Finally, after two and a half months, its over. I’ll leave the notes and references to a later post, but I wanted to say something else first.
The original concept of Supah Fwuff can be traced to KMEB, who came up with the idea of a superhero fluffy who had “all the powers”. While I’m not the biggest Superman fan, the mythos of Superman, as well as his pastiches and homages, has been an interest of mine for a while now (with some of my faovurite superhero stories including Invincible and the Sentry). I loved All-Star Superman, and often wondered what an equivalent story for other superheroes would be like. Which is why, when I found about KMEB’s Supe Fwuff, I initially wanted to write Aww Staw Supah Fwuff as a greentext parody, being a little tongue-in-cheek, but still appreciative of KMEB’s unique concept. But then, I squashed the idea initially, because All-Star Superman was this complex story that, I felt, one can’t just make fun of.
There was a message that KMEB left in his final post that struck as chord with me. After seeing an abuse image that affected him, he wondered why anyone else would put themselves through it. And I understand that thought. I myself had initially brushed off the fluffy pony genre when I first discovered it as being too overly grimdark and abuse-centric with little value. But, and as took the time to look thorugh the content, I saw stories and ideas that, I feel, were really unique, and showed there was something of worth to this whole genre. So, I put in this effort for this story as a response. To say that, yes, it was worth subjecting myself to the darker elements of the fandom, in order to see its light.