THE END. I think. For real this time.
On this occasion of the tenth (TENTH) anniversary of this blog, I thought it a good time to throw a little spotlight back on where it came from, because I wouldn’t still be doing this today without the incredible tumblrpon community that was there when I started. And while most of these blogs are no longer active and their creators have moved on, I’d like to take a moment to celebrate this creative community and all the wacky, unique things it came up with. A million different interpretations of the same character, side stories of side stories of side stories, AUs, crackships, mashups, crossover storylines, metablogs, blogs where all the versions of a character hang out together… Stay weird, tumblrpon.

I should also mention that I did not have the space, time, or wrist health to draw everyone I wanted to in this picture! Even up to the end when I was squeezing horses in to every spare space I could find I knew I was going to have to make some cuts. This also isn’t a complete inventory of every blog that “matters”, it’s skewed towards ones that I remember and/or interacted with, and most of them have been dead for several years at this point. But whether I drew your horse or not, everyone’s invited.

Full list of everyone in the picture plus some trivia below the cut!

Okay I’m just gonna name the blogs rather than link them because jesus I need to stop somewhere

Blogs are in bold, characters from Firestarter Spitfire are in italics:

Top row L-R: Fisherpon, Sunshine & Moonbeams, Ask the Night Guards, Ask Grimdark Big Mac, Thea (the doctor horse - I guess she’s from THE if anyone remembers that?), Blue Bolt, Soarin, Concorde, Spitfire, Supermarine, Hurricane’s Parents, Ask Hurricane’s Ghost, Ask Diane Pie, Ask King Sombra (+ Coffee Talk), Lightning Dust who has no idea why she’s been invited, Ask Littlepip (mainly an asker)

2nd row L-R: Ask Banana Pie, Special Delivery (Equestrian Post), Ask Movie Slate, Thauma Disk (Ask Thaumaturge Pony), Ask Prof Smirk, Bulwark & Frostfall (originally from my other comic Chasing Shadows but they live here now), Seahawk, Seafire, Harvest Ember, Ask Britannia (+ Svelte), Pirate Dash, Dead Rainbow Dash, Epic Rainbow Dash (remember Act 4?)

3rd row L-R: Cyberpunk Spitfire (who has no idea what’s happening), Rainbow Feather Replies (+ Quartz Horn), Stormfront (Stories from the Front/Southwind Stories), Ask Earth, Air & Magic (Strums, Strings, Pitch & Beats), Canterlot Academy of Music (Vinyl, Octavia, Lyra & Bonbon), Redgetrek, Ask Rusty Nail (yes the bottles - rest in piece, my guy), Boiler3 & Ask Sweet Cream, Sweetie Bot Replies

Front row L-R: CMC Next (Krabby, Truffle Mint & Sugar Bolt), Ask Ariel Wonderbolt, Ask Kessel Run, The Announcer (Wonderbolts HQ), Ask Firenze, Fractured Loyalty, Fleetfoot (there was a Fleetfoot in WHQ but i didn’t really interact so GRAY AREA), Ask Tyco Wonderbolt, Ask Spirit, Ask High Winds, Ask Mistypony, Ask Terry, Ask Meanie Belle, Ask Glittershell, Aero Replies

IN THE TIME THAT FIRESTARTER SPITFIRE HAS BEEN RUNNING:
(Events are in chronological order)

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim had just come out
The end of the world didn’t happen
I tried to end the blog
Gangnam Style became the first song to get a billion views on YouTube
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released
What Does The Fox Say got really popular for 5 minutes
The PS4 and XBox One came out
I tried to end the blog
Dashcon happened
I made Spitfire’s Day Off and tried to end the blog
Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released
Harambe was killed
Overwatch came out and then Blizzard mysteriously vanished
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released
Tiktok was founded
Vine shut down - yes Tiktok was founded before Vine closed
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released
Concorde was born
The last Bronycon was held
Never Gonna Give You Up got a billion views on YouTube
The PS5 and Xbox Series came out
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released