Crappy Mary Sue self inserts? I guess it's possible that she's somehow wrangled an amazing work of fiction out of that premise, but its not very likely, especially given that she probably doesn't have much in the way of experience writing prior to a few months ago.

edited 30th Dec '12 4:38:34 PM by Crowfall

In addition to her Wonderbolts fanfic, RD would write a (bad) fanfic where she and Daring Do go on adventures together.

Shipping optional, but probable.

Goodnight folks.

'Night, Apple.

Possible future for Rainbow: Instead becoming Wonderbolts she become best writer in Equestria

Goodnight, Apple.

As for RD's book quality: several reasons to assume that it's not very good.

1. The plot is extremely cliche and obviously a self insert. She obviously didn't put much thought into the premise.

2. More importantly, she takes Rarity's compliment at face value, which means she doesn't seem to really be very aware of what's considered good writing. Even if she willingly chose a cheesy premise, a good author would be aware that the summary sounds dumb.

3. Given how utterly averse she was to reading, I can't imagine that she has much experience when it comes to writing. I seriously doubt that she focused much on it in school, and it's probably not very important for her job, so her ability is probably extremely unpolished.

Basically, there's nothing that necessarily means it's terrible; it's possible that it could be good, but it's highly unlikely. I mean, RD is always more of a doer than a thinker; her personality just doesn't lend itself well to things like planning ahead, or proof-reading.

edited 30th Dec '12 4:47:58 PM by JapaneseTeeth

Man, why bother with second drafts when you're as awesome as RD? She gets that shit right on the first try.

I'm starting to think maybe she was kidding about what she was actually writing.

She actually writes (bad) Daring Do fanfiction.

She seemed to be genuinely excited about it, though. Didn't seem like she was joking.

Saw the latest Touhou Fighter. Hoping Fighting Is Magic can compete with it :D

Applejack would be writing "Essential apple recipes. Volume 1"

It's 1000 pages long.

Now I'm reminded of a fic I read where Twi and RD got into a write off, using romance as their topic. RD wrote like 100 pages of an obvious self insert having sex with the author of the Daring Do books. Then it turns out Daring Do's author is Twilight's mom. Then it turns out Rainbow already knew that and doesn't see why it's weird.

And I would cook every damn one. Applejack is really good at making me want various apple treats.

edited 30th Dec '12 4:59:36 PM by Crowfall

26 is up

Episode review is done. Nothing you guys probably haven't already heard, though.

RD has a thing for Twilight's Mom, huh? That's... I don't even know.

Rainbow Dash is secretly writing every episode of the show. It's all written by her.

RD gets Scootaloo to help ghostwrite her story. Scootaloo discoveres talent for writing.

oh and figured out why Spike's characterization got mangled for the sake of the story, check who the writer was.

She's doing better, but needs to learn that the story serves the character, not the other way around.

Eh, I go no issue with him just getting lucky, though did seem weird that it needed to breathe, but can't have bad breath without breath.

Oh no...I just checked for my essay score there...it's 42%...which is abysmal. This means that once again my education is hanging in the balance. Dam SLC...and dam me too for checking right now. Now I'll never sleep!

Of course...under the circumstances...any passing score is a good result I guess.

Right, looks like I'll be up a bit longer. What's this about RD the writer?

@JT - Yup, that's so my headcanon.

You know what would be an interesting scenario? If Fist of the North Star and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic were combined together. Some people might think that's like trying to mix oil and water, but they do have some things in common. In particular, the stallion Kokuoh (Japanese for "Black King") would make an interesting character.

1. Kokuoh survived a nuclear war and leads a herd of wild horses.
2. Kokuoh tried protecting an injured foal from a bunch of tigers.
3. Kokuoh had a wrestling match with giant, beefy Raoh before he let Raoh ride him.
4. Kokuoh got punched by Kenshirou...and survived. Keep in mind that Kenshirou has killed plenty of humans with one punch.
5. Kokuoh stomps and kills humans under his hooves on a day-to-day basis. Easy for him to do, since he's the size of an elephant.
6. Kokuoh is quite intelligent and has a sense of compassion, like when he silently urged Raoh to bury Juza.

I wonder what it would be like if Kokuoh and Big Macintosh met each other.

Actually, I was thinking a bit about that, and I came to the conclusion that Spike didn't choke the timberwolf, he clogged it. They were always blowing that nasty breath stuff, so my headcanon is that the rock blocked up the nasty-breath thing, so it built up and basically caused the timberwolf to pop. Yeah, no evidence, but it makes more sense than choking.

I wouldn't call Spike's character necessarily mangled either. It's exaggerated a bit, but it's not like he hasn't had absentminded or clumsy moments before. She just pushed it too far into slapstick.

@Crowfall: wut? Now you've sparked my curiosity.

Like I said, she's doing a hell of a lot better then last season, but still the least good writer on the staff. They've at least gotten into her head that being overly cynical just for the hell of it becuase it more "realistic" does not mesh with this show, and fixed her horredous characterization of RD from last season, but this ep shows she's still willing to put the story/joke before the character

@JT: Honestly his obliviousness is as weird as his extreme clumsiness. He's screwed up before, but he usually knows he's screwed up. It's not like him to not realize how bad a job he's doing of everything.

@Ace: Here it is, if you're curious.