tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post638277555047908522..comments2024-03-04T02:09:30.979-06:00Comments on One Man's Pony Ramblings: Fic Memorability: a Quick Look BackUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-26987342204275227432017-04-30T18:06:05.841-05:002017-04-30T18:06:05.841-05:00There's a couple that I would be able to remem...There's a couple that I would be able to remember on my deathbed, and I have the memory of a... what was I talking about?<br /><br />Keepers of Discord (in your list)<br />National Geographic Presents: Big Princess Week<br />Five Hundred Little Murders<br />The Destruction of the Self<br />Cartography of War (because it parallels one of my favorite Bujold books, Shards of Honor)<br />Past Sins (nach)<br />Pinkie Watches Pain Dry (various reasons, one of which is the reading)<br />Yes, Apple Bloom There is a Santa Hooves (also reading)<br />Asylum (come on, update darnit)<br />Lost Cities (of course)<br />Small Town Charm (spiders, brrrr)<br />100% Move, 50% Fire (about letting go...and watching it fall)Georg Felishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550333227450728733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-3464208532307203472017-04-29T13:21:56.582-05:002017-04-29T13:21:56.582-05:00It means that, by the time I finished copy-pasting...It means that, by the time I finished copy-pasting all my titles in, my eyes were all but literally spinning in their sockets. Frankly, I'm surprised there aren't <i>more</i> accidental repeats.<br /><br />In the case of <i>D&D</i>, though, it's definitely "supposed" to be in the "Moderate" category. I can remember the opening very clearly, and could tell you the gist of each chapter.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581572699330155065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-54655065763742290332017-04-29T10:02:17.865-05:002017-04-29T10:02:17.865-05:00I find it interesting you remember Brotherly Bond ...I find it interesting you remember Brotherly Bond far better than my story, for one reason: you reviewed them back to back, and the main thing you liked about mine was that what it did right was precisely what Brotherly Bond had done so horribly wrong. I might have expected that contrast would stick in your head.<br /><br />Personally, I don't have a very good memory for stories, and there are very few I can reconstruct just from seeing the title and author, and expanding to seeing the cover art and synopsis doesn't always help that much. The vast majority of what I've read is things I've reviewed, so I usually have to go back to my review to recall it. Even then, my reviews are mostly detailed stuff that does nothing to give a picture of the story as a whole, so unless I did some kind of wrap-up at the end, even that doesn't always help.<br /><br />You've been very kind to review lots of my stories (16, by the looks of it), but my one regret is that the story mentioned here is the only one in a format that gets a rating, as I only had the one 6-star (which was a very early and fairly rough story), and I haven't written anything that'd qualify as a fandom classic.Pascoitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05861834765162800926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-24027878149116945172017-04-28T10:05:26.157-05:002017-04-28T10:05:26.157-05:00Of the six-star fics I've read, I think I'...Of the six-star fics I've read, I think I'd rate all these about the same in terms of my personal recollection of them. Except for <i>Timelords and Terror</i> and <i>Mines of Dragon Mountain</i>. I remember those quite strongly.DannyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273313206696087395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-68879382238970181652017-04-28T08:52:24.464-05:002017-04-28T08:52:24.464-05:00I'm trying to figure out if Ponies play D&...I'm trying to figure out if <i>Ponies play D&D</i> appearing twice means you found more memorable or more forgettable.<br />Bugs the Curmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995195569022345933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-7803241376293593092017-04-28T06:48:29.959-05:002017-04-28T06:48:29.959-05:00I think it's probably also a function of how m...I think it's probably also a function of how many fics you've read. I mean, that's why I review stuff in the first place, so <i>I</i> can go back and find out "What the hell did I think of this one?"Present Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.com