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#244801 Drenius Sun, 8th Jul '12 5:02:47 PM from Northern Virginia

Evening folks, despite my best efforts, I have once again gravitated towards the thread. Oh well, it's harmless enough, isn't it?

Pagetopper

edited 8th Jul '12 5:04:43 PM by Drenius

Journalism is just a gun. It's only got one bullet in it, but if you aim right, that's all you need.

#244802 storyyeller Sun, 8th Jul '12 5:05:06 PM from Appleloosa

I'm kind of popping in and out of the thread.

Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.

#244803 Chadaman 99 Sun, 8th Jul '12 5:14:02 PM

Well got nothing better to do, so no worries on your part.

Everything's been done. Everything has a meaning. However your life at best is to serve as a building block for others.

#244804 storyyeller Sun, 8th Jul '12 5:17:02 PM from Appleloosa

I'm attempting to program.

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#244805 Japanese Teeth Sun, 8th Jul '12 5:20:15 PM from Meinong's jungle

I'm attempting to write stuff.

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#244806 Death Cloud Sun, 8th Jul '12 5:21:43 PM from Horsehead Nebula

http://karzahnii.deviantart.com/art/Requestarama-313447294

Karzahnii Requestarama

Because he know I'm going to go out in this plane and I'm going to remove one of His creations from His universe.

#244807 Sky Strike Sun, 8th Jul '12 5:23:07 PM from Trottingham

@Death Hey, that guy is named after a BIONICLE character.

If you stare into the abyss long enough, it stares into you.

Element of Indecision.

#244808 storyyeller Sun, 8th Jul '12 5:24:33 PM from Appleloosa

At least it's easier to get proofreaders for writing.

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#244809 Drenius Sun, 8th Jul '12 5:33:31 PM from Northern Virginia

just a tad creepy

Because there is no such thing as too many Asterix and Obelix crossovers

edited 8th Jul '12 5:35:50 PM by Drenius

Journalism is just a gun. It's only got one bullet in it, but if you aim right, that's all you need.

#244810 storyyeller Sun, 8th Jul '12 5:37:35 PM from Appleloosa

Oh good, the sties back up now.

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#244811 Sky Strike Sun, 8th Jul '12 5:38:46 PM from Trottingham

@Drenius I would say Twilight would be Getafix, not Applejack, but I can see they did it for the cider joke.

If you stare into the abyss long enough, it stares into you.

Element of Indecision.

#244812 Kyler Thatch Sun, 8th Jul '12 5:40:28 PM from beyond the stars

Good morning, Equestria.

I kinda wish Karzahnii would do more humanizations. He's good at those.

I bequeathe myself to the dirt, to grow from the grass I love;

If you want me again, look for me under your boot-soles.

#244813 Death Cloud Sun, 8th Jul '12 5:41:17 PM from Horsehead Nebula

I prefer when he stick with ponies.

Because he know I'm going to go out in this plane and I'm going to remove one of His creations from His universe.

#244814 Moe Dantes Sun, 8th Jul '12 5:42:25 PM from the Land of Classics

@Orion and Storyyeller (previous page) - Sorry it took me so long to get back to you re: "Why I want to kill Surprise, " I was trying to come up with an answer that didn't sound like I was just blaming the forum.

Let me say it straight: Sharing your sandbox just doesn't work. Creators who are worth their salt (and I hope I am) often have very specific ideas, but if they let other people contribute, those ideas become more generic. Comic Books and television have been proving this since their inception.

When I share Surprise (in sockpuppet form), I have to leave stuff out (people haven't read the fic after all, and if they have there's still parts I haven't gotten to yet), but that opens the door for aspects to be flanderized and blown out of proportion. The "human slavery" thing for example or, worse in my mind, the idea that because she ate me once that she's some sort of killer and everything she offers might be laced with poison (one person even suggested she would hurt foals... which would be extreme character derailment actually). And yet to offset this I have to go too far in the opposite direction and make her Pinkie Pie with Wings.

So now she collects plushies, and she goes Supermom whenever Pipsqueak has the sniffles, even though she's not his mom.

Ugh.

I'd like to introduce more specific characterizations, including stuff that hasn't really shown up in the fic yet. But if I do, I'm basically just playing with myself. But if I don't, then she's boring. It's a catch-22 is what it is. EDIT: Another problem here is that, some of the stuff I want her to do will really only work in a specific context.

It's sort of the same reason I never liked MM Os or Pen-n-Paper RP Gs like Dungeons and Dragons, actually.

edited 8th Jul '12 5:52:19 PM by MoeDantes

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#244815 storyyeller Sun, 8th Jul '12 5:47:00 PM from Appleloosa

I never noticed the poison thing. Anyway, feel free to do any characterization you want. I won't mind.

Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.

#244816 Kyler Thatch Sun, 8th Jul '12 5:50:58 PM from beyond the stars

Comic Books and television have been proving this since their inception.

BWOOOOO— *recordneedlescratch*

I bequeathe myself to the dirt, to grow from the grass I love;

If you want me again, look for me under your boot-soles.

#244817 DJ Pon 3 Sun, 8th Jul '12 5:55:41 PM from Equestria

Oh, I haven't been here in a while. Too much going on, ya know.

#244818 storyyeller Sun, 8th Jul '12 6:00:00 PM from Appleloosa

Oh hi Vinyl.

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#244819 Turtlebutter Sun, 8th Jul '12 6:00:49 PM from A Marshy Pond

So is this "The Book of Friendship" by Billy Colt the one Im supposed to read?

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#244820 Perpetual Lurker Sun, 8th Jul '12 6:01:38 PM

Yeah, that would be Pannic's primary fic.

#244821 Turtlebutter Sun, 8th Jul '12 6:05:07 PM from A Marshy Pond

Thanks, wanted to make sure I was reading the right one. I think you mentioned recently you have a fic somewhere Lurker? Whats the title? I'll put it on my TBR list.

Ive been Fanfic binging the last few days. If you have one you want me to read please PM me the title and whether its on FI Mfiction or not. There are so many authors on the thread Ive lost track!

Ive read one of JT's fics, Sereg's, and CDRW's so far.

And some random one about a mirror twilight that came to life that was kinda... random.

edited 8th Jul '12 6:08:50 PM by Turtlebutter

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#244822 Japanese Teeth Sun, 8th Jul '12 6:06:18 PM from Meinong's jungle

Which one of mine was it? I have several.

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#244823 Turtlebutter Sun, 8th Jul '12 6:08:02 PM from A Marshy Pond

The new one that you wrote for Applelight, if you have others let me know! Im sure youve mentioned them but the thread moves so fast sometimes I dont catch them.

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#244824 Perpetual Lurker Sun, 8th Jul '12 6:09:03 PM

Well, I'm in the process of finishing up the next chapter of my own story

at the moment, if you'd like to read that when it's done. It's a bit of a short read, though, compared to most people's stuff, since my chapters tend to stick in the 2-3k word range.

edited 8th Jul '12 6:09:12 PM by PerpetualLurker

#244825 Japanese Teeth Sun, 8th Jul '12 6:09:43 PM from Meinong's jungle

I'll pm them to you.

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