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  1. NeoExlucky
    So then...we're just gonna ignore the absence and get right to the review!
    Dusk's Dawn is an interesting title that has received it's fair share of reviews, most of which being bad. While observing and taking notes on the video, I began to realize that the fan product wasn't as bad as Snowdrop, in fact I don't know what my opinion on Dusk's Dawn is. Don't get me wrong, when it does something wrong, it's really, really bad, but not everything is bad and some of the things that it does, I have to give it credit for. The title is certainly ambitious and I praise it for being so bold as to go outside the box, but it does have it's problems...
    So let's just get this out of the way, the voice acting in this is terrible. There are some voices that aren't that bad, but there isn't anything too good in this. There was a Pegasus with an accent in the video who I never understood, some of the voices seem like their reading off of the script, and I swear there is a line that just uses google translate's bot as a voice. I never really liked any of the voices, and most of which were annoying. I understand that you might not be able to get people like Elliemonty, but I know that lines can be read and acted better than that, and I can say that from experience.
    Moving on, the animation was...well...not very good. I felt like someone had just copied and pasted the pony creator products into flash and tried to do something, and while that may work for some things, it doesn't work here. There are many times where things seem off and not right, especially when it comes to the wand (I think it was a wand). I have no idea what it really is, and that's a problem. It looks somewhat like a sonic screwdriver actually, but that doesn't make any sense.
    Now let's talk about what I can appreciate here. This video isn't afraid to think outside the box. Most animations I see are fairly boring and stay relatively the same. Most include one of the main characters doing something, or include something that feels really slice-of-life ish, and there's nothing wrong with that, but after a while it gets tiring. This however, made me think it was gonna be a good fight. Seeing something like Swing tavi Swing, in a full animation was gonna be good, and I like that it was a little dark, but I was disappointed that there was no actual fight scene. I also like the song in the video, I like the idea and the general beat to it.
    Now we can reflect on this. So what we have here is something that thinks outside of the box, has a decent song, but lacks good animation and voice acting. I personally don't hate it as much as I hate something like Snowdrop or Button's adventures. There are worse things out there, but I wouldn't tell you to show this to someone who hadn't seen anything in the fandom. There also was the problem at the end where one of the characters stumbles upon the elements of harmony, which kinda bugged me, but the series won't continute, so I'm okay with it. I know that's off topic, but I just wanted to bring that up somewhere in this review. Now then, I give Dusk's Dawn a 4/10, it needs a lot of improvement, but the idea isn't half bad and if it got a revival with some decent voice actors and better animation, I'd take another look again.
    I'm sorry that it took so long to get this review out guys, but I just couldn't get motivated to do a review, and I think I actually tried to quit Canterlot at somepoint, but I'm not sure. I'm still here, and you guys are kinda stuck with me for a while now, so good luck with that.
    Anyway, I'll see you guys at some point later, with the next review in the Hatred marathon, which may or may not be a fanfic...we'll see...
    This has been Neo Review, thanks for reading, take care, and have a good night.
  2. NeoExlucky
    Let's begin the marathon of hatred, 4 pieces of fan content , 4 reviews, 1 Neo...joy...
    I know I said we'd be doing Button mash this week, but I really wanna hurry, due to the review I have planned after this, so with that in mind, let's tear this idea a new one, what's worse, this thing is personal...
    Snowdrop is absolutely awful. It's about an terrible filly, with a stereotypical archtype, and is just...bad. Let's start with the easy part, the good. The animation isn't too shabby here, and the voice acting is also quite nice. If I have to say something good about this, I'll give it to these two things. Now the animation is the best part of the fan-content, and the voice acting is...mostly good. Most of the children aren't all that good, but some of the other characters are pretty good.
    Now then, let's talk about the bad part of this episode, everything else. Everything is just...let me try and make some sense of it.
    The storyline, really ties into the character of Snowdrop who has such a stereotypical archtype that isn't even played out well. Normally when a character has an archtype, it can be played out well, but Snowdrop's isn't. Snowdrop has what some of my friends call, "The Disabled" archtype, which comes from her blindness, but she's mary-sue, so she's even more ridiculous. Let's check things off.

    Has a disability that should keep her from doing things, but doesn't seem to do anything?
    Said disability causes people to look down on her?
    Gives something to a canon character and becomes "Like a sister" to them?
    Never accepts help, even though her character shows no signs of being headstrong?
    Somehow creates something that really doesn't need to have a backstory?

    This character just makes no sense. She has all these traits that she shouldn't have in her character. There was a fanfic I read once, that I won't say the name of because it was VERY nsfw. The character was called Jenna, and she was in a zelda fanfic. Jenna was a normal merchant, best friend of Princess Zelda, considered a daughter to the king of hyrule, and was married to Link. So a mary-sue. She shares many qualities with Snowdrop, and she is the reason I can look at this kind of character a bit more in depth. Two friends of mine, they go by ObsidianDragon, and Quill (Not Quillhart) read this with me, and if they ever read this, I want to seriously thank them for showing me the fic.
    Back on topic, the story made no sense at all, and I personally think that the reason why people like this, is because of the people behind. If you were to make this a fanfic, by someone who had just found the fandom, the story would have been tore apart and never would have gotten this popular. I absolutely HATE Snowdrop! So you know what? With all this in mind, this piece of fan content gets my reviewer rating of: 3/10, it's just horrible.
    Well now that that's out of the way, I have a lot more to work on. This weekend I wanna tackle something that has eluded my gaze until now, Dusk's Dawn, I'm told it's bad. Yay... Well, I have to go force myself to watch something. So Ladies and Gentlemen, have a good evening, stay safe, and take care.
  3. NeoExlucky
    Warning: Spoilers
    My little portal is a very charming web crossover series, crossing the worlds of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and the world of Portal. (No half life jokes please.) Due to it being a series, I'll be starting by reviewing every episode in a pair of two episodes. My Little Portal is done pretty well, with good animation that seems to capture elements from both it's parent's series, and has an interesting protagonist(s) but we're not their yet. The first episode features Cranky donkey and Pinkie Pie in Equestria Laboratories, with Pinkie throwing a party for the activation of the third AI based off of Discord. Suddenly there is a power surge, yet the Discord AI remains online. At first things seem fine, until the Discord AI begins harming everyone in the room, killing Pinkie Pie, and a random scientist stallion. While also knocking Cranky out. Whooves, another scientist, manages to escape and suits up to try and turn the old AI's on. Along the way he meets Rainbow Dash, where the two split up, Rainbow Dash is killed (Or becomes mostly dead) and Whooves is able to turn the other AI's on. Discord is shut down, and Cranky is sent away to continue testing on the moon, or that's what's implied.
    Then we come to the real storyline in the second episode. It is revealed through a letter that Twilight will be going to the moon laboratories along with the rest of her friends that were at the old testing site. It is also revealed that Rainbow Dash is alive, and is being turned into...something, although we clearly see in the intro that she's being turned into a cyborg-like thing. Ten years later Pinkie Pie, who is now a personality core, accidentally re-activates the Discord AI who has now upgraded from Linux to Mac.Twilight is dispatched to find him and the elements of harmony, alongside Pinkie Pie.
    Aright let's get this out of the way, no the voice actors do not sound like the official ones, but just like I have said with Turnabout storm, I don't need perfect matches of the official voice cast to make me happy. With the exception of Cranky, I enjoy every voice in this series, my favorite being Rainbow Dash and Whooves, but I really like Celestia's too.
    The art style is also really good, I enjoy the cross between the two styles we were given, and it really makes me feel like the two worlds are one. If I had to make one complaint, it would be the AI bots from the first episode. They don't look as appealing to me as the ones in episode two, but it's only minor and we don't see the old AI bots for long.
    The storyline is really good too. It's a mash-up between the storyline of portal and the storyline of MLP's first and second episode, with a few tweaks here and there. It somewhat reminds me of Kingdom hearts, where all the worlds have their own storyline, with a hint of kingdom hearts thrown in there. In fact this whole series reminds me of kingdom hearts, they combined two things that you think wouldn't be able to co-exist in the same world together, and yet it somehow turns how amazing.
    And how about that soundtrack? Using the instruments that portal normally uses, with some of the mlp music just makes my ears melt in happy bliss. I can't even describe, just go look up the theme song and here it yourself, it's amazing.
    Now with all this information I have to say, I can't wait for the next episode. We're waiting on episode 5 right now, and I can't wait, I just know it's going to be good. Christian Cerda, I tip my hat to you good sir, for you are a genius. Now I want to say one thing, this series seems to be missing something for me. When we take a look at Turnabout Storm, it was charming, it was complex, and there was a lot of room for character growth. I don't feel this series has achieved that yet. I feel like comparing the both of those series isn't possible, but they both are crossovers including My little Pony, so I will compare them. Comparing Turnabout Storm to My Little Portal is like comparing a stale piece of bread to a piece of fresh pizza. I think something that is missing might be the humor. See, in turnabout storm, there was times for comedy, and times for seriousness, but in My little portal it's all dark all the time, and that's not something I can totally agree with. With all this in mind guys, this game gets my reviewer rating of 7.5/10, needs some work, but I know there's still some room to grow.
    Well, that was an interesting review. Now that that's over with I suppose I should review something else. So join me next week when we delve into the world of Button Mash, it's not gonna be pretty. So Ladies and Gentlemen, you have a wonderful evening, stay safe, and take care.
  4. NeoExlucky
    I've been waiting to announce this for the longest time. It is with deepest apologies and sincerest regret that I announce that I will no longer be reviewing episodes of My little pony Friendship is magic. Now this doesn't mean that this blog is going to be thrown into the garbage can, far from it, in fact there's going to be a lot more of it around!
    Something that I really enjoyed, was reviewing turnabout storm, and I never felt anything like it when I reviewed the official episodes. However, to try and re-capture this moment, I will now begin reviewing fan-content. This will require a bit off tweaking with my normal way of reviewing things, but all in all, I will still be reviewing. So expect a review of some type of fan-content this friday, or next week. I'll review anything, except for fanfics, which I may do at a later date. I can't wait to get started!
  5. NeoExlucky
    There were a lot of great things in this episode. We got to see an old rival of Rarity's, we got to see a city that we've heard a lot about, and we got Rarity to get tested on her generosity, plus she got that spindle of rainbow thread that I believe may be a key to the lockbox from the season premiere, that or it just shimmers oddly.
    So we're going to start off by looking at the song since it was near the beginning and I want to talk about it. The song was pretty good, both the reprise and the main part of the song really fit the episode and the character. I like the song, and it is in my playlist of pony songs but it's not in my top ten, though it's quite catchy and I love tune.
    Now we have the character, Coco pommel who is really interesting. I feel like she knows more than we think. Of course she may just be a normal pony. Though the fact that she gives Rarity the sparkly thread makes me feel like she knows what it is, or that she was given it by somepony else. Either I think we might be able to see her again, with maybe a bit of a different role. Either way, we have 1/6 keys done! (I think)
    Now, I don't know many people into fashion, in fact I only know about 3 people into it. However a lot of the ways they act in the show seem accurate to the ways I've seen my friends act during times like this. Especially my friend Winterose, who acts a lot like Rarity does already, and this episode kind of just proves it. The storyline was also quite nice in this episode. I love how the characters act, I like the song, the new characters, (especially the secretary) and the city. So let's take a look at the overview and finish this review up.
    Before we finish this though, I do want to point out how rude they were to Twilight. Normally I wouldn't mind since they are supposed to be pretty mean, but now they're being mean to Princess Alicorn Twilight Sparkle. Shouldn't they know that she's a princess since, you know,wings and horn? I thought they would address Twilight being an alicorn more in this season but so far, no dice. That's not necessarily a bad thing mind you, but it's still something to ponder over.
    Everything in this episode was fabulous! It somehow manages to get the momentum from flight to the finish back. The characters didn't step out of there personalities, the music was fantastic, the city of Manehatten looked amazing, everything was good. I'd say this episode could rival my favorite episodes, and it makes 2nd in my favorite slice of life episodes. The number one spot; is taken by suited for success, another amazing Rairty episode. Man, they make some really good Rarity episodes, why can't applejack get some of that? Also just wanted to say that I read Starswirl's review and he pointed out that this was a raridash episode, and after some thought, he's right it is. Anyways, with all this in mind, this episode get's my reviewer's rating of a 9/10. Amazing episode, I still have very high hopes for season 4 and I look forward to the next episode! This has been Neo Reviews, thanks for reading.
  6. NeoExlucky
    You know, about two reviews ago I mentioned the fact that the rainbow thread that Rarity got in Rarity takes Manehatten, and now that I've seen this episode, my theory feels to have proven even farther. Not only that, but now I think I understand what the meaning of the objects are, which not only includes the virtue that the mane 6 represents, but also their has to do with their goals as a character. I do more on that later, but for now; let's get to reviewing.
    So there is one thing that I think should be mentioned above all else, this episode is gorgeous. Everything is full of vibrant colors that, while really stand out, are easy on the eyes and add a great sense of the town of rainbow falls. The feeling of of the incoming event that is the Equestria Games, is actually quite nice and I feel kind of excited about it. It reminds me of the grand galloping gala from season 1. We hear about it a lot, but we didn't see it until the season finale. In fact, maybe the equestria games will be the season finale? I don't know, it's just a guess, but I'm sure we'll see it within season 4, or at least season 5.
    Character development is an...interesting subject of this episode. The mane 6 act like they should, and Biceps acts they way I figured he would act, which was quite humorous at times, and I hope we get to see him again. The problem here is the wonderbolts, from what we've seen about them, they just act all over the place. They were pretty cool ponies in grand galloping gala who just seemed to attract a large crowd, then in the wonderbolt academy they were pretty accepting yet firm of their abilities, and now they seem like lying jerks who are still somewhat accepting. I just don't know what's going on with them. I guess maybe they're a bit like rainbow dash, and all three of these episodes are just showing off different parts of their personality, and I could just be being nit picky.
    Now the last thing I want to point out is how amazing the story is. Like Rarity takes Manehatten, this episode has a very good story that really picks at the main characters (in this case; Rainbow Dash.) weakness and strength. This is something that I absolutely love. When a character gets an episode centered around a weakness of theirs, they should improve upon, turning the weakness into a strength or just make it nonexistent all together. It's something we've seen before, but then was always brought back as the weakness in another episode. This episode, just like Rarity takes Manehatten, picks at the worst weakness that the character has, and also tempts the character to fall into that weakness by using their life goal. Rarity wanted to be a fashion star, and Rainbow Dash, wanted to be a wonderbolt. This makes the trial episodes much better than most other episodes in the entire series.
    Now this episode had very few problems. It's an amazingly crafted episode, built with such great character development and fantastic story telling. I think these episodes are just awesome. Everything is done correctly, and this episode is not something to sneeze at. Personally, I don't think it's better than Rarity takes Manehatten, Princess Twilight Sparkle, or the return of harmony, but it does a very good job, and it totally makes it onto my top ten list. I give this episode my reviewer rating of: 9 out of 10. This episode is fantastic. This has been Neo Reviews, thanks for reading, have a good evening, and take care.
  7. NeoExlucky
    (Warning Spoilers!)
    Yay...an apple pie episode. I'm so excited for this...whohoo...actually once you get passed that part, this episode gets much better, so much better. In fact, the momentum from Rarity takes Manehatten is still here. Things are going excellent for the season so far. So then let's begin this episode of Neo reviews!
    So the fact that Pinkie Pie may be an apple family member is actually a good question. I mean when there is a chance that any main character is related to another main character, it gets interesting. Will we ever get conformation about it? I doubt it, but maybe when Inkie Pie shows up at some point, we'll get answers. I'd also like to point out that this episode's plot may have been better if we hadn't already had all the mane six be honorary apple family members, like it was said in super speedy cider squeezy 6000. I know it's not the same thing, but still, they are family members, just not technically.
    I also love the in-fighting between the apples. It's interesting to see everything they fight over, and how they talk to each other.. Besides Applebloom and Applejack, we've never seen the apples in a conversation with one another that many times, so this makes it pretty interesting. We also got to see Golden Delicious, and she's just swell, isn't she? She's a horder, she's a cat lady, she's senile, and just about everything else you could think of. I may need to write an app to play her, she's so cool. No I'm not sarcastic, I love Golden Delicious.
    And how about that song, hm? I loved it in the animatic, and I love it in this episode. My 2nd favorite singing voice is applebloom (Next to Rarity obviously) and this song really does her justice. She sounds amazing in this episode. So far, considering the CMC theme, hearts as strong as horses, babs seed, and any other song in the series that she's in, I think this is my favorite song sung by her. It's a very good song, not my favorite, or even in my top ten, but still it's a pretty good song, and I don't think that it's just something to brush off. It's a very nice episode.
    Now to finish this off, this episode does a very good job at showcasing the relationship between Applejack and Pinkie Pie. Even though it is partially an applejack episode. (Spoiler alert: Applejack's my least favorite character.) Once you get passed that though, you get a very high quality episode with everything looking nice and sounding nice. Speaking of which, did anyone else notice a change in sound quality, I don't know if it's because I watched this episode in HD or not, but everything sounded different, even the theme song. Anyways, the story is nice, the song is awesome, and the relationships and character portrayals are great! This episode gets my Reviewer's rating of an 8/10...wow I've been giving out a lot of 8s this season. I either need to heighten my standards or lower them. Oh well, next review. This has been Neo reviews, thanks for reading, have a good night, and take care.
  8. NeoExlucky
    *Notices people doing reviews on canterlot.* Oh...I guess I'd better write my review. After all I am the king of reviews! (Only because I had no competition when I first started...)
    So; bats! Not only did this start a brand new meme for the fan base, but now we also have a new "species" that some new RPers might actually try to put in World of Equestria, even though that won't fly...no pun intended. Now I said in my power ponies review that the momentum for season 4 finally stopped, and this episode doesn't exactly bring it back, it's a very good start and this episode isn't bad, but I still don't like it as much as Castle mane-ia. Now lets get down to the nitty gritty.
    Now then the plot in this story was...alright. There are so many character flaws that I can't even get my head around it. I mean this episode pretty much revolves around Fluttershy and Applejack. For anyone who doesn't know; Applejack is my least favorite character. Ever since episode 3 in the series, I have always disliked Applejack. Now in this episode not only did Applejack act incredibly unlike herself, but so did the rest of the mane cast! Fluttershy, despite her friends ability to sway her, should not have used the stare on the bats. She's only used it in dire circumstances, against a cockatrice and Discord. Furthurmore, Rainbow Dash only does this because of the cider, and as much as I like episode callbacks, SHE WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS JUST BECAUSE OF CIDER!


    Commencing Rant Mode

    Some element of harmony Rainbow Dash is! Apparently the only thing she really cared about in this episode was the cider! Her character shows no signs of her even really caring about objects over her friends homes. There is no way in hell that Rainbow Dash would do this all because of the cider and not even give two moons about the fact that these bats are going ruin Applejack's farm. While we're on the subject of the rant, why don't we talk about Twilight's spell, hm?
    So what your telling me is that no unicorn has ever performed this spell with another pony around them? Not even a farmer or anything of the like? No, I don't think so. The explanation for flutterbat seems like it was just shoehorned into the plot so they would have a reason for this entire thing. Plus shouldn't the spell leave a warning for this? None of this makes sense!
    Okay Rant's over...now let's talk about everything that's good.
    The song, stop the bats, is amazing. It reminds me of this is halloween, from the nightmare before christmas. I've got it already put into my pony playlist and my working music playlist that I have set up for when write reviews. It's my favorite song, but it is in my top five songs. The song is so nice and the tune is catchy. I also love the animations for it. Like how everyone is dark except for Fluttershy.
    Now let's play the raridash shipping game! In the song Rainbow Dash joins after Rarity decides to voice her opinion, and while that may be for cider, we can also look at Rarity's line when she gets scared while searching for what's still destroying the forest. "I think I'll go check on Rainbow Dash." She says that when she's scared, furthuring the ship. There you go Phil/Rairty/Raridash/Chrysalis/Twicane/Saber/Rainbow Dash.
    Okay, so this episode was quite nice. While the story makes me want to rage quit, I still enjoy a lot of the episode. The song was good, animation was nice, but the story still needs work. So let's end this, ladies gentlemen, this episode get's my Reviewer rating of a 6/10. Needs work, a lot of work, but I'll rewatch it just for the song. This has been Neo Reviews, thanks for reading!
  9. NeoExlucky
    Hah, does anyone else get it? The first episode was where the Mane 6 go back to the old castle was called Castle Mane-ia. I mean that was really nice of them to hint at something, the next time they go back to the castle, makes my heart jump with glee.
    Anyways, we got a really nice episode here. Not only did it reference some of the greatest super heroes of all time, but I actually understood the references the first time I watched it. It took me three time before I got the chocolate rain reference in the season 2 premiere. This episode had references, a new villain, and some nice action. Does it hold up to the rest of the season? Well...no. As much as I like this episode, I just can't say that I would put it in the same boat as the past five episodes. I mean, I knew this was coming. We can't have a season with perfect episodes all around. That's not to say this episode is bad, it's quite enjoyable, but personally I don't think it was as good as Castle mane-ia or Daring Don't.
    Let's not stall anymore, I want to get to the good part. The story was one that I really liked. Having call-backs to Celestia's old castle (Prediction: Twilight's new castle) is always a win for me, makes me smile every time I see something like that. The world of maretropolis is very nice, and while I don't know who some of the ponies are supposed to be, I like all of the power ponies. Our new MANE villain is also very humorous. I got a joker feel from her and it's very nice to see a villain who doesn't have some kind of weird magic. Nope this one's just an earth pony with a weird mane and some science. Although, does anyone else think she sounds like Luna? Oh well, the rest of the story was pretty good...until Fluttershy hulked out. I don't know why but the story just seemed to drop from my approval at that time. She looked ridiculous as a hulk. After that...well that was pretty much the end. Spike gave his lesson learned and then everyone laughed and went back into the world, like they always do.
    The episode left me kind of frustrated with questions. Who sold the comic book? Is this something normal ponies can do, or is there someone behind all this? Normally I enjoy being left with questions, but not in this episode. I feel very frustrated about all this. Sometimes I'd like for simple questions to be answered right at that moment. I understand if there are some questions they don't want to answer for plot points but really? *Sigh* Let's just move on to the next thing...
    Well...there isn't really a next thing to discuss. The rest of the episode was really neutral for me. I don't know if it's because of all the family stuff I went through today or if it's just the episode, but at this moment I feel pretty "meh" about the rest of the episode. There's a lot of promise for Celestia's castle now, and you can tell that there is something going on with a sub plot. I guess you could say this was a good episode for spike, since a lot of people leave spike out of most of the main characters in the series. People even consider Celstia, Luna, and Cadence more important than Spike. While in Equestria they are, I still feel like Spike is a more important character, since he does appear in more episodes than the princesses. I guess I could say those things. Anyways, this episode get's my reviewer rating of 6/10. It's not bad...but it's not all that good. This has been Neo reviews, thanks for reading.
  10. NeoExlucky
    Warning: Spoilers
    I'M DONE! I'M SO DONE! HOW THE...I DON'T EVEN...WHAT JUST...WHAT! This episode is probably my favorite Cutie Mark Crusader episode so far, and why for the love of Luna, did Scootaloo not get her cutie mark? Oh right...hasbro. Well anyways, let's actually get to the review!
    So the story of Scootaloo getting picked on because of her wings was really ingenious. It's basically a disability story that some kids will have to deal with. It's only made even better because I remember getting picked on for being dyslexic and not being able to read or write like anyone else. I'm sure that almost anyone can relate to this story and it's because of this that the whole episode can be looked at so much better. You really feel for scootaloo as she throws away everything that she was good at.
    Also this is throwback to the episode, games ponies play, which actually...was not a good episode of season 3, at least compared to this. We get to see Mrs. harshwinny again and that's pretty good. I do wonder about Rainbow Dash though. She says that she was the flag carrier for the cloudsdale games but didn't she say in games ponies play that cloudsdale didn't get to host the games? That was kind of the whole drive of Rainbow Dash in the episode. I mean maybe they got to hold it at a later time but...it just doesn't make sense. It takes away from Rainbow's drive in the episode.
    The song, hearts like horses is also really good, and really meaningful. It really seems like a better version of the old CMC theme song, which pretty much talked about their despair. However, this one is much more about their friendship and the strength they have together. They song is much better than most of the other CMC songs and I will always keep it in my favorites playlist.
    Overall this episode does not disappoint. Momentum for season 4 is flowing strong, and this episode keeps up with it. I love the episode. This was definetly needed for Scootaloo's character, and I'm so glad they did this. Now if only she could realize that HER CUTIE MARK IS FOR HER SCOOTER AND NOTHING ELSE! Anyways it's time for that grand old number that everyone likes so much, for whatever reason. This episode gets my reviewer rating of 9 out of 10! Amazing episode, amazing character development, but I'm confused a bit about what Rainbow said. This has been Neo Reviews, thanks for reading.
  11. NeoExlucky
    (Warning: Spoilers for the episode.)
    THEY'RE THROWING PANDAS AT US, THIS SEASON! First we have looks in the past, Discord showing up, the castle of the two sisters, and now we get a Daring Do episode! Oh my Luna, this season is amazing so far. As I've said before this season has a lot of momentum going for it, and this episode just carries it on. It also introduces a brand new race! The...cat...things...of egypt...I don't know. I just find them interesting. Not to mention that we got a very interesting action episode that wasn't a season finale or season premiere. Not to mention we got our first diary entry from Rainbow Dash. So then, let's analyze the episode.
    We begin the episode with Rainbow Dash fanning over the next Daring Do book being published. When she walks in on the rest of the mane 6 having a random holiday party...or something. Anyways, when Rainbow is told that the next book has been delayed for two more months, she flips her hooves and decides to proclaim to Twilight that she is the biggest Daring Do fan. Twilight and her get into a bit of a nerd fight and then they decide to head towards A.K yearling's house. When they arrive they find a giant mess, along with A.K yearling who eventually turns out to be Daring Do. This is awesome. The story of the episode is quite interesting and is full of references. Not to mention it gives me a real reason to ship Daring Do X Rainbow Dash.
    The episode gives us some new information on a new species of Equestria. Although, it looks like we only really got to see one. I'm not quite sure what his race was called though, only that he's some kind of alien, cat, pony, thing. I don't know, but he was really cool, and I hope to see more of this species at some time. We also got to see an odd kind of pony tribe that seems to work for the egypt thing, so that was pretty cool as well.
    A.K yearling's pretty cool character. She lives in what I assume is Whitetail woods, but I don't know for sure. We learn that she is Daring Do, and she's quite the thinker. She's rich and famous, she's a reference to one of my favorite author's of all time, and she has a great sense of fashion. Plus she has her whip, and her whip is awesome.

    (I secretly hope that whoever plays her does this.)
    Alright, so this episode was pretty good. It's good to the point where I don't know what exactly to talk about in this review. So it's kind of short. However the episode does have a few problems here or there, but it's nothing I will put against it, since most of them are so small. The animation was pretty good, as were the characters, story, and fan service, but it everything else was pretty normal. That being said, it still does a very good job of keeping season 4 as one of the best seasons yet. I look forward to next saturday, for the next episode. With everything in mind, this episode gets my reviewer rating of 8 whip cracks out of ten. Very well done. This has been Neo reviews, thanks for reading.
  12. NeoExlucky
    (Warning: Spoilers!)
    Star Spiders, and hall of hooves, and an organ outside, oh my! Castle Mane-ia was certainly a very good episode. Not only did it follow up on what happened during the season premiere, instead of ignoring it, it already gets a few brownie points! Referencing past episodes won't just make an episode good though, there were a lot of other good things in the episode that I really adored, and thus I will begin the reviewing process.
    So one thing I like is the story and characters. Every character is going to the castle because of something that greatly is related to their personality. Since these stories differ from one another I'm going to just give a summery for why everypony is going.
    Twilight is researching about the chest they found in the season premiere. she gets a letter from Celestia saying that there might be a book about it in the castle of the two sisters. She takes Spike and together they go on an adventure!
    Rainbow Dash and Applejack are competing to be the most daring pony. Which could be a reference to daring don't. (Season 4 Episode 4!) They go into the castle and play the "First one to leave loses" game. Of course we know how this turns out, with hilarity ensuing.
    Rarity is going because she got a 'tip' that there are tapestries that she wants to restore in there. She tells Fluttershy that it's important so she comes along to, with Angel the bunny, who doesn't act like a complete brat in this episode. Angel goes missing during the events and that's the reason they are prowling around the castle, after they've been scared enough to leave. (Or in Rarity's case, annoyed enough.)
    I enjoy the different stories and how they all connect. Except for Angel, everypony acts like they should so far. Though it bugs me how Twilight got good at flying already, but I guess she learned during the season 4 premiere...I guess. Oh, and Pinkie Pie? Well...eh. I was kind of hoping for somepony else but I'm okay that she was who she was.
    The design of the castle is amazing, I love the decor and the atmosphere of the place. It really reminded me of Twilight's terror time, back in the Nightmare Night 2013 event. Then I got depressed because I remembered that I got hit with a fish during that RP. I will never let that die, Bellosh!
    There wasn't actually anything that bad in the episode, granted maybe Twilight could have found something about the lock, to hint at something in the future, but hey; I asked for subtlety in my review of the first two episodes, guess I finally got it.
    Also something that I'm not particularly enthralled about; the mane 6 are going to keep a journal! I assume that this means our 'dear princess Celesta,' letters are going to be replaced with ''dear diary' entries. That's good, I guess. I never really had an opinion on the letters, but it does teach kids things, so It's good. Sometimes my little sister will just recite them randomly which is adorable.
    I do have a few questions about the episode though. Since I don't have anything bad to say about it, it did leave us with a few questions. So let's make a list!

    Who was the hooded pony we saw in the end?
    Will the elements of harmony/chest of harmony be mentioned more?
    Twilight lives in Ponyville, yes? For a while, I thought she lived in the Canterlot castle.
    Wouldn't Celestia know about the book if it was in there? If it mentioned the elements of harmony, wouldn't it be best to take it? Part of the letter that Spike received doesn't feel quite right to me. I mean she could have forgot about it, or maybe she hasn't read all the books in there yet. I don't know, it just feels off for me.
    Could this mean that there's going to be a season arc?

    I'm sure there will be more questions to come. Anyway, the quality of this episode was amazing. I'm glad I got to see it, and I'm glad that things have gotten this could. If the quality of this season stays like this, I'll be very impressed. It may become my favorite season so far. It's a fine episode, one that I can't give a bad report on, and it anything that isn't good, is good enough for me. So guys, I give this episode my reviewer rating of 8.5 dismembered hooves out of 10! No seriously though, does anyone else find it creepy that there are severed pony legs mounted on the walls? This has been Neo Reviews, thanks for reading!
  13. NeoExlucky
    This...this was amazing. I can't tell you how much I love turnabout storm. Unlike most fan-made content I've seen, Turnabout storm just got better and better. I was puzzled at the start, and tried to figure everything out all the way through to the end. I laughed, and I cried. Even now I'm crying as I write this review out to you guys. You know I've gone through some pretty bad times recently, with stuff IRL, things on the Wiki I frequent, and few other things I'd like to keep private, I haven't had something make me feel this better in a long time. Turnabout Storm is, out all of my two years of going through this fandom, my favorite fan project of all time. I think I have good understanding of fan made projects now, and it's thanks to this that I have that. I think it's no surprise that I give this my one and only 10/10 on this quest to review things. However I want to open a bit more, and after all my job as a reviewer is to discuss my opinions on the subject at hand, isn't it? So let's delve deeper into this master piece.
    Most cross-overs I've seen aren't that good. No matter what fandoms are crossed, how they're written, or even who worked on them, I've seen some pretty bad stuff. Sometimes I think that some things could cross with MLP easily but never in all my life did I think that phoenix wright could work like this. I was wrong. The story was enchanting, it drew my in and I couldn't stop watching. I began when part two had been out for quite some time and waited till just not when I finished part five. The episodes never lost their quality and I think they just increased as they moved through the episodes. You can tell that a lot of work and dedication was put into this series. From the voice acting, to the story telling, to the writing. I wouldn't change a thing. No the characters don't sound like their TV counterparts but is that really something we need? The music was put in the right places, the tone was set very clearly and affected me as I watched it. Including cheering loudly when Phoenix said objection. Everything was done right and I love how this turned out.
    The artwork did change while they went through the series. At first it was all official art but they also used their own drawings of Phoenix and the judge later down the road, they also did they own art for different scenes in the last two parts. One thing I want to talk about is the cliche here. The story of Trixie's redemption has been the plot of many fanfics and other fan projects. Not only her but another character's redemption story is also brought up in this series and is a classic story for fanfics I've read. Normally I don't ever think of these as good but this series, I can't express how they managed to do these things right. The stories that are used here may be cliche and over-used, but this series somehow makes it not all it appears. There is more to it than that. The characters of Trixie and the other one do have feelings, what is it like for them to go through this? Yes we see how the good guys see it but maybe Trixie isn't a bad guy. Maybe she's just gone through some rough times. This series really made me feel for the characters, for Twilight, for Phoenix, for Trixie, for Rainbow, almost every character made me feel something for them. Even characters with an affinity for hands.
    I don't know how much more I can tell without sounding like a prancing fan boy. In fact this review probably already makes me seem like that right now, but you know what? This series deserves these praises. The entire thing blew my mind. The suspense, the awe, the sadness, the humor, all of it was like it was coming out of a real Phoenix Wright game, and maybe that's why I like it so much. Like I said at the begging, this series gets my rating of a 10/10.
    I highly recommend the project to any one here. If your a fan of Phoenix Wright, you'll love this. If not, you might still love it. I'm going to post the link to the videos down below but do be cautious. It's a 7+ hour series. I'm also going to mark it as NSFW since the series does have some evidence that is hinted at to be NSFW but they never show you anything except a black picture. I imagine that it's Rainbow Dash biting her hooves but I don't know for sure.

    Well then, this is NeoExlucky, Reviewer of ponies, signing off. Have a great evening, everypony.
  14. NeoExlucky
    (Warning: May contain spoilers!)
    We've survived my friends! All things are right in this world now. No longer will we have to feed on breadcrumbs and headcannons, now we feast on episodes and very fragrant sparkling grape soda. Now in preparation for this, I say we take a look at this episode, analyze it for what it's worth, and figure out the true meaning of christmas...I mean the true meaning of season 4.
    I'm glad that the intro changed. While the song is still the same, and in the beginning Twilight is still a unicorn, it's nice to see some of the other charaters get recognition, like the CMC, Luna, and Mayor Mare. It also makes me believe that this season may focus more on the mane 6's interactions with other characters, and that's pretty cool. I'd love to see more of that. Especially with characters who we know already exist but they seem to just be there.
    I'm glad that we at least got some recognition on Twilight's flight abilities. It's good to know that we still have a chance for Rainbow Dash to teach Twilight how to fly still. Granted it looks like she already is, but maybe throughout the season, Twilight will get better at flying and become a good flyer. Though she didn't seem to have that much trouble with flying at the end of season 3...
    It's really interesting to see Equestria in the past. Especially the old castle. I think it's safe to say that we've seen that castle before (Season 1 episode 2) and we'll see it in the close future (Season 4 episode 3). It's also my theory that Twilight will be given a renovated version of the castle of the two sisters so she can stay in Ponyville with her friends while still being a ruler. It might not happen but it would be interesting.
    Seeing Discord again was really fun. I'm glad that he got to come back, and while I wish he showed up more and would have, say; gone into the forest with them. It's nice that he got the screen time he deserved. It's also nice to see a callback to Keep calm and flutter on, which happens to be in my top ten episodes to watch. I'm also glad that Zecora showed up. She was really nice to see again, and she provided the potion for Twilight to change. However...I want to bring up something. This 'alicorn' magic didn't really seem like alicorn magic. In fact right after the episode I went and watched the season 3 premiere again. The dark magic that Celestia, Twilight, and Sombra use in those episodes is the alicorn magic. I plan to make a theory out of it for my youtube channel soon, but for now I don't really have anything. They are connected though, I know that.
    The tree of harmony is interesting...I didn't expect to find the origins of the elements of harmony, nor did I expect the elements to be taken away. Not only does that make me a little sad, but it also caused one of the biggest mysteries of the show since Star Swirl the bearded's journal in the crystal empire. That mystery is...
    The lock of harmony. Now it's obvious that with six locks, and six keys, it's going to be from the mane 6. Now this could mean a variety of things. I theorize that throughout the season, the mane six will accomplish very big things in their lives, maybe even be tested on what they know about friendship, or about their element. When they are successful in their test, they will get their key and when all the keys are together; something will happen. I don't know what that something is, but it's something. It's also possible that the keys will be gained throughout the next few seasons, or may be gained from ponies outside the mane 6 but it's more than likely about them.
    Now for the bad:
    The villain is absolutely ridiculous. The everfree forest? Really? I mean it's better than Nightmare Moon, or another sombra, but did they really make it the everfree forest? I mean one could say that it actually was Discord, since he planted the chaos seeds in the first place for them to cause this conundrum to happen, but it really wasn't him since he was trying to help. I think it would have been better if it was maybe the nightmare forces, or some evil species, or something else, but the everfree forest?
    Well, since the Everfree forest is now I Villian, I shall app him/her as a character in Canterlot Chronicles!
    All jokes aside, I'm also a bit confused about the way some of the characters handled things. I mean we know Applejack is smarter than the way she acted in this episode, yet she assumed the plants were weeds? Why did unicorn magic go on the fritz? I mean is that ever explained? It clearly wasn't a problem in Canterlot, so did you have to be close enough to ponyville to get it?
    Now other than that...I don't really have a problem with these episodes. In fact I really like these two and they may beat my favorite episodes of all time, which is the return of the elements of harmony. In fact I think it's safe to say that they are my favorite episodes so far. They were well written, fairly humorous, gave great callbacks, introduced us to quite the puzzle, and raised my hopes for season 4 immensely. This was amazing. With everything considered, this episode gets my reviewer rating of: 9.5! Now I await episode 3. This has been Neo Reviews, thanks for reading!
  15. NeoExlucky
    With 8 days left until season 4, I've decided to get back to work and at least try to finish season 1 in my reviews. We're going by a new system now, which is the old one. If you've read my review of Turnabout Storm, it's gonna be like that, except not as emotional. So let's get on with the show!
    Fun fact: Over the barrel is the first episode that I watched on Television, it was the 11th episode I watched. Does that mean I'm going to go easy on it? No. Let's be honest here, Over the Barrel isn't the best episode of all time. It has it's charms but it over stays in welcome and there isn't enough in this episode for me to enjoy. While I love the inclusion of the buffalo, and appleloosa, there are also things that I do despise about the episode.
    Giving us a new location of appleloosa is pretty good. I love the old western feel that this episode pulls off, and I don't know if it could have done the same thing in a location of, say; ponyville. It reminds of older TV shows that always had that one episode that took place in the wild west, where all the characters were different and didn't know each other, but they were still the same characters that they were in the normal episode.
    The 'weapons' that the ponies of appleloosa used were quite humorous, I loved the apple pie throwing, it really reminded me of some older shows, but it also reminded me of clowns...I don't like clowns.
    One thing I don't like is the story. The story of this all isn't very likable for me, it's not something I find myself watching with bated breath. I find it quite boring, and I would of liked it to have gone in other directions then the ones it did. Pinkie's share song helped with the story, but it just wasn't enough.
    I don't like braeburn. I know a lot of people really like him as a side character, and a lot of people put him in some of the grossest ships I know. (Braemac and Appleburn.) Personally I find him very un likable and down right annoying at times. I will give him the 'mild west dances" joke though. I found that very funny.
    Overall this episode is decent, at best. It has it's charming moments but overall I don't think it does anything. It makes my do-not-watch list and it's overall one of the worst episodes I've watched in season 1. That's not bad, mind you, the worst episode of mlp is in season 2, and there aren't many bad episodes in season 1. It still is one of my least favorite episodes though, and with all of this in mind, I give Over a Barrel, my reviewer rating of a 6/10. This has been Neo Reviews, thanks for reading.
  16. NeoExlucky
    (This is a joke)
    Once upon a time, there was a band of pirates! A crazy group made from a bunch of users here. There was QuickLime, BrambleRose, Bellosh, Steeleagle, and Dio! There used to be Rosewind, but I think they locked her in a treasure chest with a bunch of really bad cupcakes that imagination made, also he was there too. Finally they all sailed aboard the S.S. Raridash, a ship with a lot of promise and with a lot of evidence to prove that it was a great thing!
    However the crew members had some very odd quirks. The leader of the crew, Dio, wanted to live forever. Bellosh had an odd fascination with evil, albeit fashionable, hats. QuickLime enjoyed taking these hats from Bellosh and hiding them all over the ship, for him to find three months later. Bramblerose loved to eat Imagination's cupcakes, even though everyone else thought they tasted like worms. Imagination had a back room on the ship that no one else went into. I mean I assume that's where he kept his wood working stuff because at random times in the night you could hear a chainsaw in there, then some screaming, and then silence. Steeleagle believed in spontaneous combustion because unlike those so called "scientists" Steel knew the truth.
    Anywho the band learned of an ancient relic known as the chest of Rosie wind, a chest full of glorious items so unique and mind blowing, your face would implode upon setting your eyes on it. So obviously the pirates went after it. They ventured all over the land looking for any sign of it, and meeting some interesting fellows. Like a robot-man who only wanted to love, a naughty Gazelle who was queen of a city for a bit, some random guy who told really weird stories, a lady with witch powers, and of course, The duke of cinnia-bon.
    After searching for so long, they came across a town of talking muffins, who gave them the chest, which they took back to the S.S. Raridash crew. They opened the box and what do they find? Nothing, because the destination wasn't the treasure but the journey, the people the met and helped, that was the trea- just kidding they found Rosewind in the box. They stood around, slightly confused for a second and opened the other treasure chest, and what did they find? Rosewind. So for a matter of three seconds there were two Rosewinds in the world. Then a tsunami came and the Rariddash ship sank. That was the end of the S.S. Raridash, oh and then it exploded and came back as the U.S.S Rarity. Then everyone exploded.
    The End.
  17. NeoExlucky
    "It was a busy night in ponyville, foals went door-to-door getting candy from folks, many ponies held events that other ponies would go to and enjoy, and there was a nice peace in the air. Yet...something didn't feel right. As I walked along, loving my visit from my friend, Aselia, I found that there was some masked tension in the air, and after joining what I believed to be Princess Twilight Sparkles' haunted house, I learned the horrifying truth, I was right. The Changelings had invaded the city of Ponyville, capturing many of it's citizens and parading around as them. They tricked us into doing horrible things, I was forced to partake in an illusion where my emotions would become sweets for the changelings to enjoy. I was forced to fight against my own friends, in order to live, and it took the power of many ponies, including my own will and wits, to survive. The scars will never heal, and I don't know when the nightmare's will stop, but I thank Celestia that my family, and I survived. If I had lost my brother or my sister...I fear to even think what I might do." -The diary of Time Spinner.
    You know what nightmare night shows is that somehow we can all get together and roleplay in a happy and joyful setting with no violence at all, and then the roleplay team can show up, take that happiness, beat it with sticks, and throw it off a cliff. Then they give us changelings and tell us to have fun. Which I did, by the way. Nightmare Night, at least to me, was a success and I loved every minute of it. There are things that could use a bit of tweaking here or there but perfect is over rated and I think the problems it does have are charming. Events like these are the reason I want to be on the event staff, it looked like so much fun to make and sponsor.
    So we'll start with the good, because it's the longest.
    Having a story like this, that affect threads all around is probably my favorite here. The fact that changelings drop upon us and causes the entire focus of the roleplay to change is very nice. I think it helps to the story that none of us knew so it was easier to convey feelings of surprise this way. However I do know that some users wished they could have used a notice that this was going to happen and that's fine. Maybe it would have helped to give a bit of notice. I for one think that the surprise was very nice, I loved not getting to know about this.
    The combat in the threads were very good to me. Not only did I like the way my characters fought back, but they were well written and it seemed like my characters could really work in there situations. I want to give an example just for show.
    Time Spinner was in Twilight's Terror Time. There we were put under an illusion to fight each other and feed the changeling with our emotions. Many characters went ahead with this, but Time Spinner didn't. See, Time is a thinker, he's not strong, he's not magically gifted, and he's not sneaky. This thread allowed the revised Time Spinner to do a lot of good. Since Time Spinner is a historian, he has to know as much as he can about everything. Luckily he knows about magic. Right when tentacles started to attack him, he learned that this was an illusion and he was able to fight back, not with strength but with intelligence. Eventually he even gave up on everything and started meditating to stop feeding the changeling because he didn't want to feed her anymore.
    It's things like these that really make characters I use to feel useful throughout the whole rp. However there were problems with Combat, and I'm going to explain those later.
    Now something that is similar to the story but I still loved is the connection. We were all connected due to the fact that we were in ponyville and that was interesting. Something that I wanted to see, that I hope perhaps the event staff will look into is the crossroads effect. For an example we're going to use obstacle course and terror time. So let's say in Obstacle course the cave took us down below ponyville and as we kept going we find ourselves directly under Twilight's house. Since the ponies are in Twilight's basement the two groups are very close but they don't ever cross each other's paths. Instead something that one does could cause something else to happen in the other. For example one of the ponies in the cave screams because they get scared. The scream gets loud enough that even the ponies upstairs hear it and because of this they each think they hear someone in their nightmare, so they have to react to it. This would cause interesting changes to the RP, so I think it might be a good suggestion.
    I loved how each thread was similar and yet different. The changelings did things that were similar to what the mane six would do, but they still acted out a bit, this made somethings noticeably different that anyone who has met the mane 6 before would think is odd. The only one who I think didn't act strange was rainbow dash. Minus the changeling cavern there was nothing that seemed different about her and I almost thought that when the changelings hit, Dashie would help us fight them off. Twilight was different since she threw us into the nightmare. Fluttershy acted different, not only with participating in Nightmare Night but also because she acted odd towards the cage of "Animals." Rarity gave some pretty odd remarks during the fashion show, and Applejack seemed really weird during her hayride. The only ones who seemed normal for their characters were Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow dash, but I didn't read all of Pinkie Pie's thread (Sorry Rosie.) so I don't know if she did act strange. (For her anyway.)
    The costumes for each character were pretty cool, and seemed to match their personality, this includes OC's. However some didn't match them on purpose and that did add to the charm of the event.
    I also enjoyed the crossing of Canterlot Chronicles and World of Equestria. Especially since Aselia was a really good character to play in this situation. I certainly enjoyed this version of the cross between RP types then the last one. I would love to see more of this.
    I could go on but due to the sake of this post, I'm just going to move on to some of the bads, but I only find two
    I am well aware that there was an OP problem that occurred. Now this can be a problem. I have seen countless times on all three of my roleplay sites. Now the only thing we can actually do to fix it is tell the person god-modding that they are doing that. Its helped with me, and its helped with others I've seen. A way to help prevent it is by writing down a set of skills that they can use, that goes along with their lore. However this can be a bit of a problem because sometimes you don't know if a power is too powerful. I'm getting side-tracked though. Combat could use an improvement and in fact a few ideas crossed my mind, such as using a dice roller. However most of my ideas were either too difficult to use, weren't possible, or were too complicated for me, and I don't want to suggest something I don't know how to use.
    I also found a problem with combat. Now we're going to use my four characters that really did things in the event, those being Time Spinner, Aselia, Octavia, and Gadget.
    The girls were the easy ones:
    Aselia was built with combat in mind, and because of this she didn't have that much difficulty to do battle. So she was already done.
    Octavia's costume was a book that was basically a ponified version of assassin's creed, so most of her weapons were bows and her own hooves. Though she didn't get into much combat.
    Then there were the guys:
    Time Spinner was easy, because he wasn't really in combat. He was placed in an illusion where all he had to was get slapped with a fish. (By the way, that needs to be a thing from now on.)
    Gadget was the one with the most difficulty, his wing was injured during the RP so he couldn't do anything with flight, he wasn't a unicorn so he could use magic, and he wasn't really a strength character. In his Canterlot Chronicles app he will be using his gadgets as weapons, but for this RP I found it to be a bit of rubbish for him to do that. (Huh, never used a British word before.) Most of his combat in the RP was moving things, including a knocked out Flash Sentry, a crowbar, and a cage.
    Now maybe others found other problems but this review is from my experiences and I didn't find many problems in my adventures. (Well none from others, I probably caused a bunch of problems at the start with my two characters in a thread a first and my misreading of some of the other posts.)
    So then, we come down with tons of really good things in this event and a few bad. Now like I said, I really like Nightmare Night, it was fun, creative, interesting, and very nicely done. I made me want to be on the event team and I tip my hat to you all. (Whoever you all are.) Now then, it needs a bit of work, but its far from being bad, really far off. So now, with everything that I can come up with, with all of my experiences laid on the table, and almost all of the roleplays finished, I give the Canterlot event: Nightmare Night 2013, my reviewer rating of 9/10. I can't wait to see more from you guys. This has been Neo Reviews, thanks for reading.
  18. NeoExlucky
    (This is a joke.)
    So once upon a time in the year 1942, DIo invented the lightbulb but it wasn't called the lightbulb at first, it was called Nightmare night! What Dio didn't know was that lurking in the shadows of the run down motel complex that he called his lab was the dastardly Ruler of Equestria! We all know her as Rosewind now, though. Anyway, Rosewind was an evil genius and decided to write down Nightmare night and everything about it so she could steal it and sell it for ONE MILLION DOLLARS...in play money that is. However Rosewind wrote down a storyline involving the yet to be created mane 6, a bunch of OC's, and changelings which had also yet to be invented. She hide the book on the ancient haunted castle that Canterlot was built on and it was never seen again.
    Until 2012 when the event team found the book and started to take the story into their own hands...or hooves. I'm not sure if the event staff is comprised of ponies or humans. Anyway, it worked and Nightmare Night came to be! Which is really odd considering you'd think that Rosewind would remember that and she probably did but when Steeleagle promised to have me get hit by a fish somehow, Rosewind said it was okay.
    Also there was this guy named Phil who was a time wizard and he was cool guy, and one time we were all hanging out in a lab and he pushed a button and exploded. It's okay though cause he came back as Raridash the white, which was also a good time, but then he kinda turned evil and said he was going to eat our emotions. Which I told him to eat a snickers to get ahold of himself but he said he preferred laughter and went on to do evil things.
    Anyways, so Nightmare night actually happened and it started out fun, except Colgate just wanted to give out floss and no pony wanted floss so she turned into a changeling and attacked, along with a bunch of other changelings, so that wasn't good. Most of our characters got trapped in really weird places and some even joined a rebellion led by a rhyming Zebra, so that's a thing. Anyways most of us are just sitting there for a while, wondering what to do with our lives and we get eaten by Queen Chrysalis AKA Raridash the White AKA Phil the Time Wizard. So Rosewind AKA Pinkimena AKA Pinkie Pie started laughing and told us all to press this button, in a really weird lab that I think Chrysalis ate, which we did. So we all exploded except none of us did and we just kinda teleported home. Then the next day someone said I couldn't make a dishwasher that cleans dishes with wubs and I was all like "Moon that, I'm NeoExlucky!" So I made a dishwasher that cleans dishes with wubs but the Octavia in me said no, so I beat the dishwasher that cleans dishes with wubs with a hammer. Afterwards QuickLime had me eat a piece of candy that was filled with chocolate and I died.
    So if there's anything I've learned from this, it's 'don't use a sock to climb a mountain to get the apple.'
    And that's how Nightmare Night 2013 happened (in my head)
  19. NeoExlucky
    Hello weary traveler, why don't you sit around my comforting campfire, I'll spin you a tale from my collection of odd stories and offer you some hot chocolate as we begin. Now then are you all settled? Are you comfortable with where you sitting? If not take a chance to get comfy, and we can begin. Now let's see...what story do I pick...Ah, let's talk about the internet aether. Now the internet aether is an enchanting story that can get a bit complicated, so keep your wits about you. Now then, let's begin.
    A long time ago, about one and a half years, there was a boy. His name was NeoExlucky. NeoExlucky was fairly interesting boy, with too much time on his hands and an odd obsession with writing stories. He enjoyed the works of many authors and once had a dream of becoming one. Alas he lost his desire to become a writer and instead focused on other things in life. However one thing seemed to spark his creativity, something so odd that he had to keep it hidden that he watched this from judging eyes. This thing was My Little Pony. Now due to the nature of this site, I'm sure that doesn't seem so strange to you. After all for you to be here says much of your tales and experiences. Anyways, NeoExlucky had always found creativity when watching the show, he found many interesting bits of information that he felt he could expand upon. This started a series of unpublished tales and the creation of a character that would cause some problems for him. NeoExlucky soon invented a character inside of his mind that starred in many of his stories. This character's name changed a lot during this time, along with several other features and traits about him but this character would soon be known as Time Spinner. NeoExlucky's stories started to be fairly reasonable but began to get odder with every tale he finished. Eventually he had a series of stories to tell and he wanted a way to share it with others who enjoyed My Little Pony. So he found Fimfiction, a website where anyone could post stories about anything and this was where NeoExlucky posted his story called My Little OC: Time Spinner. He was very proud of this story, in his mind he thought that everything about it was perfect. In reality though, it was one of the worst stories he had ever written. It was met with mockery and scorn from the eyes he once thought were un-judging. He became very upset with the reviews his story got and he deleted the story off of FIMfiction and trashed Time Spinner. He was furious, blaming the character for his mistakes and problems in the story. Every piece of evidence that Time Spinner ever existed was deleted from his computer, and NeoExlucky hoped to never see anything about him again.
    Over the course of three weeks, his emotions changed from anger to sadness as when he deleted Time Spinner, he deleted a piece of himself. Time Spinner held a piece of him, much larger than that of any character he has now, with two exceptions but we'll get there soon. NeoExlucky didn't know what to do with himself, he wanted to bring Time Spinner back but everything about him was deleted. One would think that NeoExlucky would remember those things but he suffered from terrible memory and only remembered bits and pieces of things. If he was to bring Time Spinner back, it would be a new one, in a place he hoped no one would know who he was. Of course he didn't know where that was, or where to find anything like that.
    NeoExlucky had all but given up on Time Spinner, picking up the pieces he had from his memory and trying to flesh out more detail in him. At one point he came across something magical, the pony generator. To actually see his character was a true gift for him, as he had only written down details of what Time Spinner looked like. He got to work, and quickly picked up how to use the pony generator. In no time at all he had created the Alicorn, Time Spinner. He looked at his character with a happy smile, glad to see something so great...until he decided that the wings might be a problem. NeoExlucky had read stories of Alicorn characters that were met with bad reviews, and it was through this fear that NeoExlucky dropped the wings. Time Spinner was finished. NeoExlucky used a snipping tool to cut Time Spinner out and edit him a bit in Paint, when a strange message came up, like an error message. This message was different though, it asked him "Do you want to join the internet aether?" This strange sort of made him ponder what it could have been. Maybe it was some virus or maybe the computer was just acting up. Still the internet aether seemed like an interesting place and it was with a click of the mouse that brought this whole story into proportion. As NeoExlucky clicked yes, something happened with a large TV he kept in his room. It didn't work, it wasn't even brought in, but it started to flicker and lights started to appear in a swirling motion over the screen. It got brighter and brighter until Plop, a grey unicorn, with a wine red mane and black glasses fell out of the screen. It stood still for a few minutes before it got up and looked around at the unkempt room, then to NeoExlucky, who proceeded to scream in astonisment.
    "Who- who are you?" NeoExlucky asked.
    "My name is Time Spinner, I'm your character, Celetisa your room's a mess. Seriously you should take better care of your things." The unicorn scolded.
    "Wha-how...what!?"
    Time Spinner merely rolled his eyes. "You joined the internet aether, when you do that you need a character to use from there. That's me."
    "Bu-...why?"
    So Time Spinner told him the ways of the internet aether, how only other internet aether users could see his character, how there was an internet aether room where he could create more characters, and that he could explore the internet when he was inside the aether. One of the best things was his watch. Most internet aether users had some type of object from aether to use with his or her characters, and NeoExlucky's was a watch. While wearing the watch, NeoExlucky could snap his fingers and say the name of a character to let that character's powers flow into him. He could utilize the magic Time Spinner had, but he also had to deal with having the personality, the restrictions, and the responsibilities of Time Spinner. This was only one of the blessings of being a user of the Internet aether, while he was exploring, NeoExlucky found a golden city known as Canterlot, where other internet aether users met with their characters to interact with one another.
    Through this city, NeoExlucky created a vast list of characters, from villains to siblings and everything in between. He even found other cities like it where he created other character from other franchises. Places like the wikia city and Realms of Hyrule. While he created interesting characters, none of them really had much of an interesting character story, and none of them were as close to NeoExlucky as Time Spinner was. That is until Aselia was created. Now there is another user on this site name QuickLime, who wanted to start a band of pirates for the new roleplay type: Canterlot Chronicles. When NeoExlucky found this he quickly got to work on a version of Time Spinner for this but soon it changed to a new charater named Aselia. Aselia changed just as much as Time Spinner did. She started out as a thief and changed into a scholar with a knack for potion making and though Aselia never made it as a pirate, NeoExlucky felt very close to Aselia. He worked very hard on her and he loved the character he created. She was similar to Time Spinner by being a smart unicorn but she had a bit of sass to her and her story was not as...boring as Time Spinner's. She become one of the lead characters in NeoExlucky's arsenal of characters and developed a sibling bond with Time Spinnner.
    Then there came the most recent character into NeoExlucky's possession, Octavia Melody. After an attempt at a certain cast character, NeoExlucky was wanted to try for a new character who was part of the cast, and after a long time of angst, worry, anxiety, and excitement, Octavia was given to NeoExlucky. She was an interesting character in the fact that she was always Prim and Proper. Time Spinner, held such an odd personality and Aselia held a sassy genius personality that this was a bit of a change, but one that NeoExlucky was glad to have. With all of these characters NeoExlucky created a group called the leading three, the leaders of his characters, Octavia lead the World of Equestria characters, Aselia lead the Canterlot Chronicles characters, and Time Spinner lead the Free for all characters. These were his favorite characters he had ever had a hand in creating and with all of these things that had happened to him, he was glad that he had failed in writing stories, for if he hadn't he may never have found Canterlot or gotten any of these characters.
    So you see traveler, the internet aether is a very confusing place, but when it comes to you, it can lead you to magical places filled with adventure and experiences just ripe for the picking. You must be the one to take the first step into it and when you come to the ledge of adventure, do not be afraid to leap. Thank you for reading this story, we hope to see you again here in story time with Neo. Have a good evening.
  20. NeoExlucky
    Now I don't know if you guys know this or not, but I love mega man. I didn't actually start playing it until recently and I even asked you guys which ones I should play, until I said "You know what, play all the megamans!" So pretty much all in the classic series (Minus 8), plus megaman x, x2, and x3. I also love rping and I thought, "Hey, I already do Sonic, and ponies, and Zelda recently, why not try a mega man roleplay?" So I searched the interwebs only to find that the last post made in a mega man rp site was back in 2011. Now that just can't do, can it? So I kept looking and figured I should start a mega man rp wikia. Now I'd need help with a few things because I am in no way, shape, or form admin material. Anyways, I haven't started it yet because I wanted to ask something, how many of you would Roleplay in the mega man world?
  21. NeoExlucky
    (Warning: The following review contains words written in character to an on going problem here at Neo's internet house. The words of Time Spinner are written in this manner however the words of Change Swipe are written as Neo's true thoughts. Enjoy...)
    Warning, the following review is about a stupid problem that doesn't even make any sense with characters that seem incredibly annoying and a stupid, lady gaga knock-off!
    Time Spinner, that's a horrible thing to say. Come on the episode wasn't that bad. It was actually pretty good.
    Just what was so good about it?
    You know what? Let's just review.
    Now in this episode Rarity has a dress that she is making to show for a client named Photo Finish, a famous pony who knows about fashion...I guess. Rarity 'hires' Fluttershy at the last minute and Photo pays all of her attention, not to the dress but to Fluttershy. She takes Fluttershy and makes her a star while Rarity begins to get jealous of her.
    The storyline is...well it's okay. Part of it makes sense but for the most part I don't really care for it. I mean yeah it's good for getting us from one place to the next but I don't think it's a highlight of the episode.
    Plus it's stupid. The show was still being made for little girls at this time. right? So how would anyone be able to relate to making a dress and having their best friend become famous?
    "I don't think that was point..."
    The animation was also okay. Fluttershy walking down the catwalk for the last time in the episode sure was...interesting. However nothing else really made me go "Wow, that was pretty cool!"
    Pinkie pie jumping out of random things really upset me. Wouldn't it be better if it was like NOT A PONY?
    Rarity and Fluttershy are both shown to be really good friends in this episode. In fact I'd say they have the closest relationship we've seen so far in these reviews. We learn a lot about Fluttershy's kindness, her anger, and her shyness that we already knew about. We learn about Rarity's jealousy in this episode too and we learn that Fluttershy and Rarity go to the spa together once a week.
    All of these could have been skipped over and no one would care. Besides everyone knows the best ship is...
    Yes?
    I mean...Ships are stupid in this show, why would anyone ship anypony together. Further more when I ship it's better. I put a pony in a box, tape it up, and mail it to china. That's how you ship.
    Dialogue and voice acting are very good in this episode and dare I say it, it's the best part of this episode.
    It's terrible.
    Time did you like any part of this episode at all?
    ...Yes...Fluttershy is very adorable...but it's only in this episode, none of the others...
    I feel if you want to show someone the ponies and introduce them to the show, don't start with this episode, but do make it one of the first to watch. With everything in this episode it's really hard to dislike but I don't think it's enough to make it the best episode of Season 1. This episode gets an 8/10. Needs a hint of work, a teaspoon of sugar, and a dash of rainbows to make it better but it's still one of my personal favorites, still not my total favorite though.
    Can we go now? This internet Aether is starting to make me dizzy and I don't like it.
    You don't like Spinning, Time SPINNER?
    (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ I'm done...
    Time, wait! Oh uh...┬─┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ) Don't leave me behind!
  22. NeoExlucky
    I want to look at another character creator that I find does a pretty good job of making pony OC's. Legends of Equestria released their character creator and I figured I'll review it. Anywho let's get to the review.
    The good:
    Ponies are in 3D. I can't tell you how long I've awaited this.
    The mane styles, cutie marks, and tails all look pretty good, oh and that's another thing.
    There are a huge amount of cutie marks in this creator. While many of my characters don't have their cutie marks in it, they are still going to add stuff, so that's good! I really like the cutie marks we have though, there's a scroll that I settled on in there that makes me think of reviews, so Time Spinner with a scroll cutie mark is me...I guess. There's other's on there that are cool too and actually if we used our cutie marks on our profiles, most of us could do it. There's a really big leaf, a compass rose, a peace sign, a quill, etc.
    Color's are easy to pick from since we get a giant color wheel and we can mess with the brightness of said color.
    It's free, so that's good!

    I'm happy to say that there are only two real problems I have with this creator so far, I'm sure they'll be fixed but I'm reviewing it now, so it's going to get those as bads.
    The bad:
    There's an ad right over the pony when you play it in normal mode. It's not there in full screen and you may be asking "Neo, if it can be fixed that easy, what's the problem?" My problem is that no matter what I do, I can't get a picture of the pony because that ad always shows up. I'm sure there's something I can to block the ad but I'm reviewing this without help from another program.
    Sometimes when I'm clicking on one of the arrows It takes me out of full screen mode. It gets annoying after a while of it happening but I tried it on my other computer and didn't get it at all so maybe it's just this one. I don't know.

    Anyways I really like this creator. If I could just get a pic of it, it would be my profile. I'm super excited about Legends of Equestria and I can't wait to see what else they are going to have in store for us. With all of this in mind guys, this get's my reviewer rating of 8.5/10!
  23. NeoExlucky
    So now that I've played with the pony generator let's get to this review. By the way I won't be giving this a score since it's an incomplete product.
    The Good:
    We got Head Turning which is really awesome! I love to look at Time's head when he's staring at me awkwardly.
    We got brand new Mane and Tails! However that's gonna get veto'ed in the bad section.
    We got neckwear back and that's awesome because Bow-tie Time is Best Time.
    We got more accessories for almost everything I can notice.
    We got new hats, which i fine and all but I don't normally...WHAT! Time can have a fedora now? What!
    I like the art style here. It seems different then the style in Version 2 but I can't really describe how.
    The color selection has been made a whole lot easier now that we pick swatches.

    However with good there is always bad and this is no exception, though it is an incomplete project so...
    The Bad:
    Cutie marks can't be added through the generator anymore. Though if you have a clear view of the flank you shouldn't have any trouble adding it yourself.
    Many of the Mane's and Tail's such as copyrighted ones, were taken out.
    Clothes are no longer around and that makes me sad. I was just getting used to clothes making in Version 2.
    Sometimes when moving down a wheel, it will stop when it shouldn't. I only got this thrice but still it's annoying.

    Overall I like Version 3 of Pony Generator. It's really fun and has a bunch of new stuff for me to add to my characters. Is it better than version 2? Well...kind of...for someone who can add cutie marks easily with a clear view, I can live with it and if your making a foul with no cutie mark, use this one! If not, then it' up to you, might want to use version 2.
  24. NeoExlucky
    (Warning the following is a true review written in a roleplay style. The following characters are Gadget and discorded Neo. Be warned that while this is written to further the review storyline but is also written still as a review.)
    Come on Neo look, a dog and pony show, it's like one of your favorite episodes of the entire series.
    What?! I think not! This entire show is stupid, not fun, and made for girls, why would I, a busy 16 year old need to watch a dumb girl's cartoon!
    Look, Aselia said this is the only way to get you back, so we're doing this review.
    These reviews are stupid too. There is absolutely no reason for them to exist.
    Oh my Luna...
    The story is probably my favorite part of this episode, it's easy to follow, very believable and it reveals to us a new species that are quite interesting to roleplay with. Spike and Rarity are out collecting gems with Rarity's new and improved gem finder now with 20% less rocks, when suddenly they are ambushed by a bunch of Diamond dogs. Spike goes to collect the other mane 6 for help and Rarity uses her wits to outsmart the diamond dogs. Like I said, easy to follow and very nice. Neo what do you think?
    It's stupid! The writers finally decide to tell us Rarity's special talent when we're almost finished with the first season! The idea behind it is stupid since no one bothered to mention diamond dogs, and Spike's being over ignorant as usual and trying to court with Rarity when everyone knows that she's already friend zoned him a long time ago.
    Anyways...
    Animation is very top notch in this episode, what with the diamond dogs and their antics, the unicorn magic being used, and the caves that looked dazzling. The Voice acting and Dialogue were nice too, adding some really funny lines for the characters, and were delivered nicely.
    Yawn...boring, boring and boring.
    *Sigh*
    Spike and Rarity, the stars of the episode, are developed a lot in this episode, from finding out Rarity's talent, too learning how far Spike will go for Rarity, the episode does a nice job of showing off these qualities between the two characters and while the other characters aren't represented all that much, it's nice to get a look at these two for a bit. I'm not even going to ask Neo his opinion since, it's clear what he'll say.
    Now to me this episode is really important, mainly because this was the episode that caused some ideas to spark in Neo and helped with certain aspects of my development.
    Quite the mistake I made. I hate making characters.
    The episode is nice and manages to do everything right, for an episode with no song. I give this episode a 9.5/10. The reason it's only 9.5 is because the episode, while being very good, is one that I feel could have been expanded upon more. Plus it's never really got a callback made to it, which I think it should.
    I give this episode a 1/10 because it's a stupid episode that is boring and is filled with so many plot holes!
    Ugh, Neo no, let's just go. Next time Change Swipe and Time Spinner will be reviewing here.
  25. NeoExlucky
    Now that I've calmed down from a few other things and finally have a chance to post this I'm gonna. This is the blog post where I talk about my future and other things that are coming up. So let's get started. Now for those of you who don't know, I love video games. I grew up playing video games, my family is a bunch of gamers, and I go to gaming conventions, like gencon. Roleplaying really added to my love of gaming, giving me chance to think about a character in a new perspective. I'm always thinking about my future and it's because of video games that I know what I want to do with my life. I want to become a video game designer. Now I've played with game making programs before such as RPG maker, game maker, blender etc. and I've had so much fun making these games. I'm only sixteen now but I know I'll have a fun time designing characters, dungeons, and the like. RPG games have always been a favorite to me and it's because of RPG maker that I've learned how to make them. Which is my future project, to make an RPG. Now I could go about this RPG pretty differently and I've been thinking through what kind of RPG I want to do. After some time I wanted a pony RPG game using characters I've created and canon characters. That grew into asking permission to from you guys to use some of your characters as well, and soon I found myself making a video game directed towards the users of canterlot, all with inside jokes we'd understand. Then after an hour of playing final fantasy 13 I was thinking of a way to incorporate a paradigm shift mechanic into the game. The ideas kept popping up about what kind of game it could be, what mechanics it should have, and characters to use. I had over 140 characters I needed to ask permission for, that was how many ideas I got. Then I got one idea that I really love, it was already going to be a game made for canterlot, so why not make them game about canterlot? That's the idea I'm going by. So with that in mind, the name was changed to Canterlot and the characters became users. Of course I haven't gotten to work on the actual game, since I still need permission to use users as characters but my ideas began to swell and now, I'm going to try and make an RPG about canterlot using the members here as characters. Now not all of them would be party members or main characters mind you, Rosewind, for an example, made a great boss in my head. So with that in mind, I'm going to be sending out some messages asking for people to be characters in the game. The game will be free, It will be at E to T possibly for some language and suggestive themes. The game still needs a lot of work put towards it and if anyone knows of any great RTP packs (for free) or some characters, I'd be eternally grateful. Also your character (if in game) will be based off of what I think you look like, Let's say QuickLime was a character, she'd have black short hair, wear glasses, probably use swords and daggers, etc. Anyways Canterlot that's all I have for now, I need to get to some work on a few other things I'm gonna do.
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