Hey there. It's your friend Pillow. How you been? Did that rash go away?
Before we get started, listen to "On Melancholy Hill" by Gorillaz. That song wraps up all of my sentimentality better than my pretentious long winded notes ever will.
This is a very special day for me, because, one year ago today, I published the first chapter for this story, cementing my place in this fandom. A lot of things have happened since then. I've met some really great people, read some excellent stories, and have been blessed to be able to share more of my works with this great fandom. Sure we do some screwed up stuff on the booru, and sure we might fight over who the worst sister is and whether or not sinkids are real characters (they're not. ;-;), but at the end of the day, we're all in this wild ride together.
I'm not one to dwell on the past, but I did want to take some time to think about how much this all means to me before addressing the future of the Pillow workshop.
First of all, I have to throw a shoutout to my good noodles dragonfan810 and Heitomos. If it weren't for you two… I could be writing Horizon Zero Dawn fiction right now. Ewwwwww. You two made writing Wanderers even more fun than it already was with your continuous feedback, and I can't thank you guys enough, assuming you're reading this.
That's not to say that I don't appreciate the rest of you reading this now. I'm sure I know your name, and hopefully I've made it clear just how much your support means to me, but in case I haven't, thanks so much.
I also want to give a shout out to BoglinAbbey (aka BunnyAbsentia), Coyote Rom, TheFreshKnight, and Parasomnico. They are all the reason I decided to write Wanderers in the first place. I loved nothing more than looking up all the Luaggie fan art while listening to Life is Strange music and just… getting lost. I really love these characters, even to this day.
I could honestly go on and on about how I got here and how much it means to me, but hey… You've probably got better things to do.
That being said, here's some updates going forward.
Much like Wanderers, I will be going back and "remastering" Luna is Strange and Carol Likes Luna for their one year anniversaries. Assuming I don't die, I mean. I always gotta throw that out there cuz… You never know :X
So mark October 23 and January 27 on your calendars. That's when those fun things will happen.
Other than that, I finished For The Love of Raven if you like Teen Titans or just want some more Pillowy girl fluff, and I do plan on eventually wrapping up Switching Teams. It's just one of those things where, I say I'm gonna get on it, and then I come up with another idea to start and then not finish XD. I also have a new Linka/Girl Jordan fic I've actually finished by the grace of god, Things Change, and will work on posting that chapter by chapter starting today.
After that, no promises. I'll go wherever the wind takes me, like maybe reading Requiem or Live House like everyone yells at me to do. (I don't see why. My work is the best in the fandom information desk person emoji).
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I've probably rambled enough (until I get to Luna again kek), so for now, I'll say one last time: thank you guys for everything you've done for me over the last year.
In fact, screw it, let's do shout outs for everyone.
NickTheLoudIrken/IrkenArtist, Hatoralo, meowloudly15, The gamemann, lttlgreg, StolenMemes77, Invader Johnny, elmago02 if you didn't die, A.T. Gunn, otakunerd247, WhenChocolatesWereBorn, wesharp3r or whatever the fuck you're called now, RySenkari, Sesquipedalian Numeral…
And my two favorite fellow authors in the fandom: AberrantScript and LoudAutomata16 (no u). I'd give you guys my left nut if you needed it.
I love the rest of you too, but you should've left more reviews to my stuff. (*shrugs*)
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Okay, for reals now, what is there left to say? I love Silent Hill, I love The Loud House, and I love writing fiction about teenage girls wandering around trying to find their place in this world. If I can have those three things going forward, and you all here to tell me that I only suck when compared to Flagg and Hero… Then I'll be okay.
Thanks again for everything, and god bless.
-JSP
Today's my official one year anniversary of being a writer in this fandom, so I'm gonna get sentimental on you guys for a moment. Some of you I've never talked to, some of you I've known for a few weeks, some of you I've known for a long time. Whether it was just seeing your names on the FF archive or reading/reviewing your stuff or vice versa, or actually getting to know you...
It doesn't matter. I told a friend when we first started talking that, I love finding things that bring us together, and despite this fandom creating many divides, I'm still very happy to call it a home. You're all great, talented people, and I'm proud to be one of your peers. I don't care if you ever read any of my fics, I really don't. I'm just glad to be here, and I'm just glad to share my love of The Loud House with you all. So thanks so much for it, and here's to hoping the next year will be even better.