Why do people think fans can't write as well as the

>>27139805
Because fans don't have hands to write with.

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>>27139805
Do you not have more images to make the same thread everytime

>>27139813
I don't mean those kinds of fans.

>>27139805
Because they are idiots.

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Too personal. That's not saying the current staff is exactly great either.

>>27139805
yeah the current writers are shit bro.

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>>27139805

>>27139805
95% of the fanbase has never read more than 10 fanfics.
Now why I know why most teenager autists can't write is because you need some life experience in order to characterize 10 different personalities correctly, to write charming lovable characters, to write quality dialogue and good jokes, to develop the plot beyond its summary.

Most fanfic writers never read more than 20 books and shitty ones at that.
Most fanfic writers are introverted and characterize everyone in their book as a geeky teenager using a mix of academic and redneck slang and with the same behaviour as theirs INTJ type with shitty passive aggressive dialogue and other baggage.
Their prose is also very garbage.

>>27140454
What was the point of this post?

>>27139805
Now why every moron in this fanbase thinks that it isn't easy to write better than "G3 with memebait" is because they don't even fucking try.
They see all our examples of shit fanfics and shit grwentext with self insets and believe that's the only thing they're capable of writing. When they didn't even try to put the effort into writing a different genre in a new way. Incapables don't even believe the capables.

>>27140537
>G3 with memebait
lmao look everyone it's a fan of the fandom here to bitch about how he doesn't like the thing that he consistently comes to a board for

>>27139805
I guess if we made a grand contest, the best writefag of the fandom would beat the best writer on staff because of how much bigger the fandom is. Million monkeys at typewriters analogy, etc.

On the other hand, if you picked a brony at (or even a writefag) random, and a show writer at random, the odds are in the show writer's favor.

>>27140506
But the show characters have very easily definable characteristics, motives, goals. This is the draw to many autists in the first place.

>>27140651
This

>>27140506
I have seen some great fanfics tho.

>>27140537
G3 was cute though.

>>27139805
Because they never read good fics and only meme ones.

>>27140568
>>27140651
What is this? Logical fallacy time? Stop being retarded for one second and maybe quality users will contribute their quality OC to your board.

>>27139805
Penstroke would probabily write a better story than the current writers.

Or at least Haber.

Heck, even I could and my greentexts are cringey as shit.

>>27142734
Who is penstroke?

>>27139805
Because you don't stop sucking dicks

>>27142734
Is he the one that wrote Past Sins?
Ugh, why?

>>27139805
Because they can't. See: any fanfic ever written, especially your favorite.

>>27142760
what >>27142881 said

But if we are being serious, he isn't that bad of a writer, maybe good infact.

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>>27142720
>quality users
>quality OC
>/mlp/

>>27142969
Has he written anything more lighthearted?

>>27143012
idunno

But I know he doesn't just write Nyx.

>>27143080
Did he write anything besides Past Sins?

>>27143234
>>27143080

If you read the green here you would understand why

>>27143268
I have seen some great green here.

>>27143268
They are all fetish stories or troll stories, nothing like canon.

>>27139805
Because most fabrics don't attempt to be like canon.

>>27142734
Yeah, I can agree, probably the My Little Dashie writer too.

>>27142734
I'd like to see you try.

Andrew Joshua Talon could do it. Hands is great.

>>27143417
You wouldn't like the results.

>>27143488
But you said you could do it.

>>27139805
They don't read enough fanfics.

>>27142981
You don't even want quality, do you? You just want your shitposting.

Don't think I'm gonna finish it anytime soon.

When I do, and I find Aria's giant paintbrush, I'll post it there.

>>27144514
Hahaha, I will keep the thread image the same. And it is an inkbrush.

>>27139805
Because writing isn't just: I'll write Luna mischievious, suave, elegant, fun.
How exactly do you write her fun? How exactly do you write?

Writing could be easy, sure. But not for a bunch of uncreative sub-humans who fill the entire thread with 1 sentence replies.

>>27139805
Because writing a fanfic or a greent text is WAY different than writing an episode for a major televised children's cartoon owned by a multi billion dollar toy company.

>>27144550
Do you want me to write a Luna episode?

>>27139805
>fans can't write as well as the current writers
I will asume that by that you mean an episode of MLP

First of all, when it comes to writing a script, you describe things differently and with a different aim, you are writing a manual for the voice actors and animators to follow, not just a story for them to read. Your descriptions aren't literal or on point like what a fic would require, but rather something that would convey to the reader exactly what they should reference or copy. An example from Larson himself: "I can say, "Pinkie helps Rarity away like James Brown," and the chances are the DHX team will know exactly the visual reference I'm shooting for, without me having to waste a bunch of script space writing every detail of Rarity's state of mind and demeanor.".
Second, you are limited to a timeframe, so you have to format your story to fit in it which is something that fan writers aren't commonly used to since they get the liberty to decide how long their stories are going to be, and the themes of your work have to target little girls, thus you have to keep most of it lighthearted and entertaining for them. Not many fans could properly follow these instructions and doing so comes from practice in the medium.
Thirdly, writing in general requires not only years in the field itself, but just like >>27140506 said, life experience. A teenager or adult -age is irrelevant- could have never in its life visited a farm or a small town, and they may have no idea how to properly portray one if their only knowledge of such a place is a picture or a passage in a book.
Finally, the vast majority of fans can't compare to a professional writer because they are just people writing for fun, so don't expect them to have a decent set of skills.

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>>27144623
But we saw some really good examples in the last thread, even someone wrote what would be a cold open to a real episode...he should really work on it more....

But I am pretty sure that's StoryAnon so he is probably an exception.

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>>27144836

>>27144850
>>27144836
Not saying that there aren't fans that could accomplish it, but not everyone can.
Take into consideration that there are thousands of fans, of which only a percentage provide any sort of fan content, of which there is very little that can hold a candle to the quality of the show.
You should also consider that the MLP staff have songwriters, animators and VAs that provide everything that is necessary for the script to turn into something truly entertaining.

Is writing a script for a show for little girls something impossible?
No.

Can everybody do it efficiently?
No.

Can the majority of fans?
No.

Can some of them?
Probably.

>>27144992
I don't even get what is so hard, understand what you are writing for and about. If you understand the characters and world and what they have been through and what motivates them, you can pretty much write episodes easily.

>>27139805
They don't read enough fics.

>>27145052
>If you understand the characters and world and what they have been through and what motivates them, you can pretty much write episodes easily.
You may understand them, but that doesn't mean you are capable of properly portraying them.
Writing in general isn't hard for everyone, yet you need to be creative to make a story.
Also, remember that you have to compare a fan script with a professional one. It might not be hard to make, but that doesn't mean that it will hold to the quality that the staff are used to and thus they might find it lacking.
Keep in mind that we are discussing fans in general and the vast majority of the fandom can't write proper scripts. Even from this board, only a very small percentage can write decently to begin with, imagine trying to compare that to the standards and experience of professional writers.

>Can everybody do it efficiently?
>No.
>Can the majority of fans?
>No.
>Can some of them?
>Probably.

>>27140651

as opposed to hiding, lying, manipulation and deception?

are we 'autists" really dumb for falling victim to it? especially when everyone has from time to time

is it wrong to having optamistic expectations for people?

just saying, I think the "social retarded autist meme" is more a result of conditioning and false trust and expectations from western society that are supposedly hammered into our heads in school and the media and "adults" from childhood

>>27145279
What?

>>27145216
True, I did spend a long time trying to figure out how the show is written and getting some feedback and reading other feedback, as well as studying how other cartoons work.

>>27145323

the draw to MLP is that it is idealistic but also well written

the thing about the real world is there are many social "games" and elements that are obviously left out because it is a kids show

"autists" are never taught the games, or started off on a lower level of society and had a hard time moving up because they chose not to play the games after learning about them. often they involve shedding morals and idealism, and even at times humiliating yourself.

but those motives and goals are also reintroduced in the fandom through fanfics and artwork

>>27145406

and the fics that are considered "good" are the ones that apply these more mature elements

>>27145406
I usually don't like grimdark stuff, it mostly feels cringey for the universe, same with a lot of other mature material like clop fics.

It is easy for me to gravitate to wanting to make canon material since I don't feel the need to fill the blanks or feel like the characters start acting lewd when we aren't watching them.

I prefer writing slice of life or writing adventure stories, but I tend to prefer writing more adorable, sillier stuff as I feel things like Chrysalis and Tirek should be rare in Equestria, and in general Equestria should be a very friendly world.

>>27145279
>>27145406

so MLP is escapism? I guess that is kind of obvious. But the villains also tend to posses those characteristics that often are "gamed" in the real world

look at Starlight Glimmer, she is a good example of a manipulative and fake character, and she made the show go "darker and edgier"

>>27145534

BUT SHE DID IT FOR LOVE THO!!!!

she was heartbroken...

What is funny is Sunburst was also kind of fake around her. what a charming couple, especially because they trust one another and bring our their better selves

>>27145589
I ship them.

>>27145406
>>27145499

you should write a thesis on this idea about autism

not the ponies, but social "games" and status, cultural idealism and escapism through interests

Bronies, you have to wonder

>>27145646
Am I an exhibit in this study?

>>27145499
>>27145646
sorry, wrong post tag,

>>27145534

>>27145589

>D-DORKS

>>27144836
>>27144850
Hey that's very good, is there any more from that guy?

>>27146272
Pretty sure that is StoryAnon's stuff

Would anyone be interested in seeing more episode stories from me tomorrow?

>>27146613
Yes, please!

>>27146613
Yes

>>27145589
They are cute together.

>>27146613
Yes

>>27139805
because theyre morons who don't realize how much of a difference having a single writer work on a show makes compared to having a bazillion better but conflicting writers. DHX is a 3 ring shit show.

>>27149679
Why do they hire so many writers? Is it to cut costs?

>>27146613
Me

>>27149679
Fuck...

>>27144836
>>27144850
Does anyone have the ones he posted from the previous thread?

>>27139805
Idiots

>>27143012
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/22546/1/drop-of-moonshine/drop-of-moonshine

He wrote this.

>>27150866
That really doesn't seem like anything resembling an episode though.

Random ideas I got.

Outer Starlight Part 2 (I wrote myself into a corner here which is why it has been taking so long.)

Castle Crashers:
When a series of rare creatures stay at the Sisters' Old Castle, Fluttershy fights with Twilight over whether they should fight with nature or preserve the history this castle provides.

Lesson Hero:
Spike becomes a superhero at night, but he overworks himself because he doesn't want to let Twilight down as her assistant.

Meet the Parents (couldn't think of a better title)
Twilight and Spike try to deal with the changes their parents want to make to their lives when they come to visit.

Gorge Yourself
When Maud Pie offers an alternative explanation to the creation of Ghastly Gorge, Twilight Sparkle seems determined to prove her wrong.

Kung Flurry
Sunburst is trying to train Flurry Heart in the ways of magic, but Flurry Heart is mesmerized by an old martial arts film and wants to do that instead.

Sunny C
When Princess Celestia finds that younger ponies find her drab or boring, she tries to adopt a more hip identity.

Princess Fillestia:
A rejuvenation spell gone wrong causes Princess Celestia to regress back to a filly, Shining Armor, Luna and Cadance try to find a way to bring her back to normal.

>>27150977
It looks like you could write an entire season's worth of episodes.

>>27150977
That's pretty good.

>>27139805
Have you ever READ stuff written by fans?

>>27151191
Some of it is very good.

>>27150977
finish outer starlight you ass

>>27139805
Because most fanwork sucks.

>>27150977
I would like to see what a Flurry Heart episode would be like.

>>27150977
>Twilight learns a lesson
>Spike episode idea that actually plays to his strengths
>Two Celestia episode ideas
>Sunburst/Flurry Heart episode
>Fluttershy learning a lesson that doesn't involve her being assertive

You are mad.

>>27139805
I write better than these guys when I'm not even trying.

>>27152131
Show me.

>>27152463
I mean, I don't have them on hand digitally. Considering they were heavily conservative essays and short stories that earned high praise from my violently liberal professor, I'm going to guess that they were fantastic.

>>27152526
Oh cool.

>>27152526
That is different from writing show episodes though.

>>27150977
Damn those all sound like great ideas.

>>27150977
Finish Outer Starlight.

>>27150977
I would like to see Castle Crashers.

Because they only read greentexts.

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>>27139813
i kekd

>>27153900
This.

>>27150977
You are just a fountain of ideas aren't you.

>>27150977
Celestia episode please.

>>27139805
>>>/qa/

>>27155098
This doesn't belong in /qa/.

>>27155098
No

>>27139805
Most fanfic that fans write are cringey and shit.

>>27155253
Not all

>>27155253
Yeah that's true.

>>27155253
Sadly yes

>>27155253
Yup

>>27139805
They are idiots.

>>27155253
I can never picture someone unironically using the word "cringey" without seeing a high-school age kid hiding his eyes from a kissing scene on TV.

>>27157551
Lol

>>27157551
Hahaha

>>27139805
They are idiots.

The current writers suck.

>>27139805
Storyanon
I'm watching a panel at babscon and I was wondering if you'd be interested if I read the mlp:fim story editor one of your episode ideas? I'm thinking the wind woolie one. You got 20 minutes until it ends.

>Harvest Luna

Princessa Luna comes to Ponyville at the week before the end of October to personally help the ponies finish up harvesting all the crops and make the preparations for winter.
Spooky stuff starts happening as the night draws near, all the crops are disappearing and then the fillies too.
Luna sets traps and forcefully tries to grab the thieves, but they escape every time. She tries playing detective trying to understand what's going on.
She turns into her blue misty magic and follows one of the thieves.
Apparently the fillies were the thieves, they made a little villsge in the woods their secret club house in the trees and made it a prank.
Luna gets on her soapbox and tells them to return all the food back to ponyville unless they want their club house destroyed.
They do as instructed.
Nobody finds out it was them except Luna. She comes and visits their little playground paradise and has some fun with them.
The end.

>>27160230
Yes that is fine. Fuck did I miss my chance? I would really prefer outer starlight really.

>>27160635
That was me.

>>27160635
Scratch that do what you want, I think the Wind Wooly or better yet the Spike/Pinkie club ones were better ideas.

I apologize about being busy, it has been passover.

>>27160412
>Luna gets on her soapbox and tells them to return all the food back to ponyville unless they want their club house destroyed.
"Do what I say or else I'll destroy you." How American of you.

>>27160230
Please tell me you did this anon, it would be good for Haber to know what quality is.

>>27139805
Is inkbrush Aria going to be the next Powershy?

>>27161649
I dunno.

Bumping for more fun ideas later.

>>27161649
That would imply it is even bad

>>27162228
Same

>>27160412
Doesn't seem like much of a moral.

Time traveling mane six offspring visit current day ponyville?

>>27165539
Interesting