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hubakon1368 Since: Apr, 2015
04/18/2020 05:16:06
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This Fic isn't as Smart as the Author Seems to Think it is.

Ralph Hayes, Jr. is somewhat infamous for his fics (particularly his work in the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom) consisting more of him trying to "fix" canon material or hammering his beliefs as a Conservative Christian.

This fic centers around the Author Avatar, Riley Coyote who exists primarily to tell the canon characters that they're doing things wrong and that he knows the "correct" way. This includes him (and to an extent Izuku Midoryia) telling characters who should know better than them, but don't because the author wills it. This leads to scenes like Riley calling out pro-heroes' handling of the Sludge Villain. He even calls out All Might for supposedly being reckless when he saves Riley and Izuku from the Sludge Villain. Chapter 4 consists mostly of Izuku telling everyone else that they don't know about their Quirks as much as he does (even though some of his reasonings are completely inaccurate to canon). Basically, it's the kind of fic that exists only so the author can complain about everything they didn't like about the canon work. This leads to characters like Aizawa and Bakugou being vilified and while there might be some valid points about them, it gets lost when the author mouthpieces get off scot-free for how they treat them (Riley physically assaults Aizawa, his teacher, and faces no repercussions).

Riley complaining about things on the grounds of "realism" is also extremely hypocritical to the point of unintentional comedy considering this is a Magical Native American (complete with stereotypical portrayal) with a Toon Physics Quirk named after something from a Dr. Seuss work. Also, his complaining about how Japan treats bullying might have been valid if not for the fact that the author is incredibly insensitive regarding other cultures, homosexuality, and gender identity.

The fic also suffers from the author being so utterly convinced that he's in the right that he doesn't seem to stop and consider that maybe he isn't. For example, Riley and Izuku, due to all of the corrupt teachers they have faced in their lives, have decided to make recordings about any of their potential future teachers' personal information and give them to the other students. And charge them money for it, because isn't that heroic? Now, this is something that could easily be used to spread false information about innocent people. Also, as previously stated, in Chapter 4, Izuku lectures the rest of his class about how their Quirks "really" work and suggests using a lot of support items so they can be more effective when using them. The fic doesn't seem to take into account that carrying a lot of possibly unnecessary equipment into combat is not very practical.

In short, this fic is just the author smugly waving his finger in front of canon and saying "Well, actually..."

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Valiona Since: Mar, 2011
04/17/2020 15:41:31
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I haven't heard about RH Junior's My Little Pony work, partly because one of the few MLP fics I've seen is Turnabout Storm (and mainly because I'm an Ace Attorney) fan.

A lot of other fanfic authors do similar deconstructions of/"fixes" to canon, since, as I said in my review, fan fiction involves applying your personal touch to the canon you write for. I agree that the author is rather heavy-handed, especially in Chapter 4, but there are many other fics that are this bad or even worse.

That said, I generally agree with most of the points you expressed here.

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hubakon1368 Since: Apr, 2015
04/18/2020 05:16:06
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I agree with you on how this fic isn\'t the worst on what it tries to do. This isn\'t the first fanfic I\'ve read that tried to do the same thing and failed. I apologize if I came across like I was calling this fic the worst.


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