When a mysterious magical mist transports Equestria into the Human World at the beginning of the 20th Century, everything is turned upside down. Alliances shift, governments are toppled, new technological discoveries revolutionize daily life and the same mysterious force that brought Equestria to Earth is not done with it yet. On top of that can Equestria's ponies learn the long forgotten art of war? Can Equestria survive the most violent century in human history? Or will it be torn apart from both without and within? As the old Chinese curse goes. "We live in interesting times." (Currently undergoing revisions. Pardon our mess.)
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Comments ( 488 )
Does this have ANYTHING to do with my story "Just Progress, My Friend"? It seems sorta similar. I don't want this to be one of those moments where you got the idea from me, or I copied my latest chapter from you.
Otherwise, me gusta! ![]()
Some pretty good writing. The time period for the tank in the image is even correct. Tracked.
Thanks! I love history, and I'm a bit OCD when it comes to making this historically accurate as well. So I doubt you guys are going to be disappointed in that department.
Not a bad beginning. I just have to point out that you have a lot of run on sentences. Other than that, pretty good. ![]()
I'm intrigued and somewhat excited by the prospect of Mark I tanks showing up in Equestria's green pastures.
Definitely tracking this!
A Pony on Earth fanfiction that's more than just a My Little Dashie spinoff?
And it's Dark?
You don't see that too often. Tracking, possibly favorite depending on how it develops. You have a great writing style, and while not the best build up ever for a prologue it gets the job done, and it does it well. Just don't rush things. If you can break a 3,000 word chapter into two separate chapters and go into more detail with them, possibly making each 4,000 words, then by all means do it. This has serious potential.
This is a very interesting story, and I can't wait to read about it. There are some sentences that need to be revised and towards the end it doesn't really flow as well as it could, but it is good nonetheless and has great potential.
Thumbs up and tracking
I saw just a couple errors:
even when a pony was sitting right next to her, much to the determinate of said ponies hear abilities.
Do you mean hearing?
“No, not in Luna’s or my own life times, however this magic is not benign, it is full of darkness, fear, sadness and… hate,
Hmm, My grammar nazi'ness maybe misleading me, but maybe that comma should be a period.
“No, not in Luna’s or my own life times, however this magic is not benign,
In my opinion, you shouldn't mention Luna's life time since Celestia would have encountered more as she is the older of the 2 and was also not banished to the moon for 1000 years. Just my thoughts though.
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Now time for my review:
Hmm, this story seems interesting just the right amount of dark for my tastes thus far in the story. And the idea of Equestria entering the 20th century seems fairly original. And from the tank on the cover art I would say you are going with WWI era combat or sometime shortly after.
I will enjoy reading your story.
>See that tank
>Immediately think "What's a Leman Russ doing there?"
>Notice it's a WW1 Tank
>I play too much 40k
Looking good so far. I'm going to track this and see where she goes![]()
I'm going to track this and decide whether to like and favorite it once it continues.
Hmm that description is tempting, I will be looking forward to reading it tomorrow =P
First World War? And Ponies? Assuming that they're going to fight the humans, I don't think the ponies could win even if they managed to remember how to fight. Too many French and British Soldiers (I assume they're the allies/British because of the Mark 1), not to mention shells, 'splosions and, my favourite of all, GAS. Though you've probably already thought up the answer to these problems, haven't you?
Hmm, historically accurate, you say? I'll hold you to that. I am myself obsessed with history. This story looks like a good one, I'm tracking it.
As an unrelated question, who do you say killed the Red Baron: Roy Brown, or unnamed Australian gunner? ![]()
>>332353 Those are very good points, I can't believe I missed them. Thank you for pointing those out. I might have to go back later and edit it if I can. If I can't oh well. Just have to do better next time. Thank you for the constructive criticism. It's hard to believe I've got this many people already tracking/favoriting the story!
>>333038 Just have to wait and see. ![]()
>>332184 You like my writing style?
And don't anypony worry. I'm taking my time, I've seen what happens when a author rushes his/her story. Not pretty.
>>333084 Yes please, hold me to it, this goes ditto for everyone, you see something that might be non historical let me know. Also it was an Aussie machine gunner who killed him, they had a show about it on PBS a while ago. Sorry Roy.
I don't know if I'll actually follow this, maybe it will catch me when it hits the full plot, but I do have one big suggestion for your writing. You must break your paragraph whenever a new character begins to speak. For example:
Luna looked towards the balcony doors and replied, “Nor have We dear sister, it felt so... alien, We do not believe it is of our world.” Celestia nodded and replied, “I believe you are correct and if that is indeed the case then where did it come from and what is its purpose?”
Should turn into:
Luna looked towards the balcony doors and replied, “Nor have We dear sister, it felt so... alien, We do not believe it is of our world.”
Celestia nodded and replied, “I believe you are correct and if that is indeed the case then where did it come from and what is its purpose?”
The reason for this is that most people will glance over the part of the sentence "character said" because it just isn't that important a clause. So, if we skip over the "Celestia nodded and replied" clause, we will think Luna is still speaking (which looks very strange and pulls us out of the story to figure out what is going on.
Great idea you had there.
I am currently working on a very similar story, about the Discord bringing himself and some ponies into 1918, into the North Russia Campaign.
(Storyception!
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What you've written is very good, although a bit more macrocosmic than my thing. ![]()
I am looking for some cooperation with other interestees at the moment, too.
Good luck and good fortune. ![]()
WW1 pony cross over?
They better not kill Hitler by mistake. (He was in the German army.)
That would mess everything up.
Quote is from 20000 Leauges Under the Sea
Also, this is quickly becoming one of my favorite fanfictions.
Wait? i was under the impression that ponies averaged about 3-4 feet tall. when did this change?
But yes. this is an amazing story. Another wonderfull chapter.
I had doubts when I read the prologue, but they have now been assuaged and I am hooked. The premise reminds me of the 1632 series, which isn't a bad thing at all... it'll certainly make for an interesting read.
Impressive...so this is just at the preface of the First World War? Nationalism rampant and such...hmm...when the other nations of the world find somewhere new to exploit there will be hell...
Pfft, heh I uh, I knew that, heh... (![]()
then proceeds to hit himself with a shoe over missing out the part where it says 1908)
But in all seriousness I meant as in relation to what happens to the sailors during the war.
Also I personally prefer Clemenceau (They don't call him the Tiger for nothing).
This is a good concept. The ssentence structure doesn't flow well at times and the dialogue seems a little akward, but it has alot of potential.
>>341214 Thank you! ![]()
>>341738 For the purpose of this story I felt that it would be necessary to give them a height boost. Just to make it a little more fair. And thank you!
>>341830 Well I'm glad I could deliver! And yes it is a little bit like the 1632 series. With a little bit of The Great War series thrown in for added flavor.
>>341967 Yep, yep!
>>342272 Thank you.
Yeah I'm not the world's best writer but I try. If it wasn't for Microsoft word this would be a lot worse believe me. I might be looking around for a proof reader/editor soon, if I can't get the hang of this.
>>342099 You'll just have to wait and see! ![]()
>>341614 And we have a winner folks! Okay Raz you know the drill just shoot me the OC that you want me to put into the story. With as much detail as you can about the character and I'll make it happen! Remember the more detail the better the chance of your OC to remain in the story longer.







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