[Wondering why a random pony blog is following you? celadonlonghorn is my side blog for all non-pony things!] "Hello! My full name is Desert Eagle, but most have taken to calling me Deagle. I am a beginner archaeologist who lives in the San Palomino Desert. I'll be cataloguing my adventures here." [This is an ask-blog-turned-webcomic, but questions may be still be answered at certain times in the story.] Pronouns: Desert Eagle: She/her Seti: He/him Eiffel: Any pronouns Wheat Weave: She/her Mod: They/them This is a SFW blog! If you don't want to see any OOC stuff, please blacklist "#ooc/".
On the uneventful day of November 12, 2012, as a 15-year-old sophomore in high school, during my math period, I doodled a pony in the margins of my notes. That afternoon, I went home, drew up a digital reference, and made a blog for her. I thought it’d be a fun thing to do in my free time.
I had no idea how important she’d become to me.
(The rest of my rambling reminiscence on the past decade is below the cut.)
Thank you all so much for 10 years of Ask Desert Eagle. I wouldn’t have lasted this long without you. Hope you will stick around!
On the uneventful day of November 12, 2012, as a 15-year-old sophomore in high school, during my math period, I doodled a pony in the margins of my notes. That afternoon, I went home, drew up a digital reference, and made a blog for her. I thought it’d be a fun thing to do in my free time.
I had no idea how important she’d become to me.
(The rest of my rambling reminiscence on the past decade is below the cut.)
Thank you all so much for 10 years of Ask Desert Eagle. I wouldn’t have lasted this long without you. Hope you will stick around!
The last decade has been... a lot. I mean, when you’re going from 15 years old to 25, a lot happens anyway--but I had a bit more going on than just growing pains. It’s why my update schedule suffered so much.
It is a very weird feeling to think about how someone could have grown up with my blog in the same way I did. 15 to 25 sounds like a lifetime, and it certainly felt that way. During my time in the ‘Tumblrpon’ community, I forged friendships that last to this day, and many more that I’ve since drifted away from or lost contact with, but remember fondly. I experienced the death of a friend for the first time; rest in peace, Rusty Nail. I graduated high school. I graduated college. I moved out. And now I’m here.
The glory days of Tumblrpon are over, that much is evident, but I’m glad I was here during them. I’m likely never going to get more eyes on this comic than I did back then. I have no idea how many of you 5,300 people are still around! I would understand if you weren’t; a maximum of two years between pages is a very long time. I harbor a lot of guilt over maintaining possibly the worst webcomic update schedule I’ve ever seen. What an achievement!
Surprisingly, though, I’m not blaming myself as hard as I used to. I used to think it was my fault; that I was lazy, or that I just wasn’t diligent enough to work on such a long-lasting project. But then I started getting treated for ADHD. Turns out, I was tired. I was tired for so, so long. There was a layer of fog on my brain I didn’t even know was there, less hours in the day than anyone else because of my energy levels. I’ve been forcing myself out of bed at noon for my entire adult life and now I don’t even need an alarm to be up at 8 am. That’s crazy!! It’s like magic!! If all this sounds relatable to you, talk to a psychiatrist! It could change your life.
The problem isn’t 100% fixed, of course; my chronic illnesses do still affect my life, but this is the closest I’ve felt to being a normal, functioning human being in more than a decade, and I very much hope the effect lasts.
Because--unsurprisingly--I still feel deeply for this story and I want to see it through. I thought I’d lose interest eventually, but I haven’t. My love for Deagle has endured years of burnout, self-esteem issues, and guilt about my update speed, and come out unscathed. So I figured at this point it’s safe to say I’m probably not going to change? Like, it’s been a decade. So many people have moved on... but I’m still here. What’s a few--perhaps several--more years to complete this comic? I’m game if you are.
I’m here, and I’m not going anywhere. See you next page. :)
Late update, but I hope to return to the regular schedule by next month! Some of the detail here is lost to Tumblr’s image size limits, so I’m sharing the fullsize images here: 1, 2, 3
Quick question, why did you decide to make Nebu Trans?
The funny thing about this question is that Nebu/Seti was always meant to be trans from the moment I came up with him, unlike Deagle, who I decided on later. His character arc is about change, not being able to live up to the expectations people put on you, hating who you used to be, and mourning--and letting go of--the person you could have been if you did everything "right." It seemed appropriate!
At the same time, I have Deagle, who I just decided to "make" trans at some point (it's not like she was for-sure cis before then, I just hadn't thought about it.) I don't really think she needs a reason to be, she just is!
Late update, but I hope to return to the regular schedule by next month! Some of the detail here is lost to Tumblr’s image size limits, so I’m sharing the fullsize images here: 1, 2, 3
Page 112 went up yesterday for Kofi subscribers! It only takes a dollar a month to see these early pages. If you’d rather not see these preview posts, please blacklist “#subscriber preview”.
Page 111 went up yesterday for Kofi subscribers! It only takes a dollar a month to see these early pages. If you’d rather not see these preview posts, please blacklist “#subscriber preview”.
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