@Dac
I understand what you mean. But you are ignoring the fact that people use this for what it is not intended which is why I dislike it. I have tried to find a definition of yolo which you described, but unfortunately could not find a definition which matched your description of yolo. The meaning of yolo has been altered to the point as I mentioned before, is used for stupid or careless actions. A bucket list is a planned out list which is not intended to be living in the moment, it is intended for the long run, to enjoy life and not the moment. Living in the moment is terrible because you cannot look ahead to see what lies ahead, to see what the future holds.
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@tim, last thing I'll say on the matter
I never said that you should live for the moment, I said you should live your life to the fullest.
If yolo means living for the moment, than fine, forget I used it. Anyways, I never meant to offend anyone, if I did sorry, but take out the pony aspect of my post and all I'm saying if live a happy life and don't let negativity bring you down. That's it
Anyways, the earth ponies really got the short end of the stick. They should start a revolution with pony Amon at the helm.
@Dac
I really don't want to do this in a pony thread, but I'm gonna get a bit truthful here.
The humans around me have made me dislike humans oh so much. Give me one decent human that isn't on the internet and I'll reconsider how I view them. But until either that or if humans around me change a bit, expect me to not like them very much. Internet humans are alright for the most part, but IRL ones have killed my taste for them overall.
@wingboner thing
Its probably just a side affect of arousal, like how some humans start to sweat or some hair stands up. Both of those happen for other reasons as well, so it is just an indicator of excitement, but not always an indicator of sexual arousal.
YOLO you only live once
unless your Ra's al Ghul
@Dac
I understand your intention. I've never been a fan of the phrase (because I've firsthand witnessed what some people use it for: to destroy themselves), but I agree that one should not let negativity bring you down. However, I would say one should not be afraid of commitment either, nor should they seek out demeaning things just for the sake of trying them.
As for Earth Ponies, I can compare this to a classic Medieval hiearchy
-Kings & Queens/Alicorns: They rule due to inheritance of family (who acquired it somehow)
-Lords & Ladies/Unicorns: They make up the retinue of the Monarch. Usually they come from notable families and some hold a position in the the Monarch's government.
-Knights/Pegasi: Though not as special or notable as Lords, they are still invaluable to the state (raising armies; managing towns for knights; controlling weather for pegasi) as well as serving as lower-class nobles.
-Peasants/Earth Ponies: They make up most of the population, with little or nothing special about them. They provide the labor force for the upper castes, Their welfare is not of highest concern.
Especially in a land where species is what dominates social caste, I guess that the Earth Ponies can't do anything about it, unfortunately.
@Dac
A couple people have said that they find human society boring and unengaging or that humans are uninteresting.
Human society isn’t boring and unengaging, it’s that you might not be engaging yourself.
Human society is very advanced and complicated. We draw out the most mundane of tasks with terrible bureaucracy. THAT's my problem. I've wasted hundreds, maybe thousands of hours of my life trying to talk business over the phone, filling out paperwork, etc. I was simply pointing out the fact that, even if these boring tasks exist in Equestria, their simpler society would undoubtedly require far less of it.
You might say that you don’t like to party or do sports or whatever, but ask yourself if you have actually tried it.
Yes, I have tried them. Neither were enjoyable for me. Perhaps a sport that doesn't revolve around the tired concept of throwing balls at things might interest me more. But I don't really know where I could get into boxing or kickboxing, the only sports I can think of I'd really want to try. And I can't really take it upon myself to just do these things because there just isn't demand for exchanging blows. So I just bullshit on the internet about how I'd like to fight dragons.
The only way you can’t enjoy all the fun stuff in this world is if you have clinical depression, in which case you must get that checked out.
It's not that I can't enjoy things; it's the fact that I find far more activites here to be dull. I can have fun, but there are very few activities I find truly engaging. The more I think about it, the more I agree with Millenial Dan. As a result of having so little to indulge me, I just want something that feels new. The prospect of exploring a new world would undoubtedly sate such a desire. Honestly, I would probably get bored of Equestria after a few years too. It would probably be ideal for me if I could go to Equestria for a while, then go to another world after a few years, and keep repeating that process. When other people want to change things up in their lives, they go to a new restaurant or take up a new sport. When I want to change things up, I want to explore a world governed by different laws of physics, or experience life as another creature, or something else completely ludicrous that isn't possible. But it's the fact that it's impossible that intrigues me. I want to explore the impossible. It's in my nature.
Lack of irl friends, society and humans boring you, life being dull, etc.
As I've already stated, I don't have any friends because I move too much to meet people. Perhaps now that my brother and I managed to acquire jobs, we'll have enough income to stay in one apartment and we can finally get some stability. Wait, nevermind. I just remembered, the second half of my college is on campus so I'll have to move halfway across the country soon, for the fourth or fifth time. YEAH, SCREW IT, I'M PACKING MY BAGS AND MOVING TO PONYVILLE. TIRED OF THIS SHIT.
@Going to Equestria
Just a few months ago I would've undoubtedly, unequivocally said "YES!" I didn't have much going back then and was depressed. It would be exciting and new to go to Equestria, even if you're not involved in the Mane Six's adventures. Something about a simple life without technology and without many worried appealed to me.
Now, however, I'd have second thoughts. There are a few people that I care about now (but still none IRL) and I'd be loathe to leave them now. I'd still want to go, but I would look for a way to bring them with me, and if I couldn't, I'd hope they could forgive me someday.
Millennial Dan wrote:
@Twins
If I may offer a rebuttal, I find that reasoning a bit odd. Instead of simply taking Equestria as we see it in the show, you claim that's not how the "real world equivalent" would be. Why not? Is the idea of such a society so extraordinary that you reject even the possibility of its existence outright? That kind of reminds me of a quote, actually.
"Some believed we lacked the programming language to describe your perfect world, but I believe that, as a species, human beings define their reality through misery and suffering. The perfect world was a dream that your primitive cerebrum kept trying to wake up from."
Your views are fascinatingly similar to Smith's claims, don't you think? Personally, I see no reason why an idealistic and peaceful society should be deemed so impossible, in spite of the factors you mentioned. If it's a whole other world, who says they have to play by our rules?One other issue I have is that you reduced it to an "unrealistic pony-filled fantasy". I would see it as an incredible discovery, and an opportunity to experience a story like no other, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Lately, we've been throwing the word "fantasy" around like it's dirty or something. When we describe Tolkien's epics as fantasy, I'm pretty sure we don't mean it in a negative way, so why here? Humans have a pioneering spirit, so I see no reason it should automatically be creepy that many would choose this way.
Lastly, does loving others mean that we can't possibly live without them? Now, if I had children let's say, that would be another matter. But people say good-bye to friends and family members all the time. I think this really comes down to what your root motivation is. As it stands for me now, it would be a difficult offer to refuse. But, at the end of the day, I don't believe there's a right or wrong answer to this one.
Now for some art to make this post seem more interesting.
Well, anyone who's known me on here for a while knows that I tend to over-analyze things to hell and back. In my view, the real world equivalent of Equestria wouldn't be all cartoonish and happy and perfect like in the show, but if that how other people see it, I'm fine with that.
I'm not necessarily putting Equestria in a negative light here. I say "unrealistic pony-filled fantasy" in the nicest way possible, and there is nothing wrong with it at all. It just wouldn't work for me is all. I'm sure many people would take the opportunity, and a similar amount of people would choose to stay on Earth instead (look at all the posts above you). It would be slightly awkward for me, living in such a perfect society, and that's why I wouldn't want to go (if it really was perfect).
Yeah, it all depends on your current perspective of life. I'm suitably happy and comfortable right here on Earth, and I wouldn't give it up for anything. And yes, I really do love my friends and family enough (and even all of you people here) that I would feel a bit guilty about leaving you all behind for my own interests. If you see life in Equestria as some sort of escape from reality, so be it.
And I really don't agree with that quote at all. Like I said in my post, I find humans to be (most of the time) rational beings, save a few outliers, and I don't like Smith's bleak view of human nature at all. I agree with the impossibility of a completely perfect world though, although I'd venture to say that most people in the world would agree with that as well.
@New thread name
Hopping on the bandwagon with "KYM Pony General VI: Stay out of our shed." I'm not a real fan of the .mov series, but I like the reference.
@Connor
Ergh…. i may have seen that game before… Is it a playstation game?
I play xbox so if it is I've probably never heard of it
Anyways, I wanna ask you guys a question: During the 3rd season, what kind of new character would you like to have introduced? A couple examples, maybe a never before seen member of the apple family, maybe a villain, a hero like mare do well, etc. Personally, I think I would want a new superhero in equestria that's there to stay, unlike mare do well who was several different people just to teach rainbow dash a lesson.
I've been lost in my own mind for the previous pages. Sorry I haven't been contributing anything to the discussions as of late. With that, I would like to apologize. So will you guys forgive me? Also, here's an obligatory picture like all of my other posts.
Jolly Jew
Banned
Dac wrote:
Dude…. Honestly what the fuck? Many regular users here know that I am not very "dorky" and tend not to like conventions and cosplay, but to call the people who do " unclean filth"? That's just so stupid I'm not even gonna counter any of your stupid points.
"While social norms are not mendatory, completely throwing them out the window is outrahous and uncceptble"
I have always said this so I agree, but who said that the majority of bronies are " throwing social norms out the window"? That's a huge generalization. Anyways, who are you to talk? Using proper spelling is a social norm, but you've obviously thrown that out the window.
I swear, you need to calm your tits. Every post you make is just a misinformed rant full of butthurt and packaged in bad grammar. Sorry to be rude, but when you call people you don't even know "unclean" than you can expect to get some rude responses.
uuuugh again, my words are tanken out of context.
i didn't say that 'all bronycon paricipators are unclean filth'
what i said that most of the bronycon participators THAT I SAW in that video were unkept and unclean. many of them don't bother to shave and some wore outragous and rediclious constumes and behave stragely (one guy had a goddamn fortune cooky that made his descion)
again, this is what i, personally, SAW, in that "documentary"
if this is the main kind of people that goes to bronycons, then im worried.
while randomman has many fine points, it's most likely that these bronies are very nice people. i still stand that it's wrong that the disregard social norms.
by social forms, i of course mean the common western forms most of the civlized world has.
i was tought my whole life that no matter how much i disagree with the social norms and how stupid the revolting they seem, i still must obey to them otherwise i will be a social outcast.
and i was a social outcast untill i decided embrace them.
and when i see other people disregard them it pains me.
the people i have seen that disregarded them really are enclosed and self centered. but i was stupid to so generalize so crudely…
and im of course worried about the public image of th bronies. again even if they are the nicest people in the world, if this is the main crowd that goes to bronycons the documentors still won't be able to bring them into a good light….
because people belive only what they see.
i hope i was more civlized and rational this time. didn't put effort into the previous post…
@Mega
Eh, I'm not horribly excited about new characters.
I know they'll be there and I'm sure they'll be cool like all of the other smaller characters, but what I'm really hoping for is greater exploration of current characters.
Yes, coming from me this does primarily apply to Scootaloo, but I posted a tweet on the last page that implies that Zecora might be getting some more screentime and that's pretty cool, too.
I also think there's a lot of room to work with other minor characters like the mayor, the Cakes, Snips & Snails, Diamond Taira & Silver Spoon, Cheerilee, the Princesses, ect.
The fan fiction community proves that there are goldmines-full of stories that can be written around them and I'd love to see the real show explore some of them.
But, yeah, mostly just give Scoots her damn episode already…
@Zarathh
"Wait… That mare in the portrait… I know her… but how?"
@Megalolzors:
I'd like to see them expand on Zecora, Scoots, and other minor characters that are already in the show. Show the relatives of the ponies who likely have them, but we haven't seen them yet (Flutters and RD's parents). And don't bullshit me with the 'Pegasi don't have family unites', because Rumble and Thunderlane.
Furthermore, I'd like to see world building. Maybe expand on Iron Will, along with minotaurs and goats, as well as zebras (Zecora episode), as well as griffons (blergh, Gilda might return). It'd also be somewhat neat to see the other cities besides Appleloosa, Canterlot, and Ponyville.
@Zar:
>2012
>Doesn't contribute to a discussion
>Asks for forgiveness
Get out Why would you need to apologize for that?
@DeadParrot222
I agree, they have an episode for quite a few of the minor characters, but Scootaloo I think have an episode in season 3. I'm curious about scootaloo's history, her family, and maybe even have a little sister figure relationship in the episode between scootaloo and Rainbow Dash. They'll probably have an episode for scoots in season 3 anyways, and if not than I ask "Why?" Also an episode about princess celestia would be cool too. As far as I remember, there has been one episode centered completely around luna (not including nightmare moon) but not one completely centered around a trouble or problem with Celestia, which i find strange :/ .
@Zarathh
Is that derped-eye pony statue next to Clop Johnson Derpy?
Motherfucking tits, I hate slow internet. I finished a new pony song and I've been trying to upload it for over an hour. Fucking modern technology. Anyway.
@DeadParrot
Wouldn't it be ironic if the Scootaloo episode made you hate the character?
@Dac
That was a kind of dumb generalization don't you think? You're positing that the extremely subjective claim that the world is fascinating and interesting and worth living in and talking about it as if it were some objective fact of the universe. It's arrogant to presume that you yourself are a superior master to a person's tastes and experiences than they themselves are. I understand you were trying to help these people, but you need to take a different approach from simply patronizing them.
@Jolly Jew
Look, I don't even need to argue that you're wrong to expect people to conform to social standards because these people aren't even breaking social standards. Are they going to job interviews dressed as ponies? No. Are they walking around in public wearing little plastic wings? No. These people are taking there free time to meet with some other like minded individuals. The social norm for how you dress and act privately in your free time is pretty much anything goes so long as you aren't hurting anyone, and in that regard, these con bronies are perfectly in line.
A camera got taken into this private world, it filmed a video, and you chose to watch it. Now you have the audacity to demand they change their appearence and behavior just because you personally find it distasteful? Get out of here.
@Zarathh
HOLY CRAP HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS EARLIER!?!
@DeadParrot222
Yeah I would be really happy to see a Scootaloo episode to have the collection complete. Plus I wonder where Scootaloo lives and where. But I am hoping for a episode between Luna and Celestia doing things around the castle or doing some awesome adventures to protect Ponyville with their abilities….But then again it could be doll, the story writers do have good ways of figuring out how to make something like that exciting though.
@Fifths
>Implying that there's some way to not like that face
Unless they somehow do a complete 180 on her personality, I doubt that will happen and considering that I've at least liked, if not loved, every other character in the show so far, I'm feeling pretty good about their ability.
Now that need to actually do it…
@Ric
I've seen her home life explained in so many different ways in fan work that I honestly don't care too much about which way they choose to take her.
I think I actually slightly prefer the 'orphan Scootaloo' angle as a way to explain her somewhat scrappy nature and outright adoration of Dash, but it's not necessary at all.
Unrelated, but awesome:
I was just watching MLP FiM with my two nieces today and I was wondering: do any of you have nieces or nephews who watch the show with you? (or children or younger siblings)
Disty wrote:
I was just watching MLP FiM with my two nieces today and I was wondering: do any of you have nieces or nephews who watch the show with you? (or children or younger siblings)
What a coinky dink!
I watch the show with two nieces too!
I also watch it with my younger sister she's 16 and she likes the show just as much as me.
@Deadparrot222
I am leaning towards orphan Scoots as well. But then again who is her guardian? Because Faust said she is not related to Dash in blood nor she is a guardian of the little orange pegasus. So who could be taking care of her? They need to explain that at least. :|
"The Parasprites are back! Quick Pinkie, get your instruments!"
"Ugh, it's just impossible to get a Tuba or an accordian this time of the week. All I could find were these."
"Guess they'll just have to do."
Disty wrote:
I was just watching MLP FiM with my two nieces today and I was wondering: do any of you have nieces or nephews who watch the show with you? (or children or younger siblings)
>That feel when you're the only person of all your friends and family who knows about internet culture as much as yourself.
RandomMan wrote:
>That feel when you're the only person of all your friends and family who knows about internet culture as much as yourself.
See more on Know Your Meme
That feel.
I know it.
AugustDay
Banned
Disty wrote:
I was just watching MLP FiM with my two nieces today and I was wondering: do any of you have nieces or nephews who watch the show with you? (or children or younger siblings)
well, i have a 7 year old little brother and he is aware of the existance of the show. he has expressed interest in it, and i'm certain he'd love it if i had him watch it, but i'm kinda afraid to do that to him. my fear is that little kids aren't exactly the most reasonable and understanding bunch, and my little brother isn't very tactful, or good at keeping secrets. i wouldn't want him being ridiculed by his peers because he watches a show "full of girly cooties".
idk how my parents would take it either, since they don't even know i watch it.
@RandomMan
for the longest time, i was seemingly the only person at my school who was a brony, or even was that well versed in Net-culture.
eventuall though, someone who i was little more then acquantences with revealed that they had recently become a brony, and from there we became good friends and discovered that we both spend a lot of time online. since then, we've gradually found more and more bronies and netizens until at this point, i know about 11 such individuals.
of course, i'm only good friends with four of them, and not all my old friends play well with bronies. so i'm kinda split between two rival camps: my old friends, where almost none of them are bronies and the subject encounters varying degrees of controversy, or my newer friends who are either bronies or very open netizens.
i dunno lol
EDIT: ninja'd, lol
@Jolly Jew
I've defended cosplayers and such in the past, so my position on that is similar to what the others have said, but I wanted to at least show some support for your effort to provide a better argument this time. Your opinion is just as valid as any of ours, but it's always a good idea to put a little thoughtfulness into expressing it.
@RandomMan
Well, that's unfortunate. My younger brother knows as much about web culture as me (if not more), and I rather successfully introduced him and my other siblings to ponies. He's probably the only non-brony you'll ever see with a McDonald's Rarity hanging from his backpack.
I've a younger sister about 17 who watches the show with me all the time as well. She's definitely a brony/pegasister/whatever. We have a lot of fun together with all the fandom's offerings. Yep, my family is alright by me.
Here, have a comic for that.
@Relatives & MLP
My sister actually watches the show on Netflix quite frequently, and my brother is a brony himself (he was the one that convinced me to watch the show, he just doesn't know it). My parents are also surprisingly well educated on the fandom.
I'm still "in the closet" about it, mainly because they don't exactly approve of my brother's liking of it.
Vaguely related image:
D'awwwwww
@Dan
Cosplayers are actually pretty damn well-groomed and taken care of sometimes. Like this girl:
@Random
All my friends are either tolerant but don't like bronies or outright hate them (Although with a lot less ignorance than the average haters), so I'm not about to admit to them anytime soon. At least they're not like my dick brother. He's one of those dumbass ignorant haters, the one who keeps saying "You're all fags"
@Jolly Jew:
Normally I'd say something about not judging others, living and let living, withholding your opinions on somebody until you know more about them, and not confronting something somebody does if it causes no harm, but today I'm just gonna go ahead and say don't judge others, live and let live, withhold your opinions until you're familiar with something, and don't confront people about harmless stuff.
@Fifths, regarding JJ:
[Duke voice]You have balls of steel![/Duke voice]
@Relatives watching the show:
My older brother and my mother. Both are bronies, my mother far less so than me and my brother. He's the one that introduced me to it, actually, after he got over the initial 'holy fuck, these guys are creepy' reaction.
@Fifths music:
Shut up and take my sub.
@Random:
Yeah, none of my friends are well-versed in the internet at all. But they all fucking suck anyway, so who cares?! As it is, I enjoy chatting over the internet to people in real life, because you guys tend to not be dicks too often. You're also generally smarter than them, and all of that good stuff.
@Dan:
AugustDay
Banned
hey this is kinda random but…
recently i've been getting more and more into fanfiction, where before i've never really felt any interest in the stuff. i want to read Fallout: Equestria, but i've never actually played any of the Fallout games (blame my wallet and laziness for that one). i only have a vague idea of the franchise's storyline (essentially boiling down to "people survived a global thermonuclear war by living in sheltered underground bunkers named Vaults"), so should i play the games first, or does the story stand on its own well enough?
plus, if i were to play the games, is there a particular one i should play?
thanks :3
@August:
Fallout: Equestria is very loosely based around Fallout 3, Project Horizons is based very loosely of Fallout: New Vegas. I'd say you don't need to play the games, since the background of the fics is far different from that of the games, and the stories are different, as well. It's not a glorified walkthrough, but it does take certain sequences from the game. Not enough that you need to play the game to appreciate it, though, and it might make the sequences slightly better if you haven't played the games.
So, overall, I'd say go ahead and read it, because it doesn't tie in too much with the game.
@Ric
I think it would be kinda funny to have Cheerilee taking care of her as a foster parent just as a nod to the fact that they were sisters in G3.
The main issue is the fact that not only have we not seen Scoot's family, but that she also has never even mentioned a family.
Not even a 'See ya later, guys. I've got to go home' that would imply that she has one at all.
@Random
I wish that were true for me…
I have a little brother who does nothing but yell out stupid meme crap at random moments for no reason and without any provocation.
Basically, imagine every annoying stereotype for immature 15-year-olds packaged into one person and that's pretty much him.
Yes, YOLO is included in that and yes, I hate him for it.
I have no idea if he's aware of ponies at all, but there's no way I'm bringing it up with him.
I know him too well to jump into that shark tank.
@August
A vague familiarity should be more than enough to allow you to enjoy the story.
You may not get a couple of the little jokes based on some of the game mechanics (I lost it when she kept the skill magazine because 'It's not like I can only read it once'), but by-and-large Fallout: Equestria can stand on its own.
That said, I would recommend playing the games simply because they are great games in their own right!
@Dead Parrot
I think they have already hinted who is in Scootaloo's family.
@Random
I have a younger brother who watches the show, we don't really talk about it allot. I joke here and there about it but we just keep it to ourselves, I just enjoy it in my spare time.
AugustDay
Banned
Explosive Lasers AKA Solaire AKA Sexiest wrote:
@August:
Fallout: Equestria is very loosely based around Fallout 3, Project Horizons is based very loosely of Fallout: New Vegas. I'd say you don't need to play the games, since the background of the fics is far different from that of the games, and the stories are different, as well. It's not a glorified walkthrough, but it does take certain sequences from the game. Not enough that you need to play the game to appreciate it, though, and it might make the sequences slightly better if you haven't played the games.
So, overall, I'd say go ahead and read it, because it doesn't tie in too much with the game.
kk, thanks!
i'll start reading it right away :D
i know some people who are like that, and i hate them for it too.
one of them is, unfortunately, a brony. and he never misses a single opportunity to talk about ponies with everyone, especially non-bronies. it's frustrating, because he gets in everyone's face about the fandom and now everyone thinks we're all as crazy as him. and when i say he takes advanatage of every opportunity, I MEAN IT. he brings pony dolls to school every day, draws art in class, mentions the show constantly, puts up posters around the halls, everything.
thanks to him, i'm forced to hide being a brony because it'd be like commiting social suicide. the other bronies at my school agree, he takes things way too far.
/rant
Fridge
Deactivated
In my family, I'm the only one who watches the show, let alone knows that its popular among male viewers. I told them about bronies once, they didnt really respond drastically to it though :/.
@Tim
Well chickens are birds too, so i guess they are in the same family
@DeadParrot
Must be awful, does he visit (nearly throws up) 9gag?
Do said jokes include (puke touches uvula) arrow to the knee jokes?
And does he sing Frida-BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEGH
Must be awful for you bro (cleans screen of remaining puke)
You are a brave man, I SALUTE YOU!
@Fridge Logic
Arachnophobics. We don't care if they're big or small.
Spiders are fukin scary.
@Tim
I still love the 'raised by chickens' angle, too.
@August
Have fun with FO:E!
Easily my favorite story from MLP:FIM, but man is it a doozy!
Make sure you have plenty of time to read because you won't want to stop very often! =)
@Windigo
Sorry to hear.
I sometimes wish my brother had some condition because then we would at least be able to see some reason behind his behavior.
As it stands, he's just an ass to be an ass.
Fridge wrote:
Zombies don't scare me. Spiders, on the other hand…
I really like spiders.
I post stuff wrote:
I really like spiders.
How do you do it?
They have hairy legs and stuff…
Actually, I'm sure this video will explain it
AugustDay
Banned
@DeadParrot222
thanks! i'm kinda surprised i've never been into fanfiction before.
i mean, traditionally i've always loved to read. before the internet, my primary loves of this world were books and video games. i'm kinda one of those people who takes hobbies to an almost fanatical extreme, doing them to the exclusion of almost everything else, then becoming bored after a while and moving on to the next thing. so i might do nothing but read for a few months, then play nothing but video games for the next few months, then spend 95% of my time on Youtube next… you see the pattern.
a few weeks ago, i had my computer and ipod taken away by my parents (due to my grades) again, so i used my little brother's 3DS to browse the internet. since DS's don't have enough virtual memory to use KYM or watch videos, i stay on wikis and websites like that. the last time this kinda thing happened, i spent a month browsing TV Tropes. these last few weeks, i discovered the joys of fanfiction.
before two weeks ago, i've only read one short fanfic. now, according to my FIMfiction account, i've read somewhere in the ballpark of 650,000 words worth of story. and i know for a fact that i've read more, because i read a few stories while logged off, not to mention everything on GoogleDocs.
Deadparrot, you write fanfiction, don'tcha? could i get a look at it? :3
Hey, guys, want to hear something fucking amazing?
I ACTUALLY FINISHED NEARLY COMPLETED A FREAKING FIC! By that, I mean I still have to proofread, check some spelling, check to see I didn't fuck the hooves and ponies deal up, etc. I have the story written down, it just might need some editing, and I'm not entirely sure if I should add on to some places, or add a whole new segment to the middle.
Also, I finished another one I just wrote up when I was bored a while ago, but I haven't posted it because I keep forgetting too. It's in the same stage as the one mentioned above, in that edits and shit still need to be done.
Godfall and Trial By Fire
To be honest, I'm actually surprised I finished Godfall first, since it's the fic I've started last. I have about ten sitting in purgatory that are partially finished, and I'm too lazy to motivate myself to finish them.
If you find anything worthy of criticism, you can go fuck yourself tell me, and I'll fix it up. If the whole thing is worth of criticism, you can go fuck yourself I'll go ahead and commit suicide try to fix it.
@August
Well, I wrote one story!
Here it is: TINY WINGS
I always like hearing what people think of it so let me know either here or on the story's page!
I was kinda the opposite going into fanfics.
It's not that I don't like reading, but more that I could always find something to do that I liked more.
The only real books I've read since high school are the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series and Harry Potter.
Then I went for a Math degree in college so there wasn't any kind of reading requirement there.
FO:E is probably the longest story I've ever read.
(I think someone counted it up and determined that its word count was higher than the famously dense War and Peace!)
It's a massive undertaking but totally worth it!
Added for epic-ness:
@DeadParrot222
I read through the first chapter, great story! And you got on eqd too, nice job :D.
You should write more fics, whether its based scootaloo or not!
@Lasers
I skimmed your fics, they seem good :D Hope to see more in the future :3
Unrelated:
I post stuff wrote:
I really like spiders.
I herd u liek spiderses.
@August
I'm working on a series:
I have Sunset:
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/23620/Sunset
And Lunar Dawn:
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/26328/Lunar-Dawn
Sunset is the prequel story to Lunar Dawn, and gives insight to the story's background. It's told from a third-person perspective surrounding Celestia.
Lunar Dawn is loosely based upon the 1983 war film, "Red Dawn". Currently, Part IV is still in the works, but it won't be long until it's out.
I've got one or two more planned in the series.
Oh, and I appreciate comments.
PM me if you wish.
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@Deadparrot
As for books, I've read several. Though I'm into classic lit, I am reading "Game of Thrones" right now.
So far so good. I'm quite enjoying it.
But mfw when I realized Daenerys was 13: