tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post3682482302984504236..comments2024-03-04T02:09:30.979-06:00Comments on One Man's Pony Ramblings: Fandom Classics Part 217: Exit Through CanterlotUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-14005086825482376902017-06-22T00:22:38.336-05:002017-06-22T00:22:38.336-05:00I did enjoy this story, but mostly because I felt ...I did enjoy this story, but mostly because I felt that Octavia's hypocrisy served to highlight the inherent hypocrisy in street graffiti itself. Indeed, other than her work on the park, I don't think that any of Octavia's other actions was actually portrayed in a positive light, being shown instead as a hateful reaction to a perceived injury.<br /><br />Then again, I started reading this right as it started being published, so I might be misremembering things.Sogehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01458447650766183354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-85609400912280959702017-06-21T12:14:46.612-05:002017-06-21T12:14:46.612-05:00Oh. Well, thanks for answering that question, PP.
...Oh. Well, thanks for answering that question, PP.<br /><br />I thought it was some really profound meaning. I'm actually quite disappointed now.<br />DannyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273313206696087395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-17999284021298092162017-06-21T11:10:33.565-05:002017-06-21T11:10:33.565-05:00Similar... I don't remember what got it on my ...Similar... I don't remember what got it on my RiL (likely the cover art and a strong short story showing from the author in "The Diary of an Evil Pony"?), but this helped me decide to trim it.Icy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490981784760484964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-87497096046362904362017-06-21T10:18:13.974-05:002017-06-21T10:18:13.974-05:00Same here. Strong cover art got it on my TBR list....Same here. Strong cover art got it on my TBR list. This review knocked it off.iisawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454386148259666080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-63268939563422911412017-06-21T09:26:37.467-05:002017-06-21T09:26:37.467-05:00It's a reference to Exit Through the Gift Shop...It's a reference to <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587707/" rel="nofollow">Exit Through the Gift Shop</a>, which is about Banksy I guess. :BPresent Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-33996303254700022602017-06-21T09:20:44.299-05:002017-06-21T09:20:44.299-05:00Same here. Mostly, I just wanted to know what the ...Same here. Mostly, I just wanted to know what the meaning of the title was.<br />DannyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273313206696087395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-20116731957305056722017-06-21T09:12:29.080-05:002017-06-21T09:12:29.080-05:00About that quoted passage...
Frankly I wasn't ...About that quoted passage...<br />Frankly I wasn't even expecting you to have further context for what the narration was responding to. The baffling conflation of the merits of fashion and harming others is enough, or the puzzling assertion that nobody gets <i>genuine</i> happiness, or at least pleasure, from either; even granting the put-down side, however insubstantial the narrative considers fashion, how does that contradict its ability to make someone happy? Couldn't it just as easily apply to any number of other things that, while maybe not the most weighty or meaningful, get a similar response--getting an ice cream, the release of a book, a break in the clouds?Icy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490981784760484964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-115602420891710662017-06-21T07:28:04.121-05:002017-06-21T07:28:04.121-05:00This is one of those stories I've always been ...This is one of those stories I've always been interested in reading sooner or later, and now I'm thinking maybe it's just better to drop it...Present Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-75163149915023374332017-06-21T07:11:02.668-05:002017-06-21T07:11:02.668-05:00I remember starting this story, but I didn't g...I remember starting this story, but I didn't get very far into it. Unfortunately, I don't have an impression of why I stopped reading, but given the circumstances I read most of what I do, it was probably because it didn't immediately grab my interest but didn't immediately have anything blatantly wrong with it, either.<br /><br />Based on your description of it, I wonder if it's one of those "let the story write itself" experiments, which I don't think work on a conceptual level, but maybe some authors can pull it off. Shame to see a miss from this author, though, because he's very capable, a nice guy, and thoroughly willing to put in lots of work to revise his stories. I've only ever had good experiences with him on the editing front.Pascoitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05861834765162800926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-14358770106875666112017-06-21T00:57:08.422-05:002017-06-21T00:57:08.422-05:00I read this years ago and I loved it. But … yeah, ...I read this years ago and I loved it. But … yeah, especially in light of your points, it does have, shall we say, weaknesses.Nochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02611563222947464573noreply@blogger.com