My Journey

Here's what I'm up to these days, along with a timeline documenting all the significant events in my life.


NOW

June 6, 2025

What I'm doing now

I’m currently focused on two things: sharing and creating.

Writing

I recently completed Under Rolling Stars, a quiet, character-driven fanfic set in an alternate reality where Earth and Equus have merged. It’s a reflective piece about two travelers—one human, one pony—headed east by train. No world-ending threats. Just quiet conversations, gentle revelations, and the slow weaving of connection. It’s nostalgic, grounded, and deeply personal.

Though the story is finished, it’s left a lasting mark on me personally. I still think about it often.

YouTube

My next creative focus is building a YouTube channel centered on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. The core of the channel will be reactions and commentary—thoughtful, personal responses to episodes of the show, exploring what they mean to me and why they’ve mattered to so many others.

Beyond reactions, I plan to dive into reviews, deep-dive discussions, comic coverage, and possibly broader topics around storytelling, fan culture, and nostalgia. It’s a new space for me—less polished, more direct—but I’m excited to see where it leads.

Website & Identity

David.ink is still evolving alongside me. It’s now cleaner, calmer, and more intentional—reflecting the quieter creative philosophy I’ve been growing into. Layout, typography, and structure are all being reworked to match the kind of space I want to create: focused, warm, and a little bit nostalgic.

It’s still a living space. Always changing.

Creative Input

To stay inspired, I keep a rotating archive of what’s fueling me creatively. Lately, that includes:

  • Friendship is Magic and its surprisingly layered comics — rich in tone and lore.
  • Campy and classic horror from the ’70s and ’80s — grainy, pulpy, atmospheric.
  • Baldur’s Gate III — a reminder that choice-driven storytelling can still surprise.

These aren’t just interests. They’re reference points. Texture. Compass readings.

The Conjuration Wizard
Sebastian Hilam enjoys a nice, refreshing glass of water before getting sucked into the body of his first Pathfinder character and sent into the universe of My Little Pony.
dustor7689 FiMFiction fimfiction.net
The Conjuration Wizard
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Welcome to Ponyville, home of Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and all your other favorite Ponies! Something’s not right in the town though, as some of the inhabitants are acting very, very strange! It’s up to the Mane Six to find the source of the weirdness before it’s too late! Collects issues #1–4 of the biggest hit comic of the year!
IDW Publishing ComicVine comicvine.gamespot.com
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Blazing Saddles
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
Crossbow Productions IMDb imdb.com
Blazing Saddles
Helluva Boss
In Hell, imp Blitzø runs an assassin business targeting the world of the living, using a spell book borrowed from a prince of Hell. With employees Moxxie, Millie, and Loona, they attempt to survive each other while keeping business afloat.
YouTube IMDb imdb.com
Helluva Boss
Baldur's Gate 3
An ancient evil has returned to Baldur's Gate, intent on devouring it from the inside out. The fate of Faerun lies in your hands. Alone, you may resist. But together, you can overcome.
Larian Studios Steam store.steampowered.com
Baldur's Gate 3

2020s

I published “Under Rolling Stars”

After months of rewrites on top of years of planning, I finally completed "Under Rolling Stars."

Under Rolling Stars
A quiet young man and a nervous unicorn share a long train ride through a post-Meld world, where silence, stories, and the slow unraveling of assumptions form the beginnings of an unlikely friendship.
David M. Coleman Fimfiction Fimfiction
"Under Rolling Stars" story cover artwork

This story is very personal and took a heck of a lot of time.

The image portrayed in the artwork has been on my mind for ten years. It wasn't until I was put on furlough at the height of the pandemic that I began forming early plans for a story.

Originally the story would just be a simple exchange program where there's a single portal between Earth and Equus. Something others have done. However, I wasn't motivated to do much for quite a while.

After five years of picking this up, and putting it back down, and nearly shelving it entirely, I finally got the idea for the Meld. The event that took place from 1928 to 1937. A metaphysical event that 'stitched together' Earth and Equus like 'a patchwork quilt.'

That was the thing that boosted my motivation to write this. However, I kept rewriting it for over two months before finally completing it.

Nailing the characters was hard. I kept struggling with making Josh likeable and someone people could empathize with. Then Twilight was too open. This story takes place before she would've gone to Ponyville, so writing her as she would've been then, combined with this different universe, was very, very tough.

But I did it. I pulled through, and managed to finish it. And I'm happy I did. The response has been amazing, and I'm glad people like it.



2010s

I launch my first website

I launch dadiocoleman.com, my first website.
Sorry, I have no backups nor screenshots of it.


I join the herd

This was the day I found a little show called "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic." A discovery that would change my life.


I graduated High School

I think I did alright.


Release Day

Yeah, you knew this was coming.



2000s

My brother was born!

I'm really proud of him.



1990s

We moved to Austin

My home


We moved to Texas!

Specifically Corpus Christi.


The first day of my existence

Apparently it snowed that day!