Who's a Pretty Pony? · 10:16am Jun 26th, 2013
It's official. Butt Stallion is officially best pony.
There can be no argument, no dissent, no hint of disagreement.
It simply is.
This is a fact of life as much as the sun rises from the east every morning.
(What I'm really trying to say is the latest Borderlands DLC was awesome. Best of the four, easily.)
On a more serious note, I haven't forgotten you guys or my story. I'm currently debating if I should try and revise the latest chapter to have a more serious tone, or if I should just continue and leave it as it.
Some valid points were made about how both Rainbow and Applejack weren't acting in accordance to the gravity of the situation, and that it broke with the tone of the story.
Frankly, the second point is far more concerning to me. Why? Because I really think that AJ and RD DON'T care about this new creature. Think about it. A brand new creature 'magically' appears on your friend's doorstep. It's hurt, and you do what you can to help it, but does it really concern you all that much? Not likely, I think. Why? Because until you get some more experience with it, it's just an animal to you. You don't know if it can talk or interact in any meaningful way. It's very much a foreigner, an 'Other.' It certainly merits some concern, but it's nothing like if a person showed up on your doorstep, traumatized and bleeding.
I think AJ's and RD's flippant attitude reflects this. At this point they know that Twilight saved John from some horrible fate, they know that he's hurt, but nothing beyond what Fluttershy can take care of, that Fluttershy can talk with him (but then again Fluttershy can talk with all sorts of animals), and they know that his name is John (a name that's strange to the point of being nonsensical). What this boils down to, for me at least, would be if Twilight had brought home a new and exotic animal and needed Fluttershy's help to calm it down after a long journey. Interesting to a degree, but really nothing to concern themselves with.
The more concerning point is that it breaks the flow and tone of the story.
Anyway, I'll have to read through it again and see what needs to be changed.
Thanks for reading!