I think it was something along those lines. I'm not quite sure of the details, it's been a while since I read about it.

I'm pretty sure he intended it be a trollfic from the get-go. If I recall correctly he regrets it now because it overshadows all of his other non-trollfic stories.

Wow, I'd hate to have Magnum Opus Dissonance on THAT.

Lol, the lottery at Unicon is pretty funny.

If it were me, I'd just adopt another pen name. This is the internet, it shouldn't be that hard.

Yeah, if I ever get the urge to write a gorefic like that (which is probably never gonna happen, but whatever) I'd make a second account for it.

@Story: That trope actually lists Cupcakes as an example of that.

edited 23rd Feb '13 5:22:26 PM by JapaneseTeeth

Yeah, I remember Sergant Sprinkles saying in a interview that one of the reasons he wrote Cupcakes was to make a Take That towards Pinkie Dash shippers and shipfics {And that around the time he wrote the fic, their were a ton of Pinkie Dash fanfics online}.

While I don't like the fanfic itself, there are a few spin-off things that came from it that I do like, mainly the more comedic alternate endings {Like the one where it turned out that Fluttershy wrote the story after listening to too many death metal songs} and the fanfic "A Precious Rainbow" along with it's subsquent sequels. And there's this funny/cute video too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZU3CasZJg0&feature=youtu.be

edited 23rd Feb '13 5:51:26 PM by marston

I hope I can produce something one day that gets widespread recognition.

I'm banking on this comic.

In other news, EqD has a writeup for the Daniel Ingram panel at Unicon. Featuring a lot of details about the S3 finale.

Some other neat details include that he wishes he could write a Discord or Luna song, and that Hasbro themselves want to release a soundtrack.

edited 23rd Feb '13 5:53:58 PM by Swasfews

If I ever wrote a fic, there's no way it could have the Mane Six as protagonists. I could never have the skill to write them well enough.

Hasbro want to do a soundtrack?

If I ever wrote a fic, I would make it one about Luna's fall and the battles tha ended with Nightmare Moon being sealed away. One idea I had would be that the forest that would become the Everfree Forest was the site of their first battle, after Celestia confronted Luna at her castle. The forest's strange properties are due to the massive clash of magic that occurred there.

...actually, it should probably be the site of their last battle, whether or not it is their first, because of the way the Elements were sealed up there.

edited 23rd Feb '13 5:58:17 PM by Enlong

Oh What Could Have Been M.A. Larson planned out a song called Twilight's First Flight that would have her singing with Steven Magnet.

Why would Steven Magnet be singing a song about flight?

Hey, my art got used for an article again. Yay!

A Discord song would be amazing. Or bet yet, do a twofer and give him a duet with Luna. And am I the only person who saw that Celestia's song was originally going to talk about her history? What information could have been in there?

Also, Scrunch face is best face.

edited 23rd Feb '13 6:28:35 PM by JapaneseTeeth

Not sure, but he swears it's true. Or he could be trolling, who knows?

I thought I read somewhere that Delancie doesn't like to sing.

edited 23rd Feb '13 6:40:55 PM by Eagal

Didn't stop the documentary.

I'd be turned off of singing too if I had to perform for that.

We are all Sergent Sprinkles's alts.

Good evening everypony. Miss anything?

Me too. I'm really disapointed that my MLP Portal game never got any attention.

So, I just read the first issue of the micro-series.

It was pretty good! It was a really sweet story(And I could definitely sympathize with Jade Singer about having to live up to the expectations you set), and there was some pretty funny stuff. It was also a lot of fun trying to puzzle out all the references in there(Really, Twilight? Call me Maybe? really?).

Writing-wise I think the only problem was that, perhaps necessarily, it was extremely condensed. Not rushed, per se, because all the important scenes were there and the passage of time felt solid, but it was very fast-paced. Still, I suppose that's one-shots for you.

Sadly, I do have to agree with the general consensus: The art needs a lot of improvement. I don't know I'd call it out and out bad, but... it was very definitely not good. The sequential storytelling aspect was solid, but the pictures themselves sort of looked like they'd been done by someone who'd seen the show once or twice and never seen an actual horse. I noticed it in particular whenever there was an image of the pony walking their hind legs bent the wrong way, and the posing often looked awkward in general.

So all in all, my view of the first issue of the micro-series? A very nice comic that's marred by some very not-nice art. Keep that writer, get a new artist, and I think the next one could be a great comic.

Also if anyone's interested King's Bounty turned out to be not at all like Fire Emblem and honestly pretty meh. But I'm early in, so we'll see I guess. Story and gameplay might kick in better later.

edited 23rd Feb '13 7:11:04 PM by kegisak