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Quick note on HiE stories · 6:20am
Submit your story only when you've actually included the ponies or involved Equestria in some way.
Otherwise we will fail it for breaking rules.
Way too many fics have been failed for this already.
From the rules:
Your story MUST be related to Friendship is Magic BEFORE you submit it to the site! If it will be related 'later,' then make it 'later' before you submit!
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I can't believe that people would forget this rule. Two questions though,
1. How often does this happen?
2. Does anybody ever read the FAQ?
I'm asking because I'm curious
Yeah, I found it really odd, as well. At the very least, authors should at least submit enough chapters or put in enough progress to the point where the human(s) in question actually end up in a position relating to the show. Anything less should not be allowed.
I can see it now: someone will be 30 chapters in before a pony finally appears. And at the end of each chapter before then, the hero stands stalwart and proclaims: "Brace yourselves. Ponies are coming."
This just in: Human population in Equestria has just passed that of ponies.
i really wish we didnt have to make news posts that just restate the rules
>>160554
My idea of one, big ass "Follow the rules or I will murder you" banner still stands
Psht, who reads the FAQ anyway? It's not like there's a ton of useful information that helps you use the site or anything like that. No, that couldn't be.
To be fair, that FAQ is kinda crappy. A lot of it needs some heavy re-editing.
I've never submitted a story, so I don't know if this exists, but you guys should have a big list of all the guidelines there, not in the FAQ. Keep it short, concise, and accurate.
>>160554
Yeah, same here...
I kinda felt it was necessary though, seeing how often this happens.
>>160586
i dunno if it'll help, but i sure fucking hope so
>>160585
we do have a list of the rules when you go to submit a story.
>>160588
Ah, cool then. In that case, zero love, zero tolerance to the lawbreakers.
>>160554 I too wish you didn't have to. God knows it's so tedious that you've no doubt debated setting your computer on fire more than once.
>>160588
Heh, people read rules on a sight where they post stories to read?... preposterous! It's pretty lame. I would be annoyed too.
>>160553 And they are all underappreciated teenage / twenty-something bronies, or else Tough Men Making Tough Choices.
>>160610 authors like to insert themselves in stories, or use their stories to vent. Personally, I'd like to see someone write an epic poem about their personal odyssey through Equestria, in the style of Dante's Inferno from the Divine Comedy.
>>160621 Yeah, I can't really blame them, that's the first story I wrote too--"Me visiting ponies, SO AWESOME!" Then a couple years later I reread it and . . . it just wasn't interesting. Travelling to Equestria and becoming BFF with the ponies is a fun daydream but makes for rather a dull story, IMO. It works a lot better when the human character is a literary character like Robin Hood or Sherlock Holmes, as the author is more willing to take the kid gloves off when the human isn't a self-insert.
>>160635 I'll be the first to say "yo I'd totally nerd out if I saw real MLP ponies" but for some reason it never translates well to writing.
People always want the story about the happy ending. Storytelling doesn't work that way... I keep on making whole books about godawful conflicts and resolving them only RIGHT at the end and it seems to work better. Not surprising.
The downside is, when I do wrap up a thing, I _always_ have people going "noooo tell me more about how they are with each other!". I have folks wanting to see where the Macburn went in "How Does Your Garden Grow", and unless I make things go wrong for them, there's no story...
HiE 'I'm in Equestria SOOO AWESOME' isn't a story, it's the after-story to a human NOT in Equestria story...
Ha! a HIE fic staring an actual human in Equestria! Whatever
Well, that's good to know.
I thought people knew that already.
Seems to me you guys are frustrated, and need a bigger team to help solve these issues with idiots.
How is that even a problem? The name of the site is fimfiction. FIMfiction. That's like throwing a big-mac in a shit-filled toilet because... you know what? Screw this simile, that's just stupid.
This is already in the rules. If people took 5 minutes to read them, Wlah wouldn't have to waste his time writing these posts.
People actually forget ponies?v
>>160654>>160645 most of the stories arent interesting, because nothing happens.
No foreshadowing of any event, no exciting ideas, nothing. it's more of a perfect dream thing, and I dont like it.
Nothing like mine. I'm actually doing a HiE where something dark will happen, and there's nothing the humans can do about it.
there is mental and emotional conflict between the two I have here, and there will be something big. something that binds g4 and g1 in quite nicely, as I hate to forget my roots, Being a brony at a young age, started with g1.
if you are about to see my work just for the sake of seeing what the hell im talking about, my next chapter is being worked on, and it will pick things up from there.
I solved this by combining my first two chapters into the first part. I think the problem with a lot of HiE fics is that the spotlight gets taken away from the Mane 6. I mean yeah, go ahead and give your OC plenty of attention, but remember, this is My Little Pony, not My Little Human.
>>160752
I'm with you on that, and cardboard characters too... Ugh... Why is everyone so damn perfect!? I wrote a cynical, sarcastic dude, who can't kill a manticore in the first chapter with his hands tied behind his back!
If you ask me, you should be able to add ponies in on chapter one, afterall, anything before that is just a build up anyway. Besides, if in doubt, just make the chapter longer! If you wrote 1.5K and Equestria is not seen, how about you bump it up to 5K and actaully get some ponies in there!?
>>160758 true dat, mein freund!
that IS a big problem, and it's the "Perfect character".
Most stories go by this formula: Brony comes to Equestria, never is explained how or why, meets favorite pony, fucks her and becomes the best creature ever.
There's no conflict! I'm all for have a pony wife, but I wanna see consequence! The pony community should look down upon the pony involved, seeing as she/he is "Betraying their kind", and the human is seen as some sortof deviant.
there;s no emotional ties to the character that makes him or her stand out! I mean look at mine:
He's a 21 year old German male, who may have had hard times in the past, but has learned to move on. He has a temper, easily started when someone pushes his button.
I give him his first real emotional breakdown when my other character, Aramis the non-brony, calls him a Nazi. The first character, yes, is a self-insert, but I give my character a nowhere near perfect style, and personality. When Aramis calls him a Nazi, he goes apeshit! I dont see anyone else in their stories making the character sad or angry, and if they do, it's always about their "Troubled Past", and I hate that.
>>160756 Agreed. Balance is key.
Which reminds me, I need to give more attention to the Mane 6 in my stories. I mean, I give them attention, dont get me wrong, but I think I dont give them enough.
>>160758
Sometimes it works better to have a break in the reading before something like that happens, for one reason or another.
My reaction to this rule is, again, an all around yes.
But the need to actually say this?
Bolshevik, I call. If people can't be bothered to read, gagh...
>>160765
I know that feeling dude, it took me 35K before I'd even introduced Pinkie in mine!
But that's just cause I write at a really slow pace...
>>160752
If there's nothing the character can do about it, I sure ain't reading it
Having everything go wrong is just as bad as having everything go right. Don't look at it in those terms, look at it like building momentum towards a thing. Any immediate moment might contain much wrongness, or rightness, but it's always to build a powerful urge to resolve things.
If you just have a bunch of ponies being like 'we don't like you, humanthing' there's nothing to make the reader go "But wait! Keep going! It's not FINISHED! Thus and so has to happen next! I want X to happen!"
This is usually done through things going wrong, yeah, but there has to be a path toward a desirable ending- or, better yet, this powerful sense of direction but not necessarily by an obvious path. Rather than 'there's nothing the character can do', think of it as 'the more the character tries to fix things, the worse it gets' (until it turns out there was a path, preferably one that makes sense, all along).
And as I read through this a HiE popped into the featured box
>>160788 Maybe I worded myself wrong.
I should've said that there's nothing he can do about it, in THAT VERY MOMENT.
There we go, that's alot better.
You see, in some stories that have plots, there would be something that goes completely wrong. Whether it's romance or an actual plot.
Let's take mine for instance, In my story, a Villain actually DOES takeover Equestria! Yeah, I dont see alot of the canon characters be able to do that! (I'm looking at you, Chrysalis)
I can actually give you the full skinny on the idea that I had, through PM if you'de like. I'm just bad at rewording alot of it. I shared this with one other person, and he enjoys the Hell out of it. He says that "It's like a video game on steroids". This villain is completely original, ties into the Equestrian lore, and even gives a backstory on events that DID transpire in the show, even G1 has a shoutout in this, as I will explain.
For the romance thing, I'm not saying that there isnt benefit to having those problems I mentioned, where the ponies look at the human as something unnatural in romance. I'm just saying that the ponies just seem TOO accepting when an entirely different species wants to date one of their kind. This is a big moral I'm looking at: No matter what others think, go along with what you desire, and it'll come through.
Just make it so you have to click all sections on the FAQ the first time you want to submit a story and any time there have been changes in the rules. That way they have no excuses and you can even ban them.
Just make it so you have to click all sections on the FAQ the first time you want to submit a story and any time there have been changes in the rules. That way they have no excuses and you can even ban them.
>>160794 "I can actually give you the full skinny on the idea that I had, through PM if you'de like."
You can, but I won't listen. I got writing to do
besides, I'd rather not hear about it in case you're one of them "OMG U STOLED MY IDEA" ponies- there isn't enough 'do not want' in the world, for that.
>>160806 Believe me, Nopony has. It's possibly the most original I'vewritten in an HiE. Yes it plays out with a happy ending, but execution, the Original storyline, is just simply Original.
Besides, What of it if you and I have the same story? Plenty of stories are like that, it's just another's way of saying it.The only difference is really the execution of the similar idea.
And I cant wait to see your writing. I'm reading one of your earlier stories, and frankly, Not bad!
All HiE sucks anyway....wait a minute...
Really? Restating rules because people are too damn stupid to read them themselves?
I feel like crying.
>>160586 I feel you, bro. Remember my first 'How to'? I even highlighted the HiE thing there because it keeps happening!
You'd think people on a fanfiction website would know how to read.
>>160833
Most fanfic sites have problems like this. Fanfiction.net, in particular, has it so bad they've got several forums dedicated to hunting down and killing those idiots that are capable of reading everything but the rules. Damn fanbrats. -__-
So, sadly, I can't say I didn't expect this sort of thing to happen on FimFN. Fortunately, FimFN is much, much smaller than FFN, and the folk here are much more reasonable when it comes to shutting up and doing what they're supposed to.
Of course, seeing as this is largely in reference to HiE fics, I can't really say that those fics being failed are any great loss.
>>160864
Fanfiction.net is where all the weeaboos are, anyway. There's only like a one in fifty chance that you'll find a quality story on there to begin with.
You're right though. You're gonna get idiots everywhere you go on the internet. I'm just upset that there's such an influx of them on here. I can at least take comfort in that a good chunk of HiEs are being filtered with this lovely rule in the first place.
>>160872
I respect FFN as one of the first, greatest, and longest running fanfic sites. It may have the most fanbrats, but it also has the largest number of good concritters on any fanfic site thus far; while quality may be a crap-shoot, when you find quality, there is QUALITY. Plus, I'm willing to bet that a large number of FimFN folk made their way here from FFN.
The 'net grants anonymity to teenagers. That's a surefire guarantee for idiocy.
As for those here, well, a lot of bronies are teenagers, and many of those don't have as much reading/writing skill as they do enthusiasm. HiE, as a general rule, leaves a fairly bad taste in my mouth. There are only about five good ones on this site, if that. Still, at least they're trying.
I dunno. Bronies, while prone to stupid bouts of fanbrattiness, are general pretty welcoming of concrit and suggestions. Of the many fandoms I've been part of, this is the one I can say is worthy of respect.
...Which is odd, considering... Well, I don't even need to say it. XD
>>160881
Point taken. I'll admit that it's pretty impressive how the site has managed to hold up after all these years. It's sort of become its own relic. I myself have migrated from there to here.
One thing I love about the writing portion of the brony fandom is that a good majority are welcome to being critiqued. This is one of the first fandoms I've ever been a part of that's been so focused on improvement and growth. It's quite unique, really.
>>160610
The Tough Men are always from the latest videogame played by the author, so they are usually self-inserts in a way as well.
>>160588 add a new rule: only accept HIE stories if the writer has something new to add that we haven't seen before. I'm getting sick of all these reposts. is this really supposed to be the ''creative'' brony fandom?
Who wants to live in Equestria anway? There's no internet there.
>>160889
Ditto. Actually, I'm very fond of FFN because the concritters there brought me out of my fanbrat stage and into the world of criticism. Ah, the sweet memories~
I know! These folk are damn good about being willing to improve. It's marvelous stuff. Though, when there's a fanbrat, it's a hardcore fanbrat. -_-
...And I can't say that the concrit groups here are made of particularly stern stuff.
>>160895
Then stop reading HiE. Simple solution to a simple problem.
Unless you're concritting every one you read, or intend to write an HiE that's original, quit complaining.
>>160553 I dont think so. Let me quote on of the better HiE stories, Wrong Hospital Niko Bellic.
"No, humans poof into existence here all the time. They normally don’t stay very long though. Mostly they’re all just a bunch of wimpy kids who stop after the first chapter because nobody liked their self-insert. "
>>160881
Yeah, FF.net is where I got my start. My horrible, off color start from the depths of hell known as the Sonic the Hedgehog fandom.
Anyway, I still can't believe that this has to be stated. This is a PONY website dedicated to PONY stories with PONIES in them, and they can't even get that the story has to have at least some connection to Friendship is Magic which is in the name of the website and that they'll get failed if they don't meet those requirements?
Some people.
I am no longer surprised at all these rule reposts. People are so fucking stupid these days you kinda have to say things to them a million times before it actually registers.
If people don't read/understand the FAQ before sending in their junk, they're not likely to read/understand news posts, either. Could probably save yourselves a lot of trouble by just temp banning people that do it with a big "DO NOT SUBMIT X Y OR Z" on the notice.
This makes sense. I'm not really sure why people wouldn't really know this. It seems like common sen-...
Oh. Right.
>>160895 HiE stories are hardly the only type that would fall into what you are complaining about. We could say the same thing about "Twilight botches a spell and ..." Or "Rainbow dash botches a new stunt and ..." If you want to start only approving stories based on their originality, there's a lot of stories here that would have to be removed. Not just HiE ones.
>>160578 I read the faq actually before submitting. After all, it wastes everyone's time if a story gets rejected because the author didn't bother to check what the rules were first.
>>161018
Mine got rejected because I didn't add tags.
Anyway, some people can be.. hypercritical(Including me). If you don't like a specific story because it's a) Boring; b) badly-written or c) Written by someone who is very new to writing of any kind. leave a comment. Don't click that dislike button just yet!
If it's a), give them suggestions about how to make it not boring. If it's b), give pointers to improve their writing style. If it's c), help them. Give them suggestions about how they can improve, but don't be mean about it(I mean, c'mon).
Maybe they'll heed your words to become better writers in the future.
>>160524 No, most people either don't read the FAQ or simply think it's there for show.
>>160872 One in fifty? You sir, are waaay too generous.
>>160881 Mine has to be one of the five!
Right? 
Right? Ahem. To be fair, although there are a lot of submissions that don't follow the rules, most users we write back will change the story soon after to comply with the rules, so in that sense, bronies are still open to suggestions for the most part 
>>160895 No story is 100% original. You can boil even the most 'original' plot ideas to about 5 or less plots if you put your mind to it. That there is a lot of repetition is inevitable. It might surprise you, given the sheer quality of the stories posted here in huge amounts, but a lot of writers here are beginners and they tend to copy what they like. That's how you learn story structure (besides reading). What we need is Summary guidelines.
>>160906 I must read that story now.
>>160979 A lot of them are first time offenders, though. So a warning is warranted before arrest. I mean... ban.
>>161018 Thank you for reading the FAQ! I will put a 'WD Approved' image in your user page for this if you want.
Actually... that gives me an idea...
>>161037 That would make you the ideal reader here.
>>161092
HELP ALL THE WRITERS!
I wonder if I'm the only one who actually reads FAQ...
>>161165 STOP APPEARING WHERE I AM
>>161170
You really shouldn't have to post all the rules in the blog post... They're there, plain as day when you try to submit...
What are these stories that aren't about ponies or Equestria about? I'm just curious about the level of fail involved.
The first thing I do every time I join a site is check the rules/FAQ. I wonder why most people don't do the same.
>>160910
*winces* StH? Ouch... I know for a fact that the FFN branch of the fandom... ugh... I don't envy your beginnings, mate. Yes, you're right that one would expect that, but, as you can see... (-__-) No such luck.
>>161092
Actually, I haven't read yours yet, so I wouldn't know.
I'll get on that once I get back from Chicago. As for bronies, fuck yes. The fact that you guys are so willing to improve has been one hell of a boon to us concritters. It makes things so much easier when every piece of concrit we give isn't spat back at us with a couple dozen curses. (^_^)
>>161037
I love you. Marry me.
>>161037
This. Somewhat of a tangent, but would there possibly be a way to implement REQUIRED comments on dislikes? Or maybe both likes and dislikes, to be fair. It might result in comments like 'cool story bro' and 'HIE SUCKS' but at least people coming in will understand the reasoning behind the stats.
I don't mind the dislikes I've gotten, I just want to know if these people have genuine complaints that I can use to better myself as a writer.
Who am I kidding. They probably don't. I don't get enough flak to really be affected by this. But, this might help a number of other people that get pounced by a swarm of dislikes for no reason other than malice/trolling. Just a thought. I'm sure there are reasons why this would be horrible to implement.
>>160881
Huh. I actually did come here from Fanfiction. If someone on there had not linked to here, then I would have never known about this site.
>>161391
Well, good thing they did. Nice to have you with us, mate.
...Even better that you're proving me right. XD
>>161092 It's really pretty funny. Niko even manages to get Rainbow drunk
>>161170
You too, eh?
Anyways, on topic.
The problem I have, is that my story is the exact description of what you other people are complaining about in the comments. I came to the fandom and wanted to write "that perfect dream". So, I did. And for some reason, people liked it. I do not know why, but they do. I WANT to do a complete rewrite, but of course, that wouldn't work out very well for the people who already like it. Rereading things isn't as fun as when you read them originally, even if a few things are different and there are one or two new twists. Ugh. I have no idea why I'm sharing this. Oh well.
I wrote an HiE that I thought was original enough. As for the character featured, it's me. He's merely an adolescent, he's got poor physical characteristics (he cannot run nearly as fast as other bronies that appear later on in the story, or any of the ponies), being not very tall, rather heavy, and unfit. His personality and past are almost completely normal, no surprises here. He's pretty smart, and has problems with situations beyond his control, such as when the odds are stacked against him or other members of the party make a decision he doesn't agree with. Other than that, he's a neutral good character with a bit of apathy, self-doubt, occasional snarkiness put in there, to add some spice. Not a great character, but it's better than "I get bullied erry' day because I suck, wahhhhh." humans that seem to always appear, as Geon said.
The plotline? Starts out incredibly generic, but then the big conflict is slammed upon the characters, the human being a pivotal entity, one of three, whose actions determine the fate of the universe. Corny, right? First creative writing piece, not the worst thing ever. Then it's to Canterlot, then a whole whack of other places, even taking Twilight and the brony to our universe for a while. Near the end, events that I shall not disclose pit the brony against the Mane Six, in battle. He wins, because he has a very special weapon that I will, again, not disclose the nature of. He doesn't get off easy, though; he gets seriously injured in the process. After that, the human, gains his own secondary Element of Harmony, Order, an antithesis of chaos. However, this new Element doesn't even do anything besides put more potency into his actions for saving the universe, so it ends up not making him any more powerful. In the very end, he's granted the power to move from universe to universe, to set the stage for a sequel, which is my current project. This power's cost, use, and repercussions of use are a major point in that story, as are the other two pivotal individuals that entered Equestria.
The whole 'instant friends' thing? Twisted about in my story: Brony doesn't think of the ponies as more than just allies until the end of the story, and even then it sticks to him until the first bits of the sequel. The ponies, on the other hand, like him well enough almost from the beginning to consider him a friend as well as an ally.
I'll sotp subjecting you to shameless self-promotion and give rule feedback: Wow, some of us are really quite dumb, eh?
>>160621
Well, the author of this isn't inserting himself or herself into the story, but with what you said about what you wanted, you may enjoy it. Just happened to read your comment; I know this is entirely unrelated to the original post.
>>161426 This exact thing happened to me, too! I didn't even bother reading more than three fanfics before writing my own. Then... people liked it. And then... I wrote a sequel, and then... Well, yeah.
>>161482 I was going for more of the formatting of the Divine Comedy and not so much a direct adaptation, but that story summary sure gave me the willies! An yes, Pretty much almost everything I've said in these comments has been straying more and more off topic, so I apologize to EVERYONE.
Unrelated face.
I do believe that you shouldn't have to reinstate the rules in these posts. Unfortunately, some people just don't read and/or understand the rules.
>>160833
Also -
I find this situation entirely amusing. Silly writers. Why can't you follow simple rules?
Oh right, because you're too busy attention whoring.
>>161092 How about making the FAQ page record who visits it? Or maybe even a test that has to be passed before submitting a story?
>>161779
Well, I already got the main six, the princess sisters, and Ponyville in my HiE.
I think I'm all set.
In a sort of related note: Seriously? The story writers still aren't following the rules?
I am shocked, I tell you. Shocked!
I don't see why people are having a problem with this. If your story doesn't immediately (as in, the first chapter) involve SOMEthing FiM-connected, but will later on, just don't submit the story until you get to the part that does. You don't have to publish the whole thing at once after it's approved, if you're looking to build up suspense or something.
Also, I have sincere qualms about the quality of FFN. I mean, I'm on there; what does that tell you?
My HiE story's self insert is…
Married.
Nearly unable to walk for a time.
Sort of able to fly.
Almost crushed under Canterlot.
Almost dies from over-exertion.
Almost gets killed by the enemy several times.
Almost comes to blows with Rainbow Dash once.
Gets separated from his body.
And falls victim to the enemy's final coup de grace in the worst possible way without dying...
I'm quite possibly harder on my self-inserts than I should be.
Follow the Crashing Equestria series for more info:
Crashing Equestria.
The Game of Shadows.
Derpy's Gambit (in progress).
Applejacked (currently in the planning phase).
Just though I'd throw that out there.
People still can't follow the rules, eh? Goes to show how the power of human stupidity knowns no bounds.
As for me, my HiE fic has no buildup with my character on Earth. My character's arrival into Equestria happens in the first sentence. And it got accepted, so that must mean I'm doing it right!
...Right?
Guys, am I doing it right? 
>>162279 Yeah, it's one of the standard openings. I used it, too. Nothing wrong with it, but it's what you do after that makes or breaks your HiE. And when they break, they break hard.
>>162230 In my two...
SI falls into Equestria, gets knocked out immediately. Not fun.
Gets thrown into another universe. Twice. Both times it's just like the first time. See above.
Has to fight a Discorded or otherwise mind-controlled Mane Six member(s), twice. Which leads to...
The Mane Six nearly kill him. Twice. Once with just a straight up beating, and the first time with a horn impalement and a beating.
He goes to fictional universes he loves that aren't Equestria. Both times, he doesn't have too much fun, despite his liking of said universes.
He gets possessed. Once by the Elements of Harmony themselves, and may or may not be possessed by Discord in the current story arc.
Yeah, your list is bigger in the self-insert abuse. Now I've got to read your fics, I'm intrigued.
>>160895
I've gotten praise of how original my story is, and I just posted last month...
...Well, I had to rewrite the first two chapters because of how UNoriginal it was at first, but then I started getting praise.
It's the usual self-insert, except the plot set up is that Ponyville is a parallel version of his hometown. In fact, the first ponies he meets are himself and his mother after he 'breaks in' their house and sleeps in 'his' bed. Needless to say, everyone freaked out.
>>161037 That sounds like what I've become. When I first got onto the site, I could just read every story I found. I was keeping up with the influx of stories a lot of the time, reading 90% of the fics. Then I got myself into editing. Now I'm lucky if I can get through 2 stories out of a random 10 without having to edit the heck out of them.
Then again, I'm editing so many fics right now that I don't really have time for a lot of my own reading anyways, so it ends up being a little irrelevant.
>>162478 incorrect. it isn't the self-insert.
let me guess: your story is about a human goes to equestria without knowing how or why, meets mane 6, meets princesses, defeats <<insert villain here>>, becomes pony?, tells about Earth and how warlike everything is except for the main character.
>>162557
You know what, scratch that. It's NOT a usual self-insert.
He does figure out why and how, and it has nothing to do with destiny, just dumb luck (*SPOILERS* and a Tardis).
AND NO PONIFIED HUMANS *shudders*
(There are very few authors who can pull that off)
There will eventually be an OC villain, but not until at least Act 2.
I probably will talk about Earth, but only casually. I'm not one for that Angst crap. Maybe Wangst for comedy, but nothing truly sad (unless it's REALLY needed).
However, I must admit, it probably would've been that cliche if I hadn't re-written the first two chapters with the plot worked out beforehand. But since I did, I've gotten praise.
>>161467
"However, this new Element doesn't even do anything besides put more potency into his actions for saving the universe, so it ends up not making him any more powerful. In the very end, he's granted the power to move from universe to universe, to set the stage for a sequel"
...but apart from that, how was his day, and what does he want to do with his life?
Some of this stuff summarizes like fic potato chips... I hope that, like with potato chips, you're fixin' to put out many many many small chapters? If all you got is Dragonball Z, there ain't no point in neutering it to look more legit. Ever heard of space opera? If you wanna chew the scenery, chew the damn scenery and be proud of it! Don't try to inflict the trappings of a 'legit' story onto an epic universe-smashing new-EoH-and-it's-a-brony fanfest.
Whatever it is you do, run with it whole hog, that's my motto! Somepony will like it.
>>161092
On the summary guidelines, one of the things that can be difficult with the way it's currently done is trying to get that balance between a good amount for the admins/story approvers, and everyone else. From the 'Long Description' note at the top (Please include a description of the story or it will fail moderation), I get the feeling the approvers want to have a quick and dirty rundown of the whole story, to make sure it's all right for the site. On the other hand, I don't want to tell too much so I don't spoil it for the site's readers once it gets approved.
Making that a bit clearer would be nice, as it's tripped me up a little. Thanks for all the awesome work you and everyone else does for the site!
>>162672 Potato chips? The sequel plays out in several 10K word adventures through 1-2K word chapters. I'm not sure I completely understand the comment, especially the second bit there. Are you refering to what the human does after the first story ends? He goes home for three weeks. Anyway, the human can use his Element like any of the ponies can, he just isn't needed for them to function, thus, secondary Element.
>>160635
Kid gloves? Kid gloves? I'll have you know I had plans to actually kill off my self-insert in at least two of my attempts at self-insert stories.
Unfortunately, I don't actually know myself well enough to really know how I would actually act around the ponies, so I gave up on the fics :p
Self inserts are funny, not haha funny, odd funny.
Needing to restate obvious rules is sad.
People not knowing that ponies are needed on a site dedicated to ponies is priceless. 
>>160824 Y U NO LIKE CROSSOVERS!?
Some of these blog posts are so hilarious, because the point they are trying to be communicate seems like it would be so damn obvious, especially if people at least read the blurp at the top of the submissions page, yet there is still a need for these blogs to exist as people are apparently that stupid.
>>160814 Hay yeah, sometimes I think it's all I ever see on the 'new stories' page!
>>161018 Me too, I'd hate for one of my stories (lol, I haven't posted any yet) to get taken off.
I'd personally find it humiliating.
>>162749
cuz