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spudjohnson.bsky.social
Spud
@spudjohnson.bsky.social
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The guy who became a writer on accident.

Hi. I write about da pokemans and somtimes draw them too.

my webstite: https://potatopia.carrd.co/
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3 to the people who actually know me, 7 to the people who don't.

I stay in my little corner of the universe. That doesn't mean I want other people to stay out of it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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I have a full time job now.

I finally get it.

I can't do things now.

Can't wait to cry myself to sleep over having my daily free time slashed down to 4.5 hours on average.

Fuck
November 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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November 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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(3/5) I ended up looking over what my replacement was planning during lunch, when it hit me: Prior to subbing out, I had made it abundantly clear in press that I intended to attack the Islam player. Even players I hadn't spoken to about my plans knew I was planning on attacking Islam.
Some of my press with another player as proof. I have to censor their name and other players because otherwise I'd be breaking the rules of the game by leaking game-related info from press channels. Since I've subbed out, any plans I once had are now moot. The general chat of the server the game was hosted on. This conversation took place earlier today in response to me informing people that someone had scraped data off the server messages and fed them to AI. (Teng Runta-ism had since replaced me as the Tengrism player) This was not press, and sharing it doesn't break any rules.
October 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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(1/5) I have finally lost what little faith and trust I had left in internet privacy. Yesterday, I got this bizarre comment on one of my Ao3 stories that was blatantly AI generated, claiming that I had been "Islamophobic" with "off-site" content.
The blatantly AI generated comment a bot account left on one of my stories yesterday. I have also discovered that W3IRD_G1RL is an actual legitimate account on Ao3, completely unrelated to this guest account that stole their username.
October 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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The bit has now concluded, with Little reclaiming control over her server and Sierra being made a constitutional monarch.

At the very least, the whole thing gave me an excuse to create this new pfp for Sierra.
October 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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It's about damn time he got some art
September 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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I've been privileged to be made an important member of the Halo Reach Slipspace community, Helping playtest the mod and organizing games.

The footage here was not captured by me, but I did edit it into this.

For information on the mod, look up Imperator Vegetarius on Youtube.
September 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Every Kaiserreich ideology a Spud quote
August 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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I also updated the drone he had that he could carry on his back.
The original drone, which I named "Sound Fly". I was heavily into Transformers Prime at the time, which should explain both his name, and inspiration. Soundfly when attatched to Echoes. The originals required a one-of-a-kind piece I lost ages ago, and i had to jury rig up something new for this recreation. My redesign of Soundfly. I took away his jetpack and made him more compact. Only 3 new pieces were added, two of which replaced previous parts. Rather than a specific drone, this is a nameless scout/utility drone that is mass produced. The redesigned drone attached to the redesigned MOC's back.
August 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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This comic reminded me of an ancient OC MOC I created in my childhood. I decided to not only recreate him, but to redesign him to fit in with all the other bits of childhood spud lore that I've been adapting into the SJLU. #bionicle #bioniclemoc
My recreation of the original OC MOC. It's been around a decade since he existed, so my memory of him is spotty at best regarding fine details. I ended up having to use pieces I know for a fact I didn't have back then because I either lost, can't find, or gave away the original pieces (example: the pauldrons come from 2015 Kopaka, which I doubt existed at the time of the original moc.) I remember he was named "Echoes." (Not "Echo") I was obsessed with Metroid Prime 2 at the time, which still remains one of my all-time favorite games. Nearly all actual lore about him is lost to time, unfortunately. I do remember that he had connections to what would go on to inspire the modern-day Tolonian Confederation, something I name dropped in part 2 of D.I.D. My redesign of the MOC. I decided to stick with the CCBS base because I wanted to stay somewhat faithful to the original. The color scheme has been changed from primarily white-blue-gold to white-green-silver with that single hint of orange. I chose these because they're the colors the Tolonian Confederation uses, which is one of the few things about them I can tell you currently (it's all [SAGE]'s and [ULTRA SAGE]'s, don't worry about it). All other design choices I made were either dictated by the contents of my bionicle bin, or involve [SAGE]'s and [ULTRA SAGE]'s. Alt with a heavy cannon for a right arm, drawing more on the original MOC for inspiration. I dropped the gun-bow look because its constituent pieces were stylistically out of place, it didn't look ergonomically ideal, and I wanted a more "walking tank"feel. A second alt featuring a white-red-black color scheme and a giant arm shield-thingy. I imagine this guy to be both a field medic and an engineer rolled into one, with that arm shield actually being a sophisticated apparatus used for both clinical and mechanical duties. No, I will not be elaborating on why the engineers also need to be doctors.
August 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Something has to change.

I only wish I knew what.
I’m done. I’m not going to keep pretending everything is alright and happy in Spudland. It’s not. It hasn’t been for a long while, and it’s time I finally revealed that fact. I don’t know when exactly the pain started. Probably while I was still writing Part 1 of Descent into Darkness. All I know is that I have been nursing emotional/mental (I honestly don’t know which it is, and I’m too burnt out to care at this point) fatigue that has only gotten worse since. I have always stated that I run off of passion. That I create because I’m passionate about what I make. That hasn’t changed one bit; I still do what I do because I love it. But passion only gets you so far. Even if I enjoy the writing process by itself, I enjoy knowing people are interested in what I create far, far more. Another part of why I’ve been writing is because I want to share myself with the world. To build a dedicated following, even if it’ll never be as big as those of people who inspired me to create. And so far, I have failed miserably in the pursuit of that following. I have existed as Spud Johnson for just under 2 years now, and all I have managed to accumulate are handful of friends, of which only a couple have actually read anything. My only true regular reader is my unofficial proofreader, and the D.I.D.D.C. Is little more than an early access club with little actual use. My bsky followercount means nothing. I think I can safely say that 90% of my followers have never actually interacted with me or the platform I tried to create. Most of the hits on my Ao3 stories are from the same handful of people. I have been performing on stage for an absent audience for years, and it has been taking a toll on my mental health. I have been doing my best to keep it under control, because god fobid I throw a big stink about how nobody likes my stuff and I’m a failed creator. But every time I release a new chapter, publish a new story, or do anything at all, whatever I hope I might have accumulated gets crushed when I find myself without an audience. And every time it happens, the pain I feel only gets worse. The comic I published on my brithday, “The Voice,” was somewhat of a cry for help. I genuinely was starting to feel like I had literally accomplished nothing in two years. I planned on addressing many of the issues and struggles I have with it, namely the part about my nonexistent audience. I have since lost the motivation to continue working on The Voice, due to it’s objective failure, and my waning desire to draw. I don’t know why I’ve failed to build a dedicated following. I’ve been racking my head all these years trying to find the answer, and it still evades me. I’ve tried so many different things, all in an attempt to attract an audience. Wither and Chrono. D.I.D. Diplomacy. Outright asking my friends with actual dedicated followings/reach to advertise the Eidolon Saga themselves. Nothing works. I’m out of ideas, and now I’m out of motivation. All my writing projects are on indefinite hiatus. I’m not going to perform to an empty auditorium anymore. If I’m the only member of my own audience, then why should I bother writing when I can simply recite things in my head? Now then, for the obvious question: Is this permanent? I hope to god not. I hope something changes and I end up getting a dedicated following. I hope I actually get a genuine audience. But so for, hope has been failing me repeatedly for a good long while. And I’m getting pretty fucking tired of failure. It has become very, very clear to me that simply continuing to write chapters/stories won’t solve anything. It’s just going to make any new readers have that much more catching up to do. So I’m not going to publish anything. I’m not going to get my hopes up. I’m not going to continue to put my hand on the stove and hope it doesn’t burn me. But I’m not stupid. I know that sitting around and doing nothing isn’t going to help me. I’m going to keep trying things until I finally have an actual dedicated following. Maybe this is a terrible idea. Maybe giving up on my trade for a while is only going to starve potential new audience members of new material. Maybe I’m doing the exact wrong thing. But from my perspective, if there was an audience waiting for me to give them new stuff, I’m pretty damn sure they’d be visible to me, and I don’t see anyone waiting on me to release another chapter. And yes, I am very well aware that there are multiple people who WANT to read my stuff. But until that WANT is translated into ACTUALLY READING, I don’t consider that as being a part of my audience. I’m tired of getting let down over and over again, either by false hope, or someone being unable/unwilling to actually read. It’s not just demotivating, it’s getting infuriating. I get it, you all have your lives to live, but for the love of god please don’t get my hopes up only to let them collapse again. I’ve been putting up with my hopes and dreams getting abused because I believed that it would pay off when I eventually get an audience. Now, I’m starting to think that “when” is actually and “if.” I’m fed up of thinking that prosperity is just around the corner, because every time I work with that assumption, it bites me in the ass. So I’m done relying on faith that it’s going to eventually work out if I just keep ploding along. I’m done gambling my hopes away. I’m done pretending that I’m about to hit a breakthrough and strike gold. I don’t know what it’s going to take to build myself an audience, but it’s now painfully clear that what I’ve been doing isn’t it. I’m done with trying same things over and over again and expecting a different result. This is the tipping point for my “career” as a writer. If I’m not able to build the dedicated following I’ve been chasing these past two years... ...Then I might just end up calling it quits. I am in pain. I have been in pain for a long while. I didn’t reveal how badly I was in pain because I didn’t want to act entitled. But enough is enough. If chasing my dreams only leads me to more pain, then I’m done with it all. I’m not going to keep chasing rainbows when they keep leading me to briar patches.
August 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Thank you, Mr. Fox. Thank you for making my life enjoyable.
July 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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The Voice: Part 2
July 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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July 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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The Voice: Part 1

Happy Birthday to me
July 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Thrift stores are a blessing
July 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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June 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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After about, uh... (checks file) Holy shit, exactly 6 months to the day, I have finally finished Thysania's canon design for Descent into Darkness
Thysania with her wings unfurled Thysania with her wings furled up into a dress
June 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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De-rustification in process; Working on Thysania again
June 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Fear the Giant Floating Death Sierra™
The Giant Floating Death Sierra™ is attempting to "peacefully" convince you to read a really good story that may or may not be written by me
June 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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As much as I hate to admit it
June 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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A warning going forward for anyone who might end up getting invested into the Eidolon Saga.

You need to be capable of having your theories be proven wrong. I am going to pull the rug out from under you over the course of the SJLU's lifespan.

Everything you know is a lie.
May 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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I may or may not have completely fucked up most a good amount of the Ao3 formatting by forgetting to add a "}" at the end of the CSS
May 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Third time's the charm
May 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM