I mostly like the Nuptualverse, though it's been getting bit derailed recently.

But yeah, I'm not really into Fix Fics.

I don't usually read fanfics, though I've read a couple by people in this thread, and even helped edit one. They're both unfinished and seem to be in permanent limbo, though.

Yeah, I can see why. Gwen pointed out a good reason why Bitterness could be seen as going too far. I mean, yeah, she might have raised one or two good points, but 1) Twilight probably would have brushed aside the whole thing (After all, her reaction after her friends leave her wasn't that she was betrayed, but rather that she fucked up), 2) it's pretty much water under the bridge by Season 3 and 3) calling your bro a geldling? Really?

Hm... I wonder what you'd think of this. I haven't read all of it yet, but from what I've read, I don't think it goes the route of Bitterness.

They go under this new genre called Accusation Fics.

Too cute.

Well....its not anywhere near Bitterness' level, and it does present both sides in a more or less equal light, but I just think Twilight contracting PTSD over no one believing her to be a bit much.

Post Nupitals will always be the one "Accusation Fic" I support. Everything else...meh.

> permanent limbo

Hey, sounds like all of my fics! ...

Yeah, pretty much this- although I was never really that big into Post Nuptials to begin with, so I'm just really more indifferent to this one.

edited 5th Apr '13 4:30:59 PM by PrincessGwenevere

Tht's it. Not usually a fan of those.

@Syd: Which fics are those?

I appear to be tackled.

Also, accusation fics? I figured that was a thing, now I know the name. The basic premise doesn't appeal to me. Like it's largely an excuse to bitch in fic form.

edited 5th Apr '13 4:33:40 PM by Pannic

What the heck? Why are there so many fics about this? Are there really so many authors who can't get over this? Really, when it comes to being a bad friend, I'd say that refusing to get over a mistake like that is worse than her friends making that mistake in the first place.

@Crow: You couldn't have said it better. That sounds like a great lesson for next season!

@ Sereg: One's by Red Savant, Griffon A Second Chance. The other's by L Mage, and I can't remember the name of it since it's been over a year.

@ Pannic: Tackled and quite bruised. Any broken bones?

Well, for one thing, it was something that got brushed aside rather awkwardly (granted, the invasion was happening and all that) and fanfics usually dig into something that had little development. I think, for some at least, it's less of "getting over it" and more of "addressing it for closure's sake".

Though I do agree. It would have been a good lesson instead of the "trust your instincts" aesop, since gives that plot point more closure and doesn't seem broken.

edited 5th Apr '13 4:42:44 PM by Psyga315

I'm more shocked that people haven't let go of it when it was nearly a year ago. I'd imagine more Alicorn Twilight fix fics, but I admittedly haven't been looking for fanfics so there's probably dozens of them.

They did admit that they were wrong (well, Applejack did and presumably the others apologized when their lives weren't in danger anymore), which is a pretty big step toward forgiveness.

EDIT: Just remembered that I saw some people getting annoyed that Lesson Zero really should have taught them to have more faith in Twi during the wedding, so it may be a sore spot because of that.

Syd: Was it based on the just for fun Daring Do stuff? If it was, the fic in question is Daring Do and the Platinum Crown.

edited 5th Apr '13 4:48:40 PM by KuroiTsubasaTenshi

I'm not saying it isn't something her friends shouldn't apologize for, it absolutely is, but there was more important stuff going on, and we know the characters well enough to know that they probably would apologize off screen. It doesn't need an entire fanfic tearing everyone down. Let alone an entire sub-genre.

edited 5th Apr '13 4:49:48 PM by Crowfall

Actually, the Accusation Fic seems to have been around even before Canterlot Wedding made the internet explode.

@ Kuroi: That sounds like the right fic.

MMDW was probably the first big source of Accusation Fics from MLP:Fi M. Though Canterlot Wedding saw more of them that got popular apparently.

edited 5th Apr '13 5:00:32 PM by Mio

If there's anything that fanfics should tear down, it's the logical consequences of a full out invasion. Sure, you can say that everything was happy-go-lucky once the threat was removed, or you could go in another direction and say "nothing is the same anymore". Maybe some ponies died in the invasion (I usually make the joke that the snooty ponies in Sweet and Elite got killed off in the invasion), or that they'd have less faith in Celestia or the Canterlot Royal Guard. Or heck, both.

It does get addressed in Families, the Post-Nuptials sequel, though I'm not sure if there's any other stories that address that as much times as they address the apology thing. Or even if the Elements would fire if the ponies got to them (again, pointed out in Post-Nuptials).

@Syd: *cough*

Gee, JT, you should do something about that cough.

Formerly?

That image is way too userused. Most of the time, the thread isn't that weird. I think it should be reserved for anatomy discussions and the like.

They're more like giant cherries.

Userused?

Overused.

Damnit you guys; now I want to write, but I still want to finish my drawing. I need to learn to bloody focus.

edited 5th Apr '13 5:26:11 PM by PrincessGwenevere