✨ FOP - Very close to finishing my summer job. Hoping to work a lot on Frayed Knots soon. I've had some very busy weeks recently, but the light's at the end of the tunnel.
Dog's Life has been posting on a monthly schedule, and I would be very happy if Knots can take over its spot. We only have a few chapters until we're done with Act 3 (My outline claims we'll be done in two, but it could be 3). If we finish before I start school in late August, I'll be ecstatic.
Tuesday really works better for me as a posting day, so I have high hopes.
Probably not going to get Come What May done this year, but I'll make it priority in December if I don't get it done soon. It's my main August priority if Knots stays on schedule, though.
I didn't end up going through Knots and cleaning it up like I planned, as things got complicated (i.e. touring rooms, budgeting, and making plans to move). I'd still like to. If you want to download a copy of Knots before I make edits, you can.
Edits to writing style will be similar to the style edit I showed in this post, and I'll make a change log since I know what the people want. That's not a joke; people thanked me for planning to make a change log. I got u.
Sanderson's character profile will be cross-posted to AO3 probably next weekend, unless I forget. It's on the sideblog if you want it.
I've been drawing LOTS of character profile art on paper. I've been waiting until I have a lot so I can scan them all at once, and that's coming soon. I drew Anti-Sanderson this Sunday, Smith last week, Finley the week before that, I showed the Cavatina duo sketches a while ago, and I have some art for upcoming Knots chapters and 130 Prompts too. I'm planning to do a sneak peek photo of them before I scan them; it'll be cute.
The character profiles expected after these guys already have digital art, except for Smoky who still needs a redesign. I'll sketch ideas for his redesign this Sunday, but we're making progress!
I have one post about Gary and Betty on my to-do list, and I have art I want to do so I can schedule it during the school year. As was warned in January/March, these will be tagged #ScarletPenguin as appropriate, so do with that what you will
🗡️ MCYT - The Candles We Light has gotten longer than planned and that threw off my schedule, so I expect to cut a few things I mentioned in my schedule post.
Chances are high that Unflappable is getting bumped to next year's schedule, as I'm not willing to post it at the same time I'm posting Candles. Might be able to post a one-shot for Sour Petals AU tho (Before we pivot into Dreadful Burden).
You May Rest Now is on the to-do list for next year, along with Postpartum Depression vs. Starving Baby. Check the schedule post link above if you want more info on what these are.
The last Dog's Life chapter before hiatus will go up in a few weeks, and then I'm on break! Very excited. Dog is my favorite fic I've ever written and I have a ton drafted for the next dozen chapters, but ooh boy. Yes, we're still going to be in the server hub for several more chapters; I'm sitting on like 60k more hub words before we go back to the actual Life game and I don't really want to cut it. It's important...
I'm SO excited to post Dreadful Burden since it's been done since February 2025. It can be read either before or after this final Dog's Life chapter. They're meant to go together (As in, Dreadful tailors directly into this Dog chapter even if you have no other Dog context).
Dreadful is optional and you can skip it if you want. There are things you'll catch in both that will make your experience fun no matter which order you read them in.
I will talk more about it later, but... if you've been enjoying my portrayal of Grian in Dog's Life, I think you'll like this one. It's very introspective and that man is both a menace and a mess <3
Dog's Life will come off hiatus - probably - in June 2027. Possibly in April, but it took me longer to wrap up this arc than I thought, and I still need time to prep for next arc (Writing, art, songs, finishing timeline notes, etc.)
It's easy to write about things that happen in the server hub where I get to make the world lore, but we'll soon be on-server again and that means I have to, like... know Minecraft mechanics and pay attention to the strategies each player uses. Bleh.
The most recent Dog chapter was finished over spring break, as were the chapters that preceded it, so everyone clap for Past Me for doing that so I could focus on Candles this summer, even though the Candles buffer ran out a few chapters back. I've been working hard on weekends to avoid putting it on hiatus because I REALLY want it done soon, haha... We are gettin' close.
Might draw MCYT art for my queue too.
⭐ Other - No plans for updating my other 'fics right now, but I have some WordGirl ideas I want to draw. I keep thinking of them and laughing and I hope you think they're silly too.
Planning to write and schedule some RC9GN posts too. I figure that's what will keep my blog active during the school year - I have a lot to say - but writing and drawing takes priority.
If I end up on a Tuesday with nothing else ready to post, I'll probably cross-post Goodness of Misfit, as it's one of my only non-crossposted 'fics and I'd like to get it on AO3 even in its WIP state.
Besides wrapping up my summer job, I'm going out of town for a week to visit family, and then I'm moving to a studio apartment. I start school right after that. Schedule's a bit weird, but I've been happy with the progress.
Later, I might run polls to help me prioritize plans. These would be polls of what to prioritize within each fandom (i.e. you're not choosing between fandoms for me; you'd be letting me know which project to focus on within that fandom). Keep your eyes out if that interests you.
Those will probably post Thursdays around this time- Gives my Tuesday announcements time to breathe and then if a Friday repeat catches your eyes, you might remember there's a poll. Might make a special tag so it's easy to scroll and check past results; it'll be cute.
Thank you for the comments this year! I've gotten so many good ones in the past several months and it's very sweet, and it really helps me know what people are interested in seeing from me.
I totally expected the FOP sideblog to get lots of unfollows after posting Longwood's profile since I've not posted in a while and assumed some people had lost interest, but it gained several followers? I don't track it and only noticed on accident when I forgot to avert my eyes, but thank you for the continued interest over the years. Looking forward to posting more Fairly OddParents content soon <3 I know it's been slow, but it's still important to me.
Looking forward to my revisions where I'll make my weird fae cultures even less apologetic than they are. Freaky little bug and bat people... I need to poke them with sticks.
