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> side effects...
side effects that filled my 2018 with lots of entertainment and ideas I wouldn´t have thought to apply. That and a huge confidence gain when it comes to posting on the internet. There´s nothing to fear I guess.

> That's the advantage here
funnily enough, the fic I have posted over there: Novo´s and Midnight Radiance´s fics were pretty well received. The implication about DWK happened without glory nor pity, no replies came about that one. 

But yeah, that advantage is one of the biggest reasons why I should aim at what one can afford without those harsh consequences. 

> I still sometimes see a shitpost or two but nothing that substantial at this point. 
if I told what I did to make them a little bit popular on /mlp/, you would be pretty surprised. Now there are almost 2700 images about them but back then, in 2017....imagine how to run a thread without being a sad bumpfest nor a lonely circlejerk for reaching the bump limit. 

Fortunately, the fanabse feels less alien (and I mean, /mlp/ mostly) towards them, so everything should go with a less rough path.

> They are appealing. 
indeed.
> and not drawing too much from IRL seahorses to be kind of bland and or creepy. I can understand how'd you feel that way considering the other paths that could've been taken. 
you cannot believe how much of a relief they brought when they were shown in the teaser trailer. Or even the Skystar pic with her VA, as soon as I saw her design, I found relief and left my fears aside (considering that they come from gen 1) with that aspect. I honestly don´t know how I would have made them better than what we´ve got (even though those alternative designs are pretty sick as well). I can complain about lots of things but as for these designs, I have not found anything that worries me. They feel really natural and translate pretty well to the FiM settings as far as I am concerned.