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Tired of the same old feature box bait? Burnt out after reading that turd about filly Nightmare Moon? Well, we've compiled the best of the worst in order to bring you our absolute average!
>FIMFiction Starter Kit (recommended fics):
Winners:
http://i.imgur.com/vuTA7EN.png (embed)
List of nominees by category:
http://mlp-fanfics.herokuapp.com/
>How do I write fanfiction?
Ezn’s guide - http://eznguide.neocities.org/
Politics and the English Language - http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/
Vhatug's tips for anatomically correct clop - http://pastebin.com/g4VpEg4f
>Can you pre-read my story?
Post it on Google Docs with inline comments enabled and give us a link. Someone will take a look at it eventually.
>Reviews and riffs:
http://pastebin.com/u/notkickass222urmom
>Voiceguy's readings:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt68MpmvEketmqOdHncHI2w
Old thread: >>27417333
>>27508020
>(embed)
SHIT
>>27508020
Futaloo get
>>27508029
You have brought dishonor to the thread.
>>27508345
>one-off
As have you.
>>27508458
>shaming failed Futaloo gets
Come on, Anon, it's not like anyone's ever gotten a proper Futaloo get yet.
>>27508462
it doesnt matter. futaloo is dead
>>27508020I made the OP pic, my life is finally complete.
Respons to this post if you want yourself, this general, or this board to be fucking dead.
Chin up ^____^ !
>>27508944
>>27508944
>Chin up ^____^ !
Butshe's not real
>>27509238
>Butshe's not real
>>27508993
Fuck you, Pinkie. You don't know me.
>>27508993
>>27509310
I feel this image so hard it's not even funny
>>27509469
What happened, Anon?
>>27509508
I dunno, I never really had relations with real people (sexually) during my teenage years, and that was probably not helped by pone
then when I actually had sex a year or two ago nothing seemed to work right and it was depressing af
like, not your typical "virgin doesn't know what to do" kind of not working right, I literally couldn't feel anything and I kept losing my hard on
eventually that spread to my masturbation sessions, and know when I jack it I end up losing my boner before I finish most of the time and unless i don't fap for like, a week, I don't really feel anything
Plus I get pathetically jealous of the characters depicted in porn and jacking off just gets too depressing
I'm angry and I hate myselfand she's not real, ect
>>27509569
And the moral of the story is, never have sex.
>>27509569
Go see a shrink mate, for real. It might actually make your life better if you talk about it.
>>27509592
>never have sex.
This should be the motto for the board.
/mlp/ - Never have sex
>>27509593
I've been in and out of therapy since I was 8
thanks for the suggestion though, it's nice to know you at least give enough of a shit to suggest it
>>27509592
the worst part is that I blew my chance at wizardry
jeff mangum was right
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u84f2wdl6f4
>>27509605
>This should be the motto for the board.
/mlp/ - Masturbating Limply to Ponies
>>27509569
Been there, done that, brah.
I have a kind of sexual anxiety where the longer it takes during sex, the bigger the chance I have of losing my boner because I just start thinking about what could be going wrong.
The mind is a cunt
Speaking of masturbation, I literally just now discovered my overwhelming love of futa. Please recommend me the best futa fics you know. Cum milking, foalcon, even anthro, I'll take almost anything.
>>27509731
nigga, you gay
>>27509731
Why is literally everyone on /mlp/ gay?
Seriously, I don't get this.
>>27509739
>>27509740
Nah, just bi. Futa is the best of both worlds, and I am now in love.
>>27509755
>Futa is the best of both worlds
youve got a fascination with cocks that arent yours. only girls can be bi, you are a gay homosexual. enjoy your aids
>>27509805
But I still prefer girls.
>>27509740
Literally smut without a male body to be found.
>Why so gay?
>>27509834
That's some advanced denial, anon. I'm almost impressed.
At the end of the day you can tell yourself whatever you want, but you still fap to throbbing cocks.
>>27509814
i dont believe you
>>27509834
>no male bodies
>dicks everywhere
no, no, youre totally right anon. being buried in dicks is totally acceptable as long as there are no adams apples to be found
>>27509861
But... if you watch straight porn, then so do you.
>>27509861
unless all you fap to is lesbian porn or masturbation solos, you are doing the same fucking thing.
>>27509873
>>27509879
Dicks turn me off, I fap to lesbian porn.
Checkmate, /cm/guzzlers.
>>27509755
q u a l i t y
>>27509885
>lesbian porn
That's the most boring form of porn in existence. It's not even sex, it's just masturbating each other.
>>27509731
I liked this one
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/207965/all-that-sparkles
>>27509885
>Dicks turn me off
How do you masturbate?
>>27509873
>>27509879
it depends on what youre focusing on. straight folks? theyre mesmerized by giggly titties and that pussy getting pounded. if youre fixated on the balls flopping around beneath some other dudes shaft then thats a whole different thing
>>27509895
I imagine actual lesbians look and lesbian porn and shiggy dig
FimFiction Thread: 30% Bumps, 20% Depression, 30% Sexual Orientation, and 20% shitposts.
>>27509920
I think the most ironic part about the whole thread is that this was on the verge of falling off the radar plenty of times before we started shitposting about female horsecocks.
Just accept that FiMFiction is only living from the grace of shitposts
>>27509920
Man, I just wanted some recommendations.
>>27509976
I've been here for way over a year, and I've never seen this thread rely on futa of all things to survive.
>>27510044
>I've been here for way over a year, and I've never seen this thread rely on futa of all things to survive.
Futaloo getter on suicide watch.
>>27510053
wha?
>>27509731
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/134114/overcoming-rainbow-dash
There ya go, faggot.
Anyone else write a couple of half-finished fics a few years ago and want to finish them but can't find the time/motivation? How do writefags keep themselves going? Sad thing is one of them (a collab) was pretty well received, I've always thought of doing a sequel/follow up.
>>27508020
>Dat boi in Equestria.
LINK NOW MOTHERFUCKER.
>>27510317
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/329209/here-he-comes
>>27510298
iktf bro
>>27510298
I'm a dev and I have a dozen half-finished projects that for some reason people really want to use but I have zero motivation to even think about it.
So yeah, I can relate, even tho I don't words.
What you could do instead of thinking of it as finishing an old thing, is trying to take the story in a different direction, because it's always more motivating if you're doing something new.And then you won't finish the new thing either and you'll have twice as much loose ends to tie up for later! Yay!
Recently read http://www.fimfiction.net/story/326560/discourse-on-fillies.
The premise is a bit odd (Luna and Diamond Tiara have tea and talk about stuff), but executed very well. Other than a somewhat weak first chapter, the dialogue is on point and fits the characters, and points of view that each character espouses fits their personalities and characterizations. The topics discussed are both philosophical and practical, with chapter 2 being more theoretical and chapter 3 bringing the themes described into the real world in a way that really tugs on your heartstrings and brings a sense of relevancy to the previous chapters.
However, since the discussion focuses a lot on Machiavelli's The Prince, a little bit of familiarity with the book is required to appreciate this fic. You don't need to have read it, but it would help if you know the general themes and messages of that book.
For those that enjoyed The Prince, you'll probably find their discussion on it to be entertaining and worth reading. Otherwise, it's still an interesting look at DT and Luna's moral philosophies.
>>27510337
Holy shit it's actually real.
>>27510483
http://paper-mario-wiki.tumblr.com/post/144441829071/here-he-come
>>27510383
Hmm, intriguamanating. The fic I'd most like to continue is a horror/suspense story, Alien style, with a magical parasite no one knows how to beat taking pones out. I added a horribly implemented RariShy in Chapter 4, maybe I could try and fix that. This was written before Twilicorn, so there's that to consider too. Hmm. Thanks for the advice :)
>>27510337
>>27509731
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/220118/tribute
Is there any GlimGlam X Sun Burst X Trixie fic?
>>27512724
hope not
>>27512724
It saddens me that there are no Starlight x Spike fics.
Then again, that means mine could be the first.Unless Akel finishes his first.
>>27508736>mfw when I was the person who caused the reply.
>>27512724
Starlight x Trixie when?
>>27510577
>making fun of the person who writes the most than anyone in this entire thread.
>not showing your writing record and how shit it is comparably.
Man, I should raise my standards and stop replying to bait. But, it's pretty dumb to not reply.
>>27513996
>making fun of the person who writes the most than anyone in this entire thread.
>mfw when, aside from maybe Regidar, that's true
>>27513996
>>27514021
what if I told you I wasregidar
>>27514904
Hi reggie, is rexie
>>27509731
>Cum milking, foalcon, even anthro, I'll take almost anything.
I'm so glad I haven't reached the point with my fetish where I don't have any standards whatsoever.There's (https://www.fimfiction.net/story/2124/trixies-magic-bit). Not only is it 100k+, but it kicks off a -verse to boot. No idea how good it actually is as I don't partake in that fetish.
>>27509861
You think that's nearly impressive, you should see the "mlp porn is totally not furry" threads. Especially now that Ember's a thing.
>>27510298
>can't find the time/motivation
It's a bad feel and the reason I'm never serially publishing a fic again.
>>27513996
>who writes the most than anyone in this entire thread
I don't know about you, but I have a 78,651 word lead over him.
>>27509569
>>27509618
Come on now, Reggie. Do you want me to come jerk you off?
>>27515410
>where I don't have any standards whatsoever.
Oh, don't get me wrong, I still won't touch scat, watersports, feet, inflation, hyper, tickling, NTR or foreskin play.
>>27515410
>you should see the "mlp porn is totally not furry" threads
Masturbating to ponies show makes me a furry? What the frick.
>>27515983
It pretty much does.
>>27516010
Being a furry implies participating in the furry community.
>>27516016
Not really.
>>27516034
Yeah really.
Unless you're one of those retards who think anthropomorphic characters automatically make you a furry.
>>27510298
I know that feeling...Albeit the fic I wrote was a shitty one where thinly-veiled self-inserts were transported into pre-Hearthswarming Equestria as Celestia and Luna (and really, all the fics I write are thinly-veiled self-inserts; it's a guilty pleasure), but still.
There's nothing wrong with futa on female
You get twice the fun with no additional costs
if there was an equivalent in normal porn I would be all over it because I wouldn't have to watch some dude's hairy ass
sadly shemales are disgusting and good strap-on porn is hard to find
sometimes I wonder why I bother trying to read this. Its completely nonsensical nearly all of the time
>>27516157
>if there was an equivalent in normal porn I would be all over it because I wouldn't have to watch some dude's hairy ass
hermaphrodites are a thing. but a word of warning- if you manage to find real herm porn it will put you off futa forever
>>27516039
>pic related
>>27516609
>500 EPIC reaction pictures
You really convinced me with that strong argument.
rump bumpwith a throbbing marecock
81st for An HiE story starring a young Hezbollah militant in the aftermath of the '06 Israeli invasion.
>>27517434
what
>>27515410
>You think that's nearly impressive, you should see the "mlp porn is totally not furry" threads. Especially now that Ember's a thing.
Guilty, I believe I'm not a furry and I'll admit to clopping.
Gay neon-colored foxes don't get me off, and you can keep the fursuits.
Pastel horses though, they're almost human.
>>27517662
>Pastel horses though, they're almost human.
well more human than grown ass men who dress up as chipmunks and yiff one another
furries are the most despicable scum of the earth, and they know this. so in order to prevent being final solution'd they try their damndest to convince others to join their sick cult.
"hey, you ever whack it to gadget from rescue rangers? youre totally a furry bro, so join me in sucking off melvin the dark hedgehog"
"Hey, you ever think about fucking a dog/horse/kangaroo/giraffe/nigger/opossum? youre totally a furry bro, so jam this fake tail buttplug in your ass and lets go to a convention"
"Hey, have you ever watched a disney movie/cartoon and not hated yourself afterwards? youre totally a furry bro, so lets go hang out in my moms basement and jerk each other off while watching the jungle book"
"hey you like ponies? youre totally a furry bro. here put on this wile e coyote costume and we'll scar small children for life by fucking each other at the playground"
et cetera, et cetera, et cetera
if they can recruit enough gullible people into joining their cause then they think they can be the next homosexuals or trannies and gain the status of protected class and use the power of government and sjw bullshit to force everyone to accept and tolerate them
Can anyone recommend a good story with the [2nd person], [Anthro], or [Thriller] tags? I know asking for anything even tolerable in the first two categories is a fool's hope, but they're the only three tags I don't have represented anywhere in my favorites bookshelf, and my inner completionist is crying out in pain.
>>27518655
[2P] is usually badly written, [Anthro] is just why, and [Thriller]/[Mystery] is actually horror, from what the Fimfiction community is understanding.
>>27517434
Do want. It'd be a nice antidote to all the military brony lands in equestria and saves the ponies in an epic war through the power of his tactical training and understanding of modern assault rifles stories.
Since there's absolutely nothing going on in the thread, I'm going to post an analysis on horror stories someone did in /x/ little over a week ago.
And there's nothing you can do to stop me.
>>27518655
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/198843/for-whom-we-are-hungry is a second person written by Cold in Gardez, so it'll probably meet your standards.
Try one of these for thriller:
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/275912/the-price-of-a-smile
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/268295/the-dusk-guard-beyond-the-borderlands (read the first story first)
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/145711/hard-reset-2-reset-harder (read Hard Reset first)
As for Anthro, I got nothing in my Favourites list. I found http://www.fimfiction.net/story/236471/amore-obbligato on my read later list, but I have no idea about the quality.
There is a core set of concepts at work in every horror story ever written, and once you know them, it's easy to take some novel ideas and make them into a scary story. It's so easy in fact, that after learning them, you might be motivated to write some creepy [story] yourself.
Come on. I know you've thought about it. I know you've got a few killer ideas floating around your head. But how do you execute them? Fear not, as the basics of horror writing have been well-established. In the following essay, available for free on JSTOR but posted here page by page for convenience, the fundamental concepts of horror will be laid out piece by piece. I'll be posting this essay one page at a time, along with my own summary and analysis of the contents. Following that, I'll analyze a few well-known creepy pasta, showing how these principles are well at work, even in the creepy pastas we've all known and have come to love.
>>27519644
Page 1 doesn't offer much, just the typical academia type stuff you usually see in these types of essays. The author defines what exactly he means by the term "horror", and differentiates what he calls "art horror" from the type of horror one might experience when, say, reading about a terrorist attack. His definition of horror also excludes mundane things like muggers or kidnappers. Those things can be frightening, but they're not “horror” in the sense that this essay will be discussing.
>>27519655
Page 2. Continues with some of the stuff introduced on page 1, but gets to the first noteworthy insight: horror stories contain some kind of monster/malevolent entity, AND - and this is important - the entity is seen as a violation of the natural order. This natural order need not necessarily be our own, but is defined by the story itself. Fairies, for example, are normal in a fantasy story, but could understandably be met with horror in a story where fairies are not supposed to exist (just picture yourself in bed, trying to sleep, and you look at your window you see a fucking fairy staring at you). This is a major component of all horror stories. The malevolent force/monster is an abnormality – a violation of nature. It's also perceived as a threat. But the essay will get to that.
This page also introduces another fundamental of horror – describing the fear the characters feel, to make readers afraid. Stated another way, when the characters feel afraid, we feel afraid. Authors will spend a lot of time describing the fear their characters feel for precisely this reason. This is one of those things you'll see everywhere when you start to look for it. I'll give examples of this at the end of the essay. So in the fairy example above, one way you would convince people to be afraid of fairies (in addition to conveying that they are violations of nature) is by describing a character shitting their pants at the sight of one.
>>27519644
>>27519655
>>27519662
No fuck off.
>>27519662
Page 3 introduces the idea of disgust or physical revulsion as an essential element of horror. This seems understandable when you think about how a person would respond to something horrifying. If you're scared of it, why would you want to touch it? Horror stories will often feature monsters that have revolting features - a horrible smell is the big thing nowadays. They're also usually portrayed as dirty and “impure”, which is also something this essay expands on later.
Important to note, however, is that this revulsion is beyond the sort you expect when someone is just afraid of something. You might be afraid of Jihadists, but you shouldn't be afraid of touching them. The characters in horror stories, however, feel a deep, visceral disgust towards whatever monster they encounter. This ties in with the idea that the monster, whatever it is, is seen as a violation of the natural order. The fact that it is a violation of nature is what's so repulsive.
>>27519684
Page 4. The useful thing to note here is that fear is demonstrated to the audience through its physical manifestations. If you're writing a story, and you want to show your character is afraid, describe the shaking hands, the pounding heart, the dropping sensation in the stomach. Also stated is that the physical manifestations of fear are preceded by "cognitive elements", which is just the academic way of saying the character has to perceive something fearful, belief it's harmful, etc.
The author summarizes the fear response as involving three elements: a belief that the monster is real, a belief that is it harmful or threatening, and the belief that the monster is impure. The “impure” part is explained on the next page.
>>27519683
I put a name on so you can filter this if you wish.
>>27519707
On page 5, the author says that horror involves monsters that are both threatening AND impure. without the impurity, the primary emotion is fear, not horror. He then proceeds to give a very insightful and interesting definition of the word "impure", as he's been using it. The description is good, and I suggest you read it yourself if you don't plan to already.
Humans understand the world by sorting the objects of it into categories. This schema of categorization varies across different cultures. A few basic examples would include categories like land animals vs. sea animals, flying animals vs. non-flying, living objects vs. dead ones, artificial objects vs. natural ones, sentient things vs. non-sentient things. Etc.
Essentially, an object is impure to a given culture when it violates the schema of categorization they use to understand the world. Leviticus, for example, considers lobsters impure, because lobsters are sea-creatures, but crawled around like land creatures. From the essay:
"a lobster, in other words, is a kind of categorical mistake and, hence, impure."
Similarly, some tribal people of the Congo had an irrational avoidance of flying squirrels, because they could not successfully categorize it as either land creature or flying creature. Everyone has categories like these. Horror is experienced when a person encounters something that's threatening, but also violates their scheme of categorization. This perspective will come in handy later, when I describe a few different creepy pastas and why they work so well. Another good quote:
"the frequent reference to monsters by means of pronouns like "it" and "them" suggests that these creatures are not classifiable according to our standard categories."
>>27519684
>>27519707
>>27519724
And how does this help this thread?
>>27519724
(page 5 cont.)
You can think of these categories as mathematical sets, containing a list of traits, and with objects being placed in a given category if they possess all of the necessary traits. For example, the category of “human” requires the traits of living, sentient, possessing face, behaving in the way we expect people to behave, contains a million different “not” traits like does not possess a tail, does not fly like a bird, and so on.
The author further develops the concept of categorical violations by showing the different shapes that these violations can take. There are "insterstitial" (or in-between) categorical mistakes, where something has elements of two different categories, and therefore cannot be pinned to one or the other. These interstitial objects are deep violations of the categories we use to understand the world. The deep ones from Lovecraft's "Shadow over Innsmouth", along with the lobster and flying squirrel examples above, fit into this category. And yeah, I know lobsters aren't scary. I'm just giving examples. Cars that drive themselves, Plants that attack like animals... all of these are “interstitial” violations.
There are "contradictoral" mistakes, where something possesses both a trait and its negation. Think of the zombie. It looks human, but the category of human requires the trait “living”, while the zombie has the inverse of this, as they are “dead”. And yet “dead” requires a number of traits, like “doesn't move” and “can't do anything except rot”. The zombie violates this also. It's a like the paradox “this sentence is a lie”.
>>27519742
(page 5 cont.)
There is the "incompleteness" mistake, where something lacks all of the elements necessary for membership in a certain category. As an example, the motif of a faceless person - no eyes, mouth, or nose - tends to pop up fairly often in horror stories, and is indeed frightening. “This a person, but people are supposed to have faces. So where's this guys face? Oh god...”
Last is the "formlessness" violation, which includes things that cannot be categorized at all. This is probably what's at play in horror stories where very little is revealed about the monster or malevolent entity. The reader, and the characters in the story, lack enough information to even attempt to categorize the thing they've encountered. This would probably also include stupid shit like "the blob". Apparently people get real wigged out by things that they cannot categorize. “The Mothman Prophecies” is also a good example of this.
As an aside, if you ever want to make a scary thing less scary, reveal information about it that lets you put it into a mental category. Sloppy creepy pastas often do this by accident. Too much information makes categorization easier. And once you can categorize something, you know how to deal with it. It still might be threatening, but the horror is greatly diminished.
>>27519736
By providing insight into how horror works in a simple way so it can be applied into writing horror stories.
>>27519758
Page 6 continues with the“formlessness” violation. The author notes that H.P. Lovecraft, who tended to give vague descriptions of the malevolent entities in his story, often invoked this type of violation.
A good quote from this page:
“monsters are not only physically threatening; they are cognitively threatening. They are threats to common knowledge”.
This might explain why things like skin-walkers are no longer scary (at least to me). We've been beaten over the head with stories about these creatures for so long that they have become part of our fictional world order. We know what they do. They got their own category now. This is also probably why things like vampires and zombies are not scary anymore.
The author then goes on a bit about some academic stuff, explaining the reasons why people find horror scary.
>>27519769
On to page 7. Here the author points out something very interesting about horror: most of the time, the monster in a horror story induces fear far out of proportion to what it genuinely ought to, in terms of it as a physical threat. You wouldn't be afraid of a little kid, so why are the kids in “The Children of the Corn” frightening? Why don't you just kick them? And why does no one try and shoot Slenderman? Isn't he just a guy? This essay claims that humans attribute near supernatural ability to the things that are culturally impure - things that violate categories and defy the natural order.
Consider Slenderman again. He's kind of human-looking, so what are you afraid of? Why don't you just shoot him? Well, Slenderman is a violation of the natural order. He is somewhat human, but does not fit neatly into the category. Slenderman is an “incompleteness” mistake, with a featureless face, long limbs, and various other traits that our understanding of the world demands no human should have. He's impure. It's also important to note that Slendy is relatively undefined, in terms of what he's capable of and what he does. You don't even know if he's sentient. We see him as a violation of the natural world, have no idea what he is capable of, and therefore... assume he's capable of anything. Of course a bullet wouldn't stop him. Run.
From an evolutionary-psychology perspective, this irrational fear makes sense. If ancient man encountered something he could not “categorize”, how should he respond to it? The safest response to something alien would be to run, to be afraid. The thing could be completely docile, or it could be the most dangerous thing in existence. You just don't know, and you have no frame of reference. The safest thing to do is run.
>>27519758
>By providing insight into how horror works in a simple way so it can be applied into writing horror stories.
And does anyone actually write horor stories here?
The original thread is is here on /x/, anyone can go read it if they want and need to, so stop posting it.
>>>>/x/17719685
Jesus fucking Christ.
Why can't you just make a single gdoc and link it here? It supports images, doesn't it?
>>27519778
(page 7 cont.)
Also noteworthy from this page is a brief examination of the two plot structures common to horror. Horror stories are primarily concerned with knowledge, either of a monster/entity, or of some forbidden knowledge that must be pursued and acted upon. These two concepts take the form of discovery plots and over-reacher plots, respectively.
In discovery plots, a bunch of people discover that some monster is responsible for a bunch of unexplained phenomena – usually deaths – and must either prove the monster is real to the authorities, or deal with it themselves. The authorities in this type of story, if they exist and can be contacted, will at first not believe that there is a monster running amuck. This seems to cover a large percentage of creepy pastas, especially the type where the narrator describes something scary that passively happened to them.
In over-reacher plots, a character has “embarked on the pursuit of hidden, unholy, or forbidden knowledge.” Once the character acts on this knowledge, some kind of malevolent force is unleashed, setting the events of the story in motion. Have you ever read the creepy pasta “The Strangers?” That's a over-reacher story. The narrator discovers something hidden and terrifying, but makes the mistake of acting on it. He should have just walked away.
>>27519779
Just doing it so people can see it here and have direct discussion instead of mostly nothing. Besides there are only two posts left. Why does this bother you so much?
>>27519779
>And does anyone actually write horor stories here?
That's kind of a silly way of thinking. You don't really know that, maybe someone wanted to write a horror fic and reading this would help them.
Spamming the thread is not a good idea, though.
>>27519800
Next, more good info. The monsters in horror stories are “native to places outside of and/or unknown to the human world... or the creatures come from marginal, hidden, or abandoned sites... they belong to environs outside of and unknown to ordinary social life.” Take note – the most important piece of this definition is “outside of and unknown to ordinary social life”. This greatly expands the list of possible settings. Woods, abandoned buildings, basements, and caves are all good. But also your neighborhood during severe weather or during a black out; a busy neighborhood in a city that is unfamiliar to you; and pretty much any place during night time. “Unknown to [your] ordinary social life” is the key.
The most common setting, by far, is THE WOODS. Folks need to get more creative about where their monsters come from.
>>27519793
Don't worry, it's over.
>>27519800
Because you're literally spamming the thread with walls of texts. Try to understand what this looks like to people who aren't interested.
>>27519817
Still, why not do it anyway? We could link it in the next OP.
I just read http://www.fimfiction.net/story/233909/hawk-valley
It's a cute, short TwiDash shipfic. I liked it a bunch and felt like sharing, since it has relatively few viewsfor a TwiDash shipfic anyway. Unlike many other shipfics, it didn't feel like something that I had already read a dozen times, which is nice.
>>27516609
>>27520778
>>27519779
>>27519736
Shh, Anon, I find this interesting.
>>27521241
then go be retarded on /x/
Personally I have better advice on writing pone horror:don't
>>27521286
>then go be retarded on /x/
Other boards are unnatural and impure, Anon.
>>27511957
kek!
But seriously, that faggot of an author needs to write another story.
>>27517442
It came to me in a dream.
>>27519408
I dunno whether I would prefer to try and do something original and somewhat serious with it or to write it straight up in the style of those military wankfics. Have him become a big damn hero and teach horses about truth justice and the islamic way and whatnot.
>>27522450
>the islamic way
so it would still have human fucking all of the horsepussy then?
>>27522739
Horses aren't a kind of camel.
>>27522771
theyre not that discerning. goat, camel, mules, men (but only on thursdays), small children, dogs, ant hills, etc
as long as it has an opening to jam their shriveled, diseased cocks into they will fuck it
>>27522450
too many /k/ommando colladooty wankfics out there already unless you went full over the top retard. but even then it would fit right in with all of the other halo colladooty wankfics
going the other route could be fun though. celestia knows that the _______ (random not pony race goes here) is preparing to invade equestria for (random resource goes here) and because the pony guard is so useless has twilight summon a great otherworldly military genius to prepare and lead the ponies to victory. Predictably twilight fucks up the spell and instead of summoning a spartan/navy seal/cliche action hero, she summons a mechanic, truck driver or equally unheroic MoS.
Ponys expect him to lead them to victory over (random invaders goes here) when in reality all hes qualified to do is change the tires on a HMMWV. hilarity (and mass rape of the conquered ponies) ensues
Well, isn't that refreshing.Still wouldn't read it, though.
>write a story
>expect it too do well
>it is ignored
How do you continue to write with this type of charade. Especially when you fail consistently?
>>27524072
Big Macintosh Plus
FiMFiction Shoppe
Track listing
1. ブート (Bleedin' Booting)
2. リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュー (Breedinnobleedin 420 / Gendai no Konpyū Bleedin no Breeding 420 / Modern Shitposting)
3. 花の専門店 (Anon no Tripcode-ten FiMFiction Shoppe)
4. "ライブラリ (Raiburari Library)" "You Need a Hero" by Pages (1981) 2:43
5. 地理 (Bleedin' Shitposting)
6. ANONと悪寒ダイビング (ANON to Bleedin' Pls Kill Yourself )
7. 数学 (Bleedin's Craps)
8. 待機 (Shitpost Standby)
9. て (Te Te)
10. 月 (Bleedin' Moon)
11. 海底 (Kill Me)
in conclusion, get out bleedin'
>>27524198
You think I care? I'd gladly leave. There isn't anything happening here anyways.
>>27524257
>I'd gladly leave.
for a day or three. then youd be back
>>27523489
>too many /k/ommando colladooty wankfics out there already unless you went full over the top retard. but even then it would fit right in with all of the other halo colladooty wankfics
the point of going that direction would be to toss the cowadooty wankfic fanbase into maximum overtrigger with s story that treats an enemy with the same wanky as the standard fics treat 'their team'.
>going the other route could be fun though. celestia knows that the _______ (random not pony race goes here) is preparing to invade equestria for (random resource goes here) and because the pony guard is so useless has twilight summon a great otherworldly military genius to prepare and lead the ponies to victory. Predictably twilight fucks up the spell and instead of summoning a spartan/navy seal/cliche action hero, she summons a mechanic, truck driver or equally unheroic MoS.
Ponys expect him to lead them to victory over (random invaders goes here) when in reality all hes qualified to do is change the tires on a HMMWV. hilarity (and mass rape of the conquered ponies) ensues
Obviously I'm not opposed to trollfics, given the above, but that sounds kinda boring. You can avoid wank without making the protagonist useless and pointless.
Also,
>Hezbollah
>HMMWV
you what, mate?
>>27524198
I like you.
>reading 'Faithful'
>10/10 the best dark gothic history ever
>after reading the last chapter: Why, why did author kill his story?
why is there so much mancock being jammed into marepussy in horsewords when horsecock in humanvagoo sounds so much more interesting?
is it because all interspecies fornication fics are thinly veiled self inserts and the only females interested in mlp are 7 year olds that havent learned the joys of bestiality yet?bump
>>27526950
You're just gay
>>27526950
>stallion x human female
>>27527029
Women also deserve to know the carnal joys of horse, Anon.
>>27526950
You would die from vaginal perforation, most likely
>>27526950
Homo.
>>27526010
>>27524198
>rude
Why so rude?
>>27527556
I just like Macintosh Plus, Anon.
>>27527012
>>27527475
>male on female
>gay
what the fuck
>>27526950
>horsecock in humanvagoo
I've seen a few.
they were nice.
>>27527452
Women can fuck real ponies, ive seen it.
mlp ponies are even smaller.
>>27526950
Stallion x Human Female is great, m8.
>>27527452
I've seen some shit, Anon.
What's the best non-pone book you've read, /fimfic/?You do read books, right?
>>27528234
Romain Gary's "Cerf Volants" was a pretty good one.
>>27528234
>You do read books, right?
H-haha! Yeah!
HOW THE FUCK DO YOU COME UP WITH GOOD PONY NAMES HOLY SHIT
>>27528234
Taken by the T-Rex.
>>27528873I steal.
>>27528873
Everypony's name is their job, their hobby, their defining personality trait, or a pun/metaphor for one of those three things. That's literally it.
If you're stuck, give us a character bio, and we'll throw you a few possibilities.
>>27526010
thanks anon, glad you l i k e d it
i kinda blew it thought, on track four i should have changed it to "you need to an hero" instead of keeping it as "you need a hero"
>>27529361
I'm trying to think of a name for a female dancer with anger issues. I wanted it to contrast her personality, but not give away her special talent right off the bat, as I'm planning to make it a minor reveal later on.
>>27529446
>(any or all names here listed may be completely useless or idiotic, depending on the other character elements and the direction the story goes)
Sweet Hooves, but everyone calls her "Sweet" or "Sweetie"
Krump or Krumpy
Twinkle Toes
Smooth Criminal (any Jackson reference, really--though subtle is better, if you want her talent to be a reveal)
Ms. Grace
Anything Swan-related
>>27529510
Uncorrect Krump for mayor 2016
>>27529510
>Anything Swan-related
Swan Lake?
>>27529510
Thanks for suggestions, but I don't feel like these would quite fit. She's supposed to be the main character, so I want her name to sound nice enough. No references, silly names or anything like that.
How about Gentle Step? Ponies would just call her Gentle.Sounds a bit weird, though.
>>27529446
>>27529510
>>27529582
>Mare dancer with anger issues.
Soft Step.
>>27529582
"Gentle" sounds like a stallion's name to me.
If you don't want anything silly, what about "Sam," short for Samba? Gives you a reveal, and an unusual but not unprecedented pony name (we've got guys like "Joe" running around Equestria, after all) that readers will immediately recognize as a name.
>>27529612
Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but I like it.
>>27529642
I was actually thinking about Graceful Step/Trot first, with her nickname being Grace. I thought it would be weird, though.
Joe comes from "a cup of joe", which means a cup of coffee, so it actually makes sense as a pony name.
>>27529510
>Anything Swan-related
Michael Gira
this is a frivolous, meaningless post on page 10
Anyone know the name of the fic where twilight gets gangbanged by the rest of the mane six who are genderbent?
So is there a guide to MLP Griffon anatomy anywhere? There are tons for what to call different parts of a pony, and the horse-equivalent term can be used in a pinch, but with Griffon's there can sometimes be some ambiguity due to their chimeric nature.
>>27530845
Believe it's "Overcoming Rainbow Dash"
>>27530845
wow. it sounds like a bizarro dusk shine. which sounds even worse than dusk shine
>>27528234
I fell in love with Cervantes after reading Don Quixote. I've made it a goal to try to hunt down a copy of The Labors of Persiles and Sigismunda at some point.
Say, we never figured what is it that AJ would do during the storm, right?
>>27533636
Yeah we did.
>>27533715
it still brings a tear to my eye that someone actually saved the artwork that I put my heart, soul and about 5 minutes into.
even if it doesnt make any sense without the context of the post I was replying to
>>27533735
It's comedy gold for the people who get it. Perfect oldfag bait.
>>27524072
I write because I have fun writing, not because the resulting story will get popular. That's just the icing on the cake.
The weird bat pony clopfic's done horribly--my worst story in both rating and views--but I still had a ton of fun writing it and wouldn't change a thing.
>>27526950
The focus is on the pony, not the human. Clopfic readers aren't reading because of the human and the human's experiences--there's real porn for that. They're reading for the pony and the pony's experiences.
And that pony is very likely to be the same one they masturbate to and, thus, unlikely to be a stallion.
>>27528234
I will always love The Jungle Book, even if I had always thought Bagheera was female.
Runner up would be Louis XIV and Absolutism: A Brief Study with Documents. It sounds really boring, but it was great reading actual letters and diaries from the olden days of monarchies and wars.
>>27528873
>Simple nouns and verbs (Cherry Berry, Thunder Strike, Rain Swept, etc.)
>common/simple phrases/idioms (Speed Demon, Casus Belli, Grey Goo, etc.)
>Color + flower (Red Rose, Green Lilac, etc.)
>name relating to cutie mark/job (Baker's Dozen, General Quarters, Ink Stain, etc.)
>>27529582
>Gentle Step
>Gentle
Sounds a little masculine.
>>27529681
Canon as "human" names might be (Joe, Gilda, etc.), I'd strongly recommend against using them for OCs. They give off an air of special snowflake.
Here's a whole list of possible names you can use. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_dance_moves)
I rather like Feather Step, Moonwalk, and Thunder Clapespecially if she's a pegasus.
>>27534239
I really like Feather Step, that's a great suggestion. Thanks, Anon.Now to come up with a name for the second main character.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/154784/1/first-hours/first-hours
;_;
>>27534892
For a second there I got past sins and hard reset mixed up and almost accidentally read that shit
also
>linking directly to the chapter
fuck you
>>27534892
Fixed: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/154784/first-hours
>>27534905
It only has one chapter you silly goose.
>>27534917
thats one too many. also theres no reason to give penis stroker free views
>>27534931
You're just mad it's better writter than Fallout.
>>27534940
Are you actually retarded, or only pretending?
>>27534941
You really think people would do that?
So, /fimfic/, I need help.
I'm full to the brim of ideas; I mean, honestly, the ideas that fill my mind are actually pretty fucking awesome. Inspiration is easy to find for me.
The problem for me is motivation to write. Like, I want to write, but the motivation is what I can't find.
>>27535184
It's never going to just "come", you have to force yourself to write. You have to grind trough writer's block, listlessness, and lack of motivation.
>>27535264
Alright, then; I'll try it.
>>27535271
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ4yd2W50No
>>27535184
You're literally every non-writer ever.
>I'm full to the brim of ideas; I mean, honestly, the ideas that fill my mind are actually pretty fucking awesome. Inspiration is easy to find for me.
Heh.
>>27535650
Yup. Everyone has tons of "great" ideas in their head. Writers are the ones willing to put in the effort and have the willpower to put those ideas on paper and organize them into something others can interpret. (More generally, I'd say that this is true with all forms of art - artists, musicians, playwrights, etc. are all people who were willing to make their ideas a reality).
I have about ten ideas for fics in my head right now, but I can only afford to spend my willpower on one or two. Different people have different amounts of motivation at different times. If you can muster up enough willpower to direct at one idea, then you get a story. If not, then it stays as an "awesome" idea in your head. For all of bleedin's faults, he doesn't lack in willpower, and that's why he can crap out so many stories.
There are tricks to muster up the will to write a story. Most of them are standard self-discipline tricks; lock yourself in a room with a computer with no internet access, allocate certain times of day for writing, get your friends to encourage you to write. But at the end of the day, there's no magic bullet that will motivate you - just as with anything that requires willpower (like, say, quitting a drug), it all comes down to your own determination in the end.
>>27535845
>For all of bleedin's faults, he doesn't lack in willpower
I'm actually kind of jealous desu anons. I wish I was as persistent and passionate about my hobbies as he is.
So, what fics are you desperately waiting to see update anons?
>>27535845
>For all of bleedin's faults, he doesn't lack in willpower
though he does lack in taste and common sense. dont be bleedin
>>27536762
Everyone who posts in this thread.
>>27536762
>inb4 TSG replies with Night's Favoured Child
Celestia Sleeps In. Author mentioned a new chapter in progress on his blog, but he's spending all his time on collegepone so it'll probably be another month or more I assume.
>>27536774
>rude again
I wonder why
>>27512724
Lots of Glimglam x Sunburst, little bit of Glimglam x Trixie, but AFAIK no threesomes/love triangles.
>>27536774
Don't bully the bleedin!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1GhptIXwPg
Next episode's looking like garbage so far desu. I hope we'll at least get some more canon info about Cloudsdale.
>I spend some time creating a little story and enjoying it for the most part
>I release it and I then figure it's shit
Whyaside from the fact that it actually is shit.
>>27539862
Damn, that was painful.At least he isn't fat.
>>27537992
nothing rude about it. have you actually read 99% of his works?
>>27541721
Enough to know that you are being an asshole. Even without reading his stories.
>>27542094
Try reading his stories. You'll change your mind
>>27542240
You seem to have a problem.
>>27535184
>but the motivation is what I can't find
Welcome to writing. You think this is hard, just wait until you've written all the really cool action/dramatic scenes you've had floating around in your head and then you have to write the other half of the story.
>>27543605
And then you go back to the last chapter you've written, read it, and realize your entire story is fucking garbage.
>>27543822
It hurts because it's true.
>>27544489
>angelestia & opaluna
when was this?
>>27545250
Testing, Testing 123
>>27545276
thanks. i dont remember that at all
>the 'rainbow dash is literally retarded' episode
And now I know why I dont remember it at all
bamp
>>27545383
It was actually a really good episode.
page 10
>>27548058
oh please, do explain. Because all I remember is that RD has the dumbest learning disorder ever.
>>27549726
Well, it had Angelestia and Opaluna for one.
G'night bump
>>27550329
well sure, but beyond that?
>>27551207
goddamn thats creepy
>>27551422
I find it cute desu
>>27549726
>>27551422
It had good comedic timing, all characters were on point, Rainbow Dash wasn't an egoistic cunt and was able to admit her inability to learn, it progressed her Wonderbolt plot and used her weather control job which was mentioned like once in season one as a way to solve her problem. I'd say it was good.
so many stories to catch up on......
>>27551826
>Rainbow Dash wasn't an egoistic cunt
so super ooc then?
hey its page 10 but this totally isnt a pointless bump
>mfw having just finished reading Elements, Ethanol and Estrogen
>>27552865
lol!
>>27552865
wrong person to reply to
you blew it boy
Wait a second
Wasn't there Windigo tag on fimfiction?
>>27558043
Was there? I've never seen it.
>>27558043
>Wasn't there Windigo tag on fimfiction?
I think there was, under other.
page 10
wake up guys
seriously, come on
>>27560454
http://writeoff.me/event/52-In-Over-Your-Head
Anyone will participate?
>>27561262
Let me calculate it real quick.
How many people participated in the /fimfic/ competition again?
>>27561262
What's the prompt?
>>27561480
In Over Your Head
>>27562176
Does that mean an inexperienced writer could theoretically write a meta fic about writing a meta fic about writing a meta fic etc. etc. for the write-off? Because he'd be in over his head?crickets
>>27562319
If this was the general fiction round, then it would probably get universal acclaim.Make it about RD trying to write Daring Do fanfiction.
words about horsepeople doing horsepeople things
>>27564163
>horsepeople
You sick degenerate.
>>27564488
its better than words about personhorses doing personhorse things
>>27564163
Don't mention EqG, humanized and anthro in this thread ever again.
>>27566108
b-but i didnt mention any of those things in the first place
>>27566145
What else could "horsepeople" possibly mean?
>>27566154
horses that do people things?
>>27566194
>horses that do people
say no more, sign me up
>>27566201
are you sure about that?
>>27566201
He had me at 'horses'.
>>27566210
>>27566201
>>27566270
has there been a Mr Hands in equestria fic? I'm flabbergasted that I dont recall ever seeing one.
granted it would be really, really gay but it practically writes itself with your typical HiE cliches
>>27566270
Speaking of the great Mr Hands, has anyone seen Zoo?
>>27566727
>>27566727
I have a really bad feeling about this, but what is it?
>>27566956
That's fucking great.
>>27566986
A documentary about the life and death of Mr Hands, as well as more general zoo stuff. Even if he probably wasn't a zoophile.
I haven't seen it, but it's supposed to be good.
>>27566986
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0874423
>>27566194
Where do you draw the line?
Is there any fic that further explores this theme of equality vs individuality that's running in Rainbow Rocks? The latter is clearly portrayed as something that leads to arguments if you overdo it in the movie, but I thought it's actually kind of interesting.
>Why pretend we're all the same
>When some of us shine brighter?Or, you know, I'm looking into it too much.
>>27567598
>individuality that's running in Rainbow Rocks? The latter is clearly portrayed as something that leads to arguments
never seen the movie, but that contradicts the 'everyones a special snowflake' thing theyve got going on on the other side of the portal
>>27568241
>the 'everyones a special snowflake' thing theyve got going on on the other side of the portal
What?
>>27568273
You know, with those funny logos they all have on their butts? And also, "Our Town".
>>27568600
Oh, you meant Equestria, not human world.
>>27568658
yeah 'the other side of the portal' from notquestria
