Stories I tend to avoid · 1:17am Jul 23rd, 2012
Shipping-Usually not all that thoroughly thought out and end up being unsurprising seeing as a)the shipping has already been spoilt b)the justification of the pairing is hidden in a fan-haze. That's that kinda mindset Twilight was born from. I like my romance, I even have my hand in it occasionally, but I don't tend to make it seem like the most important thing in the world. After all, even love can bloom in the battlefield. You can find it lying around on the floor. However, like all human things, it takes its time to bloom.
Mary Sue OC fics, if you are going to create an OC I tend to follow 2 rules, minimalist in back story and more on character development/characterisation (its such a common mistake to do the reverse!) and no goddamned amnesiacs. And as a matter of taste, keep names 3-5 syllables sounding and loyal to the mlp theme of alluding to the character's cutie mark or talent.
Crossover fics. Mainly the intangible kind of crossovers. Like starcraft or warhammer or predator, basically things that are outside the realms of children's writing. I know grimdark exists in mlp fictions but thats the corruption of a good thing, to make it entertainingly dark. Warhammer is dark from the get go, wtf is a pony gonna do in such a universe? Or what is an pedator gonna do? It's gonna kill everything, no mercy, no surprises and most certainly none of the optimistic delusions I read from such cross overs. You know a good crossover? Winnie the pooh and fluttershy.
Forced canon mythos. Basically new made up creatures that serve no purpose but to exist as this cool new thing. A good story is not based off spectacle, a good story is based off craft. If you are going to add a new creature to the mlp mythos, do it with a little class. Sell the story, not the creature.
I know what you mean. I tend to write shipping stories but I only write them after I've thought out everything in advance. Same thing with Mary/Gary Stu's.
Crossovers i'm kind of okay with if they're done well. And the last thing about Forced Canon i'm with you 100 percent.
But bro, there's this really great crossover fic that you should check out. I just found the author and I think you may like some of his stuff.
Fic is here.
Don't you love when you contradict yourself?
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I'm pretty sure I said my hate for crossovers is highly conditional to its compatibility to the mlp universe.
i mean fking halo and mlp? that's stupid no matter how you spin it.
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I was just making a joke, not to worry.