 The continuing adventures of MLP, Fic thread, because it was asked for. |
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 Dec 15 2011, 03:02 PM
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Blueshift, is there a place one could take a quick gander at those horrible fics? I´m morbidly curious...
And regarding the Fallout: Equestria fic you guys have been praising so much: Is there a quick synopsis available? Because frankly, the idea of MLP:FIM meets Fallout sounds terrible. |
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Dec 15 2011, 03:22 PM
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QUOTE(WorkbenchManiac @ Dec 15 2011, 03:02 PM)  Blueshift, is there a place one could take a quick gander at those horrible fics? I´m morbidly curious... And regarding the Fallout: Equestria fic you guys have been praising so much: Is there a quick synopsis available? Because frankly, the idea of MLP:FIM meets Fallout sounds terrible. I wouldn't want to publically ridicule anyone. I'd like to think that the vast majority of people are trying their best to write a good story and just need help and encouragement. -------------------- |
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Dec 15 2011, 03:34 PM
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 Local Dinosaur Enthusiast Group: Citizen Posts: 6,311 Joined: 24-October 07 From: Dinotopia Member No.: 10,981 Faction: Autobot |
QUOTE(WorkbenchManiac @ Dec 15 2011, 03:02 PM) And regarding the Fallout: Equestria fic you guys have been praising so much: Is there a quick synopsis available? Because frankly, the idea of MLP:FIM meets Fallout sounds terrible. I'm terrible at summing up things, I'm afraid, but the story is a lot better than the premise sounds, it is a lot less "Ponies in Fallout" and more a story that uses the properties of the FiM and Fallout universes to create something of it's own thing. I guess I'd need someone to summarize it properly, though, help? -------------------- QUOTE I'm bad at puns and not much good at anything else! |
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Dec 15 2011, 03:51 PM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 2,084 Joined: 10-February 05 Member No.: 5,993 |
I'm not honestly a fan of FO:E myself, but I don't like post apocalyptic things, and prefer stories that are tighter and focussed rather than sprawling. I don't begrudge anyone else liking it, but not my cup of tea.
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Dec 15 2011, 04:11 PM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 1,114 Joined: 23-December 10 From: Germany Member No.: 13,940 Faction: Maximal |
QUOTE(Blueshift @ Dec 15 2011, 03:22 PM) I wouldn't want to publically ridicule anyone. I'd like to think that the vast majority of people are trying their best to write a good story and just need help and encouragement. Aww, man... I was looking forward to some rigid grill structures. QUOTE(Cabooceratops @ Dec 15 2011, 03:34 PM) I'm terrible at summing up things, I'm afraid, but the story is a lot better than the premise sounds, it is a lot less "Ponies in Fallout" and more a story that uses the properties of the FiM and Fallout universes to create something of it's own thing. I guess I'd need someone to summarize it properly, though, help? Who are the protagonists, and how do they end up in a nuclear wasteland? That seems to be the first major hurdle for the fic to overcome. |
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Dec 16 2011, 11:21 AM
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QUOTE(Blueshift @ Dec 15 2011, 11:48 AM) QUOTE(TM2 Dinobot @ Dec 13 2011, 12:56 AM) Way to go Legion! I've tried three times. The first time I got a raving review from the reader, but there were too many errors. The second time, same thing. The third time, there weren't any errors, but the reviewer didn't like it so he didn't submit it. Oh hey cool I'm one of the pre-readers for EqD, you'd actually be shocked at how many stories get submitted. Usually about author insert characters falling in love with Fluttershy! Give me a heads up if you're going to submit something, I can give it a once-over first if you want. Wow, very cool, Blueshift! I may take you up on that in the future, if you don't mind! What I keep seeing on FIMfiction.net is teenage / twenty-something humans falling into Equestria and turning into ponies. (Maybe those are the same self-inserts you're talking about.) I keep hoping for the day someone actually does something interesting with "humans in Equestria", like "eighty year old woman who is lonely because her grown up kids all died before she did falls into Equestria." Sort of "Howl's Moving Castle" with ponies. That said, I think there is just something about the human brain that makes "me, within this cool universe" the first thing everything wants to write. It's the first thing I ever wrote too, all those years ago. (I will refrain from saying just how many years. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-arcee.gif) ) It's just a natural part of growing as a writer, I guess. This post has been edited by Legion Maximus: Dec 16 2011, 11:23 AM |
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Dec 17 2011, 09:34 AM
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 Wha? Group: Citizen Posts: 4,076 Joined: 31-March 03 From: Texas, ya Yank! Member No.: 2,620 Faction: Predacon |
Hey, can't blame them. Teenagers/young adults are lonely. I used to honestly want to marry Black Cat. :/
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Dec 18 2011, 10:30 PM
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 HE TELL ME DRILL WILL PIERCE MUFFINS! Group: Citizen Posts: 12,109 Joined: 12-August 05 From: Knoxville, Tn Member No.: 7,060 Faction: Autobot |
QUOTE(WorkbenchManiac @ Dec 15 2011, 04:11 PM) QUOTE(Blueshift @ Dec 15 2011, 03:22 PM) I wouldn't want to publically ridicule anyone. I'd like to think that the vast majority of people are trying their best to write a good story and just need help and encouragement. Aww, man... I was looking forward to some rigid grill structures. QUOTE(Cabooceratops @ Dec 15 2011, 03:34 PM) I'm terrible at summing up things, I'm afraid, but the story is a lot better than the premise sounds, it is a lot less "Ponies in Fallout" and more a story that uses the properties of the FiM and Fallout universes to create something of it's own thing. I guess I'd need someone to summarize it properly, though, help? Who are the protagonists, and how do they end up in a nuclear wasteland? That seems to be the first major hurdle for the fic to overcome. Let me see if I can create a decent summary without giving much away: Due to a combination of the Zebras superstisiously fearing Luna and resource conflicts, Equestria and the Zebras basically wipe each other out in a war of megaspells that devestate and poison the land and wipes out most civilization. Now 200 years later a unicorn named Littlepip leaves one of the few remaining fallout shelters on a journey through the Equestrian Wasteland to bring back her idol, Velvet Remedy. Along the way she runs into many obstacles and gathers many friends. Eventually as the story becomes more and more epic she works towards both finding her place in the world and making the Wasteland a better place. -------------------- Signature? I don't need no stinking signature.
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Dec 23 2011, 02:17 PM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 232 Joined: 22-July 07 Member No.: 10,568 Faction: Predacon |
That's a great summary, crazyjw. It's really hard to avoid giving spoilers . . . it's an excellent story, in any case.
New chapter of Canterlot Follies: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/1757/6/Can...ave#chapter_box Comedy, how I love writing yooooou. Also, an illustration from the previous chapter, currently my favorite: (IMG:http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/338/b/b/hell_hath_no_fury_by_ladym-d4i4vit.jpg) IF LOOKS COULD KILL. |
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Dec 25 2011, 08:29 PM
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Local Dinosaur Enthusiast Group: Citizen Posts: 6,311 Joined: 24-October 07 From: Dinotopia Member No.: 10,981 Faction: Autobot |
QUOTE(Legion Maximus @ Dec 23 2011, 02:17 PM) That's a great summary, crazyjw. It's really hard to avoid giving spoilers . . . it's an excellent story, in any case. Speaking of, the Afterword was posted today. Fallout: Equestria is complete. -------------------- QUOTE I'm bad at puns and not much good at anything else! |
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Dec 30 2011, 02:23 AM
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Wha? Group: Citizen Posts: 4,076 Joined: 31-March 03 From: Texas, ya Yank! Member No.: 2,620 Faction: Predacon |
I got a really nice review on my fic. I was smiling all day. hopefully I can get back to it soon.
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Dec 31 2011, 02:55 AM
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Would anyone be interested in a fanfic that's... kinda scary/violent? Not detailed gory or anything, but it would involve characters dying, for example.
Just had a random weird idea, and was wondering if anyone here would even be interested in it for me to go ahead and write it. --------------------  |
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Dec 31 2011, 10:36 AM
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Wha? Group: Citizen Posts: 4,076 Joined: 31-March 03 From: Texas, ya Yank! Member No.: 2,620 Faction: Predacon |
Yeah. In mine horrible stuff happens. HIGHLIGHT to view:
Rainbow Dash's mom has cancer. There's worse to come. -------------------- I had a better signature... then it ran away.
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Dec 31 2011, 05:35 PM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 232 Joined: 22-July 07 Member No.: 10,568 Faction: Predacon |
Could you post a link to your fanfic, TM2Dinobot? I am feeling EXCEPTIONALLY LAZY today, too lazy to go back through the thread looking for it.
As far as Srs Bsness in fanfics like death and disease, I am okay with it . . . if the descriptions are not too gorey (I skipped through the goriest parts of Fallout Equestria, for example, I just can't take that kind of stuff) and if it seems to add something to the story. Hey, is anyone here British? I need to know if "armor" is spelled "armour" in British English the way "color" is "colour." |
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Dec 31 2011, 06:25 PM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 2,084 Joined: 10-February 05 Member No.: 5,993 |
QUOTE(Legion Maximus @ Dec 31 2011, 05:35 PM) Hey, is anyone here British? I need to know if "armor" is spelled "armour" in British English the way "color" is "colour." Yes it is, that is indeed the correct way of spelling it! -------------------- |
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Dec 31 2011, 10:14 PM
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Wha? Group: Citizen Posts: 4,076 Joined: 31-March 03 From: Texas, ya Yank! Member No.: 2,620 Faction: Predacon |
QUOTE(Legion Maximus @ Dec 31 2011, 05:35 PM) Could you post a link to your fanfic, TM2Dinobot? I am feeling EXCEPTIONALLY LAZY today, too lazy to go back through the thread looking for it. As far as Srs Bsness in fanfics like death and disease, I am okay with it . . . if the descriptions are not too gorey (I skipped through the goriest parts of Fallout Equestria, for example, I just can't take that kind of stuff) and if it seems to add something to the story. Allons-Y! As for gore, there's not too much in mine. Some battle sequences, but I prefer to make my ponies cry rather than beat them. Well, at least until Appolyon shows up... QUOTE Hey, is anyone here British? I need to know if "armor" is spelled "armour" in British English the way "color" is "colour." Yes, that's the backwards way of spelling it. -------------------- I had a better signature... then it ran away.
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Dec 31 2011, 10:49 PM
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 I love this thread. Group: Citizen Posts: 20,165 Joined: 22-March 02 Member No.: 731 Faction: Autobot |
Hrf. A shame I missed the Pony Writing Training Grounds.
Too much Story rattling around in here, not enough output... A question, though. If you're doing a crossover with a second established story... Is it poor form to recreate a few scenes close to word-for-word, albeit w/ponies? -------------------- QUOTE(ChessPieceFace @ Mar 28 2013, 03:22 PM) You won't be the killjoy, we will. We will kill the absolute jive out of that joy. |
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Jan 1 2012, 12:31 AM
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Wha? Group: Citizen Posts: 4,076 Joined: 31-March 03 From: Texas, ya Yank! Member No.: 2,620 Faction: Predacon |
Nope. In fact, I think it adds a sense of continuity.
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Jan 1 2012, 01:16 AM
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I love this thread. Group: Citizen Posts: 20,165 Joined: 22-March 02 Member No.: 731 Faction: Autobot |
Huzzah! The references shall be doubled!
-------------------- QUOTE(ChessPieceFace @ Mar 28 2013, 03:22 PM) You won't be the killjoy, we will. We will kill the absolute jive out of that joy. |
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Jan 2 2012, 12:34 PM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 2,084 Joined: 10-February 05 Member No.: 5,993 |
I've now finished The Star In Yellow! It's been pretty popular so far so hopefully this will keep up the high standards!
Part 3 - http://blueshift2k5.deviantart.com/art/The...Three-277233296 Part 4 - http://blueshift2k5.deviantart.com/art/The...-Four-277234188 I've put it on Fimfiction too, since I know some people prefer that. http://www.fimfiction.net/story/5713/The-Star-In-Yellow -------------------- |
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