MLP Forum Archive - Page 10341

#258501 Chadaman 99 Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:04:31 PM

Story, YT still acting stupid?

Shouldn't be thinking about that. Creases dude.

edited 25th Jul '12 8:05:03 PM by Chadaman99

Everything's been done. Everything has a meaning. However your life at best is to serve as a building block for others.

#258502 Super Gex Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:05:42 PM from Your Face

Action comedy stories are right up my alley. Slice of life is also a favorite of mine.

ZABUNGAH

#258503 the Librarian Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:07:07 PM from his own little world

The Age of Wings and Steel is a pretty good one. Pretty long too; the author posts it in three-chapter sections. It's still ongoing though.

Tick Tock, goes the clock/ He cradled and he rocked her/ Tick Tock, goes the clock/Till River kills the Doctor.

#258504 Rich Reeders Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:07:46 PM from Watching this muffin.

Ponygeist: A Nightmare Night Tale

Don't you try anything, you baked good you.

#258505 storyyeller Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:09:59 PM from Appleloosa

The problem with a premise like Aliens in Equestria, is what next? You can't just have a vague premise.

Anyway, rebooting now.

Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.

#258506 Seraphem Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:12:17 PM from Delamare

And just an FYI for those that are interested in Time Lords and terror et al, it's written EXTREMLY well, but just so you know the overall tone/style is more like a Doctor Who episode that takes place in Equestria, then a MLP episode featuring The Doctor. and it. is. GLORIOUS!

if your talking about TLAT then easy given where they come from and how many actaully know what they are.

edited 25th Jul '12 8:13:07 PM by Seraphem

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#258507 Chadaman 99 Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:14:44 PM

Some dude said crystal ponies may have the Eo H. I'm buying that.

Everything's been done. Everything has a meaning. However your life at best is to serve as a building block for others.

#258508 Surprise Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:15:32 PM from Ponyville

Sorry I had to bail earlier, so did Pip ever reveal what secret he was keeping from us?

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#258509 Perpetual Lurker Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:15:53 PM

@Seraph Well, I'm not familiar enough with Dr. Who to be motivated to read a crossover with it. Not to mention my dislike of the "Dr. Hooves is a time lord" fanon to begin with. It just doesn't seem like my kind of story, regardless of how glorious it is.

Why is it that everything really good seems to be either a crossover, too grimdark for my tastes, or both? I must have narrower tastes than Ginger when it comes to these kinds of things...

#258510 Kyler Thatch Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:16:57 PM from the heart of my bottom

Why is it that everything really good seems to be either a crossover, too grimdark for my tastes, or both?

I know that feel.

You watch him as he stutters over what to say. It's just a little game you play.

It's no easier for you some days.

#258511 Sydxelia Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:17:16 PM

I've taken this afternoon's matter to Ask The Tropers.

Pronounced "Sid-zellia"

What are you looking at?

#258512 Rich Reeders Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:17:43 PM from Watching this muffin.

Pip was here? Haven't seen the little bugger in ages.

Don't you try anything, you baked good you.

#258513 storyyeller Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:17:50 PM from Appleloosa

if your talking about TLAT then easy given where they come from and how many actaully know what they are.

Actually what I was talking about is that since we have too many Human in Equestria stories, I thought it would be funny to write an Alien In Equestria story just to be different.

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#258514 Seraphem Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:19:23 PM from Delamare

there's plenty of great non-crossover non grimdark fics

Just they tend to be shorter ones or one shots, the bug long epic ones tend to have one, the other, or both.

Alos very few pony fics are GRIM-dark, dark yes Grimdark no. Grimdark is the total and utter destruction of hope, everything sucks, the only lucky ones are the ones that die painlessly, nothing you do ever offers any long term hope. It's a story that revels in darkness. Cupcakes, GD, FOE, dark but not GD, etc...

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#258515 Surprise Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:20:38 PM from Ponyville

Why is it that everything really good seems to be either a crossover, too grimdark for my tastes, or both? I must have narrower tastes than Ginger when it comes to these kinds of things...

[I'm posting as Moeprise]

No, you're just normal.

The only crossover I ever considered writing was Ponies/Ranma, but I found it easier to just have ponies act like Ranma characters instead (we already have some precedent for Pinkie Pie being like Kodachi...)

Never got the appeal of Grimdark.

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#258516 ATC Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:21:24 PM from Sleeping

Who is this Surprise Character I keep seeing on Deviantart?

"ATC, if you are genuinely that ignorant, do us all a favor and lurk rather than post"-Fighteer

Patrick Rothfuss is a good writer

#258517 Surprise Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:23:42 PM from Ponyville

She's me from an alternate universe (aka another person's interpretation)

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#258518 storyyeller Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:24:10 PM from Appleloosa

You don't know who Surprise is?

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#258519 ATC Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:24:39 PM from Sleeping

No, I really don't.

Who is she?

"ATC, if you are genuinely that ignorant, do us all a favor and lurk rather than post"-Fighteer

Patrick Rothfuss is a good writer

#258520 Perpetual Lurker Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:25:38 PM

@Seraph I'm running under a broader definition of Grimdark than you, I guess. I don't see how the hope at the end of a story should factor into what genre a story is. Genre is determined (IMO) by content, and stuff like FOE, which is filled to the brim with death, destruction, gore, rape, etc., fits the bill quite nicely, regardless of the message of hope it sends in the end. Just plain Dark tones it down, but still conveys the heavy themes and content.

edited 25th Jul '12 8:27:10 PM by PerpetualLurker

#258521 Surprise Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:25:43 PM from Ponyville

I think he's wondering if the Surprise on Deviantart is the same as Surprise, the sockpuppet account.

Long story short: Moe Dantes created his version without knowing others had already used the character so there's a lot of Divergent Character Evolution.

EDIT: Surprise is a pony from the 1980s toy line who Lauren Faust claimed was the inspiration for Pinkie Pie.

edited 25th Jul '12 8:26:48 PM by Surprise

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#258522 Rich Reeders Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:26:27 PM from Watching this muffin.

KILL THE DIVERGENT ONE!

Don't you try anything, you baked good you.

#258523 storyyeller Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:26:55 PM from Appleloosa

Surprise is a G1 pony.

And wow, that pm you got was not nice at all. Why do people have to be like that?

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#258524 Seraphem Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:29:13 PM from Delamare

Far as I know Grimdark means something that could fall into Darkness-Induced Audience Apathy yeah probably need something in between dark and grimdark.

Build a fool proof system, and the world will create a better fool. My random thoughts

#258525 Surprise Wed, 25th Jul '12 8:29:28 PM from Ponyville

Just try it, you blasted Richards!

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