Kendrick

My wife and I have debated getting tattoos recently. Part of a midlife crisis thing I think.

The FOREVER aspect is a big pause-giver.

If I get one it would be something like the infinity knot somewhere easily concealed.

My wife is debating getting 3 butterflies on her hip. It ties in with her new found affinity for Fluttershy but even after the show has passed, a woman with butterfly tattoos isn't exceptionally out of place.

I got teary eyed reading it too. While I'm not there now, I was in a place in my life very similar to to the loneliness described in the story so I identified.

The story Never made me cry too.

Why is it that a lot of the good Fics are sad?

The plant I work in still has "Y2K Compliant" stickers stuck all over the electrical panels. Hundreds of them....

We've already had several apocalypses over the years. The Black Death was certainly apocalyptic. Several things have been the "end of the world" at least in an "as we know it" sense. Maybe they were off and the date was earlier. Maybe this is the apocalypse now. Would we know if we were living through the end of an era?

Also, on the people are dumber/smarter now debate- I say "yes" .... to both.

I think we are living through an uncontrolled version of the Russian fox experiment. The crazy/dumb portion of our population gravitates to its own element so those traits are reenforced concentrating the lunacy. Likewise the most intelligent sector gravitates towards itself and as such raises the bar there. There is a nice buffer zone of "average" folks that mix a bit with the other two pools and produce both rocket scientists and tinfoil hat enthusiasts from time to time. But I don't imagine there are too many neurosurgeons married to folks that check their cornflakes for secret messages from the CIA.

Glad they are doing well. Guessing that mama is still doing fine?

Makes me glad that the cat that came with our house was healthy and not pregnant!

(She was on the steps when we got there after closing, very very thin. Former owners said they didn't have a cat when we asked them.)

She's nice and has stayed for 2 months so far.

I had a feral cat once. Caught him by hand under my trailer... leather gloves....

He got to where he was real lovey to me but would hide whenever anyone else was around.

Foremost, my heart goes out to you and your family Steel.

And on a minor note; I thought I'd let everypony know I'm going to go live in tent during the middle-ages for a week.

My pocket-sized magic box will allow me a little communication with the world, but not much.

Wish me luck surviving the war!

OK, I have to do a squee.

Once this one got approved it did well enough off the bat to make it on the popular stories bar.

Glad for some success!

I suggest you grab hold a few of THEIR interests to return the kindness.

We've had to set rules for me to NOT get involved in her things so that she can have stuff that is all hers. We've learned the hard way that it's not always good for us to both be involved in the same hobby pursuits.

He had to explain "cloppers" to me and that they are not always embraced - so I'm surprised he shared the story at all.

I don't know... You look at the stories on FiMFiction.net and the clopping stories get an awful lot of reads. :!:

But welcome aboard!!!!

I don't know if this counts as a fandom or not... I'm a member of the SCA, a reenactment group. It's a whole different world.

But we have a lot of the hallmarks you would associate with a "fandom." We dress up in funny clothes we spend hours making, there are long arguments over what is and isn't accurate representation, opposing interpretations of limited media (people will argue for hours how a tent in the background of a painting would have been assembled.

It is my primary because I've been doing it for 7 years and have thousands of dollars invested in it.

However, I do more MLP reading/writing on a day-to-day basis. Been a brony for a year and a few months, not sure exactly when...

Since the SCA has been around for over 40 years and has a real structure, there is an actual power base and very real politics. So "fights" get a lot more entrenched there and there are often very real winners and losers in conflicts.

Beyond that I collected manga and anime, but was never active in the fandom beyond talking to the 2 or 3 other geeks at the comic shop that bought the same stuff.

I've got the non-brony wife thing going too. (for now) She started out really annoyed by it and still tries to act like she thinks it's dumb. Whenever I buy new pony stuff she gives me the, "You bought more ponies?" bit.

But she has also (as I mentioned in another thread recently) named her latest mead "Fluttershy mead" and put 3 butterflies on the label and made Fluttershy her profile pic on Facebook. The other day I got a set of the trading cards that come with the temp tattoos. Once had a Fluttershy tattoo in it and she said she wants it.

So either our wives are coming around, or they've decided that since they love us and think we are worthwhile, then maybe our interests have some worth too, even if they don't get it. I'll take it either way!

Congrats!

I did a second story besides the ongoing "Trading Places" one I have.

In it Twilight discovers something not right about the world. Something doesn't add up. Failing to find answers she goes to Celestia.

The answer she gets is nothing like she was prepared for. But neither was Celestia prepared for her response.

It is fairly grim/sad. No violence, bad language or anything. Just sad...ish.

http://www.fimfictio...Truth/The-Truth

Hoping it gets approval soon!

Raised platform with Celestia with her head raised, horn glowing VERY bright. Luna to her side and slightly behind, also in a majestic pose.

Mane 6 fanned out in front of them in poses reminiscent of the ones they used in the changeling battle.

Maybe with Pinkie Pie on her party cannon. Oh, the cannon should actually work too.

hehe, I've subject my family too. My kids are converts, but my wife proclaims that she finds it annoying. Even though she named her last batch of mead "Fluttershy mead" and put butterflies on the label. Oh, and made Fluttershy her profile pic on Facebook.

So it may not stay "subjected too" for long!

I also hate the talking ...well, anything toy related.

http://www.doublerainboom.com/

There are a lot of the animatics on YouTube. Can't wait for it to be done.

I wish I had the skill to use the puppet software.

I do pewter casting as part of my reenactment hobby. I've been thinking about making a mold to cast tokens of the badge Shining Armor wore during the wedding. Probably at 1 inch X 1 inch or 1.5X1.5 (2.5-4 cm square).

But the mold is literally carved in stone so it isn't worth doing to just make a couple of pieces. (you can do plaster molds, but I haven't pulled those off yet.)

If I can make these look right would there be enough interest to make it worthwhile?

Bah! The firewall at work is blocking it.

Any idea what size the file is? I have internet access at home, but a very tight data limit.

OK, since you wanted feedback I'll give you all of my impressions.

First of all, it is a very rich and complex world you have put together here. Honestly I think this could stand on its own as a fantasy work independent of FiM fan fiction or the MLP universe. It might even be stronger for that, though I understand how much harder an audience venue would be to find.

I like the Anubians. Interesting idea.

There are a few parts though that I had to re-read sections a few times to follow the conversation. The words of the dialog itself flow fine, but the transitions lost me at times.

It also seems like Mitishamba and Jangwa take things a bit too much in stride. To me it would feel better to do just a bit more back-building to explain that. (Show at Union's appearance that they are familiar with his history/role, or have Jangwa have a premonition...)

But all-in-all, if I read this as an excerpt from a fantasy novel I'd buy it.

I've noticed that most of FiMFiction falls into the Grimdark, clopping, or self insertion stories.

There doesn't seem to be near as many "normal" stories from Equestria.

Finally had the time to read it. That is a very interesting take on things.

It certainly plays on the Celestia the Tyrant meme very well.

And the statue bit... *shudder*

So I did a submission of my only fan fic to EQD. I just got the rejection email. I can't say that, in and of itself, is surprising. I was not going to be shocked if it wasn't deemed good enough to be featured. What I do find disheartening is that it got rejected without even being read. It was flagged "due to issues with capitalization, comma use, and sentence fragments."

Now don't get me wrong, I know that my grammar isn't perfect, but I did just finish a college Comp. 2 course where I had to write a research paper as well as another college course where I had to write 10K+ words worth of essays. I got a solid "A" in both. Considering an entire page of the Comp. 2 syllabus was dedicated to proper grammar and punctuation, I take that as an indication that I am doing something correct when I write.

And that's the heart of the problem for writers. (I'm also writing a couple of not pony related books.) I have complained to my wife that I wish I had some artistic ability so that I could make *something* of beauty.

She brings up my writing, but writing is not equal with other arts.

It is a lot harder to even get your art seen if you write than it is if you draw/paint/sculpt. People will look at a picture without much prompting, but try to get them to read a story you are writing, much less an entire book.

OK, I'll stop now. This could reasonably get moved to "Venting" but I am sure that I am not the only aspiring author here that gets frustrated by pouring time, effort, and a ton of creative energy into things and then not being able to get anypony to even look at them.

Well, since I'm late to the party, Happy Post-Birthday!

I hope it was a good day.

Thanks Kirby!

Well I made my first submission to EQD.

Wish me luck!

While I can't fault a Dakota Fanning pick for Fluttershy, I really have to go with Amber Benson. (Terra from Buffy)

Found these in our Wal-Mart today!

$2/pack though.

Edits cause I hate posting from my phone

I know that there is a thread for Unusual Head-canon in 18+, but I thought an alt canon thread everyone can talk in would be nice. (and my search turned up zip for "canon")

Mainly I was wondering what Fan stories you find altering your view of canon.

I've really become attached to this story, and the stories growing out of it. It almost replaces some things in the show as "canon" in my head.

A few shorts I've been reading on FiMFiction have influenced my view of things too.

What all have you been reading that's made "new canon" for you?