tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post7543029110464976178..comments2024-03-04T02:09:30.979-06:00Comments on One Man's Pony Ramblings: Mini-Reviews Round 182Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-51611644602406282332017-04-24T18:22:14.217-05:002017-04-24T18:22:14.217-05:00Thanks for the review of "Last-Minute Gifts.&...Thanks for the review of "Last-Minute Gifts." In a story where all of the lead characters are female, I get worried about using "her" and creating ambiguity, so I tend to default to their names (substitute descriptors like "the unicorn" always feel stilted to me).<br /><br />I reread the piece, though, and I can see where the barrage of "Bon Bon"s and "Lyra"s is overwhelming, especially at the beginning. As I continue to write, I'll work on preventing that from happening.<br /><br />Thanks again!_Undefined_noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-69577119193943319442017-04-22T07:52:19.834-05:002017-04-22T07:52:19.834-05:00Well, that makes sense then. Though, the point I m...Well, that makes sense then. Though, the point I made to Pascoite still stands.DannyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273313206696087395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-42758211312001242512017-04-21T21:35:23.800-05:002017-04-21T21:35:23.800-05:00Hi, I'm the author, Thought Prism. When I saw ...Hi, I'm the author, Thought Prism. When I saw Chris had put Touch in his review folder, I came running. <br /><br />To clarify, Touch was one of three stories I wrote for a creative writing class I took as an elective at my college. Originally, it WAS written about people in New York, I just converted it into a fanfic so I could publish it alongside my other works for my followers to enjoy. Compared to Below and Let's Try This Then, it didn't convert nearly as well, and was the worst of those three before that, according to my peers. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11167142251608674606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-61793976055080184942017-04-21T09:40:01.230-05:002017-04-21T09:40:01.230-05:00In fairness to the author, getting a cutie mark as...In fairness to the author, getting a cutie mark as a foal is just the norm, not an ironclad rule. Mister Greenhooves/Hayseed is a grown earth pony, but he's been consistently depicted as a blank-flank. Presumably, if one's special talent <i>was</i> something implicitly adult, then they simply wouldn't discover it until later.<br />DannyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273313206696087395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-90424631345229301992017-04-21T07:17:32.708-05:002017-04-21T07:17:32.708-05:00Condom cutie mark? The author realizes ponies get ...Condom cutie mark? The author realizes ponies get cutie marks as kids, right? What the hell would everyone in Cheerilee's class think if a student showed up with one of those? Would the kids even know what it was? How'd the kid even get that cutie mark?<br /><br />Ugh. Sometimes authors don't put enough thought into the ramifications of what they write.Pascoitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05861834765162800926noreply@blogger.com