Pony Fanfiction Thread

Reminds me a little of how Unexpected Confessions has played out.

edited 31st Aug '14 3:02:01 PM by YamiVizzini

I'm a bit torn. On the one hoof, I totally think pony newspaper editors would work cheesy puns and alliteration into their headlines as often as possible. On the other hoof, I wonder if even these editors would recognize the need for tact in certain tragedies.

In other words: "Weather Pegasus Presumed Perished": poor plotting? Perplexed.

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I'd say it depends on the tone of the chapter you're using it in. If you want it to be dramatic at all, you'd probably be better off not using it.

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Not remotely dramatic. So there.

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In that case it might work.

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So, 1 and 2 from here, each tribe has their own form of magical art and Celestia has a personal student for each one.

Twilight knew the other two, but she wasn't very close, being antisocial before she came to Ponyville. Now the two have decided to reconnect with Celestia's "wayward" student.

It would be, one part, a study of these different magics and how the rest of the mane cast interact with it. Two, since I like a bit of original feel, some kind of social dilemna that has to be navigated. What kind though?

I think it was someone here who mentioned how inane it is when people add "featured on _________!" in their story descriptions.

well, apparently someone else also felt the same way

edited 31st Aug '14 7:43:48 PM by Blissey1

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I saw that story and also thought of this thread.

"The only way to truly waste an idea is to shove it where it doesn't belong."

Random conceit: an AU where Applejack's passion is for dairy farming and cheese making, rather than apples, so her name is Monterey Jack.

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Oh no. Oh god no. Sorry, Fallout: Equestria has forever ruined the name "Monterey Jack" for me.

Colby Jack, then. Unless FO:E ruined that name, too.

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FO: E ruined everything.

Monterey Jack to me is more of an Indiana Jones analogue. He's an earth pony and his signature thing is a whip that he controls with his tail (like AJ and her lasso). He and Daring Do have to team up to stop some kind of mishap caused by a magical artifact. Their personalities clash, but not there is no UST.

edited 1st Sep '14 12:45:32 AM by CleverPun

"The only way to truly waste an idea is to shove it where it doesn't belong."

... Monterey Jack to me is a mouse.

I Or a rat, or whatever the heck he was.

Birthright: an original web novel about Dragons, the Burdens of Leadership, and Mangoes.

Or, you know, a cheese.

"Monsters are tragic beings. They are born too tall, too strong, too heavy. They are not evil by choice. That is their tragedy."

Monterey Jack does sound a lot like Poor Man's Substitute to Indiana Jones. With a katana.

edited 1st Sep '14 6:22:17 AM by TheHandle

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

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Anyway, did you guys know Dutch and Belgian supermarkets sell Klop-Fix◊?

Mache dich, mein Herze, rein...

Dont make a dirty joke dont make a dirty joke dont make a dirty joke dont make a...

Oi, it just hit me. We can actually recommend mature rated stories that doesn't have sex just for the sake of sex to the Chest? If that is the case, I would like to recommend The Model's Secretary. No link because it does have the sex tag on it and that places it in the NSFW area.

It's basically the Human comes to Equestria looking for work, storyline. Earth and Equus (the world Equestria is part of) have officially opened up their borders and the main character is a human hoping to get something in Canterlot. He meets Fleur de Lis, becomes her secretary and has to cope with that he cohabits with her in the big penthouse she's got, their boss and manager is getting in on being friends with him and he still has no clue why he gets a boner for them both. It's up to 15 chapters and there hasn't been a single sex scene. Ponies are level 4 anthro, they didn't have computers or cellphones before and Fleur and Fancy Pants are siblings instead of a couple. It's also first POV.

The story makes a vital point of making it more about the persons and their personal life problems instead of just going straight to the sex.

It gets better: Klop-Fix is a thickening agent for whipped cream. There's got to be all sorts of Perversity Potential in there.

I kinda want to write a fic about it now.

The rule we settled on to determine whether something is "acceptable" is self-moderation. When in doubt, ask yourself three questions:

• Is there a point to this story besides sex?
• Would I still enjoy this story if I didn't find it arousing?
• If you censored out all the sex scenes, would there still be a good story left?

If you can honestly answers all three of those with "yes", then we trust you. If not, don't nominate it.

(Though in this case, if you say it's 15 chapters long without any sex scenes, I suppose it's a moot point.)

edited 1st Sep '14 2:03:17 PM by MidnightRambler

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Write it. And then it turns out to not actually be dirty at all.

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Moving on to other stuff, I've come up with yet another member of the Power Ponies' Rogue Gallery: Frost Bite. At this point, a pegasus with cryokinesis. Yes, this was partially inspired by Frozen but mostly because of Killer Frost.

Since so many people voted for Friendship is Optimal, I thought I'd give it a read. I'm less than impressed.

The story suffers from telling, rushed pacing, and in the earlier chapters, heavy Featureless Plane issues. It's like the author isn't telling a story as much as he's saying "look at this interesting idea I had". And while that idea may be disturbing on many levels, it's presented so clumsily at some points that it just looks silly instead.

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The idea is interestingly enough that it compensates the poor execution (which I for one didn't notice at all! this must mean I still suck at writing...), but there's a sequel that patches a lot of those issues called Friendship Is Optimal: Caelum Est Conterrens. Give it a look.

edited 2nd Sep '14 9:27:17 AM by TheHandle

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