#also to anyone reading this who hasnt read tte yet

[evelili]

Okay this is insane of me but I just read The Twilight Effect despite having zero prior knowledge of mlp so it just felt like I got to read this amazing novel for free. I am being so legit right now I loved it. I've been following you on tumblr for years, I completely forget what for originally but I figured we must have similar taste or I wouldn't have followed you way back when and I was looking for something to read so I kind of went "what the hell, why not" and so I read your fic and it was the best decision I've made all month. Seriously, do whatever you want with your life, but if you ever feel inspired to write original fiction you should go for it. I will read it.

oh my goodness wow thank u for taking the time to send such a lovely message! i hope its ok if i answer this publicly, but lmk if not and i can take it down ^^

to hear that you could still enjoy the story with no knowledge of mlp makes me really, really happy. because, even tho it’s fanfiction with borrowed characters, the original plot points are still a story that i desperately needed to tell. it’s a bit funny because back in 2017 i tried to write this story for the first time, and looking back it was definitely a miserable failure—which i now do feel was bc of a lack of a story outside of “how can i retell the first 2 episodes with humans and also sunset shimmer”. but after growing up a whole lot and writing a ton of other “failures” that can never see the light of day, i suddenly found myself with a story for that previously-abandoned idea from 2017 that i actually thought was good. and well, you know the rest from there :)

i dont know whether you initially followed me in my frozen years a decade ago, from steven universe, or from any fandom sprinkled in between, but thank you so so so SO much for sticking around and giving my magnum opus a shot! it really means the world to me that you enjoyed TTE, and gives me a bit of confidence for if i ever get around to filing off its serials to rework it into original fiction that it’s still a story that can stand on its own ^^