- Super-duper gay feels time.
- For the FR circlejerk, and any other writer/artist/whatever whom I've had the pleasure of speaking to.
- Love, your friendly neighbourhood Shiggler.
- >All of us knew that no matter how many times we told ourselves it wouldn't, the ride would someday come to an end.
- >Deep in our hearts, deep in our minds.
- >We just didn't want it to ever come true.
- >And yes, we did all cling to it like a baby chimp clings to its mother.
- >After all, what does one do with the things one cherishes the most?
- >One keeps them close to their hearts.
- >This silly little show...
- >A show that was never made for us...
- >A show that never expected the popularity it enjoyed...
- >A show that captivated everything we could ever want.
- >We would complain, by god would we complain.
- >But no matter what happened, we stuck through every single event that meant “the ride was over”.
- >The wedding, the film, and the last alicorn.
- >Our community banded together, and we had fun.
- >Our fun was interrupted by pointless bickering, condemnation by the close-minded, and other things... Even the dreaded Scruffening.
- >But all that was nothing to us.
- >Never meant a thing.
- >Because at the end of the day, we still had our silly show about colourful horses.
- >They made us smile, they made us cry, they made us laugh.
- >But most importantly, they taught us about friendship.
- >Something that so many of us seemed to lack, or only had scraps of it left.
- >From those lessons, we found friendship ourselves.
- >And friendship, it turns out, knows no boundaries of country, colour, creed.
- >The internet is a great source of many things...
- >And from it, we formed communities within the community.
- >You are Shiggler.
- >The one that struck you the most, was perhaps the most peculiar bunch of individuals you ever met.
- >The community itself?
- >Well... it was called Flutterrape.
- >Sounds dark and horrific, but inside were simply unique people who wanted to make people laugh.
- >You remember the first story you ever posted.
- >A simple story about a lonesome Anonymous who finally found his place, only to have his dreams shattered.
- >It wasn't very good. You didn't even pre-write.
- >But these people, whom you had never met, who owed me nothing, were willing to give me a chance.
- >The first to take you under his wing was Nebulus.
- >He gave you so much advice on how to make that simple story something more.
- >And so you did.
- >Kind-hearted and wise was the first impression you got from him.
- >Then, after some time, he introduced you to yet ANOTHER community within a community.
- >This group was composed of writers, singers, weapon fans, and even some simple lurkers.
- >If you're honest, you were nervous being exposed to so many unknowns.
- >But Nebulus was sure they would treat you as their own.
- >”Gentlemen. Shiggler.”
- >With that, you were thrust into a group of people who made a huge impact on you in such a short space of time.
- >The circlejerk.
- >Expecting to be met with instant hostility, instead these people simply tipped their metaphorical hats.
- >”Welcome to the jerk Mr. Shiggler, you can't leave here... ever...”
- >So you thought anyway.
- >Instantly, you were greeted by Monk, a man so sincere and talented in his writing that he made you feel things for characters you never thought you would.
- >Then came Lasagna... Lasagna's strong point was never writing, but more in his obscure tastes of pornography.
- >...You were both shocked and amused at his albums on imgur.
- >Road was one of the lurkers, and despite his bashfulness he was sure to make you feel like a part of this little crew.
- >After Road, Swift. A writer who, after only reading a few parts of A Taste Of Harmony, you were envious of. His proficiency in portraying the plot of stories was impeccable.
- >Lastly came Gnome. You were skeptical of him at first, he seemed to be completely indifferent to everything.
- >Everything but guns. His collection was enormous.
- >And so, you had met the “regulars”.
- >Over time, you met different people, all with their own quirks and perks.
- >Domino, a guy who had an annoying little brother, but who always proved he was boss.
- >Pickle, the one with odd fetishes and a knack for writing homolove.
- >Panda, the tragic one who somehow always had a smile on his face. Probably from his love of syrup.
- >Collar, an excellent writer who wrote the best slice-of-life you could ever imagine.
- >Noel, sole Argentinian who thankfully survived a bullet wound. That man is made of steel.
- >Clever, the critic. And rightfully so. His stories were near flawless.
- >Cordan, the cynic. 2edgy4lyf indeed.
- >Pudding, a fellow Britfag. He was extremely excited after he found out you shared his grief of being born on the island.
- >Lumber, the Canadian who just loved to cut down trees.
- >Raritan, famous for the wrong reasons. Cries of “read my stories” are not what he should be remembered for.
- >Baratone, a baritone. This man had the most amazing voice in the world. It still confuses you why he wasn't famous for it when you first heard him talk.
- >BFN, the artist. No matter what he was asked to draw, he'd draw it, and not only draw, but bring it to life.
- >Aviator... well, he was just Aviator. There's no way to describe him. A philosophical one, his vision not led askew by morals of the world.
- >Urban was a generous fellow. He tried his absolute best to help Baratone get into the voice acting business. The man deserved it, and Urban knew it along with the rest of us.
- >System had always been a good guy. Cheering up people seemed to be his thing; he was always excited whenever anyone logged on.
- >Last but not least came Tog. You clearly remember a picture of his face, covered by shades and a scarf, with a middle finger up to you. And you remember laughing your fucking ass off.
- >And so, this was our circlejerk.
- >Perhaps in the dark days of hiatus, the only thing that sustained our love for our silly cartoon.
- >Sharing videos, pictures, stories, whatever we could find.
- >It was our little corner of the internet where we could openly broadcast anything without true judgement.
- >These people changed the way you viewed the world in such a short space of time.
- >You truly believe no other group of people could have done so.
- >And you were right. For the rest of your days, you remained an optimistic, cynical bastard.
- >The best kind of contrast.
- >After you had spent an entire summer talking to these guys, you were smitten that you'd be here forever.
- >...And that's when you were finally proven wrong.
- >It was the middle of 2017, and we were waiting in anticipation.
- >The finale of Season 7 of Small Horse: Friends are Good was about to air.
- >As we all gathered round our computers, TVs, tablets, general-video-viewing devices, we were awestruck.
- >In our voice chat, we waited.
- >That finale...
- >Was the finale of our show.
- >Princess Twilight Sparkle had left Equestria.
- >In a final battle of wits, power and dexterity, she had defeated every single ill that could have been thrown at her.
- >And in return...
- >She had ascended to another plane.
- >All of her friends watched as she departed, all with tears in their eyes.
- >They were all speechless.
- >The first to break the seemingly never-ending silence?
- >Spike.
- >”I... didn't even get to say g-goodbye...”
- >Roll credits.
- >A piano plays.
- >The familiarity...
- >In our voice chat, we heard a timid voice singing.
- >”My little pony, my little pony...”
- >It belonged to our beloved Arizonian friend Road.
- >Somebody whispered “Gay.”
- >Another whispered “fucking dammit.”
- >But...
- >”I used to wonder what friendship could be...”
- >Then...
- >We all began to sing.
- >We fucking sung.
- >It was like a choir of seagulls on crack, but...
- >We sung.
- >And it felt great.
- >Once it was over...
- >Nobody spoke for a few minutes.
- >The first thing uttered was from a familiar voice.
- >”Well I dunno about you guys, but I say you're all a bunch of fucking faggots.”
- “Lasagna. You big bastard.”
- >”Well, somebody had to say it.”
- >The entire jerk erupted in united laughter.
- >...And it was the last we had.
- >After that episode...
- >You went to 4chan.
- >*click*
- >Pony.
- >You instantly went to the bottom of the page expecting outrage, but...
- >There was only one new thread.
- >The picture was the first vector of the mane 6.
- >But what did it say?
- >”The magic... it's truly gone.”
- >Over 1000 replies.
- >Many of them of that old vector of Rainbow saluting.
- >”Goodbye, /mlp/. It's been a fun few years. Someday... I'll see you all in Equestria. I look forward to it.”
- >”For all of its shitposting, for all of its weird-ass fetish threads (I'm lookin' at you, FR), and for all of its occasional hugboxing, I fucking love this board. I'm genuinely fucking sad to see this go. I [spoiler]love[/spoiler] you /mlp/.”
- >That was enough.
- >You knew it.
- >The jerk knew it.
- >The ride...
- >...was finally...
- >...and most definitely...
- >...
- >Over time, the conversations became more stale.
- >”What's going on?”
- >”Nothing. Normally I'd be writing but... I have no energy.”
- >The end truly drained us.
- >There was nothing to look forward to for the show, and eventually, even the shittiest of OCs began to fade.
- >No more threads where we'd laugh at how “autistic” someone was.
- >No more threads made by newfags, deplored by >>>/ponychan/
- >And, perhaps the hardest hitting for us...
- >No more Flutterrape.
- >Once that was gone, the 'jerk was doomed.
- >There wasn't even a final goodbye.
- >...
- >It's been many years since then.
- >You now have an alright job, pays decent money, you have a good few friends.
- >But, you are quite far from the youthful days of the past.
- >You are old. Fragile. Weak.
- >Something has been itching at you as of late though.
- >The latter of your teenage years...
- >They were filled with a joy that you hadn't discovered since.
- >Those old days...
- >You try to recall the name of that group you were part of.
- >It's difficult, but...
- >It was the circlekirk... right?
- >In your living room, your laptop beckons you to come to it.
- >And so you do.
- >Your old account...
- >Come on, REMEMBER!
- >Perhaps there's a chance that one of them is actually online.
- >Opening up an archaic copy of Skype, you set it to compatibility mode with Windows 8.
- >...Cordan would lynch you for that.
- >Typing in your details, your heart races with excitement.
- >Username: [DATA EXEMPT]
- >Password: [DATA EXEMPT]
- >...
- (You faggots didn't really think I'd let you get my Skype, did you?)
- >The loading circle keeps going...
- >And going...
- >Until it makes that old whoosh noise that everyone hates.
- >You look to the left, the contacts list.
- >...No-one's online.
- >The jerk is still there.
- >A single message, left by Nebulus from 3 years ago, is left.
- >”Hello, jerk.”
- >And nobody replied.
- >If anything, it jerks a tear from your eye.
- >The feeling compels you to do something that could be madness, or genius.
- >With a heavy heart, you type one last message with your frail hands.
- ”To reiterate from Nebulus: Hello, jerk. I can only pray this gets out to you all. It's been... so very long. Times have changed and I imagine that there's no doubt you all have. I just wanted to say one final word, if I never get the chance again.
- ”Throughout my years there has been turmoil, grief, sadness, anything you could imagine. But none of that matters. Any time I got myself in a bad situation, or a bad mood, or I just simply had a bad day, I'd recall. And you know what I'd recall?
- “I'd recall each and every single one of you fucking cunts. The years I spent talking to you guys... Some may call them a waste, some may say it was pointless, but I reject all that, and I say no. You folk made each and every single day on this Earth unexpectedly fun.
- “Even if we never did get to hang out with each other as one group, even if we didn't co-write the shittiest Flutterrape ever, I still had the best of times simply talking to you and getting to know you guys. I wouldn't have changed it for anything.
- “Nothing would make me happier for all of that to return... But I highly doubt that would happen. In any case, all I really want to say to you bunch of fucking weirdos is this.
- “Thank you. Thank you so fucking much for making my life interesting once more. I'll see you all in Equestria.”
- >”Seen.”

