Hey guys, I'm from the other Fi M thread, and I came to deliver another Fi M related idea that I posted on the other thread:

If the show is too idealist for you than than just check out all the Dark Fic there is.

I think Faust offers more details of how that happened.

http://comments.deviantart.com/4/1603670/1919056941

I think the upcoming Big Bad might have something to do Nightmare Moon.

Wow. That was rude. Thumped.

^Appropriate nickname much?

Another semi-willing convert?

edited 13th May '11 9:22:47 PM by Rationalinsanity

You do know that disagreement is not the same thing as a personal attack, right? Chill out.

Well, more of a bolt, really, but it's sort of a kind of screw, right?

I'm sure we all apologize for enjoying a cartoon that doesn't try to piss in our collective cornflakes, randomguy.

Hey, what's it called when the mayor won't stop talking? A fillybuster?

Something silly!◊

The Space Sphere seems popular in this fandom.

Well, I've emailed the four chapters of my story so far to Equestria Daily. Let's hope this is as successful as the bedtime story.

"Hey, what's it called when the mayor won't stop talking? A fillybuster?"

GELZOOOOOOOO!

@Jack - There's a brief part in that 'Polks Is Magic' video where the ponies prance across Abbey Road. Then again, perhaps you're wanting something more specific than that - after all, they'd need the proper clothing.

Well, it's been sent to the pre-readers.

I have the story so far here, if anyone wants to read it.

Hopefully, that I've been posted on the blog before should work in my favor. There's the slight concern that they generally don't like O Cs, and my fic consists of nothing but O Cs.

edited 13th May '11 11:45:38 PM by Pannic

I'm tempted to do my Pony RPG story as either a sprite comic or a fanfic, but I get the feeling nobody's gonna wanna read it either way.

Also, how does Google Docs work? I've been tempted to submit my "Alternate Endings to Party of One" to Equestria Daily for a good while now.

edited 14th May '11 12:17:50 AM by MoeDantes

I think you need a gmail account.

you don't need a gmail account, no...well, you need a google account at least, so that may be the same...

As far as I can say, just search 'google docs' and you can either write one directly, like in microsoft word or what have you, or just upload something directly...

Speaking of fanfiction, I am now reading a story which may well be almost as infamous as Cupcakes.

I prefer Cupcakes. Grimdark can be at least silly and funny but sad is just sad.

Now more I listed to score from revelation about Final Five (well four) from Battlestar Galactica more that scene remind me Element of Harmony or Four Stars.

Wierd.

edited 14th May '11 1:28:16 PM by Counterclock

^^ Seems we're opposites in that regard. I'm often put off by grimdark, especially if it's silly. But I do very much enjoy a good tearjerker. Serious, character-based drama, to be specific.

Consequently, I end up avoiding anything tagged Grimdark on Equestria Daily, but almost everything tagged Sad goes immediately into my to-read queue.

Oh well, no accounting for taste.

Spoiler Warnings for the fanfic "Bittersweet"

Eh, to be honest this story gets less sad the more I read it. I mean, the first chapter is a huge tear-jerker, but... well, it starts to feel "wrong."

Just for example: look at the scene between Applejack and Twilight Sparkle in part four. The idea for it worked, up until this part:

"Okay Applejack, I guess I'll go now..." Twilight said dejectedly. However, before she even took two steps, a thought suddenly surfaced in her mind. "Wait a minute... Big Mac said it was a slow day today!"

We then have paragraphs upon paragraphs of Twilight pointing out the holes in Applejack's story, which leads to Applejack becoming annoyed—and frankly I sympathized, since Twilight seemed to have developed an inexplicable case of Asperger's Syndrome.

To better show you where I'm coming from, here's how I would've done it:

"Okay Applejack. I guess... I'll go now." Twilight turned and began to walk away, but before she had even walked two steps she turned back. "Actually, there is something I need."

"And what is that?"

"A shoulder."

Applejack looked at Twilight, confused at first. But the water in Twilight's eyes made her meaning clear, and Applejack noticed her own vision getting blurry too. Well, a shoulder was asked, a shoulder would be provided.

She wanted to say all those kind, motherly things. All the "there there, it'll be all right"s of the world. But Applejack found her throat too choked up to say anything. So she just pat her friend on the back, and let her shoulder soak up some saltwater. Applejack never noticed when she, herself, began to cry.

Another character whose portrayal bugs me is Fluttershy. The fic basically says "Fluttershy isn't perturbed at all because she's experienced death before and knows how to handle it, " which... well, frankly that's just cheap. Death of loved ones is death of loved ones and it always hits you hard, no matter how many times you've been through it. I can't imagine Fluttershy being as unaffected as she is.

Rarity and Rainbow Dash are pretty believable though.

EDIT: Yeah... I just stopped reading. Part five was a deal-breaker because all the sudden it turns into an action-adventure story.

I like the Alternate Ending though.

edited 14th May '11 5:29:09 AM by MoeDantes

I was speaking about bad/fanfic examples of Dark & Endgy (Grimdark is my name for bad dark story) and Tear Jerker.

Cupcakes is so ridicious that is both creepy and funny and Bitter Sweet sounds just wrong.

Horever maybe I feel something similar to Crossed Line Twice because Bitter Sweet is just wrong and Cupcakes is so wrong it sound interesting in some way.