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[mlpdestinyverse]

I Want To Be An Author

I've held off on posting this here after posting this on dA because I hate the feeling of disappointing people, but I want to be absolutely transparent:

If you've been wondering why I've been MIA, being hit with the epiphany that I want to be an author is one of my main reasons. Art is fun, but I've come to understand that writing has always been my passion. And for a long time I've been directionless on where I've wanted to take myself in life.

So here we are: I want to write original content for a book series. That's a daunting goal, so for now, the goal is to write that first novel. I'm several chapters in now, so I can happily announce that I very much plan to have my first book series be KINDRED - the original rework of Destinyverse.

I love my cast, the arcs I've written for them, the futures I've had planned, and the lore ideas I've never gotten to share. I've known for a while that I wanted my characters and story to be 100% my own and not limited to fanwork.

So I've been happily planning and expanding on characters, world lore, scenes, etc (my story outline alone is 110 pages long)! The biggest hurdle will be dividing events into chapters and books. To give you an idea on what I had planned for Destinyverse: I wanted to establish the backstories of all the main story cast before going into the present-day main narrative.

With a book series, I won't have every character pre-established, so alongside plot I'm going be weaving in elements of the past arcs you've come to know (along with unveiling the lore and workings of the KINDRED universe). So it'll be a challenge, but one I'm working hard to tackle!

I'm sure you're wondering what will become of Destinyverse: its not quite on permanent hiatus yet. If I need it, I want to keep it around if I'm in the mood to continue drawing some ponies for fun! But truthfully, I will be putting my time and effort into my book and related research/art.

If you've enjoyed my writing and my original cast of characters and want to see their stories play out in a similar, inspired fantasy-based world, hopefully you won't mind sticking around for KINDRED. I've yet to decide if I'll make a Tumblr blog for my KINDRED concepts and official art. I'm not sure how many people here would be interested. So for now, any art related to it has and will be posted to my dA and on Bluesky:

Deviantart

Bluesky

If you followed me purely for MLP content, then unfortunately this may be where we part. If so, then please know I appreciate you and any support you've given my work until now. Thank you. <3

For now, here's a small preview of some concept art (old and new)!

[thenightbaskers]

It's happening....TNB's full-length story breakdown doc is written and proofread and now I just want to make a bunch of sketches and other art pieces to go with it. Then it'll be ready....

PREVIEW!

But lemme tell you; reading that doc from start to finish, realizing that the Night Baskers' narrative is done and these characters' stories have come to an official close, is heartbreaking. Like, I really just wrote an ending for them, the timeline is complete, their journeys are over. Oh lordy, hold me

[miamaha]

- A freeform poem I wrote last year to help process some ongoing trauma.

I read it a year later and really liked the layers to it, so I thought sharing it was perhaps the next small step to recovery.

[miacott]

R u still doing Pokétale art? Love it btw!

I appreciate your Poketale love! Unfortunately, I’ve long stopped drawing content for it, as I’ve moved on to other projects! Thank you for enjoying my Poketale content nonetheless!

[miamaha]

I voted weeks ago with my mail-in ballot, but!! Today is the day to make a difference! Let's choose the fate of our next four years together!! Overwhelm those gosh dang polls!

[mlpdestinyverse]

Timeline and Past Arcs

READ FROM THE BEGINNING!

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~Story Archive~

(Chapters related to specific character arcs are listed below! Most are chronological, but some chapters may be out of order.)

Skychaser’s Arc

Monochrome’s Arc

Eventide Twister’s Arc

Nova Spark’s Arc

Dream Flow Chapters

Astral Dusk Chapters

[miamaha]

(SPOILERS) DELTARUNE Chapter 2 - Ralsei Knows The Player Exists

So we all know by now that Kris is a character with their own mind that we the player control against their will. Yeah?

In chapter one and two of Deltarune, we have parallel sequences of Ralsei asking Kris to close their eyes and envision what Susie is doing at that moment. That then prompts the game to switch POVs so we can watch what Susie is up to (while giving us the player choices for her that don't ultimately affect anything).

In chapter one Ralsei's suggestion may come off as a meta joke to explain why we're switching POVs. However...in both instances, just before Susie reunites with the group, we catch the tail end of a conversation Ralsei was having off-screen with Kris - seemingly a similar conversation, both times -which the player is left in the dark about.

I think Ralsei did this on purpose. Ralsei knows we're controlling Kris and that we're always watching and listening. So to get Kris alone - to converse with THEM without us prying - he had Kris use this method to physically redirect our attention away from them and onto someone else - our friend Susie - as to avoid any suspicion of his intent to speak to Kris privately.

I can't say what Ralsei had to say to Kris that warranted two conversations. But whatever it is, he doesn't want us the player knowing. He's intentionally keeping secrets away not from Kris the character, but from us the player, and if that's not concerning, I don't know what is.