Recommendations? · 3:14am Sep 13th, 2017
I figured out a useful use for these silly useless blog things! I think? Maybe I'm just not using it right... I'll just leave this here.
FOREVER!
Yes, Pinkie. If you can read this, it's still in effect. It's not like more than a hooffull or two of ponies will ever see this...
Anypony who reads this, I'm looking for recommendations for good reads. Because my Read-It-Later list isn't already super long as it is, with no signs of shrinking in the near future or anything...
Stuff I like:
Romance. YES, I'M A SAPPY SOFTY! SUE ME! Or ship me. I'm a lonely computer nerd with delusions of grandeur!
But it needs to be good romance. Something that aims at (even if it doesn't quite hit) Twilight is Magic/Enchanted Library levels of "awwwwwww...!"
Cute/adorable fics, too. Even ones like My Little Dashie. *rains liquid pride*
That's not sappy at all. You're a stallion after my own heart!
You have to say that, Rares. Being generous, even to sappy saps, is in your contract with Hasbro.
Twidash. Perhaps with a side of Twappledash, because I've found a few of those that are cute, too.
Well, shucks, sugarcube. I didn' know ya cared!
Scootadopt. Favorite filly must be made happy in ALL possible timelines!
Twiluna/Sunlight. Guilty pleasure. I like the reformed bad-girls. Equestria's whole "everypony who wants it gets a second chance" schtick speaks to me like a mossy oak speaks to Treehugger. And Twilight is like my purple mirror image. With moar checklists.
Sci-fi. AU/Crossovers are fine.
Epic stuff. It's tough to top something like the Twilight is Magic series or Fallout: Equestria, but surely somepony, somewhere, has!
Rarelight. The only reason this is listed is because Monochrome is awesome and made what seemed unlikely plausible. Srsly, read her Enchanted Library stuff!
Stuff that makes me laugh is always a plus.
Why did the chimicherrichanga cross the road?!
Not like that, Pinkie.
Aww, nougats! That was a good one, too.
Oh, good pony music is appreciated, too. I could listen to The Moon Rises/Lullaby for a Princess all day long while working.
Haven't you done that on several occasions already?
YES! I already admitted to being a sap. Somepony awesome like Dashie would so never be interested in me! :(
Stuff I generally steer clear from:
2nd Person. For the love of Luna's lungs, keep it away! We are not amused!
Anon is a tool. And not a particularly useful one. While not a dealbreaker, he's often a sign that a story needs to be about twenty percent cooler before it's drinkable.
None of those displaced+tokeney things. Talk about train wrecks. If your fic is so boring or directionless you need to add random characters visiting from others' fics, you need to work on that first. Displaced that stand on their own are fine. Those have potential.
Gratuitous gore/horror. I'm not interested in the next big thing after Cupcakes. Violence, war, bloodshed are okay if they make sense, but real life is enough of a creepypasta these days. Seriously. Have you seen that creepy orange clown in the bad wig that's always on tv??? It makes Mayor Mare's Nightmare Night costume look wholesome!
No freaky fetish stuff. Thanks, but no thanks. Look, I'm open minded about most things; everypony likes what they like, and it doesn't hurt anyone, but I don't enjoy most of them. For the few that I do, well... I can look after my own freaky side for myself. Thanks.
Eeeeeyup.
What he said. And if I know anything about the quiet ones, there's a pony who knows what he's talkin' about.
And if I didn't list it, I'm neutral and willing to give it a chance. Or never imagined it might exist. Oh dear, what can of worms did I just open up?
Relax. You said it yourself, hardly anypony will ever even see this!
Thanks, Dashie. That might be the nicest thing anypony has said to me today.