Fanart, Fanart, and Fanart · 5:23am Mar 16th, 2017
And I guess some Chapter XII chat, too?
No no no, but look.
FANART
Scroll down if you're impatient to see it. I've got a story to tell with this first.
And I guess some Chapter XII chat, too?
No no no, but look.
FANART
Scroll down if you're impatient to see it. I've got a story to tell with this first.
Today I have two stories. Yes, only two stories. Did you know these take a very long time to write? I'm not sure how Titanium Dragon does it, but yikes. Anyway, what to promote.
*Read this blog by me - It refers to a contest which I want to participate in, but probably won't. Might just write something like that anyway, but we'll see.
Hey, hey, people. Gold here. It's been a fair while since I got an update out, for... reasons. Not good reasons, I guess, but you know how it is.
I know I haven't been active around here lately -- kinda fell out of the habit of everything during the pandemic, including writing. But I'm still forcing myself out the door for conventions every once in a while!
Case in point: I'm in San Francisco this weekend for Babscon, doing my not-actually-patented Drunken Pony Tarot Readings and mostly just kicking it and seeing what other authors are around. Come say hi!
BOOK 1: 1-16 || BOOK 2: 17-33 || BOOK 3: 34-49 || BOOK 4: 50-62 ||
Good news for people trying to check the rare and beautiful Horizon off of their pony-watching lists! I'm having quite a ponyriffic year, with no less than three brony conventions on the agenda.
First: I'm currently in the whirlwind of trying to get ready for Babscon, which starts in two days. In fact, not only will I be there, but you'll have two entirely unrelated opportunities to get a dose of my work!
I don't know what I hoped this chapter to be but it clearly wasn't this. A chapter which is a long extended fight scene with only a quick resolution of P-21's arc at the end. The thing that should have been the focus was barely mentionned and yet I have a ton of things to say about it and about the end of the "Deus Arc" so to speak. I don't like having so little good things to say about this chapter but then again, it is more of the same.
Let's go.
What happened, Somber ? How can you go from making interesting little moments to something so... absolutely convoluted and unnecessarily dark ? Nothing in this chapter works ! The sex tape memory orb ? The massacre of a settlement just for the damn sake of it ? The fact that despite having one eye and four braces, there is NO difference in how BJ acts or in the things she can do ? She fucking lifted a pony in a power armor with her bare hooves ! I'm stunned.
Let's go ?
This chapter went back to being extremely similar in Fallout:Equestria at least in parts and I really don't like it. From plans that makes no sense, to Blackjack defeating with dumb luck one of the most terrifying foe yet while trusting without a shred of logic obvious shady people. Why are his group listening to her for crying out loud ? They risk life and limbs for her and yet there's no one to tell her that...
Let's go.
So, this chapter does explain a lot of things. Some things are still as stupid as ever and some other are a bit different than I thought they would be. Also, and I am guilty of all charges, the whole fight sequence near the end is something that I had a really hard time to go through. It was too long and my eyes just glossed over what is essentially just another thrill ride for BJ but something that does wear down pretty quickly.
Let's go !
The chapters as of late seems a bit easier to read for me and I find it delightful. Now does that mean that there aren't tons of thing that makes this story quite the mess still ? Of course not but it seems that it is not as much as an issue... at least as long as I don't see the face of Goldenblood who single-handedly made this story quite the pain to go through.
Let's go !
What's the saying? The journey of ten thousand miles begins with a single step? ... After a google search, I've found that yes it is.
This journey of a few ten thousand words begins with a prologue and a single chapter, and I certainly hope you'll all join me for the trip.
Yes, a double chapter today because people talked about chapter 33 a lot and I wanted to know what all the fuss was about. Let's just say that I have a lot to say concerning chapter 33. Chapter 32, however, was quite nice, nothing much to report but it was a relatively well-handled chapter compared to the others but which suffer, as always from padding. Somber should really try to make his scenes have a purpose beyond just the spectacle, it would help giving the reader the impression that he
Well, I hope you all had a nice New Year's Eve/Day, and welcome to 2017! And while 2016 was a pretty rough year in general, I have to say that, personally, it was a pretty decent year for me, and you readers were part of that. Happy New Year!
Hey guys!
I found this ancient blog from 2015 on a friend's account and I figured I'd dust off the cobwebs and have some fun with it! You should totally do the same if you have free time and/or interest!
50 Questions! Go!
1. What is your first name?
My legal first name is Frank, but I got by my middle name, Dustin
2. How old are you?
I am 28 years old
3. What country are you from?
United States
Yep, that's right folks, today is a double chapter simply because I read the two mostly in a row and I didn't want to to split them in two. So, chapter 17 is essentially a big pile of nothing happening unfortunately and chapter 18 is... well, it's something alright.
Let us start.
The fifth chapter of Project Horizons is upon us and with it, more confirmation of the utter "Indiana Jones"-like style of adventure and some welcomed evolutions of character relationships. However, I have to say, I am not quite sure if I dig the idea of having one brain for three people. Let us go and have some fun.
I think it's time for me to give some compliments to Project Horizons since, while it has a fuck load of issues, sometimes chapters like this one can actually give some lovely moments that usually are counter-balanced by stupid and idiotic decisions but here let us talk a bit about the good and the usual bad.
Let's go !
On to the third chapter of this wild ride and also the shortest chapter of the entire fiction but I have to say, not the worst and should I even say that this is the best chapter so far for a few things already and it is the character that will cement an affirmation that was already pretty obvious : Project Horizons is a better story than Fallout: Equestria. Is it without serious faults ? God, no.
Let's open the curtain.
Also I finally read and am up to date on Homelands, I really like it. It has studio ghibli vibes, and I want MOAR, so hopefully Somber will still write more. It's hard being a Somber, from what I understand.