And after alllll, you're my wonderwaaaaallll

*grumbling* Don't tell me that I never update. Rackum frackum.

Anyway. Hey bloggity blog. How's tricks?

Alright, I promised I'd tell you why in the fuckshit I am writing this story, so here goes.

Once upon a time, I was a sad panda. I used multiple things to distract me from this sadness, rather than face it. I have mentioned this before. I went through my Madden phase and found myself looking for... SOMETHING. I was finding it hard to sleep at night again. And the football games took so long to play, I'd be up until 6am trying to finish. So I went back to some pony forums (shut up. Just... just shut up) to look at adorable pictures of little cartoon ponies. Ponies that I would have NEVER paid attention to when I was little. EVER. And now I'm goddamn 23 and watching My Little Pony every week. The fuck?

Anyway. This summer, I distracted myself by writing a story. I needed to write it. People loved it apparently, too. Being a writer at heart, I couldn't totally let down this small audience that I had gathered. I needed a new distraction... but what? I wasn't being fucked around by some crazy woman for once in my life. I was just... sad. Just sad all the time. Okay, that's overly dramatic. But I was sad nonetheless.

So I thought about it. What's something I can write about that I know? If I write something that I know, then I can be sure to not quit on it. Maybe people will like it because they will see the passion in it.

I spent my time reading some new fanfics from other people. Somehow I stumbled across a fic called "The Vinyl Scratch Tapes". I was in stitches. This guy was HILARIOUS. And he used two ponies that I was familiar with but weren't part of the Mane 6, as they are called. I loved the pairing of Octavia and Vinyl Scratch. They were so... different. They worked. So I found more fics of VinylTavia. I loved each and every one of them.

Now, I am not usually picky about my "ships" (that is, when fans take two characters and put them into a relationship, despite that not being the real case). I've seen hundreds of different ships for tons of ponies and if they are done right and in an adorable and not porn way, I will usually enjoy them. Some I have liked more than others. But Octavia and Vinyl Scratch is by far and large my favorite. So much so that I will not read or look at anything that has either of them shipped with someone else. Yeah, I'm THAT fucking weird.

So I thought, you know, I am a lot like Rainbow Dash. Who, in turn, is kind of like Vinyl Scratch. Since Vinyl is currently my favorite character, I'd like to write a story about her. So I figured out the who and the why but I didn't know WHAT. What could I use to ship these two together?

Then it hit me like a fucking baseball.

I don't know a lot of people's genesis stories as pertaining to their relationships. Some of them are cute and adorable, some of them are predictable. I saw something in mine though. I knew that I could recount my feelings accurately and considering the amount of times we had talked about it, I knew I could recount a little bit of both sides.

The shitty part is that the place in which the story takes place, doesn't really have a lot of technology. Which sucks because a lot of the relationship happened through texts and Facebook/Twitter. Mostly texts and Facebook though. (That is, if that movie I made awhile ago is to be believed.)

So it's not perfect. I have to adlib some things and I have to take into account the personalities of these ponies. If I would have thought about it, I would have made a better Octavia than Vinyl Scratch but I'm making due. And people are loving it, apparently. It is simultaneously weird and flattering. Flattering because any author or artist ever will tell you how awesome it would be for their work to touch someone, anyone, on a personal level. It's weird because... it's a true story. About me. So... yeah.

And that's the way over drawn explanation. I needed a distraction and my muse was itching to write. Originally, the project was going to be 15 segments long. But there's no way that is going to happen. I'm on 10 and not even sure how many more random things I'll remember to add. (Don't be afraid to mention something, if you think I've forgotten it, Blog.)

The good news is, someone DID find those links I dropped and returned them. Glad they're not lost forever.

I do have another project. Well, it's nothing I've started. But when I finish Truth, I'm going to write a sequel to Happiness Unraveled, which is the first fanfic I wrote. When I was about to finish it, I had multiple endings in mind. I HATE the one I chose. I chose it for the audience, not for me. So I feel that it would only be right to write a sequel. Maybe get Vinyl or Octy involved. But who knows. Well, I do. So... nah.

Anyway, while I was searching for the song of the chapter for chapter ten of Truth, I somehow stumbled across this and damn near pissed myself. Here is the original, in case you care.

Anyway, I am tired and my hand kind of hurts from all the typing. Plus, I can't seem to pry myself out of bed in the morning. Let's see what kind of weird dreams I have tonight!

Also... don't... don't make fun of me too hard for all this crap. No one else really gets to know.

I didn't say you COULDN'T. Cos I know you will. Just be gentle. (giggity)

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