tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post4868389482896389004..comments2024-03-04T02:09:30.979-06:00Comments on One Man's Pony Ramblings: Mini-Reviews Round 16Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-6284486944466598882014-10-19T17:33:08.312-05:002014-10-19T17:33:08.312-05:00To clarify the referenced phrase: while I have wat...To clarify the referenced phrase: while I have watched all of Season 1, and most (all but four or five, I think) of Season 2, I have watched only small portion (2 or 3 episodes, with the Crystal Empire counting as two) of Season 3, I have not watched anything further from it.<br /><br />While I have, now, read some fanfiction of show, I still do not read overly much.<br /><br />In regards to characterisation of Blueblood and Octavia, that comes as a moderate-to-long running thing. It is the only shipping that I do, that pair, and originated as part of Not Worth A Bit, where is developed better. Technically Blueblood characterisation comes from old shame fic previously written in year of 2011.<br /><br />Characterisation made sense in such, and I liked Blueblood - good character idea. Then continued on. If you look at fics of mine, will notice Blueblood very good. Different from show (except in Not Worth A Bit) for deliberate reason.<br /><br />Backdrop is come from game played with many friend. Not in sense that same setting. Only in idea that Griffons fight ponies, and in relation to glorious history of warhammer (not mace. Very different from mace.). Is also from idea 'How ponies use sword against armour of proof? Is useless to cut, is useless weapon!', thus use of warhammer. <br /><br />Anyone who argues use of proud longsword is fool. I explain why.<br /><br />Longsword has many use in battle. Longsword is almost two arshin in length, is use for cutting, bashing, stabbing, etc. In hoof of pony, is not use for stabbing or bashing, because of hold of pony. Only use for cutting.<br /><br />You cannot even cut through armour. Last time people try cut through armour, is called harnischfechten. Does not work. Since then people with longsword against armour stab or bash with pommel of sword. Other people use warhammer instead. <br /><br />I advise, you listen. Warhammer open armour well enough for soldier of fighting to survive, warhammer open armour well enough for you in story. You practice many time, you carry warhammer, next time someone try to procure from you life, you impale on glorious warhammer. In this way, you defeat enemy.Dsarkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-53241673506656282002013-09-12T10:30:01.440-05:002013-09-12T10:30:01.440-05:00"I don't like the fic itself, but I total..."I don't like the fic itself, but I totally buy his reasoning. S1 was great, S2 was spotty, but fun... everything has been trash since unless the mere presence of ponies is enough to amuse you."<br /><br />...<br /><br />Well, fuck you, too.InsertAuthorHerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16563861820054827515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-19507068648426861312013-09-12T10:13:44.181-05:002013-09-12T10:13:44.181-05:00Anon, that's clearly not what Present was sayi...Anon, that's clearly not what Present was saying. He misunderstood, thinking Dsarker didn't watch the show at all, rather than just not watching newer episodes. He even said he understood why someone might not watch them, so it's not like he's setting some barrier to entry. He just doesn't understand <i>why</i> someone would write fanfiction for a show they'd <i>never</i> seen, as he'd assumed was the case here, and that he <i>lacked respect</i> for the guy. What's so unreasonable about that? I respect the right of people to believe whatever they want, but I'm not gonna respect them as a person if they're wearing a Che Guevara shirt. Doesn't mean I think they shouldn't be allowed to wear itHolly Oatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703437987958922954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-60046590719067180252013-09-12T07:24:49.459-05:002013-09-12T07:24:49.459-05:00Hmm, you have a point there, M.Hmm, you have a point there, M.Present Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-80403686657771916132013-09-12T06:08:44.561-05:002013-09-12T06:08:44.561-05:00Present Perfect, Ah'm a callin' you out!
...Present Perfect, Ah'm a callin' you out!<br /><br />"The assertion that he doesn't watch the show suggests that he's never seen it." -PP<br /><br />Dude, seriously. That's a horridly blind and illogical assumption. Just three lines later he also says that he hasn't watched season three. Now, just take all of two whole seconds to consider the ramifications of that position, I hope you would realise that the statement would be meaningless is he hadn't watched the show at all. No, taking the time to state that he hasn't watched season three directly implies that he <i>has</i> seen seasons one and two, otherwise the call for specificity is nonsensical.<br /><br />Further, language is important; this, I think, you should know. He did <i>not</i> say that he has <i>never</i> watched the show, he says that he doesn't--present tense. That cannot be taken to mean that he has not watched it in the past, yet this is the baseless assumption you have made in your reply.<br /><br />It's a basic function of respect: don't put words in people's mouths, don't diss a man based on things he didn't say. Thinking in it won't help if you haven't shown the respect necessary to establish what his base position actually is. Faulty in, faulty out.<br /><br />-ScottInquisitorMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209346997929773686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-7912562286726843422013-09-12T04:36:29.349-05:002013-09-12T04:36:29.349-05:00So it's either he should see and like all of i...So it's either he should see and like all of it or he should write no fanworks for it? Who put you in charge of what fans can and can't do? You can make fanworks for the bits that you have seen and liked; you're not contractually obligated to refrain from writing appreciative stories for the first few seasons just because you haven't seen the later seasons.<br /><br />That's grossly unfair and unjustifiably authoritarian of you to dictate what people can and can't do with the source material. If you'd phrased it as a recommendation for if he wanted to reach out to a larger audience, that would have been enough to make your point.<br /><br />If he's not interested in anything after season two, that's his business. At least he's said as such, so you can't even complain of his misleading people.<br /><br />It's fiction, not history, and fan-based fiction at that. You can pick and mix on your own without being compelled to follow everything canon. That's what AU fics and fanon discontinuity are for (see TV tropes for that last one if you're not familiar with it).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-31333486539616852312013-09-11T17:47:51.429-05:002013-09-11T17:47:51.429-05:00That works. I'll go with that.That works. I'll go with that.DannyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273313206696087395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-23666377774668812112013-09-11T12:11:51.117-05:002013-09-11T12:11:51.117-05:00Comedy is a critically subjective art form. Some j...Comedy is a critically subjective art form. Some jokes don't work for some people, but others do. I'd just take it as your view of comedy meshing well with the work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-32109746700613705582013-09-11T10:52:59.042-05:002013-09-11T10:52:59.042-05:00The assertion that he doesn't watch the show s...The assertion that he doesn't watch the show suggests that he's never seen it. I could understand skipping season 3, and especially EQG, but why would you make fanworks for a property you're unfamiliar with? I have to assume it could only be done third-hand, through consuming other fanworks, which he also doesn't do, or at least not when it comes to fanfiction.<br /><br />I sort of have no respect for this guy, and I'm going to have to think about that feeling for a while to fully understand it.Present Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-92023165092178567592013-09-11T10:36:37.090-05:002013-09-11T10:36:37.090-05:00I don't like the fic itself, but I totally buy...I don't like the fic itself, but I totally buy his reasoning. S1 was great, S2 was spotty, but fun... everything has been trash since unless the mere presence of ponies is enough to amuse you.<br /><br />There is something about Faust's opening season that makes people want to be creative--something it lost at time progressed. He writes because he wants to write, and why the hell not?InquisitorMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209346997929773686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-90190234218529296962013-09-11T09:51:48.611-05:002013-09-11T09:51:48.611-05:00So many comedy fics I favourite later end up here ...So many comedy fics I favourite later end up here and have Chris say, "Yeah, it's alright I guess, but I didn't like it much." Is it that I'm easily amused? Or is it just that I don't read things with a critical mindset?DannyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273313206696087395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-17625934181477238052013-09-11T08:36:30.222-05:002013-09-11T08:36:30.222-05:00WHY IS HE WRITING FANFIC c.cWHY IS HE WRITING FANFIC c.cPresent Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-122683084460330292013-09-11T08:36:08.642-05:002013-09-11T08:36:08.642-05:00oh shit D:
CHRIS IT'S NOT EVEN DONE what are ...oh shit D:<br /><br />CHRIS IT'S NOT EVEN DONE what are you doing ._. thank you<br /><br />no poopinPresent Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-25236264915731507522013-09-11T05:56:55.392-05:002013-09-11T05:56:55.392-05:00Regarding Words., the author said, "If you ha...Regarding Words., the author said, "If you haven't noticed, I don't read many FiM fics. I don't watch the show, either. I haven't seen Equestria Girls. I haven't seen Season 3."<br /><br />Problems with characterisation and backdrop most likely stem from there.<br /><br />Link to quote: http://www.fimfiction.net/blog/181416/reading-fim-ficsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-15556782072697429942013-09-11T03:26:32.014-05:002013-09-11T03:26:32.014-05:00I said I wouldn't read any more title-is-the-p...I said I wouldn't read any more title-is-the-plot fics, but I did.<br /><br />whywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhyProfessor Whoovesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-91572100075080529042013-09-11T00:47:42.186-05:002013-09-11T00:47:42.186-05:00Another Present fic? But I just added one of thos...Another Present fic? But I just added one of those to my queue the other day! Eh, guess I can't really complain about something good, but I'm gonna need to make more time for fanfiction if I'm gonna get through all these. I won't be reading this one until it's completed, thoughHolly Oatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703437987958922954noreply@blogger.com