Critical Hit: Tear Ducts · 12:18pm Sep 22nd, 2012
Usually, I'm a bit advocate of MandoPony being the most fundamentally talented musician in the fandom, with particularly soft spots left for Foozogz and Living Tombstone.
Yet, this last week, all of their work got flushed out of my brain by a single track that got to me in a way that no other has. Lullaby for a Princess is an excellent example of how attention to the tiniest details can seriously heighten the experience of both listening, and reading. Varied pacing and tone shifts raise this up from being merely beautiful to emotionally evocative, all without needing to invest some new dynamic in the story of Nightmare Moon. Granted, a stunningly talented singer kinda helps, too.
It went up on EQD a few days ago, so many of you may have already heard it; if you haven't, go now and take a box of tissues. You may need it.
-Scott
P.S. Shades of Grey: Second Edition is well into the second act of the rewrite, and it's looking very good indeed. I'm tentatively considering the 1st of October as a date to delete the old version (which will still be available via GoogleDocs) and put up v2.0 Act I, then add chapters every couple of days to take advantage of how FIMFiction works. Thank you to all those who have continued to offer support and feedback while I am working on this.
A truly beautiful song.