You remember the days when computers were big boxes? Yeah, that's how long ago this story started forming in my head. Granted, I never got a laptop until I was a sophomore in high school which was in 2010 so take that for what it's worth. This whole this started when I was in 8th grade when I told my little cousin who was 9 I would be writing a cute fun story about ponies and rainbows for Christmas and nothing would be weird about it because it was based off a dream I had the other night. I loved writing and my little cousin was all about the girly stuff at the time so figured why not.
That was the basis, but what she didn't know was that I had made up the story in my head. My sick little weird head came up with the idea of ponies fighting ninjas who would kill and gut ponies for the cotton candy that was inside them and uh yeah, that was that. Imagine that for a 9-year-old. Larry and Bob were the stereotypical names I came up with for my main characters and Allister McDonald was just something I made up because I like to think I was as creative back then as I am now. I'll let you guys decide how creative I am when I release the book to the world.
This idea kind of sat on a shelf in my mind for the next year. It never manifested into my cousin's Christmas present. But the weird young freshman who wanted to be cool thought this was something people wanted to read. So the summer of my freshman year, I dedicated all I had to finishing it on good 'ol Wordpad. And finish it I did, and it will never see the light of day. I had copyright galore all over the place, references to real life people I had in my life at the time that I will never ever think of again, and quite frankly, it was the worst piece of shit in the world. Maybe I'll find it and post excerpts from that so you can get a taste of what this story is because welp, the essence of that pile of crap has stayed.
Today's version of the story is still very much like the old, just time, personal experiences, and knowledge of how to better write a story have changed it. In this series of me telling the story behind the story, I will break down the various stages of Ponies and the Rainbow has gone through and give horror stories of some of the copyright and moral chaos it has gone through. And not to worry, no spoilers for the final cut. Ain't about that life. So stay tuned and get ready for something unlike anything you have ever seen, read, experienced, or whatever existential term you desire to throw in there because lord have mercy I can't believe I'm actually going through with this.
That was the basis, but what she didn't know was that I had made up the story in my head. My sick little weird head came up with the idea of ponies fighting ninjas who would kill and gut ponies for the cotton candy that was inside them and uh yeah, that was that. Imagine that for a 9-year-old. Larry and Bob were the stereotypical names I came up with for my main characters and Allister McDonald was just something I made up because I like to think I was as creative back then as I am now. I'll let you guys decide how creative I am when I release the book to the world.
This idea kind of sat on a shelf in my mind for the next year. It never manifested into my cousin's Christmas present. But the weird young freshman who wanted to be cool thought this was something people wanted to read. So the summer of my freshman year, I dedicated all I had to finishing it on good 'ol Wordpad. And finish it I did, and it will never see the light of day. I had copyright galore all over the place, references to real life people I had in my life at the time that I will never ever think of again, and quite frankly, it was the worst piece of shit in the world. Maybe I'll find it and post excerpts from that so you can get a taste of what this story is because welp, the essence of that pile of crap has stayed.
Today's version of the story is still very much like the old, just time, personal experiences, and knowledge of how to better write a story have changed it. In this series of me telling the story behind the story, I will break down the various stages of Ponies and the Rainbow has gone through and give horror stories of some of the copyright and moral chaos it has gone through. And not to worry, no spoilers for the final cut. Ain't about that life. So stay tuned and get ready for something unlike anything you have ever seen, read, experienced, or whatever existential term you desire to throw in there because lord have mercy I can't believe I'm actually going through with this.
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