VOTING ROUND: Vote which fic I should do next! · 12:23am Sep 9th, 2013
IMPORTANT: VOTING IS NOW OVER. Thanks everyone who voted!
That's right folks, I'm doin' it! I'm totally doin' it! I'm gonna read out my next eight, you read that, EIGHT fics, and YOU'RE gonna vote on which order I do them in! But listen carefully before I continue, because I've found a better way to vote than last time.
Last time I held a voting round, I had about... 500-700ish watchers? Wound up having to count 200 votes one by one. It was tedious at best. So, in the interest of not wanting to count them all again, I've got this completely strange, but simple, way of voting.
I'm gonna comment on this blog post eight times immediately after posting. Each comment with be along the lines of "thumbs up this if you want such-and-such". Yes, I know this means everyone can technically vote up all of my fics if they choose to, but I guess if you like 'em all, you can vote for 'em all! Please refrain from trying to catch 'em all. Downvotes won't be counted, because that'd spark a "let's downvote all the ones I didn't upvote haha!" mentality. And that's just silly.
(If my votey-comments aren't all there when you scroll down, make sure you're on the first page of comments!)
Okay, here we go in alphabetical order! My next eight fics are...
Bark at the Moon
Partner: Luna
You are: The Beast (diamond dog)
Contains: Strange pairings, dreams
Rating: Undecided
After an… accident while working with your old diamond dog clan, you’re forced to live somewhere that can make better use of you. Luckily, the Equestrian committee of Canterlot gives you a home in exchange for being a cultural bridge between diamond dogs and ponies. You don’t go out much (not that you can, given your … condition) so you whittle away the days in the Canterlot Library, learning Equestrian history and customs. One night, an unusual guest drops by, sparking perhaps the strangest agreement - and with it, companionship - to grace Equestrian royalty.
Ditzy’s Daughter’s Distress
Partner: Ditzy Doo
You are: The Buddy (unicorn)
Contains: An impending sense of responsibility
Rating: Undecided
Sequel to More Than Buddies. You still can’t believe you’re finally together with Ditzy Doo, the beautiful, modest (if a little inelegant) mare of your dreams. But there’s more trouble over the horizon; if not for you, then for Ditzy’s troubled daughter, the innocent Dinky… especially when she fears you taking her old father‘s place in the family. You may have won Dizty’s heart, but can you earn Dinky’s trust? And can you face the consequences of being the poor filly’s only male role model?
Fun, Family, Friendship and Phobia
Partner: Twilight Sparkle
You are: The Lake Warden (earth pony)
Contains: The ocean, Shining Armor and Cadance, more underwater action
Rating: Mature
Sequel to Desire and Deep Water. It’s been two whole months since you started dating Twilight Sparkle, and the two of you have become closer than ever. But when you agree to go to a luxury seaside resort by Horseshoe Bay to meet her brother and her old foalsitter, things take a turn for the tricky! What’s worse; having to convince the prince and princess of the Crystal Empire that a simple lake-loving earth pony is worth the love of Celestia’s star student? Or trying to keep the secret that, while you’re among the best swimmers in Equestria, you have a paralysing fear of the ocean?
How To Handle Your Cockatrice
Partner: Fluttershy
You are: The Passer-By (earth pony)
Contains: Her first time, Fluttershy being Fluttershy
Rating: Mature
Sequel to Even Kindness Needs Kindness. Sometimes life can roll you a snake-eyes. Tonight was going to be the night when you would finally convince Fluttershy to put her sexual apprehensiveness aside. Instead, a cockatrice shows up with a severely broken beak, and Fluttershy rushes to nurse it back to health, even going as far as welcoming the monster into her abode for several weeks to help the poor creature’s beak to heal over. You have to admit, this may cause a problem or two.
Mostly Harmless Man
Partner: Applejack
You are: The Human
Contains: Tense moments, hard times for humans, (light) bondage.
Rating: Mature
Sequel to Her Whole Darn Heart. Well, you did it. You beat the only thing standing between you and the mare you love; your own self-doubt. But that is far from the end of your tale; when an allied changeling returns from your homeland with only bad news to tell, the ponies of Equestria grow more and more wary of your identity as a “monstrous” human. Will Applejack stand by you until the bitter end? Could you possibly brave a town of paranoid ponies, or are you doomed to become Equestria‘s greatest fear?
Numb Lover
Partner: Celestia
You are: The “Actor” (earth pony)
Contains: Arranged sex, just doing your job, pornography
Rating: Mature
You are blessed with the very rare and specific talent of mentally numbing your own nervous system. While your lifelong dream is to become an actor, you later discover your talent’s ability to numb not just pain, but pleasure as well. You still need to break into the acting scene, of course, using your talents to become one of two things. Either a big-shot movie stunt-pony, numbing any painful experiences that accompany such a role… or possibly the greatest pornographic actor Equestria has ever known, celebrated for his unreal sexual endurance. You chose the latter. A very important somepony took notice…
Pitter Patter Preperation
Partner: Pinkie Pie
You are: The Repaired Heart (unicorn)
Contains: Planned parenthood?
Rating: Mature
Sequel to Love Life. You’ve grown. Pinkie Pie’s love made it possible for you to move on with your life, and you can think of nopony better to spend it with than her. However, something seems to be gnawing at her thoughts, but she never seems to tell you what. One night, after flawlessly caring for the Cake Twins, as usual, she breaks down and confesses; she can’t stop thinking about being a mother. She desperately wants to have foals of her own. But what if you don’t believe she - or you, for that matter - is ready..?
Silver Platter
Partner: Octavia
You are: The Celebrity (unicorn)
Contains: Double dates!
Rating: Mature
Sequel to Fabulosity in Fact. You’ve known the humble musician Octavia for a while now. In fact, you decide it’s time to take her on your first real date with her. But when you bump into Rarity, the pristine pony who saved your career a few months ago, a spur-of-the-moment decision takes place; why not go on a double-date to the most luxurious restaurant in Canterlot? You and Octavia, with Rarity and… and… who on earth is this Spike fellow? Never mind, you agree nonetheless. After all, what could possibly go wrong..?
And that's your line-up folks! Choose your fic by upvoting any (or all, heck, I can't stop ya) of my pre-made comments below, if they aren't there yet, please refresh the page and wait!
Voting for Bark at the Moon, featuring Luna!
Voting for Ditzy’s Daughter’s Distress, featuring Ditzy Doo!
Voting for Fun, Family, Friendship and Phobia, featuring Twilight Sparkle!
Voting for How To Handle Your Cockatrice, featuring Fluttershy!
Voting for Mostly Harmless Man, featuring Applejack!
Voting for Numb Lover, featuring Celestia!
Voting for Pitter Patter Preperation, featuring Pinkie Pie!
I voteses for Numb Lover
Voting for Silver Platter, featuring Octavia!
I vote for the Applejack one!
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Sorry guys, those votes won't count! Gotta follow the guidelines!
We are free to talk about stuff in the comments, of course, just not vote. It was so hectic last time we tried that...
1337436 Ohhhh okay!
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Understood.
Ooh, some stories I'd dearly love to see sequels to! Yay!
So, are you just going to check back at this post for the next-most-popular story when you finish the previous ones? If so, we might want to sit on the thumbs for those outside our top three or so.
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Then Up-vote it.
He stated there would be no effects on the voting for commenting.
1337442 i know i did just now.
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It's cool, misunderstanding sorted!
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Well, my plan's to come back to this blog in a few days, screencap the results then order them from highest to lowest. If I come up with anything better, well, we'll see how it goes. I'm not exactly a bureau!
my vote goes to Mostly Harmless Man, already got the thump up but just felt like saying it =D
How To Handle Your Cockatrice. It'd be adorable most likely.
I read "How to Handle Your Cockatrice" and immediately thought "Rotate Your Owl." Make of that what you will.
In any case, votes have cast, thumbs have been upped.
Fun, Family, Friendship and Phobia
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Mostly Harmless Man
Very interesting stories up for voting. I like.
Seems like Applejack and Twilight are getting the most love so far... why not poor Pinkie?
Thought it's kind of funny how people (so far but I think more will follow anyways) still comment purely on which stories they want to vote for. Kinda makes you sad as well considering why some don't read through the whole thing
Silver Platter, featuring Octavia
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It's kinda funny, yeah! You can tell which users don't read things through! If they ignore the bright red bold letters telling them how to vote properly, it's their wasted vote I guess! Not gonna count the comments, or else someone could comment AND thumb-up, resulting in two votes, so comments are no-go.
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That includes your comment, too!
1337534 Just for the heck of it, I guess I'll count how many people have purely 'vote comments' at the end of my day (which will be in 15 hours to midnight). Only after my comment though
Mostly Harmless Man!!!!!!!!!
I ended up giving a thumbs up to the Twilight, Fluttershy, and Ditzy stories. I'd always hoped there would someday be a sequel to those 3 stories in particular.
Looks like the AJ one is just slightly winning right now though, but it was a good story and the voting is still early, so my personal favs still have a chance!
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Truth be told, most of the followers here came after Her Whole Darn Heart was posted, so I'd expect her getting an edge because of that. Still, voters want what voters want!
Apple jack first
Damn, I really wanted a diamond dog story.
So many good ideas! So many sequels that I've wished for! Damn this is a hard one...
In the end I upvoted 6 of 8, but I think the other 2 will be enjoyable as well. I just hope you get around to writing them all, my friend!
Fuck... I'm stuck between Applejack and Luna... why?
For one Luna has a freakin Diamond Dog for a lover, that already got my attention
Applejack well not going to lie the story that ya have for it sounds completely interesting.
gawd, I don't know which one I like more.
I love Octavia but I feel like The "Celebrity" would choose Rarity... Ugh.
We got some interesting stories comin' up. I bet "Mostly Harmless Man" is gonna win though. It has the most votes so far.
Fun, Family, Friendship and Phobia <-- I vote for this.
Numb Lover <--- My second choice
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You realise you can vote for both, if not all of them right?
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Remember guys, comments don't count! Read the blog post...
I must confess I have yet to read any of your stories so I don't know if I should vote on these newer ones...
1338128 no... b/c then I would feel like I was cheating... huh. I feel silly now.
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You do realize that in approval voting with no minimum votes requirement (which this is), voting for everything is exactly equivalent to voting for nothing?
Huh... Only one other person commented with the intention of purely voting... Surprising indeed...
As of this post seems like Twilight leads with 59 votes, Applejack with 57, Octavia with 40, Fluttershy with 39 , Celestia with 38, Ditzy with 37, Luna with 35 and Pinkie with 32.
Poor Pinkie, you will find your love the last
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Whoa, but the neck-and-neck contest between Twi and AJ is frickin' TENSE!
I want to vote, but I don't know who the thumbing system works! But I highly approve of all eight!
1338128 I know, just wanted to say it regardless :P. I already thumbed up what I want to see first.
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Well, see those eight comments I posted just under the blog post? Thumb up the mentioned ones you wanna see most. So far, Twilight and Applejack are 62 to 62 tied! :o Oh god the tension!
Pitter Patter Preperation
Or you could just post everything at the same time
Well, now I feel like an idiot. Oh well, ask a question, be a fool for a minute, don't ask questions, be a fool for life.