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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.

     Original OP text 
I don't know WHAT the Hell happened (I blame shenanigans) but we're going to start from scratch. Post your feels for this awesome show again! Naow!

Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM

Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#48051: Feb 10th 2014 at 8:34:52 PM

No one has read more than two chapters at this point, right?

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#48052: Feb 10th 2014 at 8:35:40 PM

Come to think of it, the cover image should have Celestia's face photoshopped so she's making the I WARNED YOU ABOUT STAIRS BRO face. Trust me, it'll make perfect sense when you see the whole story.

I actually thought about 'I warned you about trains, bro' as another possible description.

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Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#48053: Feb 10th 2014 at 8:36:17 PM

@Story Warn about trains. On stairs.

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#48054: Feb 10th 2014 at 8:37:41 PM

Is this the story you guys keep passing around? What's the plot, if somepony can summarize for me.

You haven't gone yet? Hey, maybe you should do a chapter. Anyway, we can't summarize it, since you're supposed to go in blind.

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OrionAurora Constellation from Andromeda Galaxy Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: Abstaining
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#48055: Feb 10th 2014 at 8:46:21 PM

Maybe I'll make a chapter on the next story. Besides, I'm not much of a writer.

We are all made of star stuff. Very, very weird star stuff.
storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#48056: Feb 10th 2014 at 8:48:39 PM

No one has read more than two chapters at this point, right?

I actually read 3 chapters since I got sent Spyro's chapter to do proofreading. I also got sent one of the later chapters at one point so I could pass it on in case Meta Four wasn't there, but I didn't actually read it.

Dark has probably read at least 3 chapters too, just given the number of times he's tried to participate.

Besides, I'm not much of a writer.

This was literally my first fanfic

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Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#48057: Feb 10th 2014 at 8:49:16 PM

^^ All the better.

edited 10th Feb '14 8:49:25 PM by Wryte

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#48058: Feb 10th 2014 at 8:53:27 PM

@Meta: That sounds great.

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OrionAurora Constellation from Andromeda Galaxy Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: Abstaining
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#48059: Feb 10th 2014 at 8:57:54 PM

The problem I would have is the constant use of pronouns. Face it; if I wrote anything, it would be littered with "anypony" this and "somepony" that.

We are all made of star stuff. Very, very weird star stuff.
storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#48060: Feb 10th 2014 at 9:03:33 PM

Look, no matter what you do, it won't be the worst chapter.

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#48061: Feb 10th 2014 at 9:04:02 PM

So now I'm watching the episode of Adventure Time where Jake meets Lady's parents. This is great.

And now I go to bed.

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Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#48062: Feb 10th 2014 at 9:06:16 PM

^^^ All you've accomplished with that post is to make me wish I'd thought to do that in my chapter.

OrionAurora Constellation from Andromeda Galaxy Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: Abstaining
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#48063: Feb 10th 2014 at 9:09:54 PM

Tempting fate there Story?

We are all made of star stuff. Very, very weird star stuff.
storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#48064: Feb 10th 2014 at 9:11:13 PM

No really. Unless you deliberately make it bad, it's not going to be that bad. There's one chapter in there already that simply must be seen to be beleived.

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Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#48065: Feb 10th 2014 at 9:14:05 PM

Seriously, Orion, the whole point of the fanfic is to be bizarre and weird and bad. If there's anything I'm worried about in my chapter, it's that I didn't make it melodramatic enough.

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#48066: Feb 10th 2014 at 9:35:54 PM

Anyway, Irish hasn't started yet, so the spot is wide open if you want to try.

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Pannic Since: Jul, 2009
#48067: Feb 10th 2014 at 10:53:45 PM

And updated my liveblog with chapter 4 of Project Horizons.

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#48068: Feb 10th 2014 at 11:26:47 PM

Anyone here knowledgeable about linguistics?

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#48069: Feb 10th 2014 at 11:29:38 PM

surprisingly enough, a little.

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#48070: Feb 10th 2014 at 11:50:51 PM

I'm having trouble figuring out how Twilight would even start teaching the alien English in my story.

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IrishZombie Since: Dec, 2009
#48071: Feb 10th 2014 at 11:52:51 PM

[up]You could always start with the alphabet.

Sereg Since: Jun, 2010
#48072: Feb 11th 2014 at 1:38:23 AM

I know a bit about Linguistics. And I teach English.

Thoug, my students already know a bit.

The easiest way is to try teach like you would teach a baby. Describe evrything that you do. Name every object you handle. Show a positive reaction to the alien using a word correctly. That kind of thing.

I'm sure there are sites discussing this in more detail.

kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#48073: Feb 11th 2014 at 5:57:56 AM

I did do a bit of research into it for my own story - it involves a bit of Tarzan-esque, 'teaching the wildman language'.

And yeah, everything I've read basically just backs up Sereg. Just start with showing stuff and stating the word, make it really clear they've got stuff right. Start with really basic things like nouns and verbs before moving onto pronouns and sentence structure, etc.

Birthright: an original web novel about Dragons, the Burdens of Leadership, and Mangoes.
storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#48074: Feb 11th 2014 at 6:12:25 AM

Post of the Day #649

I don't mind it too much, although we could probably stand to prune down a lot of it, especially on the Accidental Nightmare Fuel page. A lot of what Discord does is genuinely disconcerting, but it really gets redundant to have him listed like fifteen times.

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Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#48075: Feb 11th 2014 at 6:23:10 AM

How old is the alien?

Languages are learned easier the younger the person learning them is, because then you can capitalize on brain mechanisms that are for learning the native language. It helped me that I've been learning English since age six.


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