Groups » Groups Post - January 2015 · 8:17pm Jan 3rd, 2015
Welcome to the future, Fimfic.
[and other various stupid jokes, like "man, I haven't made a lazy Back to the Future reference since last year"]
We do have a few groups to talk about this month, though:
Displaced are Humans, typically in costume, that have been tricked by The Merchant into taking an item which will send them to Equestria usually so the Merchant can witness the mischief. Most Displaced tend to be villainous or once villainous. The Merchant is a Void dwelling being who lives for mayhem.
Why should you join?
We have a decent group of fictions all about different humans in Equestria. Usually containing twists, and you can write one of your own! On any person turning into one of your fandom characters.
Tired of looking for those longer stories that seem to evade your grasp?
Want to talk to other's about which ones are good?
Well come over to 100,000 Words where you can solve these problems easily.
Ever thought about the idea of pairing Fluttershy and another famous fashion model? Or, more likely, you just saw the name of the group above and thought "that would be an interesting shipping pair." Well, have I got a group for you! The Flutter de Lis group is for anyone who likes the idea of pairing the bearer of The Element of Kindness with one of Equestria's most famous fashion models, Fleur de Lis (alternatively, Fleur Dis Lee). Stories about two beautiful mares in love, and occasionally seen sleeping together, what's not to love? (Don't worry, Fancypants is A-Okay with their relationship)
In this group, you become ponified or 'OCified' because that's what happens when the science projects of two geniuses get messed up.
This is the group for anyone out there who has an OC! If you just want to share your stories, this group is perfect for you! This is by all means a random group where you can do anything you want at all (as long as it follows the site's rules, the group's rules, and any other rules you choose to obey). So... See ya!
The Resurrection of the School for New Writers
The School for New Writers was one of Fimfictions Primer groups for helping authors. It was modeled around the idea of organization and lessons as opposed to discussions, though we certainly have those as well. For the past few months, however, we happened to have many mods and teachers step out at pretty much the same time leaving the group almost completely dead.
But as Celestia was freed from her changeling cocoon, we have come out of this harrowing situation with grace and strength. We're back. We have dedicated mods and professors eager to help every author whether they are new or experienced. We are still touching up everything but in the coming weeks we will be updating the group so that you can find over 130 lessons easily. That's right, over 130 lessons about horse words with several more every week.
So how bout you come down and join us sometime, you just might learn a thing or two.
We're a group of readers who want to share stories that we also enjoyed. We're not about reviews or submissions. We read stories, add them if we like them, and promote one story each at the end of the month in a Monthly Spotlight forum post.
Each reader keeps a log of stories they added, but our folders are cleared for fresh content each month.
There's no pressure on the reader to justify why they want to add a story, just that they like it. This is us reading stories and finding some that we like. We hope you find something you'll like, too.
That's it for January. If you want your group advertised next month, send me a link to the group as well as a short advertisement like you see here.
Thanks, and Happy New Year!
I have a better image for this;
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No! Bad Flutter x Fleur shipping group! NEVER Fleur Dis Lee! Never ever!
Stupid GameLoft typo...
Excellent, an advertisement for the Displaced series.
The worst stories on fimfiction.
Well. Good. I guess.
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Technically, that's Griff, Biff's Grandson, but that's splitting heirs...
2698290 ???
Edit: I see now. Anyway, I admit I don't like the Fleur Dis Lee spelling either, but it's popular enough that I can't readily ignore it. Best to just acknowledge it and move on.
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there are hoverboards, holograms and self tying shoes IRL now..
B2tf didnt lie...
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/142464853/hendo-hoverboards-worlds-first-real-hoverboard
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/02/17/power-laces-back-to-future/5549043/
https://bleen.com/en-us/
there you go, evidence
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yep!
These...
I can get behind these.
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october this year.....
and if you get the white box, which i think is out sooner, you can make your own hover things!
2698412 It's your party, you can do what you want.
2698315 I'm not sure anyone else noticed, but it's okay. I got it.
RP's are back, since when..?
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I suppose that was inevitable, what with a French name. Most users don't speak French, and I'm sure a lot of them can't even be bothered to check the proper spelling. So they just sound it out.
Uncultured swine, the lot of them. :P
2698779 Huh, I don't know how I missed that in the ad. Looks like the thread in question is locked and inactive, like it should be, so I'll just edit out that bit of the ad.
Good catch, I don't think I've ever missed something like that before. Whoops.
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... *Tries to play it cool*
When you been in the business as long as I have, you don't make mistakes.
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lel, keep up the good work anyway.
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I checked in on it. That group has an RP, but it's on another site.
Or at least, the RP link I saw in that group did. Could be an RP thread floating around.
Edit: Apparently the thread is locked. So they're probably talking about the offsite one. Or they never updated their blurb. Either is possible.
2698900 Thank you, I feel well informed now.
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Sadly, this is just another solar roadways; overhyped bull that is not and can never be practical.†
• Hendo Hoverboard: BUSTED
• Tony Hawk and the $10 000 HOVERBOARD! (long, follow‐up)
† In its current form. While it’s possible that something completely redefining physics as we know it will come along, it’s somewhat less than “exceedingly unlikely.” Fusion will be commercially viable before this ever is.
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*slips Cyanide into your drink*
Hm?
Excuse me, can I forward this suggestion?
When we block people, all we do is block private messages, which actually makes things a lot worse. It means that fights tend to escalate as public duels.
Many, if not most, websites with lots of users, can have you not even see the casual forum posts or blog comments of these users. That actually solves a lot of problems, you can easily pretend a user doesn't exist and won't think about a certain user so much.
It might actually help us get along better as a community.