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[Adridos]

xengk, on 17 February 2014 - 02:13 AM, said:

One thing I remember from G1 are the villain than the pony themselves.
They seem so generic and lack of personality, outside of the pilot episode, compare to the much colourful villains.
I really like Sting and Katrina.

Each character generally have 1 gimmick and that's it.
Like Surprise's gimmick is to jump out and shout "surprise!" or something of equivalent, once that card is played she acts like any other pony in that episode.

Thanks for the insight, xengsk.

Kind of ironic to have good villains and not-so good cast, when writing a good villain is much harder than writing a good main character... at least in my opinion, that is.

[Samaritan]

Howdy Folks;

Does anyone have a good source of editing for FIM fics?



Thanks

[Watchit]

Do you mean like an editor, Samaritan? I think there's a couple groups on fimfiction.net that offer proof reading and stuff.

[wanderer]

Many, actually on FimFiction. Best way to do it- find stories you like, find groups they're in, check for editing help therein.

[Fabe]

I sort of loved it when The Anime news network runs a story on the Japanese version of the show. Its sort of fun watching the weeaboo level fans rage in the forums

[Samaritan]

Thanks guys I will check it out.

preparing to write seems to be ten times more work than writing. Then there's the proof reading, plot checking, charachter veting, word count, editing...

I almost feel like telling my friends, "You can have my story when you pry it from my cold, dead, hands."



Respectfully

Samaritan

Edited by Samaritan, 18 February 2014 - 07:21 AM.

[Adridos]

Samaritan, on 18 February 2014 - 07:19 AM, said:

preparing to write seems to be ten times more work than writing.

The first step is always the hardest step, no matter what you're doing.
Since you've already crossed it, good luck getting your fic finished!



Where's Applejack when you need her?



Yep, a legitimate bunny stampede.

Edited by Adridos, 18 February 2014 - 12:42 PM.

[xengk]

Adridos, on 18 February 2014 - 09:04 AM, said:

Where's Applejack when you need her?



Yep, a legitimate bunny stampede.

Someone have startle the Scootaloos

Adridos, on 17 February 2014 - 09:58 AM, said:

Thanks for the insight, xengsk.

Kind of ironic to have good villains and not-so good cast, when writing a good villain is much harder than writing a good main character... at least in my opinion, that is.

I think the problem was they have too many pony character, they feature a new set of pony or introduce new pony with each new plotline, unlike how they did with the Mane6 in G4 and Mane7 in G3.
So the characters overlaps.

Villain on the other hand are one shot and then to standout, some are well done like Sting while other are forgettable like that giant octopus and his lobster henchman.
The good villain are the one that the viewer can related to.

In Sting's case, he is introduce as a bully and enforcer of the bee colony. After capturing a pony and listening to their plight about how the bee colony is destroying their home.
He turns around and try to work out a solution for both community, all the while without betraying his duty. (he didn't let the capture pony go even after hearing them out, because that is his duty as prison guard) He even find the courage to stand up to HIS bully, he is a good guy caught with a bad crowd and situation.
Kinda like the Bab Seed episode.

Edited by xengk, 18 February 2014 - 08:47 PM.

[Adridos]

xengk, on 18 February 2014 - 08:36 PM, said:

I think the problem was they have too many pony character, they feature a new set of pony or introduce new pony with each new plotline, unlike how they did with the Mane6 in G4 and Mane7 in G3.
So the characters overlaps.

Well, that seems like a rather reasonable explanation, thanks.

I should really grab at least a few episodes off of Yayponies someday.

[Samaritan]

Hon. Mechwarriors;

MWO is great for edits. Here's a little something I whiped up for a Striker TRO entry at Solaris 7.



Please enjoy

Pictures and animation make for nice embelishments for FIMFICs, here's one example.



Respectfully

Samaritan

[Adridos]

Fingers crossed.

This, along with RenegadeX and the new Ponyvania demo release... yeah, I'm hyped.

Spoiler

I'm also pretty excited about the CMC's newest shenanigans tomorrow... and Polsky's Twilight, of course.

[Uncle Totty]

*running away really fast*

I REGRET COMING HERE!

[Stahlseele]

Nathan K, on 21 February 2014 - 11:53 AM, said:

*running away really fast*

I REGRET COMING HERE!

You can run, but you can not hide!

And we have Timber Wolves too in the Show.

[Uncle Totty]

Stahlseele, on 21 February 2014 - 06:29 PM, said:

You can run, but you can not hide!

And we have Timber Wolves too in the Show.

[Samaritan]

Hon. Mechwarriors;

Did someone mention Timberwolves were a part of the clan invasion?



You don't say...

Humorously

Samaritan

[Egomane]

You know... there was a time when I thought that the CMC episodes were somewhat mediocre...

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I can't even remember why I thought that way, back in the days.

[Stahlseele]

[Adridos]

[Samaritan]

Hon. Mechwarriors;

Have some air support while we wait for CW.





Respectfully

Samaritan

[Stahlseele]

Spoiler

Breezies?

we are unsure what to make of this O.o