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Happy Sunday, all! I'd like to apologize for the lag in content over the past week. I've been pretty busy with work. So busy with work, good god. Trying to set better work boundaries. In the meantime, why don't y'all tell me what kinda October content you want to see? Can be Halloween-themed or just vaguely autumn-ish, as spooky or cozy as you want. Fire away!

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Cam

Love to see some Halloween costumes! Like what do Fuzzbutts characters plan to dress up as? Are werewolves seen as controversial?

mirarevias

You're fine! I know the exact feeling bc work this week was.... Something. (Closest I've come to sincerely just quitting on the spot.) I'm always really bad at suggestions, I really just look forward to whatever you might make next and the little glimpse into your canon it provides. I'm curious though, are there other "pet species" in the FB universe aside from fish? Like, bugs? Arachnids? Also anything you end up posting abt Tibbs and Perry/Skye and Sunny always has me very engaged, and I think I already asked what Skye's relationship w/her sibs is like?

TheArtFox2468

I can imagine Mimi dressing up as a "human". I wonder how she could pull it off. XP

Azure-Art-Wave

Ooh, I'd either like to see Pandoraverse characters in their chosen Halloween costumes, and for fuzzbutts, I'd kinda like to see like what kind of "creatures"//monsters you believe there would be for the animal society? (Like, are there like the same witches, vampires, mummies etc or do they have creatures and legends of their own)

ElementInfusion

First Nightmare Night for all the Mane 6 Nextgen kiddos? Moms all get together and all the kids go out trick or treating?

lopoddity

...Huh. That's a good question. I guess it depends on whether the costume is coming from a place of appreciation or mockery. A little kid dressing up as an elephant because they think elephants are big and strong and cool is okay. A grown sheep dressing up as a wolf and aggressively hitting on ewes (and thus equating predators with predatory sexual behavior) is not okay. Now that you mention it, there's probably a whole lot of annoyed and offended predators upset at prey sometimes using predator costumes to look spooky and monstrous on Halloween.

Syd D.

How are Halloween stereotypes played into in the FB universe? Do black cats celebrate it religiously? Or bats? Or is that considered an offensive stereotype?

TheTabbyBadger

I’m always a fan of something cozy for autumn. Hot spiced cider, bright leaves in the wind, cuddles, pumpkins. Anything goes!

Angsty Ram

I do love seeing animals in autumn garb 💕 Would dogs struggle during autumn? With everyone raking leaves I wonder if they all have an urge to plow into any piles made, probably annoying any neighbours

acoraxia

Do any of the cast hibernate considering their animals species? Or do they have a workaround to it 🤔??

Vicky Hadley

Maybe lil Daisy or your dino sona in a Halloween costume~

Buttermaster

Matching….Halloween costumes…Bruce skye and Sunny….they could be like…peas in a pod or something

KaeWolfe

What do the Fuzzbutts cast do during spooky season >:) Do any of them like/hate it? Who’s more likely to go all out with all the decorations and just go full on spirit of Halloween mode XD

Non-Euclidean Cat

The crew at Penny's place watching horror movies on Hollowween night.

Gale

some cosy art maybe?? i can imagine the hairless animals like priscilla have to wrap up in some thick sweaters and blankets. would be cute :]

Harmony

Does Halloween exsit in fuzzbutts?

Curio Blue

I would love to see more Artemis or Artemis-adjacent content!

mervielle

Spooky!!! I’d love to see Smoky and Monty’s chupacabra baby some more

Gleeman and Artist

I am curious about the fall holidays in the FB universe, since they seem to have a version of Christmas, too. Maybe the FB cast celebrating whatever version of Halloween that the FB world has?

PrincessMuffinArt

First thing i thought of was who’s the character to collect all the pumpkin spice products as soon as they’re in stores? 🥴

PrincessMuffinArt

Also, more of Midnight? (Fuzzbutts or Pandoraverse)

Paladin

Skye pranking Bruce for Halloween maybe?

Melody Williamson

Can dogs eat chocolate? Could be a fun scene where they gotta trade Halloween candy with their friends to get rid of it or something idk

Azure-Art-Wave

Btw Lop, this is just a comment so no pressure or anything, I just personally wanted to ask how have you been feeling Pandoraverse-wise? I know you've been really happy and excited working on fuzzbutts developing your own universe, characters and stories away from a specific fandom of a universe you don't own, so I just wanted to ask how have you been feeling towards it in general. Is it you're just more inspired and inclined on the fuzzbutts universe for the time being? Is MLP/The Pandoraverse something you feel like you're permanently growing out of? Do you feel like you still intend to continue with the Pandoraverse main story? (Again, no pressure, I know how you always expressed yourself that you can't just "mass produce" stories and dialogues that you put so much of yourself into and it's not just about followers claiming to have it done that'll make you feel inclined to do it - so again, no pressure!) I just wanted to ask you how you were feeling about it sorry if it's bothersome in any way!

lopoddity

Fuzzbutts is kind of a spin-off of the pandoraverse, but also not really. FB is obviously inspired by the Pverse, right down to me straight up exporting my pony OCs into Fuzzbutts- but ultimately, the characters tend to end up going in new, different directions from their original MLP counterparts. Priscilla feels different from Magnolia May, Skye isn't a Skyla expy anymore, Jude is not Phoenix, Savannah is not Rosemary, etc. As for how I feel about the pandoraverse....hmm. I don't know. In a lot of ways, I feel I've outgrown it. Some of the story elements feel childish and melodramatic to me now, and it all feels so HEAVY. Bloated. With Fuzzbutts, I can be silly and lighthearted. With the Pandoraverse, I have to e mindful of all the pre-established story and characterization and lore, every piece I made with written dialogue would always take me many hours of drawing, writing, research, and re-writing. It stopped being fun and just felt like this big slog. Not to mention, my audience, which started off small, quickly exploded into a massive following, which naturally came with the inherent toxicity of any big fandom- discourse, harassment, stalking, death threats. All over a fanart project I was mostly creating for free. Near the end, it felt like every post I made, no matter how innocent, was going to result in SOME form of nastiness and pushback, (I never really spoke of it publicly, but I dealt with some pretty awful harassment campaigns from Moondancer-obsessed weirdos, as well as several other groups). If I was going to be punished for creating, why bother? A lot of people would say I needed to grow a thicker skin and just deal with the expectations/abuse of a big audience, but after years of doing so, I decided to step back. At the end of the day, I had to rediscover that I must make art because I want to, not to satisfy strangers on the internet. In a way, FB is me re-doing the pandoraverse, and cutting out the old elements that make me unhappy (eg. the obsession with ships, the fanchildren, the melodrama). Perhaps it was foolish of me to sink so much of my time and effort into a fan story of a children's cartoon, because it was a given that it wasn't something I'd want to work on for the rest of my life. I've been making pandoraverse content for almost ten years. That's insane. My feelings about it vary wildly- sometimes I'm proud, sometimes I'm embarrassed, sometimes I want to delete it off the internet permanently, sometimes I'm annoyed that my artistic legacy is mediocre horse fanfiction.....and sometimes I see how my art and stories have influenced and inspired other artists, and I am touched. Sometimes. ....I still have ideas for the pandoraverse. I even have ideas I want to do now (halloween themed), quite soon, if I can find the time. I still have heaps of notebook doodles I want to share. The pandoraverse is not dead, not yet. But it is no longer my priority, my one and only creation. It is what it should've been from the beginning- a silly little side project, not a massive miserable obligation that devours every scrap of my creative time and energy.

Azure-Art-Wave

Oh I am aware. But just like you said, the fuzzbutts characters have gone way past their initial Pverse counterparts. Tbh I feel like very few characters now feel still "attached" to the idea of being just Pandoraverse "furry" expys (and I only think that just because they probably haven't had the chance yet to be on the spotlight and have their surroundings more fleshed out - like we've seen Priscilla and currently are seeing the pawberry family for example) I feel like anything is worth it as long as you enjoyed it. And gosh forgive me but I would have appreciated to personally shush u in the mouth for calling your work "mediocre". I know I can't blame you for having normal human emotions towards your work but the best way I can express in few words is that you've taken a mere kids cartoon and turned into amazing and impressive content and narratives. Honestly Lop, I'm pretty sure I'm not along among all people that follow you that I would >die< to see something like a cartoon, animation, movie or book you created. Your work is never going to have been just a few cartooney horses here and there, the depth and personality you've given your characters, the narratives, the stories, their dynamics... When I tell you you're one of my favourite artists ever if not the one and only, it's because your work always managed to touch me beyond being just rainbow horse melodrama, I feel like it always made me admire you beyond a random person on the internet scribbling horsies, it made me admire you as a person. Perhaps also because all of us have thought at some point that being adults that draw little horsies was something to be ashamed of, but damn the way you worked it and owned it like a PRO and made such compelling stories and narratives with it was always just breathtaking to me. It was always like the perfect balance between comfort and admirably interesting. Kinda like being able to enjoy more in depth themes and stories that kinda sync better with our age/mindset but still with the hint of happiness and magic of a little kid watching their favourite cartoon. I feel like you can think of MLP like maybe the "fuel" for your art for the past years, I mean, it's always more enjoyable to work on something when you like it, and you can't possibly tell me you've been drawing something you hate for over 10 years. And I believe it's never all in vain, I mean, I still remember when your drawings were just as simple and cartoon-ey, similar to the show style, and nowadays your range of skills and anatomy is really impressive. I think it's worth considering how much you've improved through the years, and one way or another, rainbow horsies or not, it was the work you've done that has helped you carve the path towards where you currently are. And like you said, it still has inspired over thousands of people, including me! Welp, it's a shame it's uncertain whether we will ever get to see the rest of the Pandoraverse main story. But I've somewhat grown to understand that (I mean I've definetely have been one of the people nagging you about next chapters I am absolutely sURE and I am SORRY) I only hope you're happy and proud of your art whatever path you decide to take with it!!!