worse.

I don't know how I can continue this one while also giving those who followed that story in the first place what they want. Sure, there's plenty of fun to be had with pony-human relations when the story is completely self-aware and doesn't care about how it comes out. But people want sex, and while there's nothing wrong with that at all, I lack the motivation to provide that just for the sake of itself.

Also, bit of a spoiler for Friendship Games, I CALLED SUNSET BECOMING AN ANGEL BEFORE THE MOVIE!

The Scrolls of Harmony I: Dawnguard.

Skyrim crossover-ish, kinda want to say it was more of an adaption though. There were story elements of both that I mashed together into a new-ish plot, though the story itself kinda slowed into a meandering plod around fictional areas I spent next to no time describing. Quite honestly, this was a low point in my writing history, and the least likely story to be picked back up, if at all. I really didn't have a whole lot that would add to the material derived from both sources, so I then have to ask myself if it's worth the effort right now at all. As you can see, there are other viable options that I can put my pony words towards instead.

Whew, word wall and a half, but hopefully this gets what needed to be said out there. I am a strong believer that you can never be over-informed about anything, so this is the extent of my thoughts on the incomplete stories. I mentioned starting a new one beforehand, but the case with that is that I won't be comparing it to my work from 6+ months ago.

It's a fresh start, but sometimes you have to such and such old things before starting such and such new ones. I couldn't think of an actual metaphor to use there that made sense...