Thread 42428627

Come one and all to the meta-writefag and help raise the quality of MLP fanfiction! Featuring: Waiting a while before making a thread.

ITT: Rereading fics, Celestia the detached neetgod, worthy stallions, dashed AIs, downvoting favourites, goodreads—more like badreads, selfpublishing, the semantics of depravity, planning your stories, slopping into your niche, the real conspiracy was the stories we didn't write, a printed book, Flurry, the lack of wuality in the classics, and talk about the book club, I'unno, I didn't read it.

>/fimfic/ Secret Book Club
The one hundred and eighteenth book is The Best of All Possible Worlds:
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/39157/the-best-of-all-possible-worlds
If (You) want to join in the discussion, finish the whole story by Sunday, August 10.

>Recommended stories:
Tired of authors crossing over a dozen IPs? Fed up with downer shipping? Well, we've compiled the best of the worst in order to bring you our absolute average!
New Starter Kit - http://mlpficreviews.org.uk/starter/
Old Starter Kit - http://i.imgur.com/vuTA7EN.png

>Common fic abbreviations used by the thread:
https://ponepaste.org/7317

>A list of reviews made by the Anons in this thread:
http://www.mlpficreviews.org.uk
Use the commands ">review <story link>" and ">discuss <story link>" to add reviews to a story.
Userscript for extra features: https://ponepaste.org/8619

>An in-depth writing guide for beginners:
https://eznguide.neocities.org/

>Can you pre-read my story?
Post it on Google Docs or HackMD with comments enabled and give us a link.

>Additional material for authors:
Rhorse's Horse Behavioral Notes - https://ponepaste.org/932
Politics and the English Language - https://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/
1911 Walter Baker's Hot Chocolate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAueNTXpn1E
Vhatug's tips for anatomically correct clop - https://poneb.in/g4VpEg4f
Setting a story in motion - https://youtu.be/ufO8LbwTdu0
Taking criticism - https://youtu.be/-v4R2ZcxPlA [Embed]

>Various reviews and riffs:
Fillyanon's Bookshelf - https://ponepaste.org/5555
Notkickass222urmom's Reviews - https://pastebin.com/u/notkickass222urmom
IHeartShinzakura's Reviews - https://ponepaste.org/user/IHeartShinzakura
Appleanon reads fics - https://poneb.in/wmGX7FPm
Deluxe Big Master Review List - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1z9Bz7UnEbxo-svlXa2tV49PJkP-yFuR7pRXiBUn-IeU
A Guide to Rational Fics - https://files.catbox.moe/3jzrfm.png
The Royal Canterlot Library's Top 16 Fanfics - https://royalcanterlotlibrary.net/top16/

Previous Thread: >>42407310

>>42428627 (OP)
first for worst thread

Sunny Skies All Day Long
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/20685/sunny-skies-all-day-long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIX47q5vSPc&ab_channel=ScribblerProductions


Well let's give it a read. I'm interested what the anons in this thread have to say compared to Vogelfag saying it doesn't match Renzetti & Lauren's tone and would not fit very well as a S1 episode.

Third for read this printFag: >>42426758

>>42428662
Who did Celestia eat?

>>42428729
the anon below me

*gets digested*

Truly, literature is alive and well.

To whoever posts the op threads, do you think that the list of past bookclub fics could be added to the op?
https://ponepaste.org/11255

>>42428639
>Sunny Skies All Day Long
Oh that fucking fic, that fic is as ancient as Cupcakes.

>>42428831
I bake sometimes (not this time) and I would be open to this. I’d be willing to completely change the OP if that’s what the thread wanted.

>>42428948
Would you be open to oral sex if the thread wanted that?

>>42428948
Just another section, say, between the secret bookclub part and the recommended stories part, that goes like this would be good.

>Previous fics read by the bookclub
https://ponepaste.org/11255

https://www.fimfiction.net/story/20685/sunny-skies-all-day-long

That's a typical vanilla slice of life fic almost as old as Cupcakes. It copies quotes from the show without even modifying them. It uses up a really common idea many thought about and put in a bucket list of "they have to do this before they end the show" and it results in what you expect, a boring slice of life fic without much going on.

>>42428831
>>42428948
If I ever baked I'd remove the "taking criticism" link for the following reasons:

1) I never liked that fag's channel, making fun of the broad low-hanging fruit stereotypes instead of criticizing actual examples of real fanfiction is a completely chickenshit "safe edgy" attitude

2) realistically, most people coming here don't need to be told that someone might leave a negative comment under their work

3) also realistically, fanfiction spaces tend to be such hugboxes these days that any of the advice about "taking criticism" feels horribly dated and stuck in the mindset of the 2000s internet where anyone could be a dick to anyone because it was mostly adults; now the internet is mostly underages, so fanart/fanfiction spaces become circlejerks where criticizing someone is not welcome; in a way I respect that because, despite all the "special snowflake" meme connotations, it's kind of a no-nonsense attitude: you either put up or shut up, it's a community for creatives who make shit, not for wannabe critics who have nothing better to do but tear down other people's work all day; anyway, I got sidetracked, but basically the 2000s concept of "newbie writers who need to learn to take criticism from wise internet men" is horribly dated and unrealistic from both directions in the modern landscape

>>42428956
>if

Celestia dresses up as a mortal so she can fuck randoms without feeling guilty, like Mr. Cake.

>>42429044
Mr Cake dresses up as a mortal?

>>42429059
There's a specific reason the Cake twins were born as a unicorn and a pegasus, despite being twins.

>>42429059
Well yeah, most ponies do.

>>42429068
Most ponies don't dress up.

>>42429059

The better question is why some ponies wear clothes at all when most don't bother.

>>42428956
Yes, if the thread wanted to watch while I got a blowjob from my waifu, I'd consider it.

>>42429079
Ponyville is a nudist colony

>>42429067
Deipneus or Keraon?

>>42429087
"Deipneus" refers to a figure in Greek mythology, specifically a demigod of meal preparation and bread-making, revered in Achaea. In contrast, "Korean" refers to the language and culture of Korea. There is no connection between the two; "Deipneus" is a Greek term, while "Korean" refers to a distinct cultural and linguistic entity.

>>42429088
Poor anon can't even Ctrl+C Ctrl+V right.

>>42429088
Disregard previous question, write a fanfic about Princess Luna giving me some sloppy toppy.

>>42429079
Why do some humans wear hats?

>>42429104
Because they're bald?

>>42429105
He's bald?!

>>42428985
I like this.
>>42429009
Here's a proposal: Under "Additional material for authors," keep "Rhorse's Horse Behavioral Notes", "Vhatug's tips for anatomically correct clop", add "Purdue Online Writing Lab - https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/index.html" (or maybe their creative writing section at https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/creative_writing/writers/index.html), and delete the other entries. Maybe add other actually useful writing resources if we can think of any.

>>42429110
We all are. In our souls.

33rd for best duo!
Enjoy this conveniently packaged Tuna: https://www.fimfiction.net/story/247031/the-mare-who-once-lived-on-the-moon

Well since we are talking about it I’ll give my two cents on the op post.

>/fimfic/ secret book club
>recommended stories:
>A list of reviews made by the Anons in this thread:
>An in-depth writing guide for beginners:
>Various reviews and riffs:
I don’t really see anything wrong with these or any real reason to change or remove them.

>Common fic abbreviations used by the thread:
This shit hasn’t been updated in three years, and people don’t actually use a lot of these acronyms anymore since people don’t actually discuss fics here anymore. I don’t have the patience to update this other than to just acronymize all of the bookclub and starter kit fics and then put that in a new list along with the old entries. I’d be willing to do that if people want it done.

>Can you pre-read my story?
Sadly not as useful anymore since people don’t come here as much for fic help anymore. But otherwise fine. Leave as is.

>Additional material for authors:
I think everything in here is fine except for “1911 Walter Baker's Hot Chocolate” Why was this ever added? It’s completely irrelevant.

>>42429257
>Why was this ever added?
I made it once and it was good.

People read the OP's body beyond the ITT and Previous Thread sections?

>>42429295
I've reread the train riffs a time or two.

>>42429305
Aye, that was quality content.

>>42429305
>next fic collab is a train fic where each person writes a car

>>42421648
It was nice, you did a much better job with that scene than the one in StN that the commenter was referencing. That fic is terrible, a cavalcade of catastrophic characterization. In StN, the actual astronomers guild is similarly told to fuck off, but you did a better job linking it to art and the result was not anything like Twilight's embarrassment of a performance.

About Kibitz, though, I don't agree with the earlier posts that he was so great. I get why using him shortens the story, and he's not terrible, but a lot of things about putting him together with Luna like that irk me. Most importantly, he's Celestia's seneschal, an officer of the day court, and not nocturnal. I like the idea of Moondancer doing that job for Luna, but she wouldn't really fit here for the same reason as...
Kibitz is competent: the comic did a good job showing how his execution of the role is adapted to Celestia, and doesn't work well for Luna, but he still wouldn't inundate her with "my late package" complainants. It's a throwaway scene, yeah, I just wish it was a little less nonsensical.

>>42429326
I thought Kibitz was the appointment secretary.

can anyone recommend fanfics that you think are worthy of being made into full episodes for the g4r thread? (>>42419769)

>>42429334
Yes, but it's more fun to say seneschal and imagine that he also controls which issues are presented to Celestia while handling or delegating the ones not deemed worthy of her attention.

>>42429312
That'd be funny.
Character A enters the first cart, stuff happens, chapter ends when the characters enter the next cart.
So on and so on.

>>42429343
Clearly you're not seeing the missed opportunity for a unicorn Twilight Tuna fic where Luna needs her own appointment secretary and Twilight interviews for the position.

>>42429342
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/500819/

>>42426462
>Dexter fic
I'm never getting another These City Walls, am I? I'll be chasing that high for the rest of my life.

>>42427769
https://archiveofourown.org/works/51600826/chapters/150903745
If we're discounting it and spamfics, I believe this one takes the top spot.

>>42429342
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/229453/all-the-mortal-remains
This is the closest I've seen, though if you're talking full 100% show, you'll have to come up with something more allegorical since there's literal death in it.

>>42429607
Wow it's not a crossover, I am impressed

All right, the newly revised version of Hold Your Horsewords is out here in a slim 278 pages:
https://files.catbox.moe/0gwkab.zip

Thanks to the anons who gave their feedback over the weekend!

In other news, there’s now a link up on Lulu where you can order a print copy of Hold Your Horsewords for yourself:
https://www.lulu.com/shop/fimfic/hold-your-horsewords/paperback/product-yvyw4kj.html
The price is $8.58 + shipping, a massive saving of 5 cents from the previous version.

I’ve already placed an order for some books to sell at Mare Fair. If you find any more changes to make, feel free to contact me, but what’s up now is what people will be getting in person! To reiterate my earlier warning, I haven’t had the chance to order a proof, so no guarantees that the print will be free of errors. However, it should probably be perfectly fine.

>>42429607
>If we're discounting it and spamfics, I believe this one takes the top spot.
Looks like AI, I am not impressed.
The author even has to mention it's not AI first thing in the text because apparently enough people suspected it.

>>42429326
>About Kibitz, though, I don't agree with the earlier posts that he was so great. I get why using him shortens the story, and he's not terrible, but a lot of things about putting him together with Luna like that irk me.
In all fairness, I believe I have a much higher opinion of the tertiary cast than most fans. I am very biased any time a D-lister gets depicted in a decent fic. I think using Kibitz is the more economic choice, as opposed to making up a secretary for Luna. I don't know if there's an existing background pony you could use for that role. You suggested Moondancer, and I do like the idea of that character pairing a lot. I would definitely read an extended fic with her trying to work in that position. I think saying "oh yeah, Moondancer is Luna's secretary" might be a bit jarring for a short. I think you would need to have a little bit more buildup and shifts the POV, either initially or for the whole story, to Moondancer to make it work.

>>42429973
Fuck yeah. Thank you again for doing this. I can't wait to buy a copy at Mare Fair.

>>42429973
'Twould be nice if those who participated let people know about this, I suppose.

Bump.

>>42429973
Anon, I should warn you. Lulu has been on a mass purge of FimFic prints recently. Hopefully yours stays up, but a significant number of other horseword books are gone now, and the accounts that uploaded them are banned.

>>42430573
Based.

>>42430607
i know, it's not really based on any reasonable explanation as to why, it's utter dogshit that they're deleting them

>>42429104
Hats look good
Hats are stylish
Hats keep the enemy sun off your face.

>>42430739
You lost the war, Moonfag.

>>42430936
And yet she got the prize.

>>42429607
Can anyone come up with something better than ATMR? I’ve run through every other short fic I know of that might work and they are all either to short, wouldn't fit within cannon, or don’t fit with the writing of the show. The only exception being maybe Sunny skies all day long.

>>42431307
>>42431335

>>42428639
Well it's a very simple fic ...
>doesn't match Renzetti & Lauren's tone and would not fit very well as a S1 episode.
And indeed it doesn't match. It maybe matches the worse episode like Owl's That Ends Well where everyone is flanderised.

Can newfags stop feeding the local schizo, please?

>>42431613
Can zoomerfags that barely joined 7 years ago kill themselves, please?

>>42431617
This but in my presence so I can fuck their corpses afterwards.

>>42431617
You can put your trip back on vogelfag.

>>42431607
It matches the structure of the first 4 episodes and winter wrap up, at least. Celestia visits each of the mane6 doing a job or a hobby with them.

>>42431634
I'll be sorely disappointed if the Corpse-on-Rails doesn't feature a morgue carriage.

>>42431617
The good looking white(not latinas) zoomeettes must kneel and suck my cock first. it is my right as a Chad millennial.

>>42431702
Yeah but notice how each of those episodes introduces a new thing for each of the Mane5.
Pinkie - Parties, laughing in the face of danger/grandma pie, ice skating.
Or tries to spin their current roles in a new direction like assigning them to be the team captains of each weather team.
Most fanfics just keep reusing the same hobby repeatedly.

As for the humour, jokes, tonality, dialogue? it's nothing like S1 and My Life As A Teenage Robot.
It reads like a mixture between a toddler's show and a Dr Who show. Ironically I did not see many fanfics introduce a journal element which many children's shows have, especially saying out lout what goes a character's mind like you'd expect from most books.

>>42431617
Is 7months out of the kys range?

>117k views
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/20685/sunny-skies-all-day-long

Respectfully I request one of the oldfags here to tell me what is this.

>>42431771
>Narrator: But Anon was sad and lonely because ... there were no oldfags left to spoonfeed the little anon.

>>42431704
It'll just be cabooses

>>42431613
Local schizo here. I didn’t make the posts you’re referring to. So there must be multiple on this board.
The age of the autist is over. The age of the schizo has begun.

>>42429342
>>42431337
Kind of an obvious one https://www.fimfiction.net/story/10624/reading-rainbow

There are some lesser-known comfy shortfics I like such as this one https://www.fimfiction.net/story/185927/discords-day but they're not really iconic enough to justify the animation treatment. Not like anything will get made anyway lol

>>42429342
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/506047/can-i-sleep-with-you-tonight

>>42431771
It's a very old fanfic where Celestia disguises herself in her young form because apparently alicorns can do that. But she still can't change her cutie mark so instead she ... puts a sticker on top of it ... yeah.

Then in episodes 1,2,3,4 and winter wrap up style she goes through all of the mane6 meeting them in their daily lives and doing a menial task with them.

Throughout the fanfic Celestia behaves in a laidback way, but she doesn't have much of a personality and in the end she gets found out.

>>42431959
I mean that's already a plot in the extended universe stuff, like twice I think.

>>42431933
You're right. i remembered it being shorter than i thought it was and thus wrote it off.

>>42431929
No, not you. You’re okay. It’s Vogelfag who isn’t. He’s the one who’s always talking about Faust & Renzetti and S1 and episodes that are like the show. He’s best ignored; he has an outsized ego and no talent.

>>42430573
Oh, I wasn't aware. Thanks for letting me know. Hold Your Horsewords isn't too obviously pony, but I'll go and change the description to remove any explicit mention of anything pony-related. It would stand to reason that Lulu is merely trying to avoid the wrath of the Hasbro legal team.

>>42429973
Hell yeah, scooped up a copy ASAP.

Let's say you were writing a fic about older Flitter and Cloudchaser getting into a relationship with Rumble once he's eighteen
How much effort would you put into them justifying the age gap to themselves? I want it to be as wholesome as the premise allows, so I'd prefer not to use shortcuts like gaslighting.

>>42432745
Just say they have a kink for it.

>>42432745
Depends on the fic. Is it porn? Then the whole justification is, "He's hot." Is it a drama? You could spend tens of thousands of words on the question.

>>42432745
>polygamy
:(

>>42432819
Sharing is caring.

>>42432819
He didn't say they were getting married. Everyone knows that friendship-with-benefits is magic.

>>42432331
What's your problem with Vogelfag?

>>42432745
Just make the age gap as small as you can plausibly make it, like ten years, and then not bring it up.

>>42432819
>horse fandom is filled with degenerates
same as it ever was
>>42432745
>I want it to be as wholesome as the premise allows
have rumble save them from danger or something, then boom all of a sudden they see him as an adult stallion and not just a colt, and they struggle with their new feelings

What's up with all the zoomers in this thread? There's not even millennials left on this board?

>>42432966
>Other people like this thing I like?
Millennials need to realize that they're not the young, hip age group anymore.

>>42432966
What zoomerisms are you mad about?

What fics could most plausibly take place in canon?

>>42433059
Past sins

>>42432745
>babysitter harem
>aged-up
You are a coward and a fool.

>>42433059
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/440533/

>>42433118
Seems more like something that'd happen to Scootaloo

>>42432745
I'm assuming since it's sister polygamy that it's a fetish thing, so there's not really any need to go beyond >>42432756 or the first part of >>42432757.

>>42433059
Very, very few. It's surprising how raunchy most of the [Comedy][SoL] oneshots can get when you're applying strict TV-Y7 standards to them.

>>42433382
Irrelevant. Canon doesn't mean shown on screen. Shining and Cadance fucking happened in canon.

>>42433407
*Buggo and Candyass

>>42433407
The real question is why Cadance, the Princess of Being Cummed Inside, only has a single product of Being Cummed Inside.

>>42433417
Because she's a cuckquean. We've been over this.
>>42433413
And yet Ocellus is Shining's daughter.

>>42433430
You can be a cuckquean and be cummed inside.

>>42433436
Yeah but you don't want to.

>>42433471
Right but I'm not the Creampie Demigod

>>42433500
Sounds like you're not putting enough effort into it.

>>42433118
>my friend got molested as a kid so I'm writing a story where she's a little pony getting molested and jerking off to it

TLDR, any anons got recommendations for fics with a good narrative but tackles moral lessons, or philosophy?

>Background Pony handles themes of the worth of popularity without substance, how ones absence in others lives can destroy friendships, doing good when no one will remember you for it

>FoE handles addiction (in a way that isn't as fucking boring or drawn out as when DFW), that corruption of virtues/good intentions leading to monstrous actions

There are others but you get the gist.

>>42433888
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/64302/and-i-asked-why
If you can get past Rainbow Dash being way too eloquent here (fair warning, she speaks Latin at one point) and the potential Randian implications it's a neat, well-written little experiment at wrapping philosophy in the guise of pony.

>>42433860
Close, but no cigar.

>>42433898
Excellent, will report back when I finish!
Ponies dealing with moral ambiguity and being asked to deal with difficult situations are my favorite kind of story; humanized Ponies in a way EqG could never hope to be

>>42433898
Just finished- goddamn that's what Im talking about, anon! I didnt expect Pinkie to be able to contribute to that argument in Dash's head in the way she did.

I know there probably won't be any followup chapters and that the epilogue wouldn't really matter too much, but I got what I asked for and still want more.

Fucking gasped at her response to the tragedy desu. Can't imagine someone thinking those words as the first thing to seeing something like that happen to a newbie on the job

>>42434058
I didnt type that desu, what the fuck
Ain't no way this is how I get outed as a phone user.

>>42434063
No, you're just being outed as a fucking newfag. Anyway, you might enjoy https://www.fimfiction.net/story/508109/tower-of-diamond

>>42434063
>t. newfag
This is why you should lurk moar, desu.

Are there any good fan fics with aryanne. Im looking for some sort of epic drama about saving equestria or some shit

>>42434934
>Are there any good fan fics
No, sorry. All fanfics are evil.

>>42434934
Stick to your containment thread, bucko.

>>42434934
We don't like nazis here, chud.

>>42435044
Im discussing merely discussing ponies on my pony board no need to be rude
>>42435077
Nor do i, i just love the most adorable pure white pony in all of equestria

>>42435133
There's at least four better ponies under those characteristics.

>>42434522
>>42434075
Lurking is all I did for years- I just thought annoying people used desu for the sake of being annoying or snarky

>>42434934
Now that you mentioned it I dont think I've ever seen a fanfic with aryanne involved.

>>42435313
I know, it's strange right? As we all know, Nazis, much like the Khmer Rouge, were famed as patrons of liberal artists and intellectuals. You'd think they'd approve about grown men writing about little girl horse shows.

>>42435313
>>42435342
I guess in that case I'll take on the challenge

>>42435367
Be the change you want to see in the world

>>42435342
Wait no I just realized, Fimfiction mods probably reject or delete fanfics about or including aryanne, maybe thats why I haven't came across any.

>>42435313
ITT anons are technologically illiterate and cannot enter a simple search query

https://www.fimfiction.net/stories?q=aryanne&order=relevance

>>42435268
True, Shining Armor, Blueblood, Fancy Pants, and Diamond Dust are all far more adorable.

>>42435421
Man, I've writen slop longer than all of these

Are there any general conventions on how to write anon characters, do they have to be in 2nd person?

>>42435632
The general consensus is make an actual OC you fucking hack

>>42435650
Fuck off Zigger i don't wanna make an OC for a fucking slop fic

>>42435662
If you're unwilling to put that much effort even into slop you can't be expected to put effort into actual fics. You'll remain sloppy if you treat all life as slop.

>>42435632
>>42435650
>>42435673
NTA, but I'm actually curious about this too. Do you guys prefer for Anon in greens and fics to be kept generally vague and relatable, or do you prefer stories where Anon has a more defined personality and backstory?

>>42435689
I prefer it to be an actual character and a pony.

>>42435689
Those fics should be scrapped in favor of better fics.

>>42435673
I have actual fics with characters but i love making greens here and there so I don't get burnt out. I've been making extremely generic characters for my slop but i just wanted to know how anon characters are supposed to be writen so i can just start writing whatever i damn well please at that given moment. Now, is that too much to ask you pretentious wank stain?

>>42435632
>>42435689
Relatable if im being honest, if the writer want the anon character they are writing to have a pre-defined backstory and personality just make an OC at this point.
>>42435697
And also this, Ponyfied Anon >>> Human Anon.

>>42435689
i'm slowly preferring anonstallion over anon. human anon just seems like too much of a self-insert isekai thing.

>>42435760
>>42435789
I don't get actual anon characters. I love making anonfilly stuff in particular

>>42435789
Anonstallion but you give him a personality and actual interests and also his own unique color and cutie mark rather than a green question mark.

>>42435711
Why are you asking this in a general that hates Anon?
That's like asking "guiz how do i stop people from kicking over my cairns" in /out/. People will not engage with the question seriously because you have revealed yourself as someone they hate and they could get infinitely more satisfaction shitting on you.
Ask literally any other general that has lurking writefags. They will answer you.

>>42435632
I honestly recommend just ignoring whatever sort of “convention” there is out there. It clearly does not produce good fics. You’d probably end up writing a more interesting character by just writing anon to he how you personally think he should be.

>>42436054
yur rait annon fuk grammer conventions

>Speaking of some of my rash and ill-considered (but unregretted) decisions, Dash was functionally immortal, as were all of my oldest friends. Details of how that came about can be found in The Twilight Enigma. (N.B. This is not quite the panacea for danger that some ponies might think it is.)
I don't remember this part of The Twilight Enigma. Actually, I don't remember much of The Twilight Enigma.

>>42429305
Anon, are you in my favourite bar?

>>42433898
>>42434058
I'm 90% sure that this is in the rationalfic OP post.

>>42436102
I do, but i read it more recently than you. They really blend together. It was actually the macguffin for the "dark" parallel plot.

>>42436136
I need to read Atlas Shrugged sooner or later.

>>42436386
Are you gonna die if you don't? No? Then you don't need to read it, dumbass.

>>42436393
>Are you gonna die if you don't?
Yes.

>>42436386
You already read the superior version if you read the fic

>>42436393
You say this, but it's not necessarily the case that dying if you don't do something means you NEED to do it. Do you need to stay alive?

Guys, did you know Peter Pan got a canon sequel?

>>42435689
I generally like Anon when he's described in a typical way, as this representation and humanization of the board. When Anon has a different personality, it depends on that particular characterization and what the story is about. I wouldn't say that i prefer one or the other, i like both if they are done well.
Also, this thread is very elitist when it comes to greentext and AiE/HiE, so you'd better ask elsewhere if you're interested in Anon's shenanigans.

>>42436746
>this restaurant is very elitist about eating feces, so you're better off asking the animals outside

>>42436393
Wow, this is it, the dumbest take i have seen in this entire site

>>42436770
you are braindead

>>42436770
Idk anon, I've seen people injecting their cum back into their cock on this site, you might just be new.

>>42436762
I can understand having different tastes, but the thing i don't understand is why you're being so militant about it. For example, i dislike pregnancy, but i don't go around screaming at the local pregnancyfag about how bad his taste is. Some anons ITT, on the other hand, always lose their shit everytime someone brings up Humans/Anon. Chill out, man. You are not better than everyone else for preferring a different genre of small horse fan fiction.

>>42436798
Do you honestly expect there to not be a dedicated seether for every conceivable topic on modern 4chan? This is a fact of the website now. Deal with it or fuck off.

>>42436809
>>42436809
>Do you honestly expect there to not be a dedicated seether for every conceivable topic on modern 4chan?
Of course, but he's not the only one, I only brought it up because it seems there's a number of very active posters with similar views in this general. In any case, arguing against them is a fruitless endeavor, so i won't engage any further.

>>42436798
>equality fallacy

>>42436798
>I can understand having different tastes, but the thing i don't understand is why you're being so militant about it. For example, i dislike aubergines, but i don't go around screaming at the local auberginefag about how bad his taste is. Some patrons ITR, on the other hand, always lose their shit everytime someone brings up piss/feces. Chill out, man. You are not better than everyone else for preferring a different type of food.

>>42436762
>>42436837
>>>/v/

>>42436655
>Do you need to stay alive?
My fics won't complete themselves otherwise.

Fic about Sunset Shimmer becoming hyoercompetitive over the egg rolling gacha roguelike she tried as a joke.

>>42436853
Fic where Sci-Twi infodumps Morrowind lore to Sunset while they dry hump?

>>42436386
I thought it wasn't so bad. I expected complete garbage, and it wasn't that. But I wouldn't unconditionally recommend it. At a minimum you should ignore the pseudophilosophical rambling.

>>42435632
The problem is that Anon isn't a character. He's a non-character. When you give him a personality, he stops being Anon and starts being an OC. When you don't give him a personality, he can't be a meaningful part of the story. Because of that, taking Anon out of your story always improves it, no matter what story you're telling.

Chapter 11 and 12 of Background pony has no right to be this damn emotionally good. It could be im just a softie when it comes to the topic of time, aging, legacy, getting to know someone by their history and the inevitability of death- but fuck me, Granite Shuffle youre based as hell and makes me wish I stuck around those geriatrics back where I worked at the senior memory care facility.

When was the last time a fic made you guys teary eyed? Made you cry or immediately call your families?

>>42437105
I haven't cried for 19 years

>>42437105
>When was the last time a fic made you guys teary eyed?
Last year, when i read this story
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/32513/home-is-where-the-harp-is

>>42437112
Liar. You're only 12.

>review https://www.fimfiction.net/story/581276/free-money

4.2k word slice of life fic where a 12 year old twilight gets a 0 bit souvenir coin with her cutie mark on it from the mint on a field trip and decides she wants to spend it.

This was a nice cute fic with some nice cute world building to boot about making coins and the magic and history about that. The way filly twilight was written here was endearing but perhaps not quite in character and also not quite fitting with her age. She seemed a bit too inarticulate for her age while trying to explain what she was doing when trying to exchange the coin away. But she deceived the colts (that deserved to be deceived since they were scammers) that she eventually traded the coin to through using her body language and intonation to mask her comprehension of the situation and her intentions. which doesn’t seem in character for twilight to do, let alone at that age. The twilight had previously tried to trade the coin for some sort of free item were also dumbed down so that the ending could take place. Other wise everything else about this fic was pretty good.

>>42436386
you really dont.

Despite being an actual libertarian at the time, i couldnt get through it.

Above all else, Ayn Rand was a woman, so she'd use 500 words when about a dozen would suffice.

maybe it gets better later on, but the beginning was a slog in itself, that I just couldnt force my way through

>review https://www.fimfiction.net/story/581276/free-money

4.2k word slice of life fic where a 12 year old twilight gets a 0 bit souvenir coin with her cutie mark on it from the mint on a field trip and decides she wants to spend it.

This was a nice cute fic with some nice cute world building to boot about making coins and the magic and history about that. The way filly twilight was written here was endearing but perhaps not quite in character and also not quite fitting with her age. She seemed a bit too inarticulate for her age while trying to explain what she was doing when trying to exchange the coin away. But she deceived the colts (that deserved to be deceived since they were scammers) that she eventually traded the coin to through using her body language and intonation to mask her comprehension of the situation and her intentions. which doesn’t seem in character for twilight to do, let alone at that age. The adults twilight had previously tried to trade the coin with for some sort of free item were also dumbed down so that the ending could take place. Other wise everything else about this fic was pretty good.

>>42437346
I’ve heard it’s good but it’s still a story and thus has to convey its ideas through that medium. Some other good libertarian authors from around that time would be Burnham or Hayek.

>>42437384
>I’ve heard it’s good
Everyones heard that. Mostly from libertarians shilling their deity of choice despite not actually reading it themselves.
the message is a good one. the conveyance of that message is boring as fuck.
she does get bonus points for being the worlds last philosopher, but I can think of several other 75 year old books that are vastly more engaging

there was a movie or miniseries that came out 7 or 8 years ago. anyone interested in atlas shrugged should probably start with that if its streaming anywhere

>>42437384
It's only good if you make some significant allowances. It's polemical: The libertarian capitalists are Good, and their opponents are Evil. It's long: There are some things that a better author would cut, like John Galt's ridiculous final speech. If you hold it to a lower standard than other published fiction, then maybe it counts as good. It's like how good horsewords are usually worse than most professional fiction but still enjoyable.

>>42437405
>she does get bonus points for being the worlds last philosopher
How does creation produce somebody who thinks this? Did you miss-type? I can think of a bunch of important, influential, or innovative philosophers or religious thinkers that have published their works after then.

>>42437417
Name some and I will demonstrate why none of them are important, influental, or innovative.

>>42437423
John Rawls.

>>42437425
He's a faggot. Next.

Ayn Rand is a discount Nietzsche knockoff anyway, just read him instead.

>>42437425
well, he was wrong about everything, so theres that

>>42437428
>>42437440
>because I say so
I thought I was giving you an easy target, but I guess you're too dumb.

>>42437423
Just off of the top of my head
>Foucault
>Baudrillard
>Ken Wilber
>Fritjof Capra
>Jordan Peterson
>Curtis Yarvin
>Nick Land
>Bernardo Kastrup

>>42437441
most 'philosophers', rawles included, completely ignore basic human nature.
in an actual utopia, his ideas may have some merit, but then so does marx.
in the real world, filled with real people, hes objectively wrong by completely discounting laziness, corruption, greed and self interest
At least rand embraced self interest as a virtue

>>42437443
>Foucault
He was before Rand's time retard. Also he was a physicist.
>Baudrillard
French.
>Ken Wilber
Hippie woo-woo.
>Fritjof Capra
Says nothing by saying nothing.
>Jordan Peterson
Who?
>Curtis Yarvin
Actual memer. Believed in nothing he said.
>Nick Land
Sci-fi is fake and gay.
>Bernardo Kastrup
His name looks like katsup.

Guys we’re supposed to talk about pony fanfiction remember?

>>42437459
>everyone with the surname Foucault is the same person
Léon and Michel would like a word with you.

>>42437461
Pony fanfiction is the only thing that's off-topic for this thread.

>>42433407
>Canon doesn't mean shown on screen
It literally does. "Things that happened on the show" is the definition of canon. There is no canonical confirmation that ponies reproduce sexually. It's an obvious assumption they do, but you cannot say that it's actually canon because it was never shown nor said in the show.

>>42434934
>any good fan fics with aryanne
I don't think so. They're all either trollfics or soapboxes. And, to be honest, I don't really think there's a way to use her otherwise. A real "nazi" pony would just be some form of species nationalist and their ideology wouldn't actually directly mirror IRL nazism and instead be something shaped by the story's context and setting.

If you really think about her, her whole character would be bizarre in-universe. What's a Hitler and why does your cutie mark have this weird spiral fan shape on it? How could you hate juice? It's delicious. She's a character who can only ever exist in a meta context and that's just terrible for fanfics.

>>42435420
https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/910081/regarding-recent-events
They're not banned but can "have their ratings and comments removed/hidden". Not sure how much the shadow rule's still enforced given it was done in response to the Atlantic article and that was over five years ago. Forbidden windmills in cover art are banned, however, because Knighty will always be a britbong no matter where Fimfic's servers are located.

>>42437512
>They're not banned but can "have their ratings and comments removed/hidden"
I now really really want to make a aryanne fic
>Forbidden windmills in cover art are banned
Can I get around this by saying it’s Hindu or something?

>>42437443
>>Jordan Peterson
>>Curtis Yarvin
>>Nick Land
This is fucking b8, m8

>>42435313
>>42435420
Comments and ratings are still enabled on mine:
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/512279/neo-equestrian-obstetrics

In ages past, campfire tales of heroes and their epic journeys sparked imagination and wove cultures together. Today, Anon carries that torch into the digital era, embodying the collective unconscious psyche.
When you embrace Anon's presence in stories, you tap into a metaphysical current connecting all of humanity across time and space. To dismiss this profound narrative device as mere "slop" is narrow-minded folly, a failure to perceive the symbolic depth of Anon's role.
Anon is the hero's journey re-manifested, a modern mythic avatar through which we explore transcendent truths about existence, consciousness, and our place in the cosmos. His ill-defined nature allows the collective unconscious of endless readers to shape and mold his character.
So, Anon is no mere "non-character" to be dissected through a skeptic's lens. He is an embodied dialectic, an esoteric artery pulsing with the psychic lifeblood of humanity’s mythological needs. To deny his significance is to condemn yourself to a spiritually barren husk of a life.

>>42437673
Well said, Anon.

Any good russian gems from this site ?
https://ponyfiction.org/

>>42437105
>When was the last time a fic made you guys teary eyed?
Probably the ending of TRaFotDLS.

>>42437768
At the most recent /mlp/con there was a panel on russian fanfics. You can watch it here:
https://pony.tube/w/v25LNQTXQgL4cG9mr3Y2rp
With a list of all the fics he talked about:
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/42330512/#42332095

>>42436386
It's pretty bad. Her antagonists are so cartoonish they actively undercut the strength of her arguments. Although she does write nice urban decay. Pity she's against it.

>>42436798
Actually, this place's hateboner for HiE is one of the few things that really set it apart from the slop lovers. HiE is disliked as a rule of thumb because it's one of the most indulgent genres and is inherently more about wish fulfillment than having any actual story.

>>42438275
Self indulgent is fine. You want to write about your autistic self insert OC banging Rainbow Dash go ahead. Just make them an actual OC.

>>42438344
Make sure to use your real name so that we know who to make fun of.

>>42438275
The HIE genre is not for the faint of heart. It’s not just about sending humans into the world of Equestria; it’s about transcending the boundaries of fiction itself. Just as you wouldn't expect to stumble upon a Shakespearean play in a high school drama class, or find the nuances of a Tolstoy novel in a community book club, you simply cannot expect mere /fimfic/ posters to grasp and master the profound depths and soul-stirring complexities of the HIE genre. It's the apex of storytelling. Too intricate, too delicate, too soulful for most to comprehend, let alone capture in writing. The problem isn’t with the genre. The issue lies in its towering grandeur, which is just too monumental for the average writer. We don't lack good HIE stories; we lack the literary giants to pen them.

>>42437768
Someone already linked my panel above, but for some reason there's half an hour missing in that recording. Here's a full version with the chat for a better viewing experience.
https://pony.tube/w/w6vYSbYLzjVn9DiHZSymM1
I'm holding off to some both good stories and crazy trashfics (like a story about Stalin in Equestria or a story by a guy who thinks that he's a cheetah reincarnated as a human) in preparation for the panel next year, but if you are interested in a particular topic or genre i can recommend you something.

>>42438344
>please follow the rules of /fimfic/ approved wish fulfillment storytelling when writing your escapist fantasy
Who cares about random OCs? Everyone knows Anon and it's easier to associate yourself with him than with some random stallion named Faggot Quill.

>>42438521
This thread is a branch of PTFG.
This is where all the hate for AIE and HIE comes from.
The posts about wish fulfillment, self-inserts, and such are just cope.
They self-insert too, just as mares or gay stallions.

>>42437673
Bravo anon, let the truth ring in this midwit haven

An OC is wish fulfillment for oneself.
Anon is wish fulfillment for all of us.
Making Anon rather than an OC is a sign of humility. It acknowledges that you, and your OC, are not special. Every idea has already been done far better by someone else. We are all Anon, we are all cringe, but in that unity we are free.

>>42438499
Im going to check out the desuarchive list but I wouldnt mind recs for something dark.

What about chinese gems ?
https://fimtale.com/
https://clopfic.com/

>>42438965
>fimtale
i looked around there once and did not find any fics worth reading that were not just reposts of stories from fimfiction.
also why are Chinese websites so terribly formatted?

>>42438731
>pretentious humility
gross.

Humans do not belong in Equestria unless they have something to bring beyond wish fulfillment.

>>42437461
I'm writing a sequel to The Best of All Possible Worlds, and they are helping me pick a philosopher.

>>42439121
>aspire to be the least you can be
>file for creative bankruptcy
>get gatekept
>seethe about it
What else could they do? They've tried everything they could think of.

>>42439223
Like blue jeans and lite beer, as the blue cat movie said? It's elementary to HiEs that what they bring to Equestria takes away from it. Making the fantasy mundane is the very wish being fulfilled.

>>42438918
Well, there's "Liquid Darkness" which is a collection of short horror stories. It's been a while since i read them but i remember liking some of the stories included.
https://ponyfiction.org/story/2315/

"Of monsters and ponies" is a Chrysalis origin story, in which Chrysalis was created by Starswirl the Bearded for a particular purpose. The story is actually mostly pretty comfy but it gets really dark at the end.
https://ponyfiction.org/story/9115/

Among the stories i discussed during the panel, "sleeping heaven" is definitely the best dark story. I reread it multiple times but i still get a lump in my throat each time i read it. It's a short story about sacrifice in a post apocalyptic setting.
https://ponyfiction.org/story/71/

"Memories at heart's warming eve". I haven't actually read this one (i plan to pretty soon) but i've heard some really good things about it, so you can check it out. Here's the description
>Celestia and Luna's carefree childhood ended abruptly. The safe and peaceful life in Alicorn Valley, isolated from the rest of the world, was disturbed by frightening events. The Alicorns came face to face with what they once fled from, and now they must make a choice again. And two little girls got front row seats.
https://ponyfiction.org/story/137/

>>42438344
>>42438521
I feel like the fundamental difference is that Anon isn't just indulgent, it's pandering. Indulgent art tends to be good more often than pandering art, because at least it's still true to the artist's soul.
>>42438547
I do not need to self insert in stories because I posses basic human empathy which allows me to understand the characters without seeing myself in them.

>>42439429
Anon isn't necessarily pandering/indulgence. Oftentimes it's comedy where you mush this crazy 4chan user and the pony world together and see what happens. I've read many AiE stories that didn't have sex/romance at all.

>42438547
>everything I don't like is ptfg
Grow up.

>>42439460
"Look how much green shit I can fling around!" is pandering to 4chan culture.

>>42436381
Mind giving the super brief summary? I remember Twilight going god mode and the Red Queen stuff, but I don't know how that impacts her friends.

I love any scene where Fluttershy being the friend of every animal everywhere makes her completely dominate.

>>42439697
Is that why she's so close with the local cow?

>>42439702
What are stone fics with milking.

>>42439697
Fluttershy is low key the most powerful member of the Mane 6.

>>42439692
After facing death for the first time, Twilight decides to protect her friends and all options are on the table. The plot device is a crystal shoved in their brains that instantaneously repairs any injury they receive and, at the time, also alicornified them. She initially implants them with force, knowing some of them won't consent. After getting de-corrupted, she undoes all that for the unappreciative ones and de-alicornifies the rest.

>>42439716
Sorry, Anon, ponyfics only come as Electric or Paper. Stone stories in general arguably haven't been meta for thousands of years, and you really don't see them ass off-meta picks anymore either.

>>42439723
It's hard to write a character so busted, even disregarding the very real possibility of busting.

>>42439292
I meant something interesting story-wise. Basically if a human is an interesting character and can warrant a fun story in thesetting of Equestria. Compare Rorschach in Equestria vs. some random retard in Equestria. This applies to regular isekai too, an interesting non-generic protagonist can make it more engaging and maybe give it some artistic value, rather than contributing to it being just another wish fulfillment slop.

>>42439723
Everyone knows talk no jutsu and "I want to fuck Fluttershy" no jutsu are very powerful.

>>42439745
No, that’s not how it works. Ponyfics come in Rock, Paper, and Scissors.

>>42439954
Rock isn't Stone no matter what the dwarves tell you (or maybe precisely as they would tell you, I don't actually speak with them). Point is ponefics are Rock in the sound way, no the mineral one.

>>42439965
It's rock AND stone, not rock IS stone.

>>42440003
I told you already I don't speak with your kin. It's beneath me.

>>42440029
>It's beneath me.

>>42440045
Definitely in character for Rainbow to point out the obvious like it's some kind of revelation.

>>42440003
Hold it together has a long ass dream sequence that is just a deep rock galactic reference.

>>42440199
Sounds like a crossover that works pretty easily. Earth ponies with guns versus bugs, what's not to like?

I'm telling people I'm a published author now; what about you guys?

>>42440291
I already was.

>>42440291
I'm telling them you're a faggot.

>>42439809
Rorschach in Equestria is better than AiE, but most of the avenues for it are still what I said.
By default, another Punisher style fic is just more of HiE shitting up the place to justify itself. Such a story by its own premise reduces the setting by inserting into it something mundane and familiar for Rorschach to be himself at.
The least bad Rorschach fic would just be about he doesn't need to be himself anymore in Equestria and how he can let go of his mask. Are you sure that story isn't better if he isn't even part of it?

The one that split the middle by having him go be himself in the Everfree died, presumably because it was already a dead end.

>>42440324
I was hoping for a different Rorschach.

>>42440291
I don't do this for the anything but the love of it

>>42440324
>Rorschach
>let go of his mask

>>42440341
Of course, but it's still fun to be part of an anthology like this.

>>42440321
Cool.

What about ponies ending up on earth, anything good there
Obviously not all american girl

>>42439338
>Memories at heart's warming eve
I've been looking for a story of those two with this type of angle.

>>42440428
No. Nothing great that is finished at least.

>CAPTCHA:S0DAM

>>42440455
Makes sense.

>>42440428
Yeah, a couple greens from the slave general. I know, i know - bear with me for a second. These aren't coomer fics, you can find some genuinely good stories there. If the saturday club was still alive we could have ever read them. There are sexual scenes in both of them but they aren't integral for a story - they are pretty short and you can cut them out and nothing changes.
I like these two in particular:
>Break, 81237 words.
Humans are at war with ponies. Most of Equestria, besides the Crystal city is occupied and ponies are sold as slaves. The main character, a slave trainer, receives a particularly stubborn crystal pony. A violent accident where she could kill him but didn't have it in her heart to murder someone, even if it's someone like her captor, shakes his world view and drastically changes their relationship.
I reread this story several times and each time i get a heavy helping of FEELS.
>Red Sky, 75910 words
A fucked up neet takes in an escaped slave mare. She later joins anti human resistance but continues to live with him. Their relationship gets very complicated.

>>42440504
Forgot links, kek
Break:
https://ponepaste.org/443
Red sky
https://ponepaste.org/444

Do you agree:

>>42440079

>>42440504
I meant more something where like
pony shows up in earth
goverment has to happen
like ET

>>42440515
I swear, there's some evil spell placed on the whole PiE genre, because i feel like an abnormal amount of Ponies in Earth fics ends up being unfinished. What you described is a typical premise of these stories - the main character takes in a pony, and somewhere along the way the evil government/corporation comes to take the pony away. I don't know of any finished stories with this premise but i'm sure you can find lots of unfinished stuff of varying quality. You can check the fimfic groups i guess
https://www.fimfiction.net/group/149/ponies-in-the-real-world
https://www.fimfiction.net/group/611/ponies-on-earth

>>42440515
Indiana Jones and the Daring Daughter

I'm a sucker for the villain redemption trope. What are some good villain redemption fanfics?

>>42440648
Past Sins

>>42440704
You mean a bot?

>>42440651
Don't tempt Twilight. She will be your mom, whether you want to or not.

>>42440648
>good villain
No such thing.

>>42440651
I'm familiar with all ponyfic canon. I'm interested in more obscure works.

>>42437530
>Can I get around this by saying it’s Hindu or something?
If the fic's about Aryanne? No. The mods will easily see through it. If it's actually about some Hindu guru in Equestria? Maybe. But Knighty even said "educational" uses are banned, so even then it's likely a complete ban.

>>42437768
>banner
>featured box in the upper right
>star rating system
>no cover art
>character tags are images
10/10 comfy. Did the ruskies copy 2012 Fimfic, then refuse to implement any of Knighty's retardation?

>>42440504
>the UN has a completely breakdown and humanity returns to total chattal slavery on a mass scale not seen in hundreds of years
I get it's a fetish and everything, but it's still a stupid premise.

>>42440569
He said good.

I've noticed Paul Asaran's recent post talks about printing books through Lulu for the purpose of preservation. I'm thinking about mentioning the anthology there, but is there a reason I shouldn't, printFag?

>>42440428
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/85294/id-that-indestructible-something
Haven't read it myself but Paul glazed it like crazy back in the day https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/495653/pauls-monday-reviews-xv
It's kind of cheating because it's a TF story, but it does seem to have a shady government organization involved like you want and a focus on pony-human differences

>>42440648
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/445006/innocent-until-proven-cozy
This and its sequel are the only good Cozy redemption stories I've read because it's EQG Cozy

>>42441423
I thought you guys didn't like it when people redeemed.

>>42441426
As with most things, it's only bad when Indians are involved.

At this moment I am standing at 11 orgasms in one day.
What fic should I break my personal record with?

>>42441727
Cuckdance

>>42441727
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/500819/

>>42440648
Trouble in Tiatarta I guess...
There must be some good plumfics hanging around, though.

>>42442097
That story was pretty good. It had problems but it was still pretty good. Good enough for the bookclub I think. It is a shame the sequel was never finished.

>>42441753
It was a mediocre fap.
>>42441818
I wiggled my limp dick for an hour looking at this and couldn't get it up again.

>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/580877/star-eater
>see long ass fic in the featured box I’ve never seen before
>some autist apparently has been dumping his longfic for the past few weeks.
Clearly he pre-write the thing. I wonder how long it will end up being once the whole thing is dumped.

>>42442559
>Clearly he pre-write the thing.
You don't?

>>42442559
Chad.

>>42442247
YOU'RE a mediocre fap.

>>42443768
I'd classify myself as an above-average fap, thank you very much. You could do far worse than my better-than-mediocre features.

>>42441727
Jesus Christ

>fic takes place in the past
>fic has characters that are meant to be the main six’s ancestors

>>42443838
>fic has pre-show celly
I'm satisfied.

>>42443838
>offhand mention that Twilight's actually Luna's descendant

>>42443831
Tried that before, but he doesn’t have very good porn.

>>42443850
No nose knows does that.

>>42443936
A few things do it. Really if they HAD descendants though they'd have a fuckload of them, being a thousand years old.

>>42442559
>pre-write the thing
>anime crossover
There's a strong chance he didn't and it's just autism, like the My Little Pokemon guy who's sequel is now rapidly approaching Fimfic's 1000 chapter limit

>>42444246
You'd really think an MLP fanfiction platform would be more accommodationg towards the writing styles exhibited by atypical psyches.

>>42444246
>>42442559
What do these crossover fics use for content filling to get this big ?

>>42444300
Autism.

>>42429200
this one's top ten for me
love the worldbuilding

>>42443838
I've never actually seen this. Writing about M6's descendants is more exciting so it attracts more hacks.

If you write fanfictions you are a hack

>>42444512
Like all the best writers.

>Vogelfag has entered the chatroom
>Season 2 is not canon.
Long time no see, faggots. How have -ironic- Y'ALL been? ;)

Have you faggots considered taking episode concepts & summaries from the show and rewriting them from 0 rather than just an ending change?
I remember there used to be a general all about rewriting the finale to season 9. Don't think I've read it though, I can't remember if they included the 26th episode as well where Glimmer has a child.

Don't worry bout little ol me, I'm just passing by. The moment I notice once again /mlp/ is a graveyard that barely gets 20 posts an hour and nothing sticks in an autist's mind then I'm out of here. London/Europe posting hours are so slow on this board.

>>42444489
It’s literally in the current bookclub fic. The current bookclub fic has an entire sequel fic about this.

https://www.fimfiction.net/story/191817/the-sun-the-rose
Currently reading this and it’s alright. I appreciate that it is a story where the human does not want to fuck the ponies and is in fact completely revolted by the concept.

>>42445353
God, it was just a kiss, no need to be such a faggot about it, man!

>>42439724
Really don't remember it.

Still waiting for that pic of teen girls in nazi fits.

>>42441727
Male? How?

>>42445353
This just seems like he's overcompensating.

No dying

Fics that try to work with the original g5 premise?

>>42446515
I think there was one that started around the time the concept art was leaked and died almost immediately. I think a chapter or two.
A shame. It had potential.

I have lots of fics I should continue and lots of ideas but I just don't feel like writing. How to fix?

>>42446515

https://www.fimfiction.net/story/514061/when-ponies-fly

I've only read this, and two-thirds of the sequel, but I thought it was cute.

>>42446561
Take drugs and just start typing

>>42446561
Just start. Doesn't matter if you start by staring at a blank doc for ten minutes. There's never going to be a perfect moment. Just take advantage of the time you have now.

>>42446561
Write what's in your head, you can jump from fic to fic.

I've been writing non-fiction for almost 5 hours straight tonight. I was supposed to be masturbating or playing games!

>>42445353
Pretty gay. Horsepussy is aesthetic as fuck

>>42446722
That sounds very masturbatory, anyway.

>>42429607
>>42431933
>>42431951
thanks for the suggestions, frens.

>>42446966
Female horse genitalia looks like a dog's pussy.
You furries are sick in the head and lack taste.

>>42447055
I dunno I like a girl with a sarah banks coochie

>>42447055
how do you know what a dog's pussy looks like? And you call us furries.

>>42447055
>t. muslim

>>42445353
>normgroid gets sent to Equestria
It should've been ME!!!

Fics about human historians noticing Celestia throughout history?

Wow, the thread doesn't usually reach page ten.

Any fics where celestia's NMM moment is her just snapping and having a breakdown from all the weight upon her shoulders and sacrifices she's had to make?

>>42448011
It's over for this general.

Feeling deicidal in,

>/FSBC/

I'm writing this from a parking lot, on my lap and without my notes, and I might have to stop this post early if my laptop battery threatens to die, BUT!
I liked this fic. I might be mean and go back to calling Voltaire Anon, and I might complain about parts of the finale, but overall, zooming out and looking at the fic as a whole, I think this is a good story, an enjoyable one, and also (somehow) probably near the peak of AiE as a genre.

But first, the second half of last week: I largely agree with what the other anons said. The start of the [Adventure] is alright, Voltaire is too OP (more on that later), and it's noticeable that the DiE part gets extremely reduced. Where I disagree with some is that I think this was a good move. While yes, this is a fine story, it's almost-sorta-kinda [Crossover], except crossing over with a historical figure. It becomes even more evident as the fic goes on—this is a *Voltaire* fanfic, set in the world of FiM. The author is, unquestionably, a huge fan of the guy, and I bet the main intent was the same as for the crossovers: to see how the [thing-I-like] mixes with ponies. Now, because the author was also good, he wrote a story where the character chosen makes sense and can meaningfully contribute—but a lot of the fic is built in a way that lets Voltaire shine as bright as he can.
The author succeeds, though, or at least managed to win me over. I spent some time digging up more info about Voltaire for the story, and because of the fic and what I found, my opinion of him improved by a lot. Is he a bit too good in the fic? Maybe, but it also helps that many of his faults are such iconic "4chan" behavior (the argumentative, arrogant poster with a sharp wit and far-too-high self-esteem) that I can't dislike him for it. He is being somewhat idealized in the story in general, but I was shocked how accurate this portrayal was to his actual beliefs. To stop short of cirlejerking, I'll note that some of his beliefs and ideas were portrayed in a somewhat skewed, propagandist way. I don't think the author intended that, but a bit of the criticism was intellectually poor and out of place... much like Candide, actually.
I liked his antics in the fic, never got bored of them, and cheered when it was made apparent that it's primarily his story, rather than the humans with the donkey. And because I will forget about this otherwise, I must mention that the fic was pretty funny when it wanted to be. The "big" story finale near the end is an exception to that, and I'll complain about it more later, I hope.

>>42448106
(2/2)
That's not to say ponies are just set dressing here! The shift to more and more Celestia was a welcome one as well. The fic delves into worlbuilding for the setting's past and present, most of which is at least decent, though some points are... unconventional, to say the least. I'm still not a fan of Equestria that deviates from the show—especially since this is done here just so Voltaire's ideas can shine, as he couldn't be a champion in anything close to "the best of all possible worlds"—however having the full picture presents this as a consistent, well thought-out setting, and I cannot criticize it in any way. For a pre-show story, the way it ties to FiM is handled well, and the story's attempt at justifying and connecting various events in the show is among the more competent ones I've seen. I also really like this Celestia. If I were more critical of the story, I'd wonder if she's been nerfed for Voltaire's benefit, but at no point did she feel OOC, and that is usually a great sign of a story daring to go for pre-show character development of such a monumental character. Her friendship with Voltaire was also really nice to read about; I know that the fic wanted to stay accurate to real world history, but I'd have preferred if they were allowed to keep in touch afterwards. I liked Blue Belle and the other unicorns, too. There wasn't much done with them (and I expected more of Blue Belle, to be honest, but I won't go for the obvious joke) and this post is already getting long so I won't say more.

Oh, right: The fic gets -1 point for calling a group of ponies "men" at one point, but +1 point for making them get drunk on salt (but not Voltaire).
And then there was the finale. I didn't really like it too much. I will say that it makes thematic sense. Of course the villain for Celestia and Voltaire to deal with has to be both a rogue god and a degenerated religious organizations! Well, some of the parallels were in poor taste, imo, and the story's "serious" parts were in general among the weaker portions. Much more ideologically-tinted, too, though the author did everything he could to make Voltaire the good guy. Going by that A/N, it's wild that this fic was originally published under the E rating. However! I don't think the ending was horrible, just kind of mediocre, and the post-finale parts returned to the enjoyable quasi-SoL with Celly and Anon. Riding Celestia, though, wtf. In general it was admittedly kind of indulgent in that exact AiE fashion—the time-fixing section especially—but I think this is what that genre could be like if its authors and readers both didn't suck [each other off].
I didn't read the acknowledgements section, so maybe I missed something there, but I leave this fic with a pretty high general impression of it. Maybe I'm too much of a HiE hater to add it to favorites, but I wouldn't blame anyone for doing it. Is this the fabled "good HiE" we've been looking for? Maybe?

[Voting]
Later!

>>42448106
They're circumcising the goddamn unicorns!
Celestia, capable of miraculous healing and curing chronic diseases (like asthma), didn't restore that poor n'wah unicorn's broken tip in the back alley. (Sorry bros, even she isn't able to bring it back.) And good on Blue Belle in becoming an extreme masochist and exhibitionist! Spreading your legs and getting off in front of your father and a public crowd? Hot.

Now, rather than be an idiot that complains about what the story didn't do, I'll instead be a proper bitch and moan about what it did. To start off with a good point: it ended. The first third was good, the second a slog, and this final third was "alright". Barring that decent section of Celestia achieving her dream of becoming a domestic hourse-wife and gardener, I found the pure human-on-human and pony-on-pony interactions were far better than the mixed human-on-pony ones (and I'm not simply being snobby and pulling the "HiE bad" card here). There was just too much bias in favour of the human instead of being a synthesising, complimenting agent. When Volvo was dumped in the church, things started to pick up again. He finally did get some push back from Anchovy, but everything was pushed over too fast, too easily, to be truly rewarding. For a fic built around a philosopher and politics between worlds, the ideological arguments were surface-level — there wasn't any interesting nuance or grey areas to think hard about, and maybe that's a good thing, or maybe there was and it all flew over my head.
I would have been perfectly OK with Voldo and Ariete instantly dying unceremoniously from the ass's lightning bolts.

What else? I found it distasteful that a whole chapter was dedicated to rewriting the human story of Dildo's King Henri instead of, you know, telling something original or at least derivative — the analogous griffon situation it was being applied to was unsatisfyingly dropped. And, right, the donkey became a "god", that was a thing. Not a fan of time travel. Wasn't it established they donkeys cannot draw portals? How did non-CHIM Genevieve draw one? Did god Genevieve change the properties of magic? The more you think about what abilities the god donkey has, the more you have to ignore. The mostly subtle references to the mane six ancestors were fine. I thought the rubber ring toy was bigger.

Overall, the fic was competent (although there's probably an issue somewhere when the Credits and Acknowledgements section is more stimulating than parts of the actual story).
Let's be thankful that the changelings didn't get a hold of Valarie; his self-love could have thrust their civilisation beyond the Kardashev scale. Jesus won.

>>42425013
>made her a shit character I don't care about.
Yep, unfortunately. Character wiped twice and resolved just as quickly.

>>42425099
>Celestia is also a pretty weak character
I thought so too, for a 700+ year old magic creature that doesn't need to sleep (effectively doubling her life experience), she was rather pathetic (intellectually). She did redeem herself a bit this week.
>>42425874
>Sacrilege!
You didn't crack a smidge of a smile? But really, between smarmy the quips, gutter-stomping foals, griffon onions green, an impromptu trial, and casually bricking the local sheriff, I don't know what was supposed to be a deliberate joke or not. Must be autism.
>parallels between him and Genevieve, as well as Jenny and her father, were going to form an interesting B-plot
It's a shame something like that didn't come about, would have been sweet. Gordon was truly the fool and ass-end of this fic (sorry!).
>a mudpony or hornhead is born and immediately falls through
Kek, may explain why most ponies are so entranced by the mediocre frog parable (beyond its meaning). You see, the vicious crane of the story is reflecting the unseen horror of their eternal arch-enemy, the stork, who has been dropping foals to their death and slapping unlucky wanderers with placentas ever since the pegasi unified and founded Cloudsdale, all coincidence.

>>42448106
Early bookclub or are my clocks wrong? You've fucked it all up. You're too damn kind and optimistic, it's sickening (and hard to argue with).
>this is a *Voltaire* fanfic, set in the world of FiM.
Yeah, that's precisely the issue I think I'm having with it.
>but I was shocked how accurate this portrayal was to his actual beliefs.
That's good to know.

>>42448106
Being honest, I wasn't really a fan of the direction this story took. The last third of the story suffers from what feels like a lack of direction and a desire to wrap things up more than develop things to a satisfying climax. I didn't realise it last week, but the whole Griffonian revolution sub-plot was basically finished by the time we started this week's reading.

I thought Genevieve's plotline was handled very clumsily. To be fair, I don't know where the author had even planned to take things from her being Queen, if he'd planned it at all, but she just kind of pops back into the story as a final challenge of sorts to our very enlightened protagonist. I'd actually thought Algarotti was an interesting character up till this point, but he transforms into a full caricature of "le manipulative corrupt advisor" straight out of a Disney movie. Having his plan foiled by the plot device of "magic lying staff" felt very unsatisfying for a story that had been playing with more nuanced ideas. Regarding Genevieve herself, I wish we got to see things from her perspective upon returning from Earth, taking over Canterlot and making Zody into a sex doll and everything. Granted, it wouldn't have been a lot to show, but we really don't get to see her thoughts in much depth as it is.

The Celestia-in-Earth section veered a little too close to "Voltlestia" for my liking. Now, it was nice for the scope of the story to be reduced and to focus more on characterising Celestia and the big V, but we don't get much closure on Celestia's relationship with her family or her thoughts on Equestria's future, which were the big two issues surrounding her. Would it have even been appropriate, considering how quickly the story shifted gears? I think so; in fact, it was a little frustrating how in previous weeks' reading, the story shied away from giving Celestia more focus and agency.
The timeline stuff at the end was a little too convoluted and filled with particulars. You could see this kind of obsessive detailing earlier, in the description of Genevieve's cathedral, which I'm sure was a reference to some real-life building. However, did we really need to go back and have an abridged account of the first half of the story to create a closed time loop *as well as* an explanation of Discord's species as cosmic graphite orbs *as well as* a final afterword giving little epilogues to damn near every character who was ever mentioned?

Overall, kind of a disappointing end. The story genuinely had me along for the ride from the first two weeks, but Voltaire doesn't even get to shine on his own without much (intelligent) opposition.

Blue Belle's whole torture scene doesn't really need much comment.

>>42448403
Oh, and the other thing with Algarotti is that the author himself admits that the real Algarotti was actually a pretty stand-up guy, and his depiction in the story is mostly an invention.

>>42448106
>a way that lets Voltaire shine as bright as he can
See, I think Voltaire shines brightest when he's up against stronger opposition. That was more common towards the beginning, but once we get about halfway through the fic, basically all of the ponies adopt his ideas and just go along with whatever he says. Algarotti and Genevieve were disappointing antagonists because their conflict hardly has any ideological back-and-forth; Blue Belle points out that Algarotti is using magic and Genevieve just kills him. Genevieve's ideology is just a child's tyrannical idea of a "perfect world", petty revenge and all, and she repents more out of seeing the suffering it causes rather than any of Voltaire's ideas themselves.

>my opinion of him improved by a lot
Meh, I still think he's obnoxious.

>>42448109
>well thought-out setting
It was alright, but I think the loredumps were distracting and unnecessary at times, even with the framing device of a future historian.

>but at no point did she feel OOC
What the fuck? What about when she caves in a random filly's chest? Or appoints a 10-year-old filly as Minister of Unicorn Affairs for the whole country? Or generally takes the most passive, self-pitying attitude possible for every conflict? I'm not asking for Celestia to solve everything with a wave of her horn, but she *should* have some more conviction than she's shown to have instead of passing everything off at the first opportunity. Yeah, the story is about how she doesn't want to be revered as a goddess, but she's still the monarch and the most powerful single pony by far. The way she's shown is as a child who's been born into a position she doesn't want, which may have been appropriate in the beginning, but she's already at least 700 years into her rule and has been pretty confident up until this point. She's absolutely been nerfed for Voltaire's benefit, and the irony is that both characters would have been stronger if she weren't.

>making them get drunk on salt
That was an adorable part, yes. I think you're right that the story is best when it's lighthearted and satirical.

>>42448148
>Spreading your legs and getting off in front of your father and a public crowd?
Voltaire asked him not to look, but Blueblood couldn't resist the spectacle. He was clearly into it.

>Celestia achieving her dream of becoming a domestic hourse-wife and gardener
I think we all know what happened in that cabin when the narrator said they would "play games" every night.

>but everything was pushed over too fast, too easily, to be truly rewarding
Exactly. I see what the author was trying to do, having Blue Belle and Celestia succeed to show their adoption of Voltaire's ideas and the influence he had instead of having Voltaire himself do everything. However, they meet very little actual resistance when the evil human can be taken out by a dog toy to the knee and the rogue goddess still has the mind of a child.

>King Henri
It was a new story for me, so I didn't mind too much, but it was a little dull. Sky Shock trying to draw parallels between the story and her own history was cute, but the story hardly had any relevance other than that.

>The mostly subtle references to the mane six ancestors were fine.
I thought they were too unsubtle when they weren't literal characters in the story, like Wheatstraw or Morningstar, but otherwise it was alright and reminded me that, yes, this story was still connected to show-Equestria. Except, of course, that detail that the modern Sparkle line was merely adopted into the ancient Sparkle family through Blue Belle's daughter, and therefore Twilight is actually a descendant of the Bluebloods.

>>42448181
>Character wiped twice and resolved just as quickly
Yeah, every time the author started going in an interesting direction with her, she was abruptly dropped for the next 10 chapters or so.

>You didn't crack a smidge of a smile?
Oh, I did, but in a grim "what the fuck is this author doing?" sort of way.

>>42448106
Well I didn't read anymore since last week which seems like it was the right call. The best scene for me was without a doubt the prologue scene at the summer sun ceremony which did a good job of pulling me into the story. It's a shame it was all downhill from there, and apparently when Genny and Zboy reunite she is apparently just a god who turns him into a slave or something.
>>42448106
>this is a *Voltaire* fanfic, set in the world of FiM
>the fic is built in a way that lets Voltaire shine as bright as he can.
Unfortunately I quickly realized this after the prologue and just couldn't stand it

>>42448148
>Now, rather than be an idiot that complains about what the story didn't do, I'll instead be a proper bitch and moan about what it did. To start off with a good point: it ended.
fucking kek
>but everything was pushed over too fast, too easily, to be truly rewarding. For a fic built around a philosopher and politics between worlds, the ideological arguments were surface-level
Yeah, the moment he arrives he already seems to have everyone important in his pocket

>>42448403
>Blue Belle's whole torture scene doesn't really need much comment.
wtf

>>42438104
>TRaFotDLS.
Anon, I have no idea what this refers to
can I get the whole title please

>>42448797
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/93572/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-dark-lord-sassaflash
Lurk more.

In light of Mr Homosuck himself fucking up the fan archive (and in light of the animated pilot announcement) I have downloaded Homestuck and started reading it. Wish me luck.

>>42448844
How does that work? Isn't some of it stuff like Flash?

>>42448863
It's an emulator. Basically.

>>42448863
Yes, hence the existence of the Unofficial Homestuck Collection, which gathers all the material, fixes all the broken elements, and provides a whole bunch of QoL. Also necessary because the Homestuck site has been offline since early this year. Up until literally two days ago you could find it all online, but now it's only accessible through GitHub because Mr Homestuck is going full schizo even harder and planning to erase the original comic from history. Unfortunately this will never actually happen because even though holding the rights to HS technically allows them to take legal action against the archive part of the collection (but not the software part) HS itself is full of so much copyrighted material used without permission that trying to claim the archive itself in a specific manner rather than the abstract would probably backfire.
Also, while Flash is deprecated and no longer supported by browsers it's still something you can install a version of locally and that will work fine at reading local files, which is I think what the UHC does.

>>42448807
/fimfic/ anons be like:
>Yeah, i sure love LReOAL. The ending kinda resembled OA::AV but also borrowed some elements from AQpQF. It doesn't compare to GWweB of course, but it's still good, just like TeEoL.

>>42448984
___ and 500819 will always be the funniest

>>42448011
Kino image, who's the artist?

>>42448984
This would be funny if this place still used acronyms like that. We don’t really talk about fics that used to be talked about enough to need acronyms much anymore. We ran out of things to say about them.

>>42448984
And that's a good thing.

>>42442247
>I wiggled my limp dick for an hour looking at this and couldn't get it up again.

>>42444361
I like most of the worldbuilding, it's really immersive. Probably the best part of the story is meeting the M6 and seeing how they are changed by the AU (except Fluttershy, of course).
Twilight does a good job carrying the fic, though, and though I wish she had more interactions with Luna, they were still all a lot of fun.

>>42445493
Clearly you should read it again, it's the best of the series.

>>42448996
>We don’t really talk about fics
That's the source of all this thread's problems.

I am very tired, so excuse me if I'm not making much sense; I can't really skip weeks 2 and 3 of a fic that I both liked and, I think, got treated a little too poorly some others.

>>42448148
>didn't restore that poor n'wah unicorn's broken tip
I know you're partially joking, but that was unicorn magic, which she couldn't use if she wanted to stay hidden from Genevieve.
>Hot.
Pretty sure she was a semi-boneless blob of massacred tissue, but whatever floats your boat. I WILL judge, but I won't stop you.
>The first third was good, the second a slog, and this final third was "alright"
Definitely agree on 2nd part being the worst, with the Henri story being the highlight of the bad-ness. Even the author agreed, seeing as he put the griffony parallels to somewhat justify it. And he still failed, because you can just read Anon's work that he basically plagiarizes there. The third part is worse than the first, but I liked the SoL'y AiEnding so not by much, for me.
>There was just too much bias in favour of the human
I'll stop myself from going on a tangent about this Celly, but I will say that this felt deliberate. It's a "young" Celly, and her arc is pretty much about her growing up and learning to be a ruler.
>For a fic built around a philosopher and politics between worlds,
You're giving it both too much and too little credit: I really can't see it as anything other than a fic about someone's superhero dicking around in Equestria during the period most susceptible to his ideas. It doesn't really pretend to be a philosophical fic, even less than Voltaire was a philosopher.
>Wasn't it established they donkeys cannot draw portals?
I assumed it was another thing that the Goddess Genevieve retconned, to prevent something like that happening again. But this assumption is not based on anything stated in the fic; it'd just make sense.
>mane six ancestors were fine
I'm a sucker for show tie-ins in pre-show fics.
>his self-love could have thrust their civilisation
Kek, but not wrong. That's a part of why he's good.
>spoiler
Based, and I do feel a little bad defending Voltaire for that reason, but I think history has wronged him.

>>42448181
>Yep, unfortunately
The correct play was never caring about her in the first place. It's Fagtaire's world. We're just living in it.
>I thought so too, for a 700+ year old magic creature (...) she was rather pathetic
I need to sleep but I do want to defend this Tia. Well, you're probably right so I won't.
>Gordon
I forgot he was kind of a character in week 1, lol.
>You've fucked it all up.
I could either post 20 min early or 4h late. I needed to go see the donkeys, actually. (and a bunch of other animals)
>You're too damn kind and optimistic
Sorry, sorry! I'll try to be more mean and upset next time.
>precisely the issue I think I'm having with it.
Very fair reason to dislike the fic, or at least like it less.

>>42449482
Ha, take this!

Man I barely could make it through a small part of No Nose Knows and I don't know why. It feels like a mix of the central premise not being convincing enough and it just kind of immediately glossing over the entire premise being a forced-by-mistake marriage. My brother was right, I gotta be convinced of the chemistry between two characters and it ain't happening here.

>>42448403
>I wasn't really a fan of the direction this story took.
This probably reflects good on you. I liked where it went, and that could be a bad thing. I'm only semi-joking when I call it AiE.
>what feels like a lack of direction and a desire to wrap things up
He wanted a "big" arc 3 finale, I'm sure, and made it happen regardless of how necessary it was. It's okay-ish, imo, and I agree that Jenny's handling was a mess. I almost think the fic would be better off without the DiE plot, if it was to be treated like that. Algarotti does make some points that, while wrong, COULD be argued, but at that time it's obvious that this is not what the fic wants to do, so V&C beat them up and C learns a valuable lesson.
>too close to "Voltlestia" for my liking.
That part was kino and I will not hear otherwise. I appreciate that the author allowed them to develop a close friends without turning it into ship. He easily could've, but restraint triumphed that day and a thousand stars cheered. It was also so much better than the "fight" in the finale. Just the two of them talking with each other, resting, and tricking Maupertuis. And also burning a dead god's corpse. Y'know, the pure SoL things.
>You could see this kind of obsessive detailing earlier
The cathedral talking about a real building (wasn't it named? I recall Voltaire recognizing it and dropping the 18th century version of 'based') was bad, but I always find your anti-worldbuilding campaign a little funny. As long as it's not causing the story to stagnate—which is subjective, but in this case it didn't for me—it's totally fine if the worldbuilding parts fit into the greater world of FiM. That's part of the fic-writing fun for many! And again, CoPE would murder you. I think this fic covers our HiE quota for 2025, but we have to read CoPE on the club some day.
>giving little epilogues to damn near every character
This was not necessary and felt like a really "fanfic" (derogatory in this context) thing, but the epilogues themselves were good enough to not drag the fic down.

>>42448026
It's for a story, so that makes it okay.

>>42448995
Jotun is. He's awesome.

Also, check your messages again, printFag.

>>42449687
Artist tag on the boorus?

>>42448476
>Voltaire shines brightest when he's up against stronger opposition.
If you went in with the expectation of philosophical arguments, that's kind of your mistake. Part of it is misunderstanding Voltaire; the label of a "philosopher" wouldn't be the first, second, or even third title I'd pick for him. He wasn't exceptional. Based on what I read, he was first and foremost a political activist and a witty, argumentative intellectual. Both of those traits define him in the fic. He was somewhat obsessed with attacking the structures of the fr*nch Catholic Church, which is not a very intellectual stance, but excusable when looking at the awful, degenerate state of the fr*nch Church in his times. This is alluded to in the fic as well, but only barely; whether that's to make him look better or because it's not relevant is up to interpretation.
>Meh, I still think he's obnoxious.
That's why he's great! He WOULD be completely obnoxious if he were dumber, but because he was smart, his arguments and cleverness are based and admirable. These kinds of characters reach a point where they cross from "Sweet Celestia, what a self-absorbed faggot" to "Damn, I'd love to argue with him some day", and this fr*nchie comfortably lives in that second zone now. Actively seeking out arguments and enjoying your own voice are very fun traits to read about—if they're not on dumb OCs. And while Voltaire gets tossed softballs for a lot of the fic, he's not dumb.
>What the fuck?
It looks like the Celestia rant is actually going to happen. Fine.
See, you almost got it right. This is a very young Celestia. Or, more accurately, an immature one. She's not a filly, mind you—she runs the whole country and does it well! But emotionally, she's never had the chance to mature due to growing up under Dicksword's rule and later falling into vanity first and godlike reverence second, and never having anypony to hone her personality against. You could say that in certain aspects this 700-year-old chessmaster who plots 77 generations in advance was emotionally and mentally stunted. This happened since she never had equals, and why she needed Voltaire in particular. Or anyone who could keep up with her intellectually while challenging her and not deferring to her at every turn.
>at least 700 years into her rule and has been pretty confident
I really don't think it's a stretch. She removed herself (Celestia-the-pony) from her rule, delegating her life to Celestia-the-Princess. She was a capable ruler, but "her" decisions weren't really hers—she was only ever responding to the call of duty, purely impersonal. That's why the griffony massacre breaks her so much, too. This was something she was actually emotionally invested in and felt responsible for, not just as a ruler.

>>42448540
>It was a new story for me,
I've heard of it, but not in such detail. Still, you'd be better off reading Voltaire's actual account than that chapter, probably, which must mean that it's a very bad chapter.

>>42449786
To be less casual, he's Jotun22.

Several of my commissions, and the highest quality of all or most of them, aren't available on Derpibooru. Here:
https://twibooru.org/tags/artist-colon-jotun22

>>42449526
Which part? I thought the romance was serviceably plausible when I read it.

>>42449870
The initial stuff. I dunno, I'm not convinced.

>>42449809
So what are we reading next?

>>42449911
My Little Dashie

>>42449911
Buggy & The Beast?

>>42449911
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

>>42449977
Tara Strong get off /fimfic/

>>42449911
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/535772/

>>42450015
What'd even be the pony version of a period? Cutie Mark Cramps?

>>42449911
Oh, right! I knew I forgot something.

>>42448106
[Voting]
I don't have the list on me, so here are some non-standard options:
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/33746/loyalty
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/328030/her-soldiers-we
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/443419/the-witch-of-canterlot (sequel, but a good amount of anons clubbed the first story)
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/18270/within-and-without
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/455858/the-bug-in-the-cave

>>42449911
Oh, right! I knew I forgot something.

>>42448106
[Voting]
I don't have the list on me, so here are some non-standard options:
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/33746/loyalty
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/328030/her-soldiers-we
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/443419/the-witch-of-canterlot (sequel, but a good number of anons clubbed the first story)
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/18270/within-and-without
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/455858/the-bug-in-the-cave

>>42450082
>within and without
Hell nah, I’m not reading a long ass tunafag fic.

I vote for “the bug in the cave”

Any angsty fics about the aftermath of a pone being raped? Other pony consoling her optional, I just want to read about somepony struggling to hold herself together.

>Fics about this?
>Fics about that?
Just write it yourselves. Niggers.

>>42450201
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/545041/from-love-to-changelings

This one is still incomplete, but my next chapter will have plenty of that:
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/567441/chaotic-conception

>>42450213
>advertising a fic you haven't updated in nine months
You're trying to blue ball him, aren't you.

>>42450224
I think that's a different fetish

>>42450224
He's just living out his preg fantasy on a meta level by giving a chapter proper gestation time.
>>42450201
For once this is fucking relevant. www.fimfiction.net/story/508109/tower-of-diamond

>>42450270
>tower of diamond
The fimfic super secret book club read that. When did that stop being a thing?

>>42450201
Well, I didn't find exactly what I was looking for, but I did find a pretty good rapefic that was all about the suffering instead of the sex, though it's unfortunately nearly over by the time the rape ends.
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/201134/dont-open-your-eyes-scoot
>RD gets broken in front of scoots, 21k words

>>42450567
>It will, however, *not* be grimdark, *not* be explicit, and *not* be foalcon. Rape is a serious subject and a heinous crime, and this story will treat it as such.
Yeesh, who took this guy's innocence?

Fics where Scootaloo is literally cursed to be a magnet for abuse and horrible shit?

>>42448540
>I think we all know what happened in that cabin
Miniature polo? My god, how filthy.

>>42449489
>but that was unicorn magic
Fine, but not even the forbidden earthpony technique of putting it on ice or sticky-taping it back on?
>Pretty sure she was a semi-boneless blob of massacred tissue, but whatever floats your boat. I WILL judge, but I won't stop you.
Having your insides rearranged by a large donkey is interpretive, and the author certainly took liberties. No need to shape shame either! A blob is the peak, optimal, all-terrain body — she was doing her a favour. Blue Belle achieved the epitome of Voltaire's ideology in physical form. It's the viscous, free-flowing freedom that vertebrates just don't understand.
>I assumed it was another thing that the Goddess Genevieve retconned
Now that I think about it, the effect of the pencil was different for each creature using it, and Discord is a conglomerate of different creatures. That's quite a clever early hint if it was intended. Still, I think her changing the effect breaks the rules and powers that made her. It begs too many rhetorical questions of "Why couldn't she..." and "What if she...". The hubris of a young donkey and/or the limits of Discord's powers, I suppose. Regardless, if the Godonkey did indeed change that magic, future Discord must have been surprised when he tried to materialise some tea only to find his claw poking through a dimension and tickling someone's bollocks.
I really have to get my head out of the gutter.

HEY FEGELEIN

I got recommened to review these if they could fit into the show and the answer is no they would not fit into S1, into DC SHG, into My Life As A Teenage Robot. They do not match Faust & Renzetti's styles.
Of course they're better written than S2-S9, anything is, but that's not the point, you want something unique or else you might as well watch or read any generic book and show.

https://www.fimfiction.net/story/20685/sunny-skies-all-day-long
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/10624/reading-rainbow
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/506047/can-i-sleep-with-you-tonight
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/229453/all-the-mortal-remains


I will never understand "fan"fics who refuse to match the creator's style, but this is why a showrunner is allowed 100% reign over the scripts and behaviour of the characters.
Even Owl's That Ends Well, the most Ned Flanders and most crappily written episode in all of S1, still has a tiny glimpse of Faust & Renzetti's style, even the CMC episodes that don't feature the Mane6.

>>42450579
A rapist, I'd guess.

>>42441320
>>42449743
Fucking hell, I only saw this just now.

>>42441320
And as far as I know, Paul's idea wouldn't work. You do actually need publishing rights in order to lawfully publish a book. Those rights belong to the original creator of the work unless they're signed away. I suppose it would be one thing if you merely printed out a fic at home on office paper. However, Lulu is a business and you do technically give them nonexclusive rights to publish and distribute work, which you can only do if you own the rights in the first place. Not to mention, you're still selling the book to yourself through Lulu, so they (and the shipping company) take their own cut. You can see how it wouldn't be legal or ethical for Lulu to make money off of somebody's work without their permission, even if you personally don't.

>>42448652
>wtf
You'd hate it with a passion.
>>42449489
>The correct play was never caring about her in the first place.
If the author wanted us to do that, he wouldn't have set her up to be her own parallel plotline.
>I'll try to be more mean and upset next time.
Where do you think we are?
>>42449576
>I'm only semi-joking when I call it AiE.
The sad part is that Voltaire's portrayal felt *more* self-indulgent and generic the longer it went on.
>allowed them to develop a close friends without turning it into ship
I'll concede that my brain may be rotted at this time by shipfaggotry, so I likely read too deeply into it.
>It was also so much better than the "fight" in the finale
This is true, but it can't exactly replace a bad climax when there's no conflict.
>anti-worldbuilding campaign
Having an elaborate world built up is well and good, but its portrayal should be subtle, even minimalist when it comes to loredumps and historical accounts. And why should I care what the author finds fun if I (the ultimate arbiter of quality) dislike the product?
>but the epilogues themselves were good enough
Admittedly also true, but I still didn't bother going through his 6k words of footnotes.
>>42449809
>he was first and foremost a political activist
He wasn't a philosopher proper (the meaning of "philosophe" to my knowledge is more of a public intellectual), but his interesting quality is still his rhetorical skill. In fact, that makes it all the more necessary for him to have challenging opponents to spar with in order to show off his talents. One problem with the story is that it treats him too much like a philosopher, as if his ideas are so profound and revolutionary that they spread by themselves instead of needing to be championed with fiery speeches and biting satire. We get far too little of the fire and the biting, and too much of the "wow V man, you're so right, why didn't *I* realise that mudponies don't like being second-class citizens?"
>That's why he's great!
Picrel. Have you never argued with someone who's *so* clever that they have to be right about everything and never concede an inch (and are mocking and flippant the whole time)? Yeah, don't answer that. This could easily be a case of "in text form, he's cool, but irl, he'd be insufferable".
>an immature one
But she's ruled the country (much more directly) for 700 years already! You don't do that without developing some emotional maturity, or discipline at the very least. You say this like she's been a filly wearing a mask for centuries, and that was even likely true in the beginning, but you don't go that long without the mask becoming a part of you to some extent. Even if she's never had a real friend after Luna, Celestia should still have a keen sense of duty and royal decorum to uphold, and she discards all of it too quickly.

>>42450834
I wonder how ministry of image operates. They print lots of pony fiction.
https://www.ministryofimage.net/

>>42450082
And to spite >>42450129, I'm voting for within and without.

>>42450203
Is there a single mlp fanfic that is confirmed to be written by a black person?

>>42451069
The abandoned ones, I imagine.

>>42445353
>completely revolted by the concept
>openly declare himself Prince Consort
What the fuck was he thinking?

>>42450201
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/35338/shattered
But it's a deadfic. I think the author chickened out because the ambiguous consent thing was making for a very polarizing trail arc and he was feeling the heat not to make the trial an utter joke like is so common in fics.

>>42450567
>[Slice of Life]
kek

>>42451242
>In today's episode, Rainbow Dash goes grocery shopping
>And gets raped

>>42450498
Never.

>>42450834
You can literally just download a fic, typeset it and format it, print it on book paper, and bind it together yourself if you're not a skillet.

>>42450082
Want to vote Loyalty, but I also want to suggest another Dash romance fic some time later, so maybe I shouldn't
Then again if the club can read a bunch of Tuna it can read a bunch of Dash romance

>>42450973
Pretty sure they get away with it cause they're stationed in eastern Europe and just don't give a fuck about Hasbro's lawyers.

How do you cope with being pseuds?

>>42451697
I cope by being retarded

>>42451415
Half the point of Tuna being the best duo is that stories about them tend to stand above other shipfics just because of who they are. Loyalty is a very average fic; its main exception is that it was posted all at once and almost nobody has ever talked about it.
Within and Without is better, although I never thought it was good enough to post to the club. I posted a review, the Tuna is great, but most of the rest is not. I'm more interested in the cavebug fic. I would read either one, though.

Saw something really weird on the way home from work today. Two hot girls walking down the street, one holding a big Applejack plushie and the other a Fluttershy. I didn't say a word. Any hot girl that is still into FiM has something dangerous going on. I don't know where they were heading. There isn't anything kind of nerd shop down that way, except for the arcade bar.

Did I miss out on the easiest pussy of my life? This will inspire my fic writing for years.

>>42452418
>Any hot girl that is still into FiM has something dangerous going on
Wait until you learn about Sanrio girls.

>>42452442
Just give it to me straight: was saying nothing the right move?

>>42452418
>>42452455
Why are you posting this in the fimfic thread?

Also no. Those were very likely not women you should approach. They were probably immature and neurotic. And they would not have found you being interested in a cartoon for little girls attractive.

>>42452442
Pic related.

>>42452481
Because this thread is the most concentrated area of wisdom and sex drive on the entire board.

>>42452455
They were lesbians

>>42452493
Nothing a good dicking won't fix.

>>42452496
Well therein lies your problem, doesn't it?

>>42452498
Come to GalaCon and I'll make building 7 look like a g-ddamn joke.

>>42452507
No! Bad jew, no terrorism!

>>42452490
If this place is the best this board has to offer maybe this graph was more right than wrong

>>42452481
Anon, that's all women.

a ha ha

If the anon who made this image is still here thanks for making me laugh like 2 years ago.

>>42452507
No.

>>42452481
"Sanrio bitches are all mentally ill." - the Sanrio girl I "dated" for a while (she was secretly cheating on her boyfriend during a massive manic episode that ended with her forcefully hospitalised for a month after almost drinking herself to death on a trip to Canada, losing most memories of all the shit she did during said episode).

>>42452517
That chart will forever be wrong cause /tg/ is the most intelligent board at least before 2016.
/lit/ and /sci/ are full of retards who don't read and don't do science.
and /biz/ was always /b/ with crypto.

>>42452771
/tg/'s intelligent because they get shit done, long and short. /lit/ jacks itself off and then never produces anything.

>>42452781
You'd think they'd produce cum.

Every girl is mentally ill. The trick is finding the one that compliments you.

>>42452835
*complements

>>42452853
That too.

>>42452781
/tg/ is full of white collar millennials

>>42453139
So are we.

Aw yiss

>>42434075
Im onto chapter 3 of Tower of Diamonds and..

Anon this is just lesbian BDSM. When do I start to actually do some thinking? Or do you think of me as a little insect like DT?

What's the safe word again?

>>42453249
>rape = BDSM
I think you need to start thinking yesterday.

>>42453280
Guess ive been on this board too long, it all starts blurring together

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>42448106
Right, so it looks like Bug in the Cave and Loyalty have 2 votes each, so rolling for the next fic.
1-10 Bug (non-sticky one)
11-20 Loyalty

>>42452272
In times like these I have to resort to my RiL, which in turn is sourced at least 50% from the thread.

>>42453400
>Bug in the Cave
Well, second time in a row it's a fic that i've already read and don't want to reread. I'll wait

>>42453160
You're not white collar and not millennials. You're blue-collar gen-Zers

>>42452517
>/co/ 89
>/a/ 103
Well that's bullshit ...
/mlp/ is /b/ & /a/ mostly.

>/tv/ 118
Yep this is definitely bullshit except for /b/ and /mlp/.

Why the fuck is /x/ ranked so low?

>>42448106
>>42453400
The next bookclub fic is The Bug in The Cave
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/455858/the-bug-in-the-cave

Chapters up to (and including) Hunger Pains for this week, the rest for week 2.

>>42453463
I ain't blue collar, sorry.

>>42453468
I don't get why people keep responding to this completely made up pic whenever it gets posted. It's not even bait.

>>42450710
I am now imagining a fic where Scoots magically becomes magnetic and has to worry about heavy metal objects flying at her.

>>42450739
Cool. I responded to your message five minutes after you sent it, by the way.

>>42450710
It's funny that even in the fics where she gets a happy ending she still usually gets a bum deal, since you can't be rescued from your abusive home life if you aren't abused.

What are some cute fics with mares being good mothers?

>>42453690
None. All mares are terrible mothers.

>>42453690
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/572613/pink-geode

>>42453704
Do you think the pies wanted a son or is Equestria a place where daughters are preferrable

>>42453690
https://www.fimfiction.net/group/1894/mlp-motherhood-is-magical

>>42453709
My head canon is that they would probably prefer one or the other or not have a preference, with equestrian society not having a preference for one or the other. I don’t think equestria would be like many non western societies and societies in the ancient world that had a preference for sons because of things like dowery payments and men just being stronger and able to do things like hard labor and war better.

>>42453728
So you're saying Earth Ponies are preferrable?

Has /fimfic/ ever done a storytime of pain thing?

>>42453764
Pain thing? Please elaborate.

>>42453783
Storytimes are a thing on /co/ where someone dumps a graphic novel in full, oftentimes something neat or obscure like Mr. Ash Tuesday and the like.

A Storytime of Pain is where they intentionally dump a really REALLY shit one, like NeoKosmos or that stupid one about periods turning you into a mountain lion. So it'd be something like a bookclub for something that is a known quantity of shitty, but it's entertaining because everyone is suffering together.

>>42453728
>they would probably prefer one or the other or not have a preference
A deep thought, this.

>>42453794
Did you know that everything in the world either is or is not a pony?

>>42453786
We did that with Piano Man.

>>42453786
If we do that I vote for realitycheck's nyxverse.

>>42453786
I vote for Celestia’s Relaxing Vacation.

>>42453786
I mean... Isn't that why we used to have the schizo club?

>>42454023
So you're saying we can bring it back.

>>42429973
My copy just arrived, not bad at all! I don't have a story in there, but still, thanks a lot for pulling through and actually delivering.

>>42440291
The thought leaves me panic stricken.

>>42440291
You have pride but no dignity.

>>42454071
Would you rather have dignity but no pride?

>>42450973
The main thing I'd be worried about is getting the rights from the author of the fic, actually.
>>42454061
I've finally gotten my batch as well, and I can confirm that there are no printing errors.

>>42453249
>When do I start to actually do some thinking?
The trick is to start arguing with TOD Anon over whether it's just a blatant rape fetish porn story or an erotic work of art.

>>42453786
So, the schizo club before it stopped reading schizo fics?

Kinda starting to hate it when fics have Luna talk old timey constantly.

>>42453476
>I ain't blue collar
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA THE DELUSION IS REAL, APPLEJACK.

>>42454289
Why are you so obsessed with things you don't interact with, x?

>>42454568
What do you think blue collar means, anon?

>>42454643
What do you think blue collar means, anon? Also stop replying for him. He's a big boy, He knows what he said.

>>42454550
Fics about Moonbutt going to a speech therapist?

Huh, my first story has crossed the 100 thumbs up threshold: the crotch sniffing story with Anonymous I've not updated in over a year.

I really need to update my ongoing stories, fuck.

>>42454900
Same.

>>42454900
>pregfag's fics have abandonment issues
There's some irony in that.
>>42454920
I don't have this problem because my Fimmy shelves resemble a Soviet supermarket.

>>42454948
He has a pregnancy fetish, not a raising kids fetish. In fact a pregnancy fetish is fundamentally at odds with raising kids, since once a mare gives birth she needs to be immediately impregnated again to maximise pregnancy time. Fantasising about raising the kid is allowed during the pregnancy but will never actually come to pass as relevant, and in fact birth must be shown as little as possible because it ends the pregnancy which is the source of enjoyment.

Pregnancy fetish is more about body horror/transformation than anything else.

>>42454948
It's just my one ongoing story that isn't about pregnancy, actually, and the Eris story. The Eris story actually is improved by the long gestation time, since I've had a lot of great ideas over the months, including how best to open the third chapter.

>>42455071
>He has a pregnancy fetish, not a raising kids fetish.
True.

>In fact a pregnancy fetish is fundamentally at odds with raising kids, since once a mare gives birth she needs to be immediately impregnated again to maximise pregnancy time.
I've written stories where the foals are cared for, in different ways.

>Fantasising about raising the kid is allowed during the pregnancy but will never actually come to pass as relevant, and in fact birth must be shown as little as possible because it ends the pregnancy which is the source of enjoyment.
No, birth is also hot, and I plan to focus on it more in the future.

>>42455162
For Queen Chrysalis and other monsters, yes. Do you find pregnancy to be abhorrent in general?

>>42455303
Would you like to be impregnated, anon?

>>42455308
Yes, actually.

>>42455308
Is that an offer?

>>42455314
Good news, we might get working uterus transplants in the next 30 years.

>>42455339
It's not even necessary. Yeah, I like commissioning Chrysalis pregnant and stuffed full of drones, but I'd be just as happy with her ramming an ovipositor up my ass and pumping me full of eggs.

>>42455355
You can get a good enough approximation of that with some gelatin and egg-shaped molds.

>>42455355
Sadly while real life fluid based inflation through anal injection is a thing it's also really dangerous and at best gets you only a fraction of the sizes of real pregnancy.

>>42455314
>>42455355
An imposter is among us.

>>42453837
What about Discord?

>>42455714
More importantly, what about hippogriffs?

>>42455071
What if you have both?

>>42455799
I don't think fetishizing child rearing will do your kids any favors.

>>42455799
How does one fetishize raising kids?

>>42455838
Raising them right isn't a fetish, but raising them wrong might be.

>>42455850
Bad parenting has a tag on e621, you might be onto something

What if you have a child rearing fetish but not a pregnancy fetish

>>42455872
The fetishist that stepped up

>>42455872
You become friends with the couple that's pumping out kids they don't want, duh.

>>42455949
Uncle fetish

>>42455872
Then you're Celestia

>>42456202
>trying to bump
The retardation has become terminal I see.

bump

If anyone's making the new thread, say so. Otherwise it's going up in a few minutes.

>>42456389
>>42456389
>>42456389
>>42456389
>>42456389