tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post1491082670719836235..comments2024-03-04T02:09:30.979-06:00Comments on One Man's Pony Ramblings: Fandom Classics Part 33: A Novel TaleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-65910186033881593272014-01-31T08:13:21.385-06:002014-01-31T08:13:21.385-06:00Well, I understood the "-ness" part just...Well, I understood the "-ness" part just fine. It's the "put-upon" That I was lost on. Though I realize now that I did the silly thing and looked it up with the "-ness" included and got the results that you'd expect.<br /><br />But yeah, put-upon. I don't think that's a word I heard before.<br />Actually, I likely have, but I certainly never realized it's meaning.<br /><br />And about >CLOP, I keep losing nations because I keep building too many farms or their equivalents, and then log in too infrequently to keep my ponies satisfied. I'm going to give it another go, but I'mma wait until I'm slightly less distracted. Perhaps after my latest reading is done. I'm pouring quite a bit of time into that right now. Captioning is a lot more time consuming than it looks. Why do I even subject myself to such torture?DeftFunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15383241789583487786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-72293497954171620142014-01-30T22:48:24.763-06:002014-01-30T22:48:24.763-06:00Oh, also: what happened to your country in >CLO...Oh, also: what happened to your country in >CLOP? It says you're nationless!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581572699330155065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-74860580184630228192014-01-30T20:44:38.342-06:002014-01-30T20:44:38.342-06:00Another made-up word (as is pretty much anything I...Another made-up word (as is pretty much anything I slap a -ness onto; it's one of my tics, I suppose); rather than say that he's put-upon, I'm saying that he exudes put-upon-ness, that is, being put-upon is more part of his nature than it is a result of his circumstances (though given the story, there's obviously plenty of the latter as well).Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581572699330155065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-21815905058789314392014-01-30T18:41:53.829-06:002014-01-30T18:41:53.829-06:00Prediction
Spitfire’s Day Off: 2/5 some punctuati...Prediction<br /><br /><i>Spitfire’s Day Off</i>: 2/5 some punctuation abuse and a bit on the shallow end of the slice-of-life pool.InquisitorMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209346997929773686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-88103806192945858232014-01-30T00:25:06.544-06:002014-01-30T00:25:06.544-06:00Oh crap! I nearly forgot....
Word of the Day: Put...Oh crap! I nearly forgot....<br /><br />Word of the Day: Put-upon-ness.<br />...I don't know what you mean by that, actually.DeftFunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15383241789583487786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-73086521313850682382014-01-30T00:11:48.517-06:002014-01-30T00:11:48.517-06:00While that Royal Guard business sounds like a cool...While that Royal Guard business sounds like a cool thing in ideal conditions, but I kind of worry about the workload. Especially since I know some people involved in that are quite involved in other projects.<br /><br />But I'm probably worrying too much.DeftFunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15383241789583487786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-36450876228955896432014-01-30T00:06:23.306-06:002014-01-30T00:06:23.306-06:00Cranky Doodle Donkey would fall under that categor...Cranky Doodle Donkey would fall under that category too, I suppose.<br />Also, Let's not forget about A. K. Yearling.<br />Also Also, a mention of a Wild Bull Hickock and Calamity Mane in the Last Roundup. That was season 2.<br /><br />I personally don't have a problem with horse-punning famous names. They have their use. They can give the reader a good general Idea of what a certain pony is about while saving of a few descriptive sentences that might have to be included if one uses an original name. Also using their un-punned names would be even more immersion breaking I'd imagine. On top of that, puns can be fun. I see no reason to limit them to just cities.DeftFunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15383241789583487786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-689909957601330972014-01-29T23:40:50.585-06:002014-01-29T23:40:50.585-06:00A.K.Yearling, too.A.K.Yearling, too.Osperonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-26943491329684266962014-01-29T23:07:14.960-06:002014-01-29T23:07:14.960-06:00Not just cities; mules too. Remember Mulia Mild?Not just cities; mules too. Remember Mulia Mild?Holly Oatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703437987958922954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-41422524543050601702014-01-29T10:25:56.023-06:002014-01-29T10:25:56.023-06:00Moreover, they do it on the show now. Coco Pommel?...Moreover, they do it on the show now. Coco Pommel? PonydoraPrancypantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08824984665648805856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-23158726698168545772014-01-29T05:12:17.412-06:002014-01-29T05:12:17.412-06:00Wait. Ponies and cities are different things?
Min...Wait. Ponies and cities are different things?<br /><br />Mind. Blown.<br /><br />... My intuition is that most fans don't notice that horse puns are limited to cities. They just think "Lookit, they used a horse pun on a proper noun HORSE PUN ALL THE PROPER NOUNS."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-78014963682038004062014-01-29T04:51:08.730-06:002014-01-29T04:51:08.730-06:00Replacing the names of famous people with horse pu...Replacing the names of famous people with horse puns always bother me, to the point of breaking immersion even. They never do that in the show for ponies, only cities, and I have no idea why the fandom decided that this would be a thing.Sogenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-53596850469447665602014-01-29T03:57:12.204-06:002014-01-29T03:57:12.204-06:00"Leonardo Da Hoovsie"? That's just ...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu_RmSJxtUE" rel="nofollow">"Leonardo Da Hoovsie"?</a> That's just lazy! I don't know crap about horses, so there could be a decent pun I can't think of, but even "da Whinny" would've been betterHolly Oatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703437987958922954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-61522000242608809502014-01-29T01:34:26.889-06:002014-01-29T01:34:26.889-06:00Damn, I had 4:1 odds on a rating of 3/5.
I wrote ...Damn, I had 4:1 odds on a rating of 3/5.<br /><br />I wrote "interesting premise", you wrote "worldbuilding".<br />I said "lack of growth", you said "lack of direction".<br /><br />Your comments are more insightful, I think. I can identify flaws based on how fics make me feel — this one's stagnant, that one's preachy — but you identify the actual literary flaws. In this case, the author did plenty of exposition but forgot to write a story.Professor Whooveshttp://www.fimfiction.net/user/Professor%20Whoovesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-14360501403397860162014-01-29T01:07:11.295-06:002014-01-29T01:07:11.295-06:00Well, my predicted rating wasn't that far off....Well, my predicted rating wasn't <i>that</i> far off. I feel validated.DannyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273313206696087395noreply@blogger.com