Like Lord of the Rings, you must be willing to plow through the boring beginning to get to the beauty of the story. Harry potter, too, the first 1/7 of the series I disliked, but it is now one of my favorite books. Much of the fanservice goes away, too, and I think you can toggle it off anyway.

Also, a quote from the writer, the man who makes us feel all the feels:

Because I’ve hit 10k Followers, today at 4:00 pm EST I will be doing a livestream reveal of my identity. For some, this may not seem like a big deal, for others they might feel like it’s some kind of ridiculous publicity stunt, others are excited and curious, and still others are just there to see the reactions.

But for me, this is a very personal and important thing. I’m not being secretive because I’m shy, or because I thought it’d be funny to be that ‘mystery person’ on the internet like some people may assume. I’m not doing it for attention either. The thing is… for many, many years of my life, I hid my true self away because I was ashamed of myself and what I was, and I felt no one could accept or understand me. This continued for a long time, and for a while I even forgot who I really was and convinced myself I was ‘better’ that way. But I really wasn’t. It got to a point where I was actually contemplating suicide, but thankfully I got past that and realized I needed to stop lying.

I’ve made quite a name for myself as this ‘other me’, though. People assumed a lot of things about me, and hold a lot of expectations for me without knowing how I really feel.

So one day, I made Discord Whooves. A way to confront many of the darker sides of myself, my pains, my lies, my hatred for what I’d turned myself in to… So many things he says and does has some kind of meaning to my own experiences, metaphorically or literally at times. This blog has helped me confront so many of my problems and still continues to do so. I wish I could explain more, because I’m sure right now this all may seem confusing and over dramatic… But I know that once I reveal who I am, people will understand why.

This was also a way to start with a clean slate. I became a no-name artist, and created a mod-blog ‘Jitterbug Jive’ as a way to start fresh. No expectations, no assumptions, nothing in my past for people to throw in my face. Just me. Raw and simple, and free to be who I wanted without having to worry about ruining my ‘other’ reputation. I wanted to prove myself on my own without having that burden of my name holding me back. And I have never been happier. I have never felt more free to be myself. That’s why my pony’s special talent represents freedom, actually. I made him based on that free side of myself.

Thanks to everyone being so accepting of me, I’ve been able to gradually become more in touch with who I once was and want to be, and now I feel I can fully embrace this as my true self and cast off the lie I once was.

So thank you. All of you.

Now for my request: I don’t want to be treated any different after I’ve done this reveal. I’m Jitters. I’m Discord Whooves’ artist. Everything on Jitterbug Jive is the REAL me. I may have made some small white lies, but all of them had truth behind them.

Like I said, this will all sound very weird right now, but you’ll all understand once the reveal happens. You’ll know why I’m so uncomfortable with myself and why I’m honestly scared to face the truth of who I am, and why I’m scared to lose what I’ve gained after all of this. (No, it’s not because I’m some bad criminal or because I’m a huge celeb or anything ridiculous like that, but many of you MAY very well know who I am once the reveal is made)

So.

I’ll see you then. Thank you, again, for everything.