A thread to discuss My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and the tie-in media.
All of the usual forum rules
apply. In addition, please remember that the thread is discussing a kids' show, and it's primarily focused on the work itself, not the fanfic — in particular, we don't want to see lewdness creeping in.
Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM
@Story: That still makes no sense. People with lisps have trouble with sibilants, which "F" isn't.
As for bad fanfics, I think the reason is this: The people who write them make no attempt to make them into something that appeals to anyone other than themselves. Everybody has tolerance for different flaws or inaccuracies in the characters that don't detract from their own enjoyment of a story. The result is that they write a story that appeals only to themselves; the flaws that don't bother them end up being exaggerated, along with the elements that they like. The result is something that has a such a narrow range of appeal that only like half a dozen people can read it without cringing.
Which is fine, as long as they realize it; problem is that most of them don't and assume that everyone likes exactly what they do, which means they act douchey when someone else dislikes it.
edited 7th Jan '14 7:09:05 PM by JapaneseTeeth
Reaction Image RepositoryAsk people, read some reviews, word of mouth, or just give them a try. So what if there are bad ones, who gives a fuck. There are also amazing ones, that's all that matters. besides. 90% of everything is crap anyway.
edited 7th Jan '14 7:37:35 PM by Seraphem
Oh, I just assumed it was laziness.
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's PlayBecause it takes years of dedication and hard work to merely be able to write passably, and most fanfic writers haven't gotten there yet. The fact that they have actually produced bad writing still puts them further on the path to being a good writer than those who haven't done anything.
Fight. Struggle. Endure. Suffer. LIVE.Speaking of terrible things, I coindently just found out about Ride To Hell Retribution. I guess I'm spoiled by Big Rigs but I don't quite see it as worst game of all time. Since Big Rigs, maybe.
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's PlayI got an idea! Let's do like a "Mad libs" style challange to see who can come up with THE WORST PONY FANFIC IDEA OF THE MONTH.
To start off: [Name of pony] tries to [verb] with [other pony], which is seen as [adjetive] to some clopper.
Dakota's blog An odd agent of justiceIf you try too hard to come up with a bad premise, it becomes obvious that you're just trolling though.
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's Play@Seraphem: That's incredibly true. Someone who writes terrible fanfic can still be an awesome writer. It's people who write terrible fanfic and refuse to attempt to improve that are a blight on the fandom.
Unfortunately a lot of people can't tell the difference and end up mocking and belittling people who just lack experience and want to improve, driving them away from writing all together.
Reaction Image RepositoryIt is tempting to mock, especially if there are a lot of clear mistakes. I hope I didn't discourage Luminosity too much.
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's PlayAs soon as I saw her in that episode I was expecting a lot of cute fanart. Good to see the fandom didn't disappoint this time.
still waiting on all the yandere Sunset-Shimmer-with-sledghammer art.
edited 7th Jan '14 8:51:10 PM by Bluespade
Fight. Struggle. Endure. Suffer. LIVE.

Now why the hell would somebody waste their time writing out trash like that?