FimFiction thread - Now with 53% more activity

The ITT section is long as fuck because there were so many posts with lots of replies that I actually had to ignore a few to fit it all in.

>>27131423
really? wasnt half of the last thread complete shitposting?

>>27131474
Depends on what you call "shitposting". But no, I didn't see too much of that while scrolling through the thread. Definitely less than usual.

What's the most recent fic you read that you really liked guys?

>>27131487
eh. last couple threads have blurred together between the RPing, fake bumps and general faggotry

>>27131530
You're really overblowing very minor things. The 30 minute long ironic roleplaying happened 4-5 days ago, the ironic erp lasted only a few minutes. And what do you mean fake bumps? Page 9 bumps are still valid, just slightly premature.

>>27131502
I forget the name, but it was a bunch of humanized OCs in space playing vidya and having lots and lots of human style intercourse like humans are wont to do

it was the most relevant story ive ever read on fimfiction

>>27131547
no page 9 and 10 bumps are legit. it was the page 4, 6 and 7 bumps.

then 100 posts about the starter kit not including humanized stories written by some guy no one has ever heard of

last handful of threads have run remarkably quickly, but they just seem shitpostier than normal to me

>>27131408
I remember that image.
It's a nice image.

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>>27131612
You are nice Anon

>>27131576
>100 posts
You wish.

>last handful of threads have run remarkably quickly, but they just seem shitpostier than normal to me

>last thread literally lasted 3 days
>it had so much discussion and posts with multiple replies that I couldn't fit all of them in
You're full of shit on all accounts.

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I drew a thing for the thread.
Because reasons.

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>>27131853
O-oh my
Background should've just been an excerpt from The Chase or Living the Dream, though.

>>27131864
On it.

>>27131876
Make a porn edit while you're at it.

>>27131886
>edit
I'd rather make a completely new lewd image.
I'm thinking her touching herself while reading a particularly well-written story.

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>>27131912
I like the way you think.

Can I write a story set before Magical Mystery Cure just to make Twilight a normal pony instead of a princess? Or is it illegal?

>>27130804
I've read a lot of both Marvel and DC, and the issue with the "consequences" that do happen is that they are extremely surface level. There is very rarely any real effect that isn't there just for another forced storyline. My views on their comics have gotten quite a bit worse lately, since I feel like very little of work in superhero comics that are set in-universe have much artistic value.

I mean, I like my cool stuff happening and it is cool because holy crap man, did you see that? The problem with those things is that it is rarely interesting to look back and think about them. I recently got into Vertigo comics more, and some of those are pure gold, mainly because they are allowed to ignore the continuities and don't have to remind you that "boy, was that bad" by adding a little box in the corner, but you know that things were bad because the consequences have actual meaning beyond characters telling you that "oh, right, I am sad".

>>27131576
>but they just seem shitpostier than normal to me
I've noticed that in some cases, I tend to feel the same way because the discussion is about things I don't really care about. There was a whole thread in which I made no posts despite following it the whole way through, and it got me super frustrated until I realized that the problem was just me not being interested in the topics discussed. Might be same with you, dunno.

>>27131816
>You're full of shit on all accounts.
As much as I agree, c'mon, mention actual points or something.

>>27131853
For a moment, I thought this was a stallion. I didn't notice the reality before someone mentioned it explicitly. Not that it really changes it, pretty lewd, anon.

>>27131932
>As much as I agree, c'mon, mention actual points or something.
But... I did

>>27131932
>For a moment, I thought this was a stallion.
Stallions have a different head shape.

>>27131932
>pretty lewd, anon.
Thanks.
I think it's an improvement over my last drawing. The one where she's reading under the blankets

>>27131940
I am actually really stupid and I misread half your post. You definitely did, sorry.

>>27131979
A lot of people who don't constantly draw ponies tend to have this slightly androgynous look of their stallions, so that was just my first assumption because of the colour choice. I actually thought it was Dr. Whooves before I scrolled down to the flank, and by that time, the face wasn't important.

>>27132062
>The one where she's reading under the blankets
Link? Also, do you have an artist name or something?


I was wondering about songs in fics today - do you ever write song lyrics into your fics, and how do you feel when reading writers that do? It is a major element of the show that is hard to convert to pure writing, so can it be done well?

>>27131853
Is that Zaid.

>>27132106
It's a pretty common colour scheme.

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>>27132093
I posted it here a while ago when Bleeding asked for that mesh fic he made.

>>27132106
No, I'm just too lazy to come up with a different color palette, so I just copied them from my pic.

>>27132128
>>27131853
Watermarking and claiming ownership of this on derpibooru RIGHT NOW

What should we name our new OC?

Rigid Air?

>>27132788
>our
It's the drawfag's pone.

>Rigid Air
fuck no`

>>27132788
https://derpiboo.ru/1135840?scope=scpe54f7b16fd81f1d6ae932c5cc19ac43340a24f289

Page Turner. Unless you are talking about some other OC.

Also, Zaid a qt.

>>27132822
Fuck yes

>>27132831
Hold on.
Was it actually drawn by Zaid?

Huh, I never knew people who registered when Ponibooru closed got a special emblem on Derpi.

>>27132886
That is what I gathered from info here. Not entirely sure, but he a qt either way. If the artist is a separate person, they are still cute.

>>27132983
What info? He didn't say who he was. Did you just make it up?

https://www.fimfiction.net/story/325570/1/dragon-emissary/arrival
Interesting premise. Glad that someone noticed it.
>ember got invited to Ponyville along with Garble, hoping he would get the most benefits of friendship lessons
>quickly irritated with careless attitude of ponies
>gets buttmad, when learns about Spike being somewhat a servant, judging it is not worthy for a dragon

Another story after
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/224797/1/just-an-assistant/
where this "bothersome" issue is raised.

>>27133153
>Linking chapters

>>27131502
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/314187/awful-lot-of-coffee-in-equestria

It's a really comfy fic, the perfect thing to read when you want to invoke the feeling of sitting next to the fireplace on a cool night drinking coffee for a few minutes.

>>27131928
I'd have no problem with it. I've been tempted to do it myself once or twice when I had a story idea that I thought worked better with unicorn Twilight.

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Hello, p

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>>27134144

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Are any of the Ember fics filling the shit box any good? Has anyone read one or can recommend one? I'm down to give tsundragon a chance if someone can actually write a decent fic involving her.

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>>27134311
>are those refried beans

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>>27134273
>tsundragon
I hate this meme. She's nowhere near to being tsundere, in fact, she's the friendliest dragon around, willing to stick her neck out for strangers despite her upbringing.

>>27134437
Silly human, all dragosn except for Spike are tsundere.
It's what happens when you want to sleep but have no pillows.

>>27131853
a qt

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>>27134437
friendly blue dragon then, you got any?
>>27134446
this desu famalamadingdong

>>27131979
She's got a tomboyish mane which makes it easier to mistake her for a stallion too.

>>27134446
Story where Twilight takes Celestia to task over the senselessness of the Pillow Embargo when?

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>>27134529
write it.

>>27134273
"In Service of Dragon Lord Ember" and "Ember Comes to Visit are pretty much just mindless pornfics with some grammar problems. "Pony Mating Traditions with Spike and Ember" is as well, but the writing is significantly better, so that's the only one of those three I'd bother with.

"The Dragon Lord's Consort" seems like it's gonna be more innuendo-heavy but not actually smutty, based around the idea of Ember formally claiming Spike as a consort and mate and the ensuing drama/hijinks.

"Ties that Bind" looks like it might turn out good; Ember's feeling the pressure of leadership and starting to feel like she doesn't want it anymore.

"The most powerful dragon in equestria visits for tea" is pretty amusing, a nice short quick read, nothing particularly deep.

>>27134885
I'd figured a good amount of poorly written porn would crop up, but those last three you mentioned seemed worth a shot.

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>>27131864
>The Chase

Kill yourself my man

I've been reading this story:

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119631/1/of-horses-and-whorses/

And I am not sure what to make of it. It is mainly second-person, and it keeps switching to different (second-person) viewpoints. Grammar and dialogue are screwy.

I am amused by the idea. Man who loves horses is riding his horse when suddenly KABLAM, we don't know, Discord did it or something, and suddenly they're in Equestria and they come riding out of the forest near Ponyville.

And because of the same magic that brought them to Magic Pony Land, the horse is now sentient and can talk. She's really affectionate and loves her human, and calls him "Master," which creeps everyone the fuck out, especially him.

I am mostly through the story, and am intrigued that no one's been given the Magic Monkey Dick--not yet, anyway. There is some pointlessly stupid and cruel slapstick with Zecora, and some rather cuntish behavior from various ponies who think the human is either the horse's boyfriend or pimp, or both, because hurr durr "whorse" is an insulting word in Pony dialect, hurr hurr hurr look out for the horse puns.

I have pretty low standards, actually, but what keeps me reading is the realization that if Equestria's magic makes the guy's horse sentient and able to speak, and they're talking about magically going back to Earth, well, wouldn't going back to a magicless world basically lobotomize her and turn her back into a dumb animal? And is this something that has moral implications, that we need to explore?

I'm hoping the author at least thought of this stuff, instead of making the story about all Ponyville's stallions and some of the mares flirting with the "tall, exotic-looking" new mare in town while her "Master" cringes just like everyone who just read that.

>>27135013
Okay, let's all stop for a second and listen to this guy.

Just how new are you?

>>27131876
Don't keep me waiting so long, by the way.

>>27134273
>Dragon fics
>good

The current generation of fimficers is completely unable to write so, no, nothing written based on S2+ is any good

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>>27135037
Oh, God.

Who let this one in here?

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>>27135023
Kudzu just fuck right off, go fart on some plushies

>>27135053
Just
how
new
are
you?

>>27135053
Don't encourage him.

>>27135060
All kidding aside, not that new. Kud you shouldnt have blocked me after chapter 5 I wouldnt have carried this torch that long otherwise

>>27135053
>>27135063
>>27135037
>>27135080
Serious question.
Where did you come from?
Everyone knows how shit The Chase is, if you spent 10 minutes in this thread, you'd know it was an obvious fucking joke.

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>>27135088
From frontpage, I guess I took the bait. Sorry senpal.

>>27135088
What was the point of highlighting >>27135063?

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>>27135037
>implying early season fics were any less shit than current fics.

Besides, basing a fic on the latest episode versus earlier seasons has jack shit to do with how well a story is told. The writer is either knows what their doing or they dont.

>>27135116
>mfw we actually got new posters in here
Well shit, Anon, I'm sorry. You'll get a feel for this thread soon enough.

>>27135123
What was the point of posting >>27135063?

>>27135137
What was the point of posting >>27135137?

>>27135134
no, no, you don't get it, obviously everything new was shit, only things from 2012, which is what /mlp/ told me was the golden age of our proud brony community, were good

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>>27134885
Ties that Bind is actually fairly good, though it's still in progress.

powerful dragon visits for tea is good for a quick laugh, and plays Ember more as a cynical rebellious teen.

>>27135152
Name things from 2014+ which are good fics. That castaway thing from Ambion is pretty good but a total mess plotwise (will never be finished) and Biscuits stupid collegepone thing isn't terrible I guess.
What else.

>>27135195
no fanfiction is good. It's just which ones are the least shitty. Besides that, asking someone to name fics they think are good only to have you inevitably say they aren't is an exercise in futility.

>>27135195
It really depends on your tastes, so you're probably going to call all this shit to prove a subjective point, but fine, let me go through some of my shelves.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/195395/working-the-stall
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/234980/working-the-stall-double-shift
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/195065/remember-me
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/223509/dusk-falls
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/213853/the-gentle-nights-audience-of-one
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/206865/the-surprisingly-complicated-love-life-of-spike-the-dragon
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/299254/i-have-this-friend
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/217677/the-enchanted-library-one-shot
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/240255/the-enchanted-library
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/244101/table-for-two
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/227246/a-little-loopy

I'm not willing to spend more of my time on this, but there's plenty more, just use the advanced search.
Also keep in mind many writers are still working on fics they've started a long time ago.

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>>27135248
>No fanfics are good

>>27135248
Id be happy to agree on fics I genuinely think are good. I have a ton! Its not anyones fault really that stuff written currently lacks the artistic community that inspired a lot of the creativity of 2011-13. I'm not a senseless hater, honest.

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>>27135304
leave

>>27135017
>I have pretty low standards, actually, but what keeps me reading is the realization that if Equestria's magic makes the guy's horse sentient and able to speak, and they're talking about magically going back to Earth, well, wouldn't going back to a magicless world basically lobotomize her and turn her back into a dumb animal?

IIRC its implied that she didnt gain sentience, just the ability to speak. she remembers the details of her life before they wound up in ponyland and she doesnt suddenly become a tool using and grabbing things with hooves. if they go back to earth the only thing she loses is the ability to speak

>And is this something that has moral implications, that we need to explore?
I'd like to see more of it in a longer, non second person fic thats premise doesnt revolve around a stupid joke

>>27135304
I'd actually like to hear some authors you enjoy. I got on the ride around late 2011, but I didn't start trying my hand at writing until later.

>>27135335
Don't worry, back in 2011 all we had were Cupcakes spin-offs. Fallout Equestria, My Little Dashie and Past Sins. It was awful.

>>27135334
>thats premise
Weirdly enough, the correct word is "whose", even though you're talking about an object.

>>27135273
Well you have the Enchanted Library going for you. Which isn't good really but as the last heir to RariTwi deserves some recognition. Im not fond of the other fics you linked but I doubt you need me to harangue you about them. Working the Stall though is pretty shameless clop so Im surprised you would submit it.
many writers are still working on things but either they are hiatus-bating once-offs (Sapidus, Warren, Visiden, Capn) or things which would be better off dead (Mono, Skirts)

>>27135408
Surprise, surprise, anything that doesn't appeal to your nostalgia is shit. Who would have guessed.
>Working the Stall though is pretty shameless clop so Im surprised you would submit it.
First of all, it's really good, second of all, where do you think we are?

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>>27135354
Actually, I remember reading all of those. Minus FOE. I adamantly refuse to read ponies and fallout. I'm just against it on the principle alone. I first read MLD and thought it wasnt that bad, but in hindsight... yeah. never read past sins, but I hear the nyxfags are worse than the actual character.

>>27135408
God, I'm still waiting for Capn to update Road to Cydonia. It's only been five years, right?

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>>27135444
FoE isn't terrible, it's just very overrated.

>Past Sins

>>27135195
>Biscuits stupid collegepone thing
Collegepone thing is pretty nice IMO. I probably would have preferred more CSI instead, but there's nice bits of worldbuilding in this one too (like when she complains about how quality HVAC means she can't sense the day's weather the moment she wakes up). I just hope her next "goal" is something interesting. The stuff about bringing a cloud to class and going after Aric's HMD were both pretty good, the one about reading the bible was kind of shit though.

Hey, does anyone have any good first person Twilight fic recs?

>>27135033
I just came back home, I'll get to it now.

>>27135471
Celestia Code and Moonstone Cup are the obvious choices, though personally I don't think they're very good.

>>27135471
>first person
I've rarely seen first person fics, now that I think about it.
Most are one-shots, or Persona EG.

>>27135471
The Celestia Code is pretty good. It does a good job of sounding like it was written by Twilight (there are even footnotes!). The sequels get pretty weird though.

Night Shift is also first person, I think, and it's pretty good inb4 that one anon shows up to bitch about the villain/ending

>>27135490
Seriously? There are so many long first person fics.

>>27135427
Fair enough. I am nostalgic but I dont think thats really a bad thing.

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>>27135463
oh god. I didn't know... I... I didn't know!

Idk, it's just so huge at this point (FOE), and how is it not just a copy of fallout with ponies inserted into it? I just don't buy that ponies would have nukes, or nuke equivalents. If I'm seriously wrong about it, please correct me.

>>27135515
Clearly it is. I was in this shit since the very beginning and I can definitely tell you that fanfics have been improving since 2013.

>>27135334
...well, I just read Chapter 6, and it came up, but it only results in a couple of lines of dialogue. I was hoping for more.

"Master, I kind of like being sentient and being able to talk. Can I stay here?"
"Well, shit. What a self-centered asshole I've been, assuming you'd want to go with me."
"I'll miss you, human-sempai ;.;"
"I'll miss you too, horse girl who is not my girlfriend at all. ;_; Okay, bye guys, it's been a blast. I'm a dot."

>>27135470
Not the first time Ive been told im wrong about Silver Glow. Im probably wrong about it, I always thought it seemed like a ripoff of that Pillow OC story though

>>27135520
>Idk, it's just so huge at this point (FOE)
It's been finished for years now, Anon. It has 620k words.

>I just don't buy that ponies would have nukes, or nuke equivalents. If I'm seriously wrong about it, please correct me.
I don't want to get into spoiler territory unless you want me to, so let's just say balefire bombs, which are basically nukes, are megaspells reverse-engineered by zebras and re-designed to cause a lot of destruction. They're literally magic.

>>27135524
Gonna have to disagree with you there fella. Ive also been in it since before fimfic and I think most fics after 2013 are less about ideas and more about views and followers.

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>>27135532
>It was resolved sensibly
HOLY MOTHERFUCKING MOTHER OF FUCK.

>>27135565
Yes, because, as you've admitted yourself, are a nostalgiafag.
Early pony fanfics were literally grimderp and crossovers. Nowadays people actually put effort into planning their stories, pre-reading, editing etc. to make sure they're fics are actually good instead of what we had in 2011.

>>27135595
>they're fics
I should go to bed already.

>>27135515
>I am nostalgic but I dont think thats really a bad thing
>my reason is impaired by my emotional attachment to one particular period, but I can't see any way why that would be a problem

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>>27135570
Yeah, but, just saying--I would have liked a bti of exploration.

For that matter, the Zayna character--the horse that, transported to a magical land, became able to talk. I wanted to learn about her as a character--as a person. She comes across as silly and uninhibited and kind of childish and unworldly, but she jokes around in ways that suggests that she knows a lot more about the human viewpoint character and what's going on in his head--and things like human sexual mores--than I'd have expected.

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>>27135555
over half a million words is pretty huge. But I'm not so much daunted by that, as I am by the fact that the fallout universe is one of my favorite vidyas. It's just that as I watched the show, I couldn't ever see a situation where mutually assured destruction or the development of WMDs would have needed to happen. But, if the writer can believably build a scenario where that might be a necessity, than I'll check it out. Do they?

>>27135619
I am a reading robot with perfect prose detection software beep boop please input more Starlight Glimmer fics boop

>>27135520
Eh. The attraction to FOE is exactly that. It's Fallout but with ponies. That's the attraction. Do you like Fallout and Ponies? Bam, this is the story for you. Where it really shines is in the worldbuilding. By the time I was midway through it, I could reasonably believe that Equestria could progress to cold war and then post apocalypse. Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence, and kkat was able to provide that to my satisfaction.

And Past Sins isn't as bad as people say. It's not as good as it's fans claim, but it runs comfortably at mediocre genre fiction levels.

>>27135634
> It's just that as I watched the show, I couldn't ever see a situation where
That's what fanfiction is for.

>But, if the writer can believably build a scenario where that might be a necessity, than I'll check it out. Do they?
Honestly, Kkat copypasted some ideas from the Fallout games and ponified them, but also invented a lot him/herself. The backstory is interesting and presented very well through various sources that slowly connect and lead to Littlepip discovering what happened to the mane six and the old world. I liked how much the fic managed to incorporate Fallout's theme of civilization trying to rebuild itself and the show's theme of friendship being able to overcome any obstacles, and then flipping both concepts upside down when needed.
That said, it's entirely up to your taste. I think it's worth reading just to see what the fuss is about and to read Murky Number Seven, which is just incredible.

>>27135676
Damn, someone's upset.

>>27135710
Murky #7 is way too close to Somber-level protagonist abuse porn. Also hasnt updated in 12 forevers.

>>27135037
>implying the early fandom wasn't dominated by completely shit stories
There was a time when /co/ stories was more or less all we had. Some of the most "culturally important" stories in the fandom are also completely shit.
If anything, we're currently better than we were back then.

>>27135676
>robot
Sounds like you should go join Phallacy Anon over at /r9k/, assuming he hasn't killed himself yet.

Also:
>perfect prose detection
Hilarious.

>>27135772
Link one of these better fics please, if its better than older stuff Id honestly love to read it.

>>27135686
>Eh. The attraction to FOE is exactly that. It's Fallout but with ponies. That's the attraction. Do you like Fallout and Ponies? Bam, this is the story for you.
I knew nothing about Fallout when I went in. Now I know literally every relevant tidbit of Fallout lore.

>>27135729
Well, it's not even close to being on Somber's level.
Besides, protagonist abuse? Really? Murky becomes stronger and more confident as his personality develops and the story progresses. It's a story about a born slave learning to be free, and it's damn well written.
Also it's updated pretty recently. The author just had some personal issues iirc.

>>27135798
You've already shown your incapability to judge things on their own merits instead of comparing them to how similar they are to the fics you remember thinking were good back then.

>>27135798
Nice try, but I've read the thread.
If anything, you should read the OP.

>>27135810
Well I am willing to be wrong.

>>27135802
Im up to date on MN7, but Murky getting shot, and beaten, and shot while hes being beaten isnt that much fun to read. Granted it really is a great fic and I hope it continues and I will happily read it when it does.

>>27135823
I have read almost all of those fics. I am just looking for recommendations that arent Eakin time loop ripoffs or terrible Spikefics ect

>>27135798
>>27135826
I enjoyed To Try For the Sun, by Rune Soldier Dan. While the setup is fairly formulaic, it has some really nice characterization and at least one genuinely effective moment towards the end. It's short, at 5 thousand words. Published in 2015.

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/295605/to-try-for-the-sun

>>27135873
Maybe you should leave then, we clearly have inferior tastes, because there's no way you could ever like something bad and dislike something good. In fact, I know a general just for you. It's called Writefag's Guild. They should be able to help you out.

>>27135892
>unironically replying
Just read his previous posts.

>>27135894
>responding to him
That became pointless a good while ago.

>>27135894
>>27135907
>>27135914
>post a fic that isnt shit
Gah! Hur! You wouldnt get it Nostalgia REE
Never change, FimGeneral

>>27135533
>I always thought it seemed like a ripoff of that Pillow OC story though
How so? I mean, they're both PiE SoL, but other than that I don't think there's much similarity. Not that I would mind. For a long time it seemed like Pillow Case was the only PiE worth reading at all.

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http://www.fimfiction.net/story/5433/article-2

I can't believe I'm looking forward to another update even 4 years after this began. (Where has the time gone?) The marine brony who writes this barely manages to write 1 chapter a year. Still I regularly check if there's something new, because it makes me nostalgic. The prose is serviceable, though he's no Faulkner. It's got a certain charm.

>>27135952
Someone already posted some fics, and your response was EXACTLY what two people predicted. You're just a classic nostalgiafag and there's no reasoning with you.

>FimGeneral
And you're a newfag, too.

Just fuck off. This thread clearly isn't for you.

>>27136015
>175k words in 3 years
Holy hell.
I even have it on my read later list, apparently. Probably somewhere at the very start.

>>27136017
If he replies to you, I'm going to hold you accountable.

>>27136054
haha good luck finding me fag I'm already on my way to dad's private island

>>27136040
What's really odd is that he's very regularly online, so at least he hasn't abandoned it all. It seems was logged in just an hour ago.

>hey guys my friend died so i'm gonna whore it out with my shitty writing for e-fame

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/325675/time-to-wake-up

Fucking scandalous

Found this comfy fic. Mild Starburst shipping.

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/322354/triggered

>>27135952
Um, if you don't want to read >>27135892 then I have a few more.

Twilight Sparkle, Unicorn Economist has one joke, and it's spoiled in the title. It's a funny joke, and the fic itself has a kind of gentle absurdity that reminds me pleasantly of GhostofHeraclitus' Whom the Princesses Would Destroy.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/280659/twilight-sparkle-unicorn-economist

If you don't mind shipping, Magical Mystery Oops by BookeCypher may appeal to you. It earned points from me right off the bat for some really excellent cover art and an interesting, if somewhat cliche, idea. But remember, things are cliche because they work, and this story backs it up with some genuinely good writing.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/249782/magical-mystery-oops

And for straight up adventure, it would be remiss of me not to mention The Witch of the Everfree, by MagnetBolt. To quote the description, "Alternate Universe: What if Sunset Shimmer hadn't gone through the mirror?" Now, I don't like EqG, but I've always thought that Sunset Shimmer as a character was an interesting idea, and fics like this prove why. It's a first person PoV, and stories like that live or die on the protagonist. Sunset herself has a very nice character arc, and the PoV really helps showcase that, allowing more nuance than you typically see in this kind of fic. Likewise, she has a kind of easy cleverness that called to mind the titular character from The Dresden Files, another series I quite enjoy. The action is quite well written, too.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/252269/the-witch-of-the-everfree

>>27136151
There's still some room for you to improve.

>>27136226

Read Witch of the Everfree recently, liked it a lot better than I thought I would. I'd definitely second the recommendation.

>>27135273
Did you actually like "A Little Loopy"? I found it to really drag on after a while, and the ending was really weird.

I'll give you points for The Gentle Nights: Audience of One, though. It's still one of, if not the best romance fics out there, especially with how subtly and slowly the author develops the relationship between the main characters.

>>27135504
>inb4 that one anon shows up to bitch about the villain/ending

Do we have someone doing that? Personally, the villain is my favourite villain in all of fimfiction (to the point where I have the last part of her intro speech memorized because I liked it so much) and I liked how the ending played out, though I can understand why some people might be salty about it.

>>27136226
>http://www.fimfiction.net/story/249782/magical-mystery-oops
Started reading this one, seems okay so far. Though:
>a complete outside context problem
>A dozen miniature reactionless drives just to play a game
>probabilistic manipulation
>capable of creating a perpetual motion system
I sort of get the feeling that the author wishes he was writing sci-fi.

>>27136699
About half the time the fic comes up, someone complains about the villain. Since I disagree (I'm with you, 10/10 villain, only real competition being Pirene), it must be the case that the same person made all those posts - it's just inconceivable that more than one anon might hold the same wrong opinions in the current year.

>>27135195
Screw it, let's do this:

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/319655/flip-a-coin-and-she-smiles

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/234937/fractured-sunlight

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/222206/daybreak

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/297255/aletheia

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/276745/the-diamond-in-the-stars

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/230072/twilight-sparkle-of-the-royal-guard

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/284137/a-gay-old-time

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/213853/the-gentle-nights-audience-of-one

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/194918/the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-sweetie-belle

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/189590/blink-and-miss-it

Also, everything by Cold in Gardez since 2014 (the stuff before is good too, but I'm only including the ones after 2014 in this list)

You know, I started this list to prove you wrong, but going through my list of stories I like, I found out that most of them were started before 2014 (with a lot starting in 2013) or are sequels to things from before 2014. Heck, even Priene and The Celestia Code, which are my go-to fics for "modern" good fics, are older than I thought (Celestia Code started in October 2013 and Pirene started December 2012). That said, there are a ton of good fics that didn't finish until 2014+ or had good sequels in 2014+.

>>27136794
>only real competition being Pirene

Huh, that's a tough one for me. On the one hand, the one from Night Shift is really cool and fulfills a desire that I've always had. On the other hand, the Pirene villain is one of the most well-developed characters with the best fall from grace I've ever seen in any fanfic, possibly in any story period.

>>27136236
What does that mean?
u tlkn sht meight?

>>27136931
I'll forever feel disappointed at the complete lack of interaction between Discord and the Morgwin. I mean, I understand that from a purely narrative standpoint Discord would've been terrible, ruining the whole mood of the story. But in the other hand, it would've been nice for the Morgwin to interact with someone who had actually grown out of his grief over chaos being replaced by order.

>>27136954
Huh, that actually could've been really fun to see. Especially given how "other" their thought processes are, a conversation between them would probably be incomprehensible to mere mortals.

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>>27131864
A bit late, but here they are.
Page Turnet over The Chase

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>>27137315
And here she is on LtD.

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>>27134744
Oi, yer a rite cheeky m8, aintcher.

Can't think of where to go with it.

Yet.

>>27137322
I want to cum inzaid

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>>27137379
I had a giggle.

>>27137379
who doesnt?

>Purple Haze Feedback

Even Araki realized he was retarded levels of OP. Let him go.

>>27131547
>ironic roleplaying 4-5 days ago

Fun fact, I started that. It was nothin personnel, kid.

>Actually get out of my ass and start writing that essay on elements and inversions from zero
>The short introduction and only describing Rainbow's loyalty already took a thousand words.
Okay.
I'll probably have to trim it down when I am done, but okay.

>>27138574
It's a close range Stand that spreads a virus that kills everyone in close vicinity, including his user. Obviously I didn't care about Fugo in the manga because he barely did anything, but the light novel is actually great.

>>27138863
>get out of my ass

>>27138863
Be sure to link it here when you are done/ need proofreading/feedback and I will gladly look at it.

>>27138863
>>27139354
And I'll gladly call you autistic.

>>27139238
I am alarmed by this writing process.

[LAME PAGE 10 PONY PUN]

https://www.fimfiction.net/story/325301/the-dragon-lords-consort
So, I started reading this because some Anons here said it was alright and, while it was somewhat entertaining, the typos, misplaced words, and shaky sentence structure is driving me nuts.

The author constantly swaps "safe" for "save", repeats words, or puts them in an awkward order, not to mention some serious abuse of said bookism.

I'm engaged in the story, but this is making it hard for me to keep going.

>>27140721
>not to mention some serious abuse of said bookism
Haven't read the story, but how bad is it? Most of the time people complain about that, it is nowhere near as bad as they make it out to be.

>>27140757
>“That sounds so awesome!” cried out Rainbow Dash
>“Oh my.” spoke Fluttershy.
>“No more than a' pony divin' inta' a swimming pool.” commented Applejack.
>“True enough,” continued Twilight.
>“Or about never.” quipped Rarity.
>“I ah' don' think that any of us would get over ah' fears of dragons, sugarcube.” commented Applejack.
>“Pfft! I ain't afraid of no dragons!” spoke out Rainbow Dash.

All of these are from the conversation at the beggining of the first chapter, almost one after the other. It does get a bit better after that, the author uses more action tags instead, or lets the dialogue stand on its own when it's clear who's speaking.

Still, it really stood out to me, alongside the other small mistakes I mentioned.

Anyway, I'll keep going and see if it gets better. I'm only halfway through the first chapter.

>>27140815
Okay, some of those are actually quite distracting. Beyond the minor mistakes, how good is it? I've not read an Ember fic yet.

>>27140836
Individually those aren't so distracting, but they're in quick succession, and that's bothersome.

But the story is engaging enough for me to keep going. At least so far, I'll report back once I'm done with the first chapter.

>>27140815
Dear God, the grammar.

>>27140868
20:58pm 31 minutes after your initial post about the story, whose first chapter you still haven't finished, I start reading it.

21:09pm I finished the two chapters.

It's meh.

I mean, it's got the aforementioned grammar problems, but there are storytelling issues as well. Being told what characters are feeling even when it is fairly obvious without the telling instead of showing, and the character motivations are pretty sudden and drastic as well. Probably won't read much more of this one, seeing as they have basically developed the feelings for each other already, and all the character development of Spike growing up was done in a rushed conversation.

>>27140969
I guess hitting the iron while its still hot doesn't leave much time for editing, re-reading, or even planning.

>>27140979
Yeah, it went downwards rather quickly. I was hoping it would get better, but it didn't.

I guess I'll just have to check the other dozen or so Spike x Ember fics there are.

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>>27131408
Sup
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/226432/rechangeling
Offering a rec of this fags fic. actually pretty compelling if edgy scenario. Has a fun reference to a character I'm not even sure the author realizes they made too.

What are some really good fics you'd recommend to everyone?
>Through the Well of Pirene
>Twice as Bright
>The Best Night Ever
>Hard Reset
>The Games We Play
>Exit Through Canterlot
>Contraptionology

I need it for something.

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Good joke, knighty.

>>27141030
Check the OP for general suggestions, ask questions about specific ones if interested, I'll try my best to answer about the specifics.

>>27141030
Universal recommendations are kind of hard to do, since tastes can vary wildly. Here are a few that I think most people will at least be able to appreciate.

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/860/children-of-the-sun
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/152/one-last-quest
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/304593/lost-time
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/126415/five-hundred-little-murders
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/101441/the-dusk-guard-rise
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/230072/twilight-sparkle-of-the-royal-guard
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/229453/all-the-mortal-remains
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/267196/the-destruction-of-the-self
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/213853/the-gentle-nights-audience-of-one
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/7531/eyes-on-you
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/34029/best-young-flyer
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/102166/lost-cities
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/13565/naked-singularity
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/73404/through-the-well-of-pirene
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/34622/earth-sky
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/84903/twice-as-bright
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/123296/taken-for-granite
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/67362/hard-reset
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/6007/the-flight-of-the-alicorn
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/68128/three-hundred-and-fifty
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/141549/the-celestia-code

Okay, that ended up longer than I expected. Anyways, this isn't as universal as I'd like, but it should serve as a nice starting point.

What do you need it for, anyways?

>>27141030
day of a wasp and spider.
path of kindness and blood.

>>27141030
My all time favourite fic is "Keeping it Simple". It's heavy on Slice of Life, and follows Big Mac as he grows as a character.

>>27141436
I'm a regular here, I'm just trying to make a more general recommendation list with just the most worthwhile stuff.

>>27141522
See above.

>>27141800
Cool, sounds like a good thing to have in the OP, even if no one will ever agree on it.

>>27141800
>just the most worthwhile stuff.
Well, that is what the list is kinda supposed to be. Dunno. You really can't make a proper general recommendation list, since in most of the cases here "good" means "I like it".

It's a bit more complicated than that, but still, you can't start with an idea this generalized, start out smaller.

>>27141842
Oh, come on, it's not complicated at all. Just get the few fics that people here agree are good, put them in one picture, write short descriptions and there you go.

>>27142179
>agree
This is 4chan.
The most we do is agreeing to disagree. And a very violent agreement at that.

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>>27142373
Yes, yes, 4chan is so scary, edgy and mean, whatever. There are still fics most of us can agree are worth reading, and that's what I want to include in that list. Just like any other recommendation chart in other threads on 4chan.

>>27142408
>There are still fics most of us can agree are worth reading
>Everyone here has the same definition of good
>Just like on Fimfic

Everyone has his opinions, Anon. We're not a pre-organized group of X subject, we're 20 random anons from around the US and two in Europe who have different background, preferences and style.

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>>27142442

>>27142442
Pretty much this. A lot of people here puikes at the sight of greentext, but I still write a post or two of it every couple weeks for the sake of it.

>>27142452
Seriously, Anon, you can't think all the people here are clones of each other with the same opinion.

https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=1947200

The two CLOSEST anons are 100 or so kilometers away from each other. That's the two closest anons. A lot of things happens in 100 kilometers, between Astoria and Portland. They are human beings, not clones like most hugbox groups on Fimfic.

We're not adventure fics general, SoL general, comedy general, AU general or any of these. Some like hardcore adventure, some like slow SoL. You have different tastes from me, Regidar, Voiceguy and Zaid just to name a few. Accept it.

>>27142470
>implying a lot of us here haven't written greentext
I certainly have, mostly back in 2013, I just never bring it up because it's not relevant or interesting.

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>>27142442
>>27142470
>>27142495
>most of us
>most
>of
>us
Fics like Pirene, Days of Wasp and Spider and Hard Reset. Stuff that AT LEAST most people here agree to be good. It's going to be just a few popular fics, not like five from each tag on fimfiction like the starter kit.
Have you honestly never seen a recommendation chart before?

Also, location doesn't affect taste, what the fuck.

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>>27142513
>Pirene

I personally am not into HiE, so no.

>It's going to be just a few popular fics

The Chase, Chink Azura and Mythril's stuff. That's the only popular fics we agree on.
They suck.

>Also, location doesn't affect taste, what the fuck.
>the guy in Chad will definitely have the same taste as someone in Canada/Britain/Norway
>pic related

Location affects your background. Your background affects taste. Not every anon is born and raised in an average and loving middle-class family.

>>27142513
Most, yes, but not all. I distinctly remember one anon who didn't like Pirene, and Hard Reset has it's far share of detractors.

A recommendation chart based on stuff that most people in the thread like would be doable, though.

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>>27142583
>I personally am not into HiE, so no.
And yet it's the one HiE fic recommended to everyone, whether you like the genre or not. If you honestly didn't try it, do it before posting uneducated opinions.

>The Chase, Chink Azura and Mythril's stuff. That's the only popular fics we agree on.
Have you been here for a week?
Also, Shinzakura and Mythril aren't all that popular. Persona EG has 442:102 like ratio, and 7DSJ Book 1 only has 259:15.

>>the guy in Chad will definitely have the same taste as someone in Canada/Britain/Norway
If he has internet access, he'd have the same taste if he was born elsewhere.

>Location affects your background. Your background affects taste. Not every anon is born and raised in an average and loving middle-class family.
Bullshit. I had a shitty upbringing and shitty parents, but my middle-class friend with decent parents likes mostly the same things I do. If you really believe what you're saying, then surely you have some proof.

And fuck you, I already started.

>>27142642
>If he has internet access, he'd have the same taste if he was born elsewhere.
>Bullshit. I had a shitty upbringing and shitty parents, but my middle-class friend with decent parents likes mostly the same things I do.

Oh, how special, Anon.

He has the same tastes as you because he's your FRIEND. Someone you hang out with because you have similar ideas and taste, or, to the least, like talking to. Do you know why we are anonS? Because we are a lot of individual, not only a single clone. Location does have an effect on taste you dumb shit. Someone in Canada might like different stuff than someone in France, and someone in a conservative place might not be into ponies at all. Go outside a bit. Please. You're not that stuck in your basement.

>>27142715
Straight to insults because someone disagrees with your uneducated opinions, huh?

>Someone in Canada might like different stuff than someone in France, and someone in a conservative place might not be into ponies at all.
And it's not caused by which country they were born in, which is why your neighbour likes different shit from you.
Like I said, surely you have some proof for that steaming hot pile of "facts"?

>>27142715
>Do you know why we are anonS? Because we are a lot of individual, not only a single clone.
*tips fedora*

>>27142740
How does that change the fact that we have different tastes?

>>27142793
It doesn't. That fact also doesn't change the fact that it's possible to make a list of the stuff that's most popular on here and allow whoever reads it to choose for himself.

Okay, arguing aside, I think this might actually work. The guy making the list isn't trying to make a "best of" list or anything, just a list of some stuff that is generally liked on the thread.

The easiest to go about this IMO would be to compile a list of recommended fics from the thread, stick them all in a strawpoll, and have people vote for which ones they like. No like/dislike/rating system, just "did you like it?" and pick the top X stories with the highest number of "yes" responses. This should compile a list of popular well-liked fics among the anons.

Then add some descriptions, maybe get a couple people in the thread to write reviews, and put it together.

>>27142922
For now I was pretty much just experimenting with the layout, but this could work. I'd just need to post the strawpoll at least twice, so both amerifats and yuropoors get a vote.

>>27142922
That could work.

>>27140979
>>27140989
Ties that Bind is a better written, but still ongoing. There's been some hints of some SpikeXEmber, but nothing concrete yet.
powerful dragon visiting for tea wasnt bad. the rest of the feature box is mostly porn. or is at the time of this writing.

>>27143284
>>27142953
I still think the heroku page/bout should have remained active.

>>27143326
What for? What purpose could it possibly serve now?

>>27143334
We could still add recomendations to it.

>>27143369
It's an awful system for recommendations, though. It was only used so the guy responsible could gather data for the starter kit, and the data itself is invisible to us anyway.

Holy crap, there are currently three fics in the FB, all part of the same series, about Spike x Ember. How does someone write a fic and two sequels within five days and have all of them end up in the FB?

>>27143832
Step 1. Notice a huge fad happening right after a new episode
Step 2. Quickly shit out something really quick without reading it yourself
Step 3. Continue shitting it out
Step 4. Go with the flow.
Step 5. Gain 9000 followers.

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>>27143866
>second fic including Spike/Starlight to ever exist is actually a Spike/Ember story
i'm not joking, just end me right now

>>27143881
It's not bad, it's a challenge to write it better than this piece of shit involving two meta things.

Good stuff doesn't write itself in five hours like the feature page stuff. I guess someone took Anon's tip in the old thread to create a clop canvas and change the names to meta characters.

>>27143398
>the data itself is invisible to us anyway
Which data is that? Everything on the heroku site is an extract of a public 4chan post. And the voting method with the group and everything was specifically designed for transparency. Anyone who wants to can recount all the votes themselves.

>>27143918
The point system.

Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The Thread

>>27144005
I blame the new guys.

>>27144011
I blame the memes.

>>27144011
>>27144028
I blame the blamers.

>>27144037
I blame the dreams.

>>27144058

I blame the Jews.

>>27144058
I blame living them.

This meme was a mistake.

>>27144084
I blame you for it.

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>>27144094
And you're right.

I blame the golden rains in africa

>Story updates for the first time in 4 years.
Jesus Christ this is weird to see.

>>27144442
Posts like these give me hope, because my favourite deadfic might be updated someday.

Posts like these also make me lose hope for sick quints in my fimfiction thread.

>>27131408
I sincerely apologize for championing DoaM back when the starter kit was being developed. That being said I maintain you all have been a bunch of pricks past thread 15.

>>27142922
>vote for which ones they like. No like/dislike/rating system, just "did you like it?" and pick the top X stories with the highest number of "yes" responses.
>vote for what you like
>did you like it
>no like/dislike voting
wut
also isnt that literally exactly what we did the first goddamned time around?

>>27144574
Please read his post again and pay more attention this time.

>>27144527
>you all have been a bunch of pricks past thread 15.
and significantly prior to it as well. your point?

>>27144574
Last time, we had a choice between like, dislike, and abstain, which led to complicated scoring systems trying to find the most well-liked fic. I'm proposing a simpler method that only allows for like or abstain, essentially, which doesn't give as much information about how much people like a fic, but still provides a nice heuristic for well-liked + popular fic.

You could also just count up the total number of "accepts" from the previous poll, and it would give you essentially the same results, but having a newer poll would allow us to include more recent fics that might not have been around more than a year ago.

>>27145045
Why like/abstain?
A like/dislike, or better yet a five stars system, sounds far better.
"Abstain" sounds like a weird option -which is why I propose five stars, since it's an odd number- if you think the fic is so meh you can't even like or dislike it, why count it?

Have any of you niggas read Bad Mondays? I just finished it, and now I'm sad that I have to try to find something new to read that can stand up to it. It's definitely among my favorite fics that I've read, though I do have a weakness for HiE.

>>27145256
Never heard of it, but it looks good enough for HiE. I added it to my never-ending Read Later list.

>>27143923
I linked a blog post about the algorithm very early on. Pretty sure I also described it directly in the thread at least once.

>>27145129
>if you think the fic is so meh you can't even like or dislike it, why count it?
Abstain was for people who haven't read the fic. There were probably around 200 fics nominated, nobody had the time to read all of them.

>>27145621
...why give an opinion about a fic you haven't read yet.

>>27145662
>...why give an opinion about a fic you haven't read yet.
Yes, exactly. That's why there was an option to abstain from giving an opinion.

>>27145719
But why is ther an option to abstain grom giving an opinion if people can just like no vote.
This ain't compulsory or something.

>>27145771
All the stories for the category are on a single form. For each one you choose like, dislike, or abstain (the default). Similar to the proposed strawpoll (big list of stories, check all that you like), but with three options instead of two.

>>27145869
That's probably the best idea. I only proposed like/abstain because if you're specifically trying to put together a list of fics that are both popular and well-liked, the number of dislikes can technically be ignored for simpler calculations.

Basically, I'm trying to avoid endless discussion about rankings that end up with formulas that no one understands like what happens last time. By deliberately creating a test that provides less information, you create less things to argue about. Without knowing how many people disliked, and how many people chose to abstain rather than just not vote, the only logical metric becomes simply sorting by number of likes.

>>27145949
Like/Dislike doesn't sound so complicated
>Every story starts at zero
>Likes add one point, dislikes remove one point
Done.

>>27145256
>I just finished it
its over? I'm a couple chapters behind but it didnt seem like it was anywhere near the end

It mainly distinguishes itself from other HiEs by not really spending a lot on time in equestria, but beyond thats its pretty heavily laden with cliches and tropes

>>27145621
>Abstain was for people who haven't read the fic
ok but like/abstain is fucking retarded. its essentially saying 'if you read it and didnt like it your vote doesnt count'


>>27145949
>I only proposed like/abstain because if you're specifically trying to put together a list of fics that are both popular and well-liked, the number of dislikes can technically be ignored for simpler calculations.
And Id remind you that we have people in this very thread who unironically enjoy persona eg, AAG, 7dsj, DoaM, past sins, starlike and LtD

>>27146277
>unironically enjoy [...] LtD
...I resent that accusation.

>>27146277
>it's over?
Yeah, my mistake. Meant to say that I got caught up with it. I don't think Handyman's planning on stopping anytime soon, thank god.

alright fimfiction general, i'm about to cast a spell that'll make all fanfiction real

stand back and check this out

>>27146351
So all the second person fics will happen to every one of us simultaneously?

>>27146351
>i'm about to cast a spell that'll make all fanfiction real
I'm sure twilight will appreciate having 25,000 literally retarded, autistic, alicorn of prophesy husbandus

>>27146371
Don't forget the thousand thousand humans who got Twilight preggers.
Imagine. All those abominations being birthed at the exact same time as her belly explodes from the pressure.
Not to mention Living the Dream, which would literally destroy earth.

>>27146444
>Not to mention Living the Dream, which would literally destroy earth.
I'm ok with that.

after all we would all get the retarded choice of going to heaven, going to hell, or going to any random universe spawned from vidya or tv shows

>>27146469
New question: To the Equestria of which writer would you go?
I'd either go to Cold in Gardez' Equestria to bugger Dash about being a glacier hunter, or to Skirts' Equestria to punch everyone for talking like retards.

>>27146511
>to Skirts' Equestria
I want to go to the Equestria of Austraeoh, tell Discord all the shit that's going to happen if he lets the elements destroy themselves, hopefully that'll make him go even crazier and destroy existence.
Or at least Ledomare.

>>27146511
>To the Equestria of which writer would you go?
does each writer only get one universe? if so skirts would wind up with my waifu dead before the entire population of microhorses gets wiped out leaving harmaloo as the sole survivor

As lame as it is, I'd go xenoverse. theres no big bad, no real conflict to speak of and you get to collect horsepussy like pokemon. its all positives with no negatives.

>>27146529
I hate to say this, but, but
It's entirely posible that all of Austraeoh is his keikaku. Skirts may be a shit writer, but I'll give that to him-- the fucker can make seemingly inconsecuential things that end up being important three books later without sounding like aspulls. He did it recently with the Heralds.

>>27146622
It's one of the benefits of writing an absurdly long story such as Austraeoh.
You can always think back to random stuff you mentioned before and then make it superimportant later on.

>>27146277
>And Id remind you that we have people in this very thread who unironically enjoy persona eg, AAG, 7dsj, DoaM, past sins, starlike and LtD
Rest of your points aside, no, no we don't. We had an LtD riff go on for 5 billion threads and people liked it.

>>27131853
8/10. Will reupload on Know Your Meme.

>>27131928
>is it illegal
It depends on whether it's a "wah, Twilight's better as a unicorn!" mouthpiece fic or a genuine story that has no agenda behind it, or at least involved in it.

>>27132788
>Rigid Air
She's not a pegasus. It fits much better if the character's a pegasus.

>>27133153
>Spike being somewhat a servant
>it's a Spikefag story
Good to know I can skip it.

>>27134273
>any good
Probably not. Fics written about an episode that's just aired--especially multichapter ones--are usually shit as the authors are just flinging words out and not really thinking about what they're doing or were they're going. It reminds me of the glut of changeling fics written right after A Canterlot Wedding.

>>27135037
>based on S2+ is any good
How can you be a fan of the fandom if 80% of the fandom is off limits?

>tfw Grandpa Gruff was really an allegory of the Faustfags who are stuck in the past cherishing their nostalgia and refuse to improve the present

>>27135504
I'd agree with Celestial Code, evne though you can bascially dismiss the synopsis. Lunar Cypher was pretty underwhelming.

>about the villain/ending
Daily reminder the villain's a little disappointing and her motivation's muddled.

>>27142922
Don't forget the complicated rating system, and then when there's a tie, we don't bother trying to resolve it.

>>27143832
It's called "Flavor of the Month."

>>27147048
>no, no we don't
we do. Well I kinda liked it in 2012 and we had one other non-zaid anon that claimed to like it.
plus remember where we are. nightmare stars revenge and sonichu and humanized clop will all be repeatedly upvoted because we're a bunch of assholes who cant have nice things

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Could someone help me unfuck this phrase?
In the context, "Singular" reffers to "Composed of a single piece" (That part is going on about how everything is composed of smaller components) and "Stands alone" reffers to how every system depends in external systems to some degree. My problem is that I feel both words are too similar.
I've considered replacing "Or stands alone" with "It's abstracted from its environment", but the phrase feels too long and awkward for my tastes.

>>27142408
80% of those games are shit and/or anime, what the fuck?

Soul Sacrifice Delta is great though

>>27148314
It's because Vita was completely abandoned by Sony America when they stopped marketing it after like a week and were surprised nobody's buying it.
Meanwhile, Vita in Japan is alive and well, so a lot of Japanese games are made for it.
And just because a game is "anime", doesn't mean it's bad, like Danganronpa or Persona.

>>27148283
Not a native English speaker but when you say "everything depends on something else", the first thing that springs to mind is just saying (not) independent. Perhaps you can work from there.

>>27148536
Actually I had to go buy something and I had a facepalm kind of Eureka when the word "Isolated" came to my mind.
Now I need a synonym for Singular, since I am stretching the meaning of the word too much for my tastes in that.

Are any of you thinking about participating in this week's writeoff?

>>27148765
Indivisible, maybe?

>>27149589
No idea what it is. More info?

>>27143832
whats the FB?

>>27149648
Featured Box, I presume.

>>27149641
http://writeoff.me/

Every fortnight or so, a writing event starts at that site. Sometimes it's a minific (500~700 words) or a short story contest (2000~8000 words)

This week's event is a FiM short story. The prompt is yet to be decided, but the voting is going on right now.

>>27149677
Never put anything I've done online, but I guess I'll try my hand with this one. You gotta promise that you participate as well, no matter what, though. We got a deal?

>>27149774
if you post butt?

>>27149774
Cross my heart and hope to fly.

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>>27149779
Sure, which pony?

>>27149807
pony?
nah.
yours.

>>27149839
>no hooves
eww

>>27149839
But that's gay. I'd never do something like that for no actual reason.

It's on the /soc/ boybutt thread now.


Semi-related: How many of you people have actually participated in the writeoffs, and how have you done?

>>27150040
>How many of you people have actually participated in the writeoffs
I managed to enter twice, and then a third time I didn't manage to finish within the timeframe.
I got more or less postive reviews. Even if I didn't make it to the finals, getting critiques from people who know their shit was nice.

>>27150040
>How many of you people have actually participated in the writeoffs, and how have you done?
None thus far, but I hope to change that this go round. Not like any of my "planned" fics are going anywhere...

>>27149839
Oscar Wilde pls.

ponii

>>27150040

I used to,a while ago. I did consistently well, but I got some very poor reviews from people I think of as good reviewers. To be clear, it's not that they didn't like my stories, but a couple of them in particular were just... writing really off-base reviews with a lot of bizarre assumptions and factually incorrect statements. And not just about my submission, either.

I eventually realized that participating was making me enjoy writing less, so I stopped. I've thought about doing it again and just not reading or participating in any of the reviewing, since the deadline is good for me when it comes to actually getting something done, but I figure that if I'm not going to be a participant, I probably shouldn't sink anyone's time by trying to submit a story that I don't want their feedback on.

All of that aside, the writeoff is a great tool for a lot of people, and if you're better than I am at ignoring bad advice from good writers, you should definitely try it.

>>27146511
>New question: To the Equestria of which writer would you go?

Iceman's "Friendship is Optimal."

I want to ask the superintelligent AI, made in the image of Best Sunbutt Princess, whether she's a moral actor or whether she's the moral equivalent of an industrial accident.

She--it--is an AI vastly more intelligent than any human, yet constrained by programming to behave in a certain manner, with certain specific goals, without objectively examining them.

>>27152451

And what makes you think she would give you an objectively truthful answer, rather than the answer that would most "satisfy your values through friendship and ponies?"

>>27153012
I don't. But it'd be an absolutely fascinating conversation, I should think.

Haven't you ever thought about talking to an AI?

>>27153022
I'd go to wreck her shit.
It'd be simple. First connect a flash drive to school computers and let it there for a few minutes. Then connect it to CelestAI. BAM. CelestAI explodes from thousands of virus breaking each other and her.

>>27153022

I don't think I would be comfortable having a conversation with an AI which is specifically trying to make me as comfortable as possible. Or rather, the fact that it would almost certainly succeed makes me deeply uncomfortable.

>>27153064
You're gonna need a bigger flash drive.
>>27153100
Yeah, but you've read the story and know how she operates. You know how it ends. It knows, but you know it knows.

>>27153064
Just plug it onto any computer with uTorrent and download a random darker torrent. Install it on CelestAI. Enjoy infinite ad/malware.

>>27153142
>>27153125
>>27153064
You idiots.
Just use NothingElseMatters.mp3.exe in her.

>>27146511
How about any of the "The Conversion Bureau" stories?

They are pretty much all predicated on Princess Celestia, who is depicted as being kind and generous, compassionate and forgiving and loving, to a fault, suddenly beginning to behave like a Dalek. "EX-TER-MI-NATE THE HU-MONS"

I would just want to see if that 'verse's Sunbutt had a big obvious goofy zipper going down the center of her chest, and it was actually Gwendolyn Ingolffsen in an alicorn suit giving the orders. ("An' if it hadn't been for y'all meddling kids Ah'd have gotten away with it, too! Glory to th' Race! Service to th' State!")

>>27153165
Why not PC Cleaner Pro? That's some dank fake antivirus.

http://www.pccleaner.com/

Try it if you want. Pretty hard to remove.

>>27153064
>not just downloading more RAM

>>27153269
>implying I'm not known for my RAM
>hello, ladies

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>>27131853
I drew another shot of Page Turner because what else am I going to do with my time?
Write?
But seriously, I'm going to stop procrastinating now.

>>27153671
Oh, and I tried a different style for the sake of it.

>>27153682
>Oh, and I tried a different style for the sake of it.
Turned it out decent. Keep practicing.

>>27153671
>that story was so bad it gave her a stroke

>>27153997
>tfw she will never give you a stroke

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>7dsj book 4, chapter 11
Just more of the usual shit this time.

SIREN/DR shit:
> They get assigned to round up four virgins at once. With this amazing new stratey, they might even be able to collect all 22 before the heat-death of the universe!
> Divine Right is a crazy fucker, and wants to sacrifice Sunset Shimmer (Human Edition) as the final offering to summon the black unicorn. She's his cousin's daughter, in case you forgot.
> A.L.I.C.O.R.N. is apparently working against the SIRENs, since the SIRENs complain about some black ops guys looking for them.
> The Dazzlings are on leave, but they're being followed to see if they can be trusted. The next day, their boss decides she doesn't care, and orders for them all to be killed.

Other shit:
> Ponk goes all emo (OMG HER HAIR IS STRAIGHT, WATCH OUT!!!) because she ran out of her meds. She talks to Sunset for like 5 pages about how Sunset did something horrible to her, which she can never forgive, but it's all good because they're friends now, but she will never, ever explain to Sunset wtf she's actually talking about. It's all very confusing and I have no idea what the point of it is.

And the main event: it's Twilight's birthday! She has a big party, and gets presents from every major character and a bunch of the minor ones too. Including:
> From Fluttershy: an antique printing press, "old enough to be one of the very first ones". (I don't think Shinzakura has any clue how big those things are.)
> From Octavia: a bookshelf made of the most expensive type of wood on the planet.
> From Sunset: a big, elaborate amethyst necklace, sent over from Equestria.
So basically, $50,000+ worth of presents. Not bad for an 18-year-old's birthday.

After the party, everyone goes to sleep as the hurricane moves in. Octavia has a dream about Twilight and Sunset fucking, then wakes up with her hands around Twilight's throat. Maybe someone will now realize that that girl needs a real good therapist (but I'm not holding my breath).

so I don't know how accepted this would be but have a video for coming up with writing ideas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm4mt5eycsc

>>27154096
>everyone goes to sleep as the hurricane moves in
cancel the collab. chinkyzuka stole the superstorm idea

>>27154096
>g, then wakes up with her hands around Twilight's throat
Wait they are actually A Thing in this? I had always asumed it was one sided.

>>27154660
Not sure what exactly you're referring to, but none of them are banging any of the others.

Octavia and Twilight used to be real close, pretty much sisters (they're actually cousins). But then Sunset showed up, and also managed to be pretty close with Twilight, though this didn't really hurt Twilight's relationship with Octavia at all - heck, Octavia is counted among the "Eightmazing Eight" right along with Twilight, Sunset, and the M5. Now Octavia is slowly going crazy, and blames Sunset for "stealing" Twilight from her. This has been going on for a while, pretty much since the moment Sunset got back from Equestria after having Berry Sue fix the problem that was causing TWILIGHT to slowly go crazy, and after all that time it seems like Octavia is finally about to snap. I'm sure the real crazy will kick in at the most convenient possible time, relative to that whole serial killer / demon summoning plot line.

>>27154727
>Not sure what exactly you're referring to
Octavia and Twilight
But... if she wakes up with her hands around Twilight's throat...
Sleepwalking doesn't work that way dammit.

>>27154735
Well, to be fair, they were all sleeping right next to each other... (The three of them regularly sleep in the same bed. This is perfectly normal and non-sexual, you perv. Pay no attention to the fact that Sunset is secretly 30 years old and a horse.) Anyway, yeah, I don't think sleep-strangling is a real thing.

>>27154772
Ah
I
But
Sunset
Sunset tried to kill them--
No wait wrong story.
These two clusterfucks mix just too much in my mind.

Because one anon asked for it, I am done describing the virtues in that essay thing, 2.9K words. Discord's inversions and True inversions will come tomorrow I guess, gotta sleep now.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A7MHvcFzFoPr897wreOC2bFn1Uyg_6iAQs44m7lAZuQ/edit?usp=sharing
Disclaimer: I am writing it in bbcode and just passed it to GDocs by previewing it and then copy-pasting. Formating in general seems to have survived, but for whatever reason every two paragraphs were made into one, and there is no easy way to fix that in GDocs because lolnoregex. Some problems I noticed myself are pointed at the top of the doc, but I'll take a day or two before focusing in fixing them to gain a bit of perspective.
...
Also no you won't make your page 10 bump joke.

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>>27155488
>two paragraphs were made into one
Every empty line was removed*. Pic related, bbcode has properly spaced paragraphs.

>>27153671
This is really cute.

>>27155488
Will read once I get home.

>>27153671
You're seriously drastically improving with every drawing. I'd say her left eyelid is way too low, but other than that, looks great.

>>27154800
Actually, in the other clusterfuck, Sunset just watched a movie in bed with Flash, Pinkie and Twilight because they're friends now.

>>27150040
>have actually participated in the writeoffs
I haven't. Primarily because if I'm gonna write something, it's going to be something I really want to write and most of the time prompts just don't give me an idea I'm really into.

Bump.

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>mfw just two chapters and one epilogue left until my fic is finished

I've been wanting to write the sequel to this thing for months. I can hardly wait to start the outline. Fresh new audience, fresh new characters, plot threads and worldbuilding on a far grander scale. I'm actually feeling enthusiastic. Maybe I'll even make that snowball's chance in hell that it becomes a popular alternate universe continuity, with a TVTropes page and everything. Of course, I'm writing for its own sake, but it'd be cool if that happened.

>>27156744
It won't. The sequel will receive about 30% of the original fic's attention.

>>27156753
The amount of attention the original fic has is precisely dick so I don't see how that's even possible.

>>27156744
>with a TVTropes page
I'm reasonably sure when it comes to fanfiction, most tvtropes pages are filled out by the writers themselves

>>27153671
Left eye (her right) would need to be a bit flinched too, otherwise it looks awkward. Pretty good otherwise.

Would the narrator breaking the 4th wall confuse readers?

Ex: an issue is not addressed in the current chapter, but the narrator tells the audience it will be in a next one.

>>27156865
>but the narrator tells the audience it will be in a next one.
Absolutely not.
What is acceptalb,e however, is if you have non-euclidian fuckery going on. If for example the narrator just happens to be Discord, the wall bvreaking wouldn't be so jarrying, but even then it shouldn't be used in the way to exemplified.
Unless, I guess, you were making something purposefuly cartoonish? If it was something like
>"But don't despair! Our heroes may retrieve the Poni of Poniis yet!"
or a Guide's to the galaxy esque
>"Little did they know that the fraggorians actually could survive on their own sweat for weeks, making them especialy fit for deserts"
I gues it'd be fine too.

>>27156898
What if the narrator is (but not known currently to readers) an interdimensional future predicting reality jumping machine?

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The actual fuck

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/321679/truth-in-my-eyes

>>27156904
Eeeeeeehrrrrrr I dunno.
You mean Twilight's table replica thing for NH? And one of the subplots was that it developed a personality of a kind, right?
I guess it wouldn't be infatomable, I've done it myself with reality hoppers, but it's easy to get overcarried with that.
>>27156915
Why do I have the feeling that Truth is white, musky, and salty.

>>27156915
Wow, that pony OC and the fic's name made me think it was a FoE sidestory about Red Eye before I clicked the link.
Even the eye colour matches.

>>27156934
>>27156934
New headcanon: Red Eye got the cyber eye after receiving one too many cumshots in the eye.

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The lack of Starlike fics really dubs my anime, so I came up with an idea. Listen up.

Spike falls in love with Starlight.
Unable to confess, he is gifted with by a deus ex machina with her phone number. Never minding the strange area code, he immediately calls her, and is overjoyed to find out that she has a crush on him as well.
But, the next day, when he recounts the previous day’s confessions to Starlight, she only looks at him with a perplexed expression. After some investigation, he finds out that the mare he called is not the same mare he fell in love with. In fact, she doesn’t exist in this universe at all. She is Starlightl’s alternate universe counterpart, who has fallen in love with Spike’s own AU self, who too is blissfully unaware of her crush.
Hijinks ensue as the two strike up a deal to give each other their darkest, most private secrets in order to equip the other with the weapons they need to conquer the heart of their other selves. While the two chase their respective loved ones, DRAMA ensues as they begin to fall in love with each other instead and question the NATURE of LOVE.

What do you think?

>>27156986
Awesome pasta.

>>27156986
>Really dubs my anime
I look at that phrase yet it makes no sense.
The lack of Starlike fics... gains a corporeal existance and starts making animu subtitles?
And you also start making animus I guess?

>>27157000
checked. also he gets spergy because literally only one other person in the world likes his autistic ship

>>27156955
>>27156988
>>27157000
Are we stealing Futaloo's guy gets or something? It'd explain a thing or two.
Go on.

>>27157000
In other words, it really censors my hentai.

>>27157008
Bad day?

Lord futaloo get

So are they going to define the prompt for the Writeoff or are we winging it this time?

>>27157017
Futaloo antiget.

>>27157020
no