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A patchwork story about a somewhat different Vinyl Scratch and Octavia, who learn what it means to be in a relationship, to work, and to live together. Finally complete.
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good writing, your style is... different from what im used to. different, but still good. i guess we just have a little bit of different styles of writing, mine is mostly based of being able to truly put you in the characters shoes, and ive learned alot from what somber taught me. so good job, i enjoyed it. 
Thank you kindly. I know fanon divergent characters aren't everybody's cup of tea, but they're at least a little different, a little new.
Yup, everyone's got a different way of stringing words together. Can't say for sure what the strengths of my writing is, although apparently it must have some.
HAAAAAAAASBROOOOOOOOO! 
I shall solve this by adding the AU tag, and setting the story in an alternate universe where the only difference is that Vinyl has red eyes. Or, alternatively, by just tagging a little note to the first chapter explaining the whole situation. Thanks for giving me the heads up, by the way!
Well, I've got a few chapters pre-written and still waiting to post once I've edited them for the site, so you won't be waiting long.
To all: glad you're not completely disgusted by the story thus far, and thanks for taking the time out to comment!
Hasbro also made it canon that she is light yellow. No one has cared about that in the >year that we've known about it, so it probably isn't a big deal what someone wants to call them. The excuse used for her being white was that the lighting was off, and this has also been used to argue that she has red eyes (in the episode she is clearly in the shadows)
also, for reference, the artist who worked on it says that they are about the shade of Rainbow Dash's eyes, which, while they may technically be magenta, are damn well close enough to red for fanon that claims it to be well in line with canon
("Yes. Normally, I would cut you here and now, but...you really are one of our best, usually. Please, take the rest," he urged, and she found herself nodding. A day or two without concerts gave her time to go and fix whatever mistake she'd made with Vinyl.) Yup, just resting. Sorry if I made it unclear; I know I was talking about her being cut and then having her rest very close together. D'oh. 
I like this. I'm not used to this new Vinyl Scratch you're writing, but she seems good. Solid. And strangely extremist. A part of me hoped she had stopped going to the concerts to get money to pay Octavia back. Then I thought she was sleeping with the saxophonist and a shitstorm was coming. Glad I was wrong on the last one.
I like how you've made her two different ponies, merely by having or not the glasses on. Your writing, too, is good. I'm not used to so much being contained in so little words, but hey, it works. Works really good.
Like I said, the rinal color should be about RD's eyes. The point about them being potentially brightened to red was a comment on how fans take insufficient reasons and excuses and make then into fanon. She is a light yellow if you want to want to argue technicalities, but fanfiction and art has generally stayed with her being white despite this.
And if BonBon has five or so canon voices, fans can continue to argue for different interpritations of background characters. None of it is necesarily a constant
Nope, didn't know that. I don't even really know about the outfit at all. The Marines are an American military organisation, right? I'm British, so, whoop. Way over my head.
Yeah; I basically characterised her based entirely on her appearance. Then flailed with Octavia's characterisation until I cried. She's...different. Regarding the concise writing thing, that's turned into a little bit of a habit nowadays, ever since I started writing drabbles. The problem is that when you know that you can basically render any given scene into 100 words if you try hard enough, it becomes difficult to not do that. Every time the wordcount peeks over 500, I start going nuts because I'm losing the concision. So annoying. Also, sleeping with the saxophonist? Wow, that's an interpretation I've not actually heard before. That genuinely took me by surprise. 
In terms of chapter 3, iunno if you're familiar with the term 'chip on your shoulder'- if someone has a chip on their shoulder, they have a belligerant or aggressive attitude, or act as if to provoke a fight. Seeing as Vinyl was essentially talking smack in the last chapter (look forwards to beating you, much?), I think the terminology is correct.
Thanks to everyone who commented, and...whoa. I only just got up after a nap, and I've already gotta do cleanup on those notifications. Better than being bored, though.
>>561078 I'm used to the party-animal-mess-of-a-pony-full-on-DJ-full-of-sarcasm Vinyl I read on my second favourite OctaScratch, Mixing Relationships. I love the comedy of that Vinyl. This take on her is... well, different on a few keypoints. She seems more mature. More responsible. I like that.
Ok, here's the thing in my mind: monetary crisis saxophonist get big bag of cash from veeeery sexually open DJ pony who just got turned down by her, say, new romantic interest, although she doesn't really show much romance until the last chapter so far. And I'm raving. Anyways, I thought Vinyl was looking for a rebound to shake off the sadness, and the saxophonist would be way too grateful for her generous donation.
So if she's not sleeping over at Vinyl's, the question rises, where is the poor saxophone girl?
Mixing Relationships? Can has link? 
I'm always looking out for stuff that has good characterisation that I can assimilate. Stops me flailing so much. Good grief, if I could've found a good model for Octavia when I first started this story...
Oh, I see. That makes sense. I didn't even think of that angle, but now it's been pointed out to me, I really like it. I think I said something about the saxophonist in a later chapter, so I didn't end up forgetting about her completely. (And yet, I sort've did, since I spent more time feeding background character moments to the unnamed, undescribed security guard...)
>>561249 Mixing Relationships enjoy~ if the link doesn't work if't because I suck at this :( but the fic is here, so you can find it on the browser.
Far as I recall, you pointed she wasn't in her usual working place. Might have to re-read to be sure. Not that it bothers me to do so 
I meant chapters that I'm yet to post. So far, it's all been backlogged work from my ff.net account that I've been posting. Because I've had to edit all the chapters, though, I'm not posting all the ones I have done at the same time (so I've got a little while to look through, format, primp, clean, etc.) The next few chapters of this should be up later today, though.
Also, the link works! Yay! Added to my read later list, as it should be. Thanks a lot!
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