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FB: Picnic Date

🕑 Added 2021-12-06 02:27:25 +0000 UTC

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Dean

Yesyesyes I know exactly how you feel. I've had my nextgen verse for about 4 years now, though it's not MLP I absolutely know what you mean. I found myself making NEW characters for shipping fodder to make more babies, and it felt like I was really cheapening the story almost, and doing the characters I made fresh almost a....disservice. They were one-note, or worse, they were blank slates I did a little doodle for to feed to my non-artist writing partner. We ended up naming our verse the "Clusterverse" for a reason LMAO, it's short for clusterfuck, so to say I get it is an understatement. EDIT: hit enter too early I do have one suggestion though, and that's to maaaybe focus more on platonic relationships. As an aro person, seeing so much media focused on romantic and sexual relationships can get a bit exhausting. I don't dislike it per se, but a real fleshed out life is so much more than just your partners. I've noticed you working on non-romantic relationships more in FB and it's made me feel much more comfortable delving right into and engaging with it. If you ever wanted to work on aro or ace representation I'd be glad to talk to you about it btw!! Love talkin about queer stuff :P

Lopoddity

Thank you, that means a lot. <) And yeah.....not gonna go the babies n' shipping route I went with the Pandoraverse. Ultimately I'm to blame for how messy Pverse is, but I was also trying to keep up with my audience's never-ending thirst for ships and nextgens. Like, the second I'd so much as hint that one character had a crush on another, I'd be inundated with requests to see the wedding/their future together/their child(ren). And I'm not complaining! But I think it all got away from me in the end, to the point where characters were not so much CHARACTERS so much as ship fodder. I spent this year and last working to flesh out the characters and stories beyond shallow ships.....I'm determined not to make the same mistakes with FB. Tibbs and Perry wouldn't adopt a kid just cuz that's cute, it would happen because I specifically want to show what it's like for a pred/prey couple to adopt a child (hint: it ain't easy). But I'm getting ahead of myself. Will they? Won't they? Who knows. (Funnily enough, I already see people asking for Fuzzbutts nextgens....and even designing them themselves! Ha, the more things change, the more they stay the same~)

Dean

AWESOME that's what I was hoping for. I love nextgens and have a few verses myself, and enjoy yours obv, but I loveee me some original slice-of-life content. I love fluffy animal babies as much as the next guy but worldbuilding?? I eat worldbuilding bruh I need it for survival. Love your stuff lop, you keep my adhd brain alive lmaoooo.

Lopoddity

Please don’t be uncomfortable asking questions. Answering them helps me patch problems and flesh out the setting and characters. :) As for whether this will be a nextgen story? Almost certainly not. Fuzzbutts is a story largely about a bunch of dumb millennials stumbling their way through life....so it’s more like a sitcom, where the cast all stay the same age. I don’t really plan on like, exploring years down the line, when X and Y are getting married and having a baby, I got enough of that with the pandoraverse. FB will be more slice-of-life focused. Tibbs and Perry are a unique case however, they’re older than the main cast and have already been married for years by the start of FB, so it wouldn’t be too out there to see them adopting a kid. Still, I’d prefer to focus on other characters and worldbuilding before I start throwing kids into the mix.

Dean

Arghhh I hate That Guy who keeps asking questions but in an earlier comment thread, Tibbs and Perry adopting children was brought up briefly. I've been thinking about asking for a bit but now seems appropriate so, is this a nextgen themed project or do you plan on having it go a different narrative direction?