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Title: Alright Bronies
Date Posted: Tue Nov/15/11 at 10:38pm

Twogunkid
Posts: 2609
Joined: 22-Jan-10

I'm a little worried. I go another site where (more or less) the purpose is to write a short set up having two characters battle to the death. I wrote a fight using Celestia, and it was suggested I write a fanfic. Good Idea or is that going to far into fandom? I'm a little hesitant to write fanfiction, but like any protagonist in Greek trajedy they have appealed to my pride and I kind of want to. Opinions? (non-bronies your opinions matter to me to.)
Date Posted: Wed Nov/16/11 at 12:42am

DyingJester
Posts: 1771
Joined: 16-Dec-08

At some point we all at least THINK(or sort of...) of writing a fanfic (I know I do, and have written a few...mostly sonic the hedgehog stuff...I'm a HUGE sega nut...or I was...) The point is, if you think you should do it, great, and if not, oh well...It's just a wistful musing. Nothing really good or bad about it honestly. It's merely a point of perspective...to each their own...

Unless it's a slash fic...in which case I gotta say...

PLEASE WRITE IT! I am starved for ORIGINAL smuttish stories at this point...everything currently is...dull to say the least...

(And on a completely random side note, there is a F.E.A.R/ MLP crossover fic titled First Equestrian Assault Recon...just thought of mentioning that...it's kinda ruined F.3.A.R for me...as I can't take anything in the damn game serioulsy without thinking of Alma watching MLP.... DX)
Date Posted: Wed Nov/16/11 at 6:50am

Gregorius
Posts: 411
Joined: 01-Aug-10

Personally speaking...? I think that's a terrible idea for a piece of fanfiction.

In fact, I find that a lot of fanfiction, no matter how highly the writer was praised in the past, is usually pretty poorly-written (no offense meant, Twogun). They're usually fraught with many egregious errors in both spelling and story structure, and even still, they're pretty widely accepted no matter how poorly they're wriiten. In fact, I tried my hand at writing a fanfic around mid-May... surprisingly, it got shot down pretty quickly, with people commenting that it was "completely unrealistic" and the like. Yes, you read right—a story about magical candy-colored ponies was actually criticized for being "unrealistic". So personally, I'm against things like fanfiction unless the writer has a solid foundation for a story and can find a way to pull it off well...

...but hey, maybe I'm being too harsh off the bat. If you want to test the waters, I'll at least give your piece a pre-read if you'd like.
Date Posted: Wed Nov/16/11 at 7:14am

Twogunkid
Posts: 2609
Joined: 22-Jan-10

So the same general opinion. Its ok to occassionally write one. Greg the reasons you stated are why I was hesitant to go in the first place. I know my strengths and writing isnt one of them (its not a weakness either I'm just not as good as I would like.)

EDIT: Also thank you for the offer to preread. I'd probably just throw a chapter your way


[Edited by Twogunkid on 16/Nov/11 at 7:15AM]
Date Posted: Wed Nov/16/11 at 8:41am

Turbine
Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

MLP has been the first show that I\'ve actually liked enough to write a fan-fiction about. However, I decided to make a grimdark one. A couple of paragraphs in, I had to stop because I was worried about how \"messed up\", for lack of a better term, my mind is. . .
Date Posted: Wed Nov/16/11 at 12:29pm

Twogunkid
Posts: 2609
Joined: 22-Jan-10

Alright. I have a first chapter for all interested. Just let me know where to send it for your pre-reads.
Date Posted: Wed Nov/16/11 at 1:38pm

DyingJester
Posts: 1771
Joined: 16-Dec-08

If you need it pre-read/reviewed I enjoy such things. So here's my info.

Email: Dyingjester@gmail.com

Character level: Over 9000!

Sex: Not at the moment.

Theme song: Almost Dead (Powerman5000)

Additional Info: I AM the real Sweeney Todd!
Date Posted: Wed Nov/16/11 at 1:49pm

Twogunkid
Posts: 2609
Joined: 22-Jan-10

Jester enjoy being the first MTGcombos pre-reader, 2nd total after a friend on deviantart
Date Posted: Wed Nov/16/11 at 2:18pm

lin sivvi
Posts: 1608
Joined: 14-Jan-10

Send a copy to me I read it over and share it with a few of my friends.

Dillthechill.hentch@gmail.com
Date Posted: Wed Nov/16/11 at 2:23pm

Twogunkid
Posts: 2609
Joined: 22-Jan-10

Copy sent Lin
Date Posted: Wed Nov/16/11 at 3:22pm

Turbine
Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

Why don't you just post a link to it. . .?

I don't wish to disclose my email.
Date Posted: Wed Nov/16/11 at 4:16pm

PinkiePie
Posts: 157
Joined: 10-Sep-11

Write something like cupcakes! Also post a mediafire link to it!
Date Posted: Wed Nov/16/11 at 4:57pm

Turbine
Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

Pinkie, do you mean a grimdark one?

There's enough "cupcakes" copies out there as is.
Date Posted: Wed Nov/16/11 at 4:57pm

Twogunkid
Posts: 2609
Joined: 22-Jan-10

NEVER SOMETHING LIKE CUPCAKES. I got it on FIMfiction http://www.fimfiction.net/story/2652/An-Elder-Power. It is now publically visible as versus visible to a few.

EDIT: You could always make a one use email account. Now I can't figure out how to unpublish chapters 2+3 which are not quite as done as I would like.


[Edited by Twogunkid on 16/Nov/11 at 5:14PM]
Date Posted: Wed Nov/16/11 at 9:03pm

Turbine
Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

Are you writing a whole book or something???
Date Posted: Wed Nov/16/11 at 9:26pm

Gregorius
Posts: 411
Joined: 01-Aug-10

Well, after reading the first three chapters, I'm... well, I'm a little surprised at how well and widely it's being accepted. The story itself is pretty good (I recognize a lot of the names from a roleplay-slash-chatroom I sometimes frequent), but I'm a little worried about your style of writing—it's a little inconsistent, to say the least.

In "Chapter 1", you have your characters speaking and emoting in massive walls of text; once you get to "Chapter 3", almost every separate character utterance has its own paragraph. Personally, I'm all for the former style of keeping all of one character's thoughts to its own paragraph, but most people probably find it harder to follow. Plus, there's the lack of punctuation in quite a few places (nothing major, usually... just some missing commas or a misplaced apostrophe here and there). All in all... I think it's pretty good thus far, and others seem to enjoy it as well. Keep on, Twogun, keep on.
Date Posted: Wed Nov/16/11 at 9:45pm

Twogunkid
Posts: 2609
Joined: 22-Jan-10

@Turbine Go big or go home. I decided to embrace something epic in scale.

@Greg I'd say that's fair. A lot of the grammer and spelling errors come from my somewhat lazy proofreading. I have moved to the seperate paragraph style to try and increase ease of reading, but I guess it does ruin the flow. That and dialouge is a pain to write On a sidenote regarding the names really? I just used a lot of google translate (latin, greek, and swahilli mostly) to come up with names. (I did borrow Atherion though) I'm not trying to steal them


[Edited by Twogunkid on 16/Nov/11 at 10:01PM]
Date Posted: Wed Nov/16/11 at 10:58pm

Gregorius
Posts: 411
Joined: 01-Aug-10

Yeah, well, the names are just similar is all... not exact, just similar. I created and lent out a persona—uh, ponysona, rather—named "Blue Belle" who's a blues singer; then there's a friend who goes by the alias "Dusty Bristle", incorporating two of your characters' names (in fact, that player's created an entire family of ponies with the surname of "Bristle").

It's just coincidence, I'm sure.
Date Posted: Wed Nov/16/11 at 11:42pm

Twogunkid
Posts: 2609
Joined: 22-Jan-10

I actually considered that spelling of Bluebell too. *twilight zone music*


[Edited by Twogunkid on 16/Nov/11 at 11:42PM]
Date Posted: Sat Nov/19/11 at 3:15pm

Twogunkid
Posts: 2609
Joined: 22-Jan-10

So any other thoughts on how to improve? Or are you all eagerly expecting the next chapter?
Date Posted: Sun Nov/20/11 at 12:29am

Gregorius
Posts: 411
Joined: 01-Aug-10

I think everyone's on the edge of their La-Z-Boys waiting for your next chapter.

Hey. Hey, Twogun. Are you writing it? Hey, are you writing the next chapter yet? Are you? Are you? Huh? Are you? Hey. Hey, are you writing it? Why aren't you writing it?
Date Posted: Sun Nov/20/11 at 1:48pm

Turbine
Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

La-Z-Boy? I sit on a chair without a back to improve my posture.
Date Posted: Sun Nov/20/11 at 11:07pm

Twogunkid
Posts: 2609
Joined: 22-Jan-10

I miss having nice chairs... :(
Date Posted: Mon Nov/21/11 at 5:16pm

Twogunkid
Posts: 2609
Joined: 22-Jan-10

Chapter Four is Up. http://www.fimfiction.net/story/2652/An-Elder-Power

@ Greg I did return to the earlier style.


[Edited by Twogunkid on 21/Nov/11 at 5:18PM]



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