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Maran


Earth pony enthusiast

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  • 133 weeks
    MLP: TNG

    I'm a month late to this, but here's my take on MLP: TNG (or whatever we're calling it). I was underwhelmed the first time I watched it, but I gave it a second chance, and it started to grow on me. I think my mistake was watching Raya and the Last Dragon just a few days before the G5 movie. Both movies have similar themes and plots, but they handle them differently. More on that later.

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  • 135 weeks
    Revisiting the Final Season

    A few months ago, I rewatched Season 9, and I liked it even better than the first time I saw it. There were still two episodes that I didn't care for: “3, 2, 1, Greaaat” and “Trivial Pursuit.” With both of those episodes, I went into them with the mindset that I would skip to the next episode when they started to annoy me. I only made it a few minutes into each episode.

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  • 136 weeks
    Bereavement

    It's been awhile since I've posted any updates. Things happened one after another to make me lose interest in multicolored ponies. First the show ended, and then real world problems started happening. Then came the worst case scenario – I lost my father in February of this year.

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  • 199 weeks
    Random update

    I haven't been on this site as much as I use to because of real life distractions. Not all of the distractions have been good, but the good ones are truly amazing.

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  • 202 weeks
    Pony Life is a regression to Season One

    Maybe it's just because the MLP stop-motion shorts lowered my expectations, but so far I think Pony Life is okay. I wouldn't call it good, but at least it doesn't directly insult older fans the way Thundercats Roar does (or so I've heard). I enjoy Pony Life's animation style enough to recommend watching five minutes of it. Plus, there is actual dialog spoken by the same VA's from FiM, and they

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Sep
8th
2017

Maran Rewrites History · 8:47pm Sep 8th, 2017

People have asked me if I'm going to continue “Applejack Fixes Everything.” I'd love to, but if I continued it as-is with my OC parents, I'd constantly be thinking about Pear Butter and Bright Mac. In case you haven't caught on, I love the canon Apple parents, and I know I'm not the only one who does. So at this point, I'm probably going to rewrite the fanfic with Pear Butter and Bright Mac. It shouldn't be too difficult – since the show never states how they died, the basic plot would stay the same. I'd just have to change a lot of the dialog and details. Once I finish the rewrite, I'll cancel “Applejack Fixes Everything,” upload the rewrite with a new title and cover art, and link the stories to each other in the summaries. And then eventually finish the story. I do have a plot mapped out, I just keep getting too busy/distracted to write it down. At least now I have one less fanfic to take up my time - "Seeking Harmony" is completed and awaiting a reply from Equestria Daily.

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Comments ( 9 )

Really? Seems like a waste of time, I thought your OCs were pretty well done.

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I'm glad you think my OCs were well done. I'm just wondering if there will be as much interest in the fanfic and its OCs after "The Perfect Pear" happened. It actually might be more of a struggle to keep my own interest than the readers' interest.

I did have a similar idea for a shorter fic that would involve Discord wanting to meet the Apple siblings' parents, so he travels to an alternate universe where they survived. Maybe I could try writing that story while continuing the current version of AJFE.

No, you shouldn't delete it. It's okay as it is. I mean, I'm re-writing an story of mine set in the EG world, and many things have happened there. I only make small changes that don't affect the plot. For example, after Friendship Games happened I had the story set after FG, but then after a time of not publishing a chapter and re-writing the story, I decided that it should be after Legend of Everfree.

So, if you want to re-write, don't change the characters. If you want to do a fic about AJ's canon parents, then do it as a separate. I hope that helps-

I've always been a big believer in the grandfather clause with fan fiction. I say press on. Alternate realities can be a beautiful thing.

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Thanks for your thoughts. I think I will continue the fanfic as-is after all and write my other idea too. I just hope I can find the time.

Gotta side with FoME here. Grandfather clause.

Also, since when do people wait for Equestria Daily to approve them?

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The story is already up here. I meant that I'm waiting to see if it's approved to be featured on ED.

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My apologies. The phrasing just seemed odd to me. My mistake.

Comtinue it as is

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