I MLPFIM world probably there are not any of that kind of ponies.

But in FOE world they are.

(And I'm OK with it, as long it not related to show characters or creator pets)

Anyway, ramblings on the chapter that I was typing out as I went:

Yadda yadda, here's Littlepip's moral outrage again. I remember last chapter she had a whiny bit when it came to Calamity looting the place, which seems odd given what I remember about chapter 4.

Attempt to be funny discussing trains, doesn't quite work for me. Calamity has an actual funny bit. Good. Now he's registering as more than "hat and accent."

Oh, there's our drug addiction thing.

More blatant typo. "A chuckled at myself, shaking my head." Who the hell is A?

...

Time skip to being attacked with a flamethrower? Not that I'm objecting to having the boring action scenes more concise, but c'mon, be coherent...

Okay, why do we have things like "Ow. Ow. Ow."? Is this supposed to be past-tense narrative or stream-of-conciousness? Maybe if the narrative was third-person it'd be more appropriate to have interjections like that.

Also, wait - you're waltzing into a slaver town, with no backup except for a sniper, and you're shooting shit up? That's... kinda foolhardy, really.

Oh. Next chapter introduces Velvet Remedy proper. Maybe it'll make up for the complete non-impression she left back in the beginning. Kinda a shame - I tend to like pacifist characters and I'm well-aware that this aspect of her characterization doesn't last.

Was better than chapter 5, anyway. Least it didn't take me two different readings a few months apart.

edited 16th May '12 12:50:20 PM by Pannic

Still not sure whether not FOE is worth my extremely important time.....

The fact that it's mostly O Cs puts me off. And I don't think Fallout and My Little Pony would mesh well. It's like putting tomato and chocolate together.

@Ginger

And I don't like it.

You yourself expound how justification can't make you like things. It's just how I feel about it. I, personally, do not feel that the setting is believable, regardless of how it tries to justify it.

edited 16th May '12 12:53:33 PM by PerpetualLurker

1. Your talking about two differnt sets of ponies with those two

2. There's a set of records that goes in great detail just how badly ponies were at handling any sort of long term, sustained conflict, let a lone a full out war. Even those that have never been near the front line were starting to get massive PTSD like symptom's just from knowing what was happening. Some even worse. Are they EXACTLY like ponies from the show, no, but those ponies haven't gone through at least a decade, if not more of constant unending warfare, seeing there society impacted by it more and more every day, starting to lose hope that it would ever end.....

So, in PF 6, I went back to Ponyville to see if I could get Twilight back. While I was there, I learned that Bonbon is pregnant. It would be touching if I knew who the father is. The scene sets it in a way that Lyra is the father, even though she's a mare.

O Cs and Fallout stuff are mane reason I read this.

I prefer when fics focus on O Cs, less worries about author interpretation of canon character.

edited 16th May '12 12:53:50 PM by DeathCloud

...you're realise you're talking about a group of talking ponies after the equivalent of a nuke war, right P?

If it weren't for the fact that this story was based off of a popular video game series I don't think it'd have nearly as much clout in the fandom.

@Pannic Really? Cuz I loved it and I don't give a shit about Fallout (shrug)

Pip and her crew are characterized just fine. Well, except for some issues I have with Velvet, but that's not relevant to the topic at hand.

My problems are with the chain of events that lead to their characters shattering in tragic ways that I simply do not enjoy reading about. It is only made worse by the flashbacks that quite clearly show that they are still the same characters at heart, even after years of war, but their action that we don't see in flashbacks contradict that entirely. Like I said, I just don't like it.

edited 16th May '12 12:58:54 PM by PerpetualLurker

I should play this Pony Fantasy VI thing. Hearing about it gives me an odd, incomprehensible mix of elation and dread.

Because it just grimdark postapocaliptic fic, add crossover stuff and it's more interesting.

Fallout stuff is thing brought most readers to it, but stayed because it was good fic (doorstomperst must be really good for peoble whanting to read so much of it)

yes that helps for novelty, but even wihtout the Fallout stuff, the story is just so damn GOOD....and yes as we've said the beginning is the weakest part so not hard to see why your don't really like it so far....and it manages to meld the two almost perfectly. Yes there are a few issues, but for most people it's not that far past what we could except could happen.

is it for everyone? buck no, if kkat knew how to write a story EVERYONE loved, she'd wouldn't be putting out fanfic's, she'd be busy swimming in a country sized money pool. but overall it is a really really well done story that blends two things that shouldn't go together way way better then anyone though possible.

The early part of the story has no real plot to speak of, save for "okay, find Velvet, " which is quickly forgotten until the sixth chapter and then involves a lot of dicking around. Video game crossover is the only real motivation for a reader to look at it where it is so far. If it weren't for that, would the story have gotten off the ground? Would people have stuck around for what, eight, ten chapters for it to get good? I have doubts.

And I still don't like Littlepip.

edited 16th May '12 1:00:35 PM by Pannic

A similar thing happened with Better Living Through Science and Ponies.

Portal was a good game, I'm glad we're in agreement there, but this fic sucked.

Dreadlation?

@Purple I thought people loved that fic?

I just checked out some scenes from Reboot today and noticed similarities between character from that show and MLPFIM:

Bob - Rainbow Dash

Dot - Twilight Sparkle

Mouse - Applejack

Enzo - Scootaloo

Megabyte - Chrysalis/Disqord

@Ginger Which just baffles me. The fic was full of spelling/grammar errors, clunky dialogue (which tends to be the death bullet for fiction, in my opinion) and Flanderization of GLaDOS.

edited 16th May '12 1:04:45 PM by PurpleDalek

@ Death, nah Hexadecimal is Discord. Megabyte would be Either NMM or Chrysalis. Kinda had parts of both of them.

Flanderization of GLaDOS? How so? (has not read the fic)

http://ponyrake.deviantart.com/art/What-if-Rarity-302443628

Rarity in place of Twilight during finale.

Yeah, when to think about it Hex is really Disqord.

So Megabyte is Chrysalis - it fitting, even more in last episodes.

edited 16th May '12 1:07:31 PM by DeathCloud

@Ginger She goes from sarcastic and passive aggressive to simply bloodthirsty.

And you know how, at the end of Portal 2, she said she wouldn't try to kill Chell anymore? It seems she just forget about that and regressed.

http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/187407

We see another changeling who stand out of swarm.

I wish one changeling get Marauder Shields level of popularity.

edited 16th May '12 1:12:40 PM by DeathCloud