Review #22 / Hearth's Warming #2 - A Heart's Warming Eve, Luna's Hearth's Warming Eve, Hearth's Warming Cookies, The Night Before Hearth's Warming · 4:06pm Dec 22nd, 2016
The second day of Hearth's Warming specials:
A Heart's Warming Eve by Celestial Brony
Luna's Hearth's Warming Eve by electreXcessive
Hearth's Warming Cookies by Everyday
The Night Before Hearth's Warming by defender2222
A Heart's Warming Eve by Celestial Brony
(Slice of Life
Rarity takes a stroll through a winter night, but the most precious of scarves kept her warm.
Review
Rarity takes a stroll through the winter night with a scarf reflecting upon the joy of giving. She encounters Applebloom, who is cold and gives the filly her favorite scarf.
This is pretty well paced, though it had to be drawn out the tiniest bit to meet the word requirement. It has very few errors, which is quite nice. It also feels planned out enough to work well. The tag is a good for it as well.
Score: 7/10 Recommendation: Worth Reading.
Personal Thoughts: A nice one-shot about the joy of giving, rather than getting.
Luna's Hearth's Warming Eve by electreXcessive
(Dark, Sad)
For the first time in a long time, Luna realizes it's Hearth's Warming Eve. For the first time, she doesn't have Celestia there with her. For the first time, she's alone. Author's Notes: If you recognize this story, that's because it's been rewritten and rehashed from its old version. The account this was previously written on is no longer in use, as I never really did anything with it but post clop. It's a collaboration between myself and CartsBeforeHorses. If you like it, be sure to check him out and give him some love.
Review
Luna is on the moon and sees Celestia enjoying Hearth's Warming Eve without her. NMM takes her feelings and uses them to make Luna turn back into her.
This story has great pacing for the topic and size. It has few errors in it, which is a plus. It also feels planned out enough for it to be a good read. And the tags fit quite well.
Score: 8/10 Recommendation: Worth Reading.
Personal Thoughts: A great NMM/ Luna on the moon Hearth's Warming fic.
Hearth's Warming Cookies by Everyday
(Slice of Life)
Many ponies leave out cookies on the night of Hearth's Warming Eve. It's tradition, after all. It's been a tradition for a very long time.
Review
Celestia leaves cookies out for Luna who is on the moon.
This one has fairly good pacing considering the plot/ topic. There are very few errors within the text. And it also feels planned out enough to be a good reading experience. It could, however, use a "Sad" tag.
Score: 8/10 Recommendation: Worth Reading.
Personal Thoughts: It could definitely use a "Sad" tag, but otherwise it's pretty good.
The Night Before Hearth's Warming by defender2222
(Slice of Life)
Once every year
at around this time
a story like this is posted
done in a rhyme
Applejack experiences a magical Hearth's Warming Eve night and learns the true meaning of the holiday.
Review
Applejack experiences the magic of Hearth's Warming because Pinkie Claus comes and gives her stuff.
This one has different pacing do to it being a rhyme, but it's alright all-in-all. It has few spelling errors inside of it. It seems extremely planned out due to it being in rhymes. The tag it has is the best for it.
Score: 9/10 Recommendation: Intermediate.
Personal Thoughts:
On Blitzwing and Skywarp Thundercracker and Starscream!
Only the best Wonderbolts!!
How come your 9/10 got an "intermediate" recommendation while your 8/10s got "Worth Reading"?
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My score and recommendation systems are mostly separate things, so theoretically a 2 score could get a Recommended. However, this probably won't happen because of the way I have the scoring system set up.
The Scoring is kind of set up into 2.5 points per criteria that I look at, somewhat like how an English teacher would look at a paper. While the Recommendation system is looking more at the story as a whole, but still at the Score a little.