There comes a time where nothing makes sense anymore. Where everything you’ve done, said, or written, neither comes back to haunt you nor is ever really forgotten about. It simply exists. Sitting there in an endless void of constantly flowing information, waiting for you—or someone—to return to it and breathe new life into the conversation. All the while you, or me, has moved on to complete their daily tasks and assemble into the monotonous void of repetitive gambles and little gain. All compiling to hopefully make the statistic that may prove you’re a smidge better than the last.

            Mopey drama aside, looking back, 2017 was an absolutely wild time. I don’t even know where to begin; and that, perhaps, may have been my greatest ward from coming back to this blog. Distancing myself from whatever that was, but wanting to keep a little bit of the charm; I can’t say I’m eager to look back and read what little me wrote all those years ago. It’s been about 6 years since I last wrote one of these, but it feels longer still since I’ve wanted to tread these kinds of waters again. The all-caps titles, the bombastic cutaways, that stench of old edge; very wild times indeed. Whether or not I’ll return to that toxic, cesspit of rant-y banter is yet to be seen, though I’m certainly not entirely opposed to the idea, it could be fun. Retreading old grounds and seeing if what worked then will still work, even if this whole blog ends up being neutered and thrown into a cryochamber yet again for all but a hundred-billion years. I’m definitely going to keep doing the thumbnails though. Those were fun and I’ve still got a fat folder somewhere on my drive containing hundreds of assets and dumb little pee-en-gees of Starlight Glimmer and illuminati triangles.

            My issue is that I’m sure the most of everyone has moved on quite a bit. Not just from me, of course that’s expected, but the end of the show has been tragic and sometime soon I’ll have to write a whole review on that mess. The entire fandom took a hit; and while I’ve spoken with some die-hard G5’ers, it’s unclear how to state my skepticism. I know some people who went along to MareFair and supposedly that was a hit, even if Twitter (currently known as “X”) brings up the occasional distasteful disagreement and all that yada. Though the fandom is in this pseudo-limbo, with how the G5’ers are coping and the G4’ers are becoming brony boomers alongside their G1, 2, and 3 brethren, I’d still say everything is in a fair position. The fandom’s music is still flourishing, new artists keep popping up, and the writers exist.

            To say I didn’t quite like G4’s series finale is an understatement, but to say I avoid watching it and have intentionally nodded off its existence is probably closer to the truth. Whether that be for reasons of salt or tears, I’d say at this point both are valid. In fact, I’d go so far as to say the final three seasons were equally as painful, but in a slow, crawling across a sheet of broken glass-type of pain, even if I were blind to it way back when in the time of yesteryear. How so? Well, I guess that’s something you’ll have to find out.

            It’s been 6 years. A lot of change, stories, experience, mindsets, the works have all happened in that breathtakingly long span and all of it adding up to the need for me to reread the blog rules because it’s been way too long. I’ve changed a lot of the “branding” on my profile, kinda ditching that “corporate” phase for something more personable. Not sure if I’ll change the name though. It’s got a lot of history and the other blog (if you dare) wouldn’t make much sense without it. That and RePub is a nice nickname.

            I changed my best pony, which is probably the biggest whoop of the year, but it was really a turning point since I’d had the same best pony for well over 4 years, being modest. Not sure if I’ll do more fanfictions; I might since it’s been nice writing like this after doing so many lab reports and schoolwork that it may be enough motivation to keep these, even if the first thumbnail isn’t the biggest and best thing you’ve seen. I distinctly remember those thumbnails taking a while to make even if they were intentionally low-quality.

            All in all, this was fun.

            See you next time and big thanks for reading!

            RePub (procrastinating yet another report at 1 in the morning.)