FimFiction thread - Now with 41% more deceased elderly musicians

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8/10 work

I fucking give up. There is literally no point in continuing to write in fimfiction. I can't seem to make any headway with my stories(I'm on my seventh fiction, and I only have 30 followers, which your supposed to have at least 50-100 by then.)

I just don't know what to do. I feel like nothing is working.

>>26074190
>your supposed to have at least 50-100 by then.
says who?

>>26074210
Says successful writers whose stories make headway. Maybe even getting the feature box once in a while.

>>26074227
[citation needed]

>>26074227
Are you writing E-rated comedy or SoL? Because unless that's the case, you're putting yourself down prematurely. Not to mention basing your worth as a fanfic writer on completely meaningless numbers.

>>26074258
Fine, whatever its my own personal musings. But it still doesn't change the fact that I barely get any views on my stories. Nor do I even have any feedback, having to go to lengths to ask in a group for it.

It's frustrating.

Lol, this is why I write trollfics/crackfics all the time.

Posting any story in fimfiction is unreliable. Why even bother working hard on a fic when you can just shit out a story and get the mad views.

Seriously, what a waste of time.

>not writing for you
>not writing to improve your skills as a writer
>not writing the stories you want to write and fuck everyone else
>caring about the quantity of people that read it as long as there are some people that legitimately enjoy it
Reminder that the reason the majority of popular stuff is popular is because it's watered-down to the critical point of having the most mass appeal and the least quality it can get away with.

blamp for hatred

>>26074490
>this is why I write trollfics/crackfics all the time
implying that its a conscious decision to write shit

>you can just shit out a story and get the mad views.
if by 'mad views' you mean less than 100, then I guess?

>Seriously, what a waste of time
Yes. Yes, you are. Yet we still tolerate your bullshit.

>>26075833
>implying that its a conscious decision to write shit
But it is. Just look at Bleedin.

>>26075874
That's the point. As we've proved many times before, bleedin is unable to write anything that isn't a crackfic, even when he tries to.

>>26075929
I'm still unconvinced that his 'begging for help' phase wasnt just some ruse to get us to waste our time

>>26076047
Why would he waste his time writing all these crackfics between then and now, then?

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Been a while since I read any sadfics. I've read Yours Truly a good while ago.
Got any recommendations?

>>26076099
If you really want to cry, I recommend anything by BleedingEquine.

>>26076099
Twilight Sparkle Makes a Cup of Tea, by GhostofHeraclitus.

>>26076099
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/106970/spikes-arrest-a-sparity-romance-of-sorts

>>26076124
I enjoy his fics, actually. They're well written on a meta-ironic level.

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>>26076243

>>26076243
nobody enjoys bleedinwords, anon, not even bleedin

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>>26076243
Hello Ytterbius.

>>26076336
That's not a reaction image, but saved.

>>26076348
Ah I forgot that guy existed.

Can anyone rec a couple of solid longish, adventurey fics?

>>26077092
The Chase

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/185272/the-chase

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>>26077098

Welp, as per usual I'm writing a million different things that I will probably never finish. MPL related I have on the go a story set four generations after the death of the mane five with alicorn twilight the only survive and a Yugioh crossover the blends the pilots of the two shows as well as the lore with actually fitting custom decks for everyone this time unlike the other crossovers where everyone gets net-decked.

But I'm sure my D&D campaign, Don't Rest Your Head campaign and generally laziness will prevent me from reaching any sort of completeness.

/whinge

>>26077092
All the adventure fics on the starter kit are good, and most are pretty long.

>>26077245
Maybe he's already burned through those and is looking for more?

bmo

>>26077186
>a Yugioh crossover the blends the pilots of the two shows as well as the lore with actually fitting custom decks for everyone this time unlike the other crossovers where everyone gets net-decked.
I have no idea what any of that means, but wake me up when every pony is doing their faggy card battle bullshit while riding motorcycles

>>26079923
How would a pony ride a motorcycle?

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>>26080183

I fail to see any problem here.

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>>26074058
>Regi drowns himself in tears

it still hurts, anon

STARMAN I MISS YOU

>>26080290

I bought Blackstar today and listened to it, and damn near broke down, and listened to it again because it's a fucking fantastic piece of work.

>>26080326
listened to low and heroes
couldn't even go to school today, just moped
gonna listen to ziggy stardust and station to station next

>>26080183
How would a human ride a motorcycle while playing a card battle game?

besides ponka had that goofy bicycle-helicopter. thats kinda motorcyclish

>>26080326
>I bought Blackstar today
people still buy music?

>>26080883
stop being a woman. Goddamn I'm willing to bet youve never even met this person.

Dead people whom youve never met shouldnt mean anything to you. Save that for the handful of people you actually give a shit about

>>26074227
dude, i didn't even break 100 until i had 25 stories.

I have over 2000 now

>>26080946
>stop being a woman
>implying only women ahve emotions
>implying there's anything wrong with women
that's some pretty hardcore sexism bro

>>26080975
>over 2000
How in the bloody hell.

>>26080946
I'd probably be sad if I found out if any of you guys died, despite not actually 'knowing' who any of you are save very few exceptions.

>>26080975
only women let their emotions control their life. Are you menstruating, regi?

men suck it up and deal with shit on their own time, not letting their feels disrupt business

>>26081009
>How in the bloody hell.
He's sucked a lot of dick.

>>26081146
Whats his personal life have to do with fimfiction?

>>26081146
Oh, for a moment I thought he meant over two thousand stories.

>>26081202
It was meant figuratively.

>>26081218
you dont know regi. you just described a typical weekend for him

>>26081259
It's a pity FiMFiction doesn't allow metafics, or I would have written "Regidar's Hundred Horsecock Journey" a long time ago.

>>26074190
>caring about followers
Why? They don't even really help with story or even blog post views.

>>26074227
You want to get featured? Write a comedy oneshot or some "filly Twilight bugs Celestia over whether the light stays on when you close the fridge door." Getting featured's easy. Getting featured while writing the story you want to is where the challenge lies.

>>26076243
Ironically shit is still shit.

>>26077186
>alicorn twilight the only survive
It's not one of those "who wants to live forever?" angstfests, is it? Because that subgenre of Twilicorn ran its course well over a year ago.

>Yugioh crossover
Eh... I guess if you enjoy writing it. I couldn't imagine any anime crossovers--let alone one so strange as one centered around a children's card game--being all that good or blending the two universes terribly well.

>>26080290
Just wait til Simon or Garfunkel die they're both 74 and /mu/ plays The Sound of Silence for twenty hours.

>>26081009
>How in the bloody hell.
If that's Regi, it's because he was really memey back in the day and got a lot of ironic followers for shitposting and "first commenting" on stories. Then he got gud and got even more followers.

>>26081272
Full meta's banned. Just write a story about the stallion Rigid Air going on a horsecock journey.

>>26081272
theres always deniability. write your story about an effeminate minotaur that sucks horsecock all round the land, then feign surprise if the commenters mention that there just so happens to be a fimfiction user with the same name

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>>26081489
>Rigid Air

>>26074190
As someone who used to write but gave up because I lost interest, I can only say to write for yourself. If you start to do it for others like I did, you'll burn out instantly and the fun will be gone. Also, the follower number doesn't mean shit in my opinion so don't take that as a measurment of your writing skill. It's the likes and dislikes that count in my opinion. Keep it up writebro, but only if you do it for yourself

>>26081009
memes, and then i wrote a ton for a while
I became sort of a cult personality, i got featured a few times, and i was the most prolific author by story count for a little over two years

>>26081011
nice generalizing

>>26081489
>they're both 74
;-;

>Full meta's banned. Just write a story about the stallion Rigid Air going on a horsecock journey.
>>26081272
>>26081498
I endorse all of this fully. Please, brave anon, the world needs to know about my hundred horsecock escapade.

Hello friends

Welp, lost my voice. Throat is all sore and shit, and I can barely speak.

I'll probably still read something, for comedic value, something super short, and even more garbage than a bleedin story. Sorry Bleedin.

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>>26080290
>watched labyrinth yesterday
>going to watch the man who fell to earth and merry christmas mr lawrence today
But what a way to leave.

>>26082105
sing us a bowie song when you're feeling better

>>26082205
You know what, fuck it, why not?

>>26082105
>even more garbage than a bleedin story.
is such a thing possible?

>>26081009
>I'd probably be sad if I found out if any of you guys died, despite not actually 'knowing' who any of you are save very few exceptions.
The worst thing in my opinion is not knowing when someone dies, because their relatives, if they even have any, wouldn't post about it here.

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>>26082222
nice digits m8

Is it a bad idea to attempt a Lovecraft inspired story for my first fic ever? I have some ideas floating around in my head but I'm not even sure I can get regular characterization down, let alone getting it right with such an out of place plot occurring.

>>26077186
>What are commas

>>26081011
And that, anon, is why you don't understand emotions and subsequently write shit.

Speaking about Twilicorn, do you think she's really immortal or that only Celestia and Luna have this trait?

>>26081927
Alright, then.
You can expect Rigid Air's Hundred Horsecock Journey soon™
I estimate it'll take approximatedly as long as that Twinkie fic.

>>26083297
so we'll never be regaled with tales of rigi swimming in semen then?

>>26083311
Maybe for Christmas.

>>26083353
Christmas 2018

>>26080946
>people still buy music?

I have a fetish for physical media. Also, the lyric booklet is amazing--gloss black letters on a matte black background.

>>26083855
Don't ruin the surprise, Anon.

what happened to blooming moon anon?
did he get halfway through the first book and off himself? was david bowie blooming moon anon? no one else in the history of ever has read that series. we may never find out what happens in it

>>26084226

...Is that the secret of Blooming Moon Chronicles? Is it like some pony King in Yellow? Do we never hear of people who have read it because the text devours them in some Lovecraftian way?

>>26082969
Write whatever you want. If you don't like what you've written, you can always rewrite it later.

>>26084372
This must be the work of an enemy Stand.
http://jojo.wikia.com/wiki/The_Book
>Damage Transfer: If someone reading touches a page in The Book, all that is described within that page is transfered to him, be it diseases or injuries, no matter if the page was ripped or not. Takuma uses this ability in conjunction with the memory of a car accident he was involved in to kill his victims.

Blooming Moon Chronicles is The Book.

>>26084458
Can we get one of those books to smut writers?

>>26084491
Considering the contents of The Book are filled with its user's memories, all they would experience after touching a page is loneliness.

What do you have against smut anyway?

>>26084496
I was thinking more about them writing the best smut they possibly could in the book and then mass producing it and selling it worldwide.

>>26084508
But The Book only records its user's memories. And besides the fact that Stands are manifestations of its user's fighting spirit and can't be "mass produced", they're not visible or tangible to normal people.
This is not how Araki-sama envisioned the glorious JoJo canon.

>>26084226
Been busy. Plus don't forget, this shit is super slow. I'm probably gonna have to read the full 30k remaining in book 1 before I have anything worth posting about.

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>>26084458
>This must be the work of an enemy Stand.

"You thought it was Dio. But it was me, Blooming Moon, all along!"

Pls recommend me crossoverfics.

Hard mode: No X story rewrite where everything is ponies
Dante must die mode: No X fictional character goes to Equestria

>>26084824
How about the opposite

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/100455/stardust

Twilight Sparkle ends up on Earth during an Alien Invasion in Xcom: Enemy Unknown.

>>26084797
I suddenly feel the might need to see ponies doing jojo possing.

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>>26084879

>>26084824
Here you go family

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/62041/the-god-empress-of-ponykind

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You just found a very impressionable young Twilight Sparkle and she asks you what do you read in your free time.

>>26085132
Don Quijote (Make sure that its a edition filled with foot notes) and a bunch of books in Spanish history. That will keep her bussy for a while.

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>>26084879
Just look up Jojo'z Bizarre Adventure on derpibooru.

>>26084797
More like
"An autistic fanfic luring in autists and people who want to laugh at it!
Little do they know, the moment they start reading, they are unable to stop!
With time, their bodies start to decompose and the victim cannot even react as their rotting eyes try to take in the last few sentence of the story.
That is the power of my Stand,
BLOOMINGO MOONU!"

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>>26074058

Guys, I am trying to end my depression and my first objective is to read pony fics again. Give me your best suggestion so I can get hooked.

Please.

>>26085323
The old stories by Thanqol. They have a charm to them that reminds me of The Little Prince.

>>26085323
No matter what normies say, you can't "end" depression. You can suppress it, but it will always be there. It's not a state of mind, it's a mental illness.

>>26085576
You do realize that depression can also be temporary, right? when a familiar dies you get depressed, but you get better over time.

>>26085602
Depression is not a synonym for sadness, you fucking idiot. That's not how it works.

>>26085435
Thank you.

>>26085576
I can at least do activities that will make me feel positive emotions, so I can die with what made me feel good as a memory.

>>26085615
"Sadness" is generally used to define a lighter state than "Depression". I do know than depression as a clinical term is diferent from the social meaning of the word, but social meaning and dictionary meaning rarely are in good terms. They like to have petty fights over punctuation and all that crud.

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>>26085646
"Social meaning" is not what the definition of depression really is and it really fucking upsets whenever someone implies it is.
https://www.reddit.com/r/depression/comments/1hfqib/what_depression_isnt/

>>26085688
Hi, Regi. What's triggering you so hard?

>>26085688
Are you seriously complaining about 4chan triggering you.

>>26085576
>>26085602
The twist is that clinical depression and situational depression are chemically identical. The difference can only be seen when situational depression ends.

The best way to figure out which you've got is to go to a 12 step program, assess and resolve your issues by progressing through at least step 5, and see if you've still got depression.

>>26085719
Same poster here. I forgot to say, "...in addition to other appropriate treatments."

>>26085707
I'm not Regi.

>>26085708
lol ye becuz were so hardcore here on dis website for mean people
>>>/b/
It's not "4chan" triggering me, it's someone's ignorance.

>>26085719
If you've got depression, you're not motivated enough to go through any steps that require effort. Not because you don't want to or because you're too lazy, it's just because you have no motivation to do anything.

>>26085735
>appropriate treatments
Your "appropriate treatments" are drugs with serious side effects and worthless talks with a psychologist because nobody has any idea how to properly treat depression.

>>26085738
>If you've got depression, you're not motivated enough to go through any steps that require effort.
That doesn't mean than the situation is permanent, just that you are in a state that stops you from terminating it.
It isn't a
>:A
>goto A
situation, but a
>:A
>SET Depr = 1
>IF Depr = 1 THEN goto A
situation. Very diferent things.
>>26085759
Oh my! Two terribly complex and situational sciences that greatly depend in the subject, psychology and farmacology, can't fix the problem in five minutes! The horror, the horror!

>>26085776
>That doesn't mean than the situation is permanent, just that you are in a state that stops you from terminating it.
I'm saying you CAN'T terminate it.

>Two terribly complex and situational sciences that greatly depend in the subject, psychology and farmacology, can't fix the problem in five minutes! The horror, the horror!
Not "can't fix the problem in five minutes", it's can't fix the problem at all. Do you even know anyone with clinical depression? Because I do. Antidepressants don't make you happy, they just give you enough energy to move your ass, and they fuck your organism over in the process. The entire treatment is absolutely worthless because nobody knows how depression actually works.
Also psychology isn't technically science.

>>26085797
>technically
You know, over time one realizes (Or should, at least) that when you say "Actually" or "Technically", you are just being petty 90% of the time.
>>26085797
>Not "can't fix the problem in five minutes", it's can't fix the problem at all
And I know farmacologists, and do you want to know something?
If a farmacologist really took the effort, most of those things can be solved.
Thing is, "The effort" is a fucking huge effort, because farmacology is a very complex science even if you don't take into account all the situational conditions, and the necesary medicine often has a price too high for the customer. So farmacologists, to avoid a workload that should be shared between several profesionals, just go for the traditional approach, which is giving medicine that fucks with the patient until they find the one that fucks over them the less and is within their budget. It isn't evilness or pettiness, is a kind of distancing and pragmatism that you need when working with the life of people.
That our knowledge of the body is limited? Yes, but not as much as a lot people believes.

Can someone please start posting about arms and armor instead? What about pony warfare? Wingblades?

>>26085877
I think shitposting about gore one last time would be nice, if only for nostalgia's sake.

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>>26085856
>farmacologists
*Pharmacologists

>>26085856
I'm just correcting you, I myself have learned that in this very thread so I might as well tell you just so the next guy you argue with won't ridicule you to avoid a topic.

I know it's not their fault, I know it's not impossible and I know they don't mean to hurt anyone, but the truth is, it's better not to take antidepressants until more reliable treatment is developed, unless you're willing to risk the side effects.

>>26085877
Hey, if you want to talk about something, feel free to start the discussion.

>>26085895
Is there any story that uses gore subtly in a way that complements the plot instead of just feeling gratuitious?

>>26085915
Fallout: Equestria

I'm not being ironic

>>26085908
>until more reliable treatment is developed
The only thing I can think off being fully reliable would be brain programming, and if brain programming is developed within my lifetime I'll escape from society in general. Too creepy.
>>26085915
In Murky Nº 7, gore is generally well used.
That is, used once per twenty chapters or so.

>>26085946
>he likes Murky Number Seven
Why were we even arguing, old friend?

>>26085961
No idea, chap.
Shall we cry together in that corner? The left wall is warmed by the sun, if you want to put your back against it.

>>26085946
>shit opinions
>shit taste
Not even surprised.

>>26085971
It would be quite pleasant, that last chapter left my eyes particularly teary, pal.
Tea?

>>26085973
Don't knock it until you try it.

What the hell does GDocs have against the word 'stare'?
Every single time I've used that word, it automatically changes it to 'started'.
"Oh, look at me. I'm Google. Since I'm now used as a verb, I discriminate against other verbs."

>>26086526
I bet you thought you were being funny.

>>26086526
>Using GDocs
>Using a platform were you have to jump through hoops to get your files in your computer
>Not just using libreoffice and being able to edit your own files without giving a fuck about your internet connection
Look, I don't even have to start with the botnet thing to prove that GDocs is shit. Just use some file syncing program like mega to have the files backuped and synced, and if you give a fuck about privacy a 7z file's encription is basically unbreakable to anything but brute force attacks.

>>26086562
No, I'm just angry at my own insignificance.

>>26085905
it was right the first time. Druggos who live on farms. mass quantities of llello will cure everyones problems, including depression.

>>26085928
thats not being ironic, thats just being stupid

>>26085973
its easy to understand why everyones is depressed once you learn what they think is passable fiction

>>26086814
This post is a piece of art, definitely.
Just look at it. For a first it has that particular condescending /lit/ pestilence to it, that general air of "I am being clever, only in ways you don't get", that you learn to recognize as the same that pervades /b/ and /v/ in diferent forms.
For a second, it has the "You are a idiot" element, which playfuly fools with the "And I am not an idiot" element like a preacher with his little cherubs. As a last, it tries to disguise itself as ironically idiotic by forgetting basic punctuation, such as writing thats instead of that's.
>Final punctuation
Stale memes. You can do better, champion! You can be an hero!

>>26086876
pish posh. go back to cutting yourself while trying to convince others that grimderp crossovers qualify as quality literature

>>26087245
Jokes on you, fag! I only make crossovers with crossovers of happy settings!
Haha, in your face!

>>26087245
Quality post.

>>26086814
>>26087245
bleedin please go away

What would be an appropriate curse for a filly to say?

>>26087489
Horsefeathers.
DYEWTS?

>>26087513
*Ponyfeathers.
DYEWTS?

>>26087513
I was aiming for a little more variety, Anon.

>>26087557
Who the fuck asked for your opinion, faggot?

Damn it, I knew I fucked it up.

>That fic you like that everyone else hates
What his name?

Hard Mode: No mainstream fics.
Dante must die Mode: No actually bad fics by every measure you just like as a guilty pleasure

>>26087609
>that everyone else hates
>No mainstream fics
Hard mode already seems to be impossible mode. Who can hate a fic nobody knows?

Gorey bump, crying in a corner.

>>26087609
If they're not bad what's there to be a guilty pleasure about?

>>26087609
Your question is dumb, so instead here is the lowest-rated fic I've read that I at least somewhat enjoyed:
I.D. - That Indestructible Something (2.6:1 vote ratio)
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/85294/id-that-indestructible-something

And another that I liked:
A White Mare (8.4:1)
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/260906/a-white-mare
(Note: not the same as "The White Mare")

How OP of an OC can Fimfiction tolerate?

>>26089317
That doesn't mater much. What matters is the power of the character relative to other characters. He should still have a challenge, no matter what, which is why a lot of fics nerf Twilight in some way or another.

>>26080290
>STARMAN I MISS YOU
Here, Regi. Maybe this old hit will cheer you up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UHZ_62GCI

>tfw you finally get inspiration in a drunken stupor but mein kampf, WoT Thunder, your 50 GB lewd folder and everything else starts calling you

>>26089384
>Nerf twalot

y tho

We haven't really seen proof her doing is impossible for other older and specialized unicorn, and she was on-par with one of said unicorns during a fight.

Quick question, what do you consider Glimmer's age to be? I don't know why, but I'm going towards the late 30s-early 40s

>bmc #1, ch. 6-10

Luna and Scrivy are on a mission to retrieve some artifacts from the old Everfree castle for Celestia. Upon arrival, they're attacked by four Nightmare spirits that offer the usual "vast cosmic power" and so on. (Our pure and virtuous heroes are not tempted in the least, of course.) Luna destroys them all, though one somehow manages to hide for a bit inside Scrivy's memories, so they have an excuse to look at Scrivy's unbelievably tragic backstory:
>parents beat him
>lock him in a literal doghouse when he misbehaves
>make him sleep outside like a proper mudpone slave
>etc.

Afterward, Luna and Scrivy spend a day with Twilight and friends. Literally everyone knows that they're in love, but they still haven't said anything to each other. Eventually they go deliver the artifacts to Celestia.

Then we get to Chapter 9.
>Scrivy is missing
>Luna goes to ask Celestia what's up
>Celestia's decked out in her old battle armor, with the Elements of Harmony forged into the helm
>Celestia monologues for a bit
>she's had visions of Ragnarok
>Equestria needs to go to war or her ponies will be too weak to survive
>also, mud pones = worst pones
>Luna and Twilight think that's a load of shit, so Celestia tries to kill them
>she also tries to kill Scrivy, who she's brought to use as leverage
>Luna returns to NMM form (but not evil, mmkay, just misunderstood) and the two fight in mid-air
>Luna wins by stabbing Celestia in the chest, and smashes the elements
>suddenly, Celestia realizes that she was totally wrong! friendship and harmony is 100% the way to go
>rather than let Celestia take the blame for her bullshit, Luna announces to the public she's gone evil again, and then runs off to hide in the woods making out with Scrivy (who she magically cured and maybe made immortal)
>the end (of book 1)

I thought we were headed for your standard Empire/Rebellion storyline, but I think this outcome is actually even worse!
Progress: 76585 words, or 1.72% of the series

>>26090021
Roughly based of her mental age, I'd say that she's a small child. Worst villain. Even Cadence is a more interesting character.

>>26090078
I know you're less than 2% into it, but I feel like the entirety of the series can ultimately be summarized by:
>AND THEN I FUCKED LUNA

>>26090078
...
Are you sure you aren't dying?
Not even a little teensy bit?

>>26090078
Is anyone in this entire fic ever actually in-character?

>>26090117

Yeah, you'd have expected her to have carried on in life and get to stuff a few years after his incest brother had gone away.

I can just hope for some writers to make her more rounded than just "hurr durr muh frund went on his predicted destiny but I can't let him go because I'm a special snowflake"

Speaking of it, any non-ship/punishment fics rounding her up? Fics in the writing are okay too.

I kind of think there's a lesson about characterization to be learned from comparing Cadence and Glimmer.
Cadence sucked when she came out, she was quite possibly the worst thing about ACW. Where the fuck did she come from? Who the fuck was she? The problem about her appearing suddenly and out of nowhere was that she came in a very central spot, but also because people didn't like the possibilities in Cadence's unknown sides and history. Her existence represented what a lot of people didn't like. She still isn't much liked in the fandom, honestly.

Glimmer was the other way around. Most, and that's what I'll be working with here, people liked her when she came out. Was it because her episodes were that much better than Cadence's episodes? Not really.
It was partially because Glimmer was inserted in a more peripheral area, but mostly because people liked the possibilities she opened up for. We didn't know any more about Glimmer than about Cadence, but Glimmer's existence and her unknown sides and history opened up for a lot of cool possibilities. Why did she do what she did? What would she amount to? A lot of questions like that.
Chrysalis/Changelings is a bit like that too, in that the existence of Changelings opens for so many good possibilities, hence they became prevalent in fan works.

>>26090021
>get inspiration in a drunken stupor but mein kampf, WoT Thunder, your 50 GB lewd folder
Hell someof the best fics ever written were inspired by mein kampf, WoT and lewd.

use your drunken inspiration to write a lewd, kampfy fic with tanks and jets :^)

>>26090778
But then something happened. Cadence was fleshed out, not in the sense that we got to know more about her past or history, but we got to know her a little better as a character. And that probably helped dampen a lot of people's dislike for her. The increased exploration of Cadence mostly worked.

But when it was time to expand on Glimmer, the result was so laughably bad that it legitimately ruined her character. The thing people liked the most about her was the possibilities her character allowed, but when the show gave her such a bad motivation, you ruin all the work you can build with further.

What can you learn from this?
That you shouldn't trust new characters into the middle of the story. That you should design your characters in such a way that people want to know more, that they find the potential in their unknown past or future interesting. And that you should never hint at something being really good (Glimmer gave a lot of people the idea that her backstory HAD to be good) without being able to actually provide that. And perhaps that some things are better left to the reader's imagination, which will probably overgo anything you will actually be able to pull off. It's really just about setting the stage so that the audience can ask the good questions, and let them find their own answers. That's kind of what engrosses someone in a world or story.

>>26090778
>>26090801
Thanks a whole bunch anon. Maybe next time you can explain that the sky is blue and water is fucking wet.

>>26090146
Nah man, it's totally about them saving the world from Ragnarok.

Though I did notice some of the later fics are rated mature. Not sure if that's for sex or for gore though.

>>26090147
AAG didn't kill me, 7DSJ didn't kill me, I don't think Blooming Moon will kill me either.

>>26090165
What, you don't think it's reasonable for Celestia to suddenly turn evil and then suddenly turn not-evil? Plus, Luna spends the whole time moping and talking in Ye Olde Englishe! What could be more in-character than that?

By the way, the olde english is probably my single least favorite thing about this story. The author is just replacing every "you" and "your" with one of "thou", "thee", or "thy", apparently selected at random.

>>26091253
>AAG didn't kill me, 7DSJ didn't kill me, I don't think Blooming Moon will kill me either.
Hey, you wouldn't feel like reading the latter half of Living the Dream, would you?

>>26091294
I think Blooming Moon will keep me plenty busy until Shinzakura quits being ded.

>>26091224
I don't actually know either of those things.

>>26091253
>AAG didn't kill me, 7DSJ didn't kill me, I don't think Blooming Moon will kill me either.
AAG and 7DSJ, as retarded as they may be, have a fanbase. anything with an existing fanbase cant have fatal levels of toxicity.

But no one talks about bmc. there is no surviving fanbase

>>26091253
>Though I did notice some of the later fics are rated mature. Not sure if that's for sex or for gore though.

>moonrise [E] [adventure] [romance
>lunar lights [T] [adventure] [romance] [AU]
>starlit knights [T] [gore] [adventure] [AU] [dark] [romance] [tragedy]
>metemphycosis [T] [gore] [adventure] [AU] [dark] [romance]
>because love conquers all [M] [gore] [adventure][AU] [dark] [romance][tragedy]
>decretum [T] [gore] [adventure] [AU][dark][romance]
>absolution [T] [gore] [adventure] [AU] [dark]
>synthesis of the athiest [T] [adventure] [AU] [dark]
>the hermits tale [T] [AU] human [romance]
>glory be [T] [adventure] [AU] [dark]

that is a clusterfuck of tags, though not the worst combinations I've ever seen. seems like its mostly dark, gory romantic adventure. with a hint of tragedy thrown in. sadly no sex tag

>>26087609
Inverting this, I cannot stand Austraeoh. Everyone sings it fucking praises and I can't get into it because I find the writing to be complete shit.

>>26082969
I wouldn't say it's a bad idea. Maybe a bit ambitious.

>>26083012
I do. Not that canon will ever actually clarify it.

>>26084226
>was david bowie blooming moon anon?
>he contracted liver cancer after reading it

>>26085688
>linking to Reddit on 4chan
Shiggy Diggy Doo, where are you?

>definition
Depression, noun: (1) a state of feeling sad; (2) a psychoneurotic or psychotic disorder marked especially by sadness, inactivity, difficulty in thinking and concentration, a significant increase or decrease in appetite and time spent sleeping, feelings of dejection and hopelessness, and sometimes suicidal tendencies

Sorry, but I'll defer to Webster's over some random Reddit post.

>>26087513
>>26087557
They've both been used in the show.

>>26087609
According to my favorites, The Conversion Bureau: Landfall (http://www.fimfiction.net/story/104200/the-conversion-bureau-landfall) is the worst rated fic I unironically enjoyed. [spoiler[If memory serves, the Anthro tag's due to him slowly transforming into a pony.[/spoiler]

>>26089317
If you make the OC the story's villain, they can be insanely overpowered.

>>26090021
>y tho
Same reason she didn't just teleport to the surface in the Halloween episode and why the princesses are constantly BTFO--because it would ruin the plot.

>>26092931
>If you make the OC the story's villain
Are there any decent fics with villain protagonists? aside from all that displaced shit, that is

>>26092761
I used to like that fanfic because of its huge worldbuilding and actual interesting OC's + at the start you don't know shit about what is going on. It had problems sure, but it tried to be all about Rainbow Dash trying to move on from the mane six dying. And then by the end of book 6 the author basically went "nope, fuck that", made Dash leave the Noble Jury crew, and even worse, brought back the mane six in ghost form, pretty much destroying the while point of it all

>>26087609
The one I like that a lot of people seem to hate is probably Romance Reports. It gets a ton of flak but the criticism all seems to be centered around MUH SHIPS, and since I read Like Fine Wine first, I knew going into it that Twilight ended up with Cheerilee instead of Luna so that didn't bother me at all.

>>26092761
Inverting the question is a fun exercise too but I always give the same answer, motherfucking "Beating the Heat." Kind of ironic given my above statement re: MUH SHIPS, but this one really sailed past that and straight into Spike-the-Butt-Monkey territory which has always pissed me off.

pmub

I just came here to tell you to never read "Misunderstandings" by the author Rogue "Faggot" Wolf. It's easily the worst fanfiction out there with an even worse ending. The author is a fucking lazy crybaby who needs to hang.

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>>26095923
Had to look it up and yeah, I actually did read it. It's not that bad but I agree with you on the ending, it was total shit and the guy just gave up on it.

barely
understandable
mediocre
post

>>26095923
>easily the worst fanfiction
Let's not get too hasty here, there are tons of shittier fics that take that award

>>26095923
>>26096200
It started good, then the author lost his shit over...something I'm still not sure about and it went downhill from there.

>>26097386
some minor plot point affecting the ending that he forgot to plant the seeds to. until the penultimate chapter, where he realized that the ending would be a total asspull from the far, far right field because he completely forgot about it


pity, because it actually was pretty decent until that point

[SEDUCTIVELY NICKERING IN A RANDY FASHION]

Quick, find a fic with pones talking about a serious matter in an oversimplified way.

Animal Farm doesn't count

>>26099054
Cue every rapefic ever

So...
Are you writing anything?

>>26099054

Any fic where the author tries to impose their libertarian politics onto the ponies...?

>>26099980

I wouldn't say "writing" so much as "engaged in a slow-motion death-struggle with," but yeah.

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>>26100191
I know the feeling, Anonymous. I know the feeling.

>>26099980
A one-shot about writer's block to get over my writer's block.

>>26100019
I still have to laugh at the end of unity pact
"Ok lets vote on the new laws for humantown. Show of hands, who is against abortion? OK great, thanks. Now show of hands, who is in favor of murdering tiny, defenseless babbys who are adorable and have never harmed anyone? Oh only the racist guy with the tattoo of hitler fucking mohammed on his forehead? great abortion is banned. what a glorious day for a fair and balanced democratic process"

>>26100817
>3 button mouse with a curly cord
that person has every right to be depressed. im fairly certain ponies have more advanced equipment than that

>>26093487
I don't think I've ever seen one. The closest are the "NMM wins" AUs like Through A Glass, Darkly (http://www.fimfiction.net/story/124490/through-a-glass-darkly) or the evil!Twilight fics like Severing (http://www.ponyfictionarchive.net/viewstory.php?sid=364).

>>26074058
Hey guys, I need some help. I remember reading a story a few years back, and remember quite a few details, but can't seem to remember the name, or where to find it.

>Details.
Celestia and Luna intend to pass on the rulership of Equestria to Twilight, so that they can die, and move on.

There is a scene where Celestia and Luna ask for Twilight to move the sun/moon. Once she does, she turns around, and see they've both aged immensely. They die a few minutes later.

There is an earlier scene where Celestia gets into an argument with Twilight, and her mane catches on fire, destroying something of importance. Luna talks to her afterwards, and convinces her that chasing after Twilight is a bad idea.

Help here is /really/ appreciated guys. I really want to read it again, and it's stuck in my head, but I can't seem to find it.

>>26102525
>Search Unity Pact
>See author's username

What the fuck is the whole series about anyways?

>>26104850
>What the fuck is the whole series about anyways?
Its one of those cool ideas attempted by a moron

Basically a college dorm gets Final Countdown'd into equestria, but instead of showing up on an advanced warship they show up naked and empty handed. language barrier prevents communication. the self insert-y main character gets attacked by a random pony and thankfully spends most of the first book in a coma. clashes happen, ponies kill a few humans, humans kill a few ponies, yadda, yadda

later books have even more groups of humans popping up.

like i said at its core its an interesting idea, since most HiEs only feature one human- Selfinsert McBangmaiwaifu. I think fics that involve a bunch of humans and ponies (that isnt a TCB fic) are interesting, but theyre so damn rare

>>26105093
Oh yeah, I remember that now. Bunch of idiot college students and idiot guardsponies running around in the woods, getting in fights and killing each other because each and every character is a complete fucking retard.

I've realized something about HiE, or what little I've read of it. The human-pony dynamic is all wrong.
What I see a lot of HiE do is make the human the interesting or foreign character, while Equestria often gets made very safe and familiar. What I mean is that humans are usually given some special trait, like the fucking retarded immunity to magic that I see all the time, or any other features like that, and the focus is often on the ponies' interest in the human, not the other way around. We're reading about a human, "one of us" and very likely a stand-in for ourselves, coming to a magical fantasyland. But instead of being about the familiar human exploring alien horseland, horseland is made familiar to explore an "alien" human. Aside from being kind of narcissistic, that sort of dynamic shouldn't be right.
Am I way off mark here (I read little HiE), or is my impression correct?

>>26105632
I think shitty HIEs are exactly like you describe. I don't want to read about ponies going "omg what's that glowy box thing? omg it plays music?? omg you can talk to anyone in the whole world???" because I already know what a fucking cell phone is and so does the main character (also, I really don't care what edgy bands the author likes the best). In good HiEs, that is, ones where the human has problems beyond "become the 7th element and defeat Chrysombirek", at least the reader has to wonder whether the clueless MC will manage to figure out such-and-such aspect of horseland in time, and sometimes the reader is equally clueless if the author's gotten creative with the worldbuilding.

>>26105632
The focus tends to build towards how human world is and how special they are. Which is why so many HiE's are also self insert shit, but that's not to say pony and world building HiE focused shit isn't bad as well, you get shit like klingon griffons, seventh element, fugging ponies, help defeat x villain and all amount of crazy fuckery. My favorite HiE's tend to treat the reader like they do the human and we get to watch how the world unfolds.

>>26105726
>I really don't care what edgy bands the author likes the best
B-but they loved my all ICP playlist at my pinko party

How many years will we have to wait for the next chapter of ARTICLE 2?

>>26104191
Bump for help

>>26106375
doesnt sound familiar, sorry.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0TsBZaY5oi3

What's the best way to avoid talking head syndrome when you need to dump a lot of exposition and dialogue onto the reader? I feel like explaining the characters expressions as they speak becomes rather repetitive after a while.

>>26107417
Have them do something while they talk.
Spend some time describing the rection of the characters to the information.

>>26107417
So in your head the characters stand perfectly still and say everything without their expressions ever shifting?

>>26074058

Anachronistic bump.

>>26107474
People with higher levels of autism fail to understand abstract concepts.

antagonistic bump

>>26104191
I don't know the story, but I can give some suggestions for finding it.

If you know which website it is hosted on fimfiction, pastebin, an /mlp/ archiver, etc, you can use site:blah.com on Google to restrict results to a specific domain.

Then, if you remember some unusual / rare / distinguishing words or phrases that will appear on a single page (as in, not split across chapters on fimfiction) you can pretty often find what you are looking for.

For instance, I remember a story where Twilight discovers one of her friends is a changeling, but in the end, when she casts a spell to reveal who, she closes her eyes so she doesn't find out, as do all her friends. The story leaves it ambiguous who it was. I know the story was hosted on FimFiction, and I'm pretty sure the exact words "doesn't matter" were used (as in, "it doesn't matter who the changeling is").

Searching (on Google)
site:fimfiction.net twilight changeling close eyes "doesn't matter"

The story I was looking for is on the first page of results: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/38135/1/who-we-are/chapter-1

It might take a while to find the right search terms, especially if you are mistaken about some of them, but if you know Google has what you are looking for indexed, you can usually find it.

>>26110518
Or barring all of that just search u p the twilight luna and celery tags and browse through there

After all how many stories with those three tags can there be? :^)

>>26110518
Also, site: works with path prefixes too, not just domains.

So you can do site:fimfiction.net/story to skip over blog posts, groups, etc.

>>26112627
I was confused at first until I realised it's the stupid MM/DD system.

>>26112679
YYYY-MM-DD master race

>>26113019
that is the most retarded of formats

blah blah blah.

Give me your thoughts.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MnzK09kt_6O3WeX0luYnxVSY59U7UzcPnRZnyK6R1yM/edit

>>26104191
I tried, but couldn't find it. If you could provide some more info, such as whether Twi became an alicorn or some unique keywords, I might have better luck.

>>26105632
I'd say you're a little off the mark. We already know about Equestria and the world of pony through the show, so having ten chapters of a human character leaning about stuff the reader's already well aware of (what's this Winter Wrap Up? How was Equestria founded? Who's Celestia?) makes for a boring story.

I can really only see that working if the story's tightly centered on the human character and the plot's not about him exploring the magical fantasy world but is more a character piece dealing with his struggles in a foreign environment.

>>26107417
Instead of packing descriptions into one or two paragraphs, spread them out over the course of the scene. If the characters are walking, explore the scenery and setting as they talk. If they're sitting, paint that mental picture of the room they're in while they talk.

>>26112679
Do you say "March 15th" or "the 15th of March"?

>>26114041
Why are you still writing bad crackfics instead of trying to nail down the characterization? I really do want you to write engaging stories that entertain, but Islam/DBZ is never going to do that.

If you're not going to try and improve your abilities and just keep on wasting hours and hours writing this kind of crap, it really is better to invest that time doing something more enjoyable like watching Youtube videos or debating guns/swords in the thread.

>>26114616
I'm
>>26104191

I believe it's a reasonably long story with a number of chapters, so 10k+ words wouldn't be surprising.

I could have /sworn/ the phrase "Eternal Herd" was used by Celestia and Luna, but I can't seem to get any use out of that, which makes me fear it might have been removed.

The chapters each had "real" names (Not Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc). I believe that, after the princesses died, there was either a wedding or a coronation, although I can't remember precisely.

I also want to say that the cover art involved a profile angle picture of Twilight in her coronation outfit, although it's possible I'm wrong, or it has been changed.

I know this is a needle in a haystack situation, but your help really is appreciated. If you know any other forums, etc I could go to for help that would be appreciated. I've tried their IRC, but it's pretty much dead.

>>26114761
Continued

It just popped into my mind, so it might be wrong, but it sounds familiar.

I think Fluttershy dies in the story. I believe she's bitten by a snake, and Twilight tries to save her, but the venom is immune to direct magical influence, so she can't save her.

>>26114888
I FOUND IT!!!!!!!

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/84200/12/the-last-equestrian-princess/the-last-equestrian-princess

The Last Equestrian Princess

Thanks for the help
>>26114616
>>26112017
>>26111195
>>26110518
I was already trying those methods, but at fact you at least offered assistance means a lot!

>>26074190
>>26074227

If you want to make it into the featured box, just write a smutty clop fic with futa and excessive cum.

>>26115050
or well any smutty clop fic that isnt some hardcore way out there fetish

>>26085915
The one that pops into mind for me would be Biblical Monsters.

page 10

page 9

wake up, ziggers

well ive got shit to do. thread dies and its on all yall

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I post an image, you make a story description.

Pic related, what story would this go with?

>>26117781
Twilight learns about the third dimension and it drives her insane.

>>26117781
Twilight gets caught in one of Dr Robotniks egg things and only Sanic can save her

It feels nice to get back to writing after a month of zero productivity.

Also, bump.

>>26117781
Something 24deep8593u

>>26118755
>>26118754
Huh, same time and all.

>>26118777
Must be samefags.

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>>26118755
>>26118777
>>26118788

>>26118822
dude dubs lmao

>>26118836
You ruined it.

>>26118755
>>26118777
>>26118788
>>26118822

It was fun while it lasted.

>>26118872
Off by a few ones.

>>26118888

Our quads got stolen by a greentext amateur.

How do you feel Fimfags?

>>26119257
Pretty good, actually.

Read any good clop lately?

>>26120400
not in a while

boomp

>>26085323
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/122954/hail-to-the-king

I can recommend this as the funniest comedy I've read on fimfic, one of the rare things that left me breathless and my chest hurting from laughing too much.

I hope you get better, you faggot.

>>26090078
>Progress: 76585 words, or 1.72% of the series

Oh boy. I'm so glad I'm not you right now.

>>26105632
I can think of Project Sunflower which is exactly the contrary of that, and that's why I loved it.
There was always the element of mystery and human discovery that kept me reading just one more chapter till sunrise o'clock.

>>26114924
You're welcome, even though I didn't really help much.

>>26117781
It's gotta be evil!Twilgiht due to that face. I'd say something like:
>Dreams are an enigma. Just ask Princess Luna. They can mean so much, or so little. They can be happy or sad. They can be realistic or absurd. They can dive deep into one's mind and influence and shape that person's thoughts and actions.

>And Twilight has just figured out how to do that very thing.

>>26118788
>no spoilered Carlos image
5/10.

>>26123033
>4 chapters
>85,500 words
>last updated 12-28-2014

get my hopes up over nothing, fucker

>>26114616
>I'd say you're a little off the mark. We already know about Equestria and the world of pony through the show, so having ten chapters of a human character leaning about stuff the reader's already well aware of (what's this Winter Wrap Up? How was Equestria founded? Who's Celestia?) makes for a boring story.

heres where that little thing called creativity comes in. You know all that shit that anyone reading your horsefic should already know? gloss over it. Timeskip from the start of the explanation to the end of it, etc. then go into detail about non-autistic original content

anyone interested in proofread/editing an incestuous clopfic?

If you'd like.

>>26125930
who are the participants?

Hey bros,
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WNLWclKBUeEjKqrtLKOlBeSNc2fLiEvojMtQjygSqMs/edit?usp=sharing

I wrote a thing you can check and stuff (it is not relavant to the prompt tho, sorry boys)

>>26074490
The proper action would have been to move on from ponies a few years ago and write your own fiction.

>>26127674
Eh. He's got to learn how to string a coherent sentence together first

>>26126884
Sounds awkward and unreadable as fuck.

Stick to conventional grammar before trying true purple prose.

I think fanfiction writers depictions of applejacks accent have gone past the bastardization of the language and gone to straight up murdering it

Then somewhere in my head twahlat turned into toilet.

Thus the idea of The Adventures of Toilet Sparkle, Protege of Custodia formed unbidden in my mind.


Is there enough toilet humor in horsewords?

'cause this could totally be a thing. might even be a new fad. form its own verse

So is bee stinging some kinda fetish?

http://www.fimfiction.net/index.php?view=category&user=84081

>>26129067
xTSGx's alt account?

>>26099980
An Applejack-travels thing that shows just how boring actual travel is, with such excitement as buying lentils and being baddly writen.

>>26113019
Whaaaaaaaaat dude
DD/MM/YY is objetivily superior
>The most important part is at first
>The year is reduced to strictly necesary numbers, the decade and year. Century and millenium can be guessed from context

>>26117781
>Twilight discovers the pain of having broken legs, and it drives her madde.

Well... Shit.

https://www.fimfiction.net/story/49113/researcher-twilight

I guess we're never going to see that story end.

>>26128291
I just don't write her accent unless she's angry an' goin all dangabit yu sonuva bitch.

>>26129427
>Teen, Gore, Alt universe, dark and tragedy tags

yeah such a shame

at least he had the decency to come up with an excuse for why he'll never finish his shit

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For some reason, I woke up with a mighty need to do this.

>>26129699
>Interesitng
Definitls

>>26129512
I thought she loses her accent more when she gets angry?

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>>26130047
I agree

i am currently bumping this thread

"The Witch of the Everfree"
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/252269/the-witch-of-the-everfree

AU. Sunset Shimmer gets the boot, but never gets a chance to go through the mirror. Instead she stays in Equestria, trying to avoid Celestia as best she can.

The story itself is SoL, and the pacing is good - it hits the important points in Sunset's life, and skips over all the irrelevant details in between. I mostly liked the characterization too (the author certainly handled pre-reformation Shimmy better than the last fic I read). My main complaint is the ending, which I found kind of dull, being a rehash of about 3/4 of Mare in the Moon.

8/10

>>26107417

One vastly underused and under appreciated method I've found in literature is through song, poem or other culture methods that convey exposition succinctly, believable in settings and in a way that doesn't annoying readers.

I always like to use lord of the rings as an example. Tolkien was a genius at it, in Fellowship there's a section during the Council of Elrond where Bilbo sings a rather long song that conveys an enormous amount of information and background about Elrond and Aragorn. If he'd tried to do it through simple exposition it would have taken a great deal longer.

Not that you need to create songs, but consider ways to show, not tell culture that goes with providing the information an audience needs. Rowling only vaguely alluded to the bad stuff Voldemort did, but she shows everything you need to know about it because none of the characters are willing to even say his name.