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She's looking at you. Yes you. And she is judging you with her eyes. There is no escape.

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Filled with wanderlust, a pegasus named Gloomy August spreads her wings and flies away, hoping to see the world and have an adventure.

She does.


An entry in the Weedverse.

Chapters (15)
Comments ( 248 )

Just bookmarking it

Needs more pony. It has other objects such as castles, and clouds. Twilight Sparkle should live in a large pony.

More seriously - a promising start.

Don´t give me that look...somepony had to do it !

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHA poor twilight

HAH! First chapter, and I'm loving this story already. You know, I always thought that The Weed was addictive. I mean, its so fun that you want to keep reading it and you're disappointed when the chapters are over. But now I know that it's even addictive to the author. It's so good he had to write another ;)

I think Gus here is the first of your OCs I have absolutely adored from the very first chapter.

Well that's certainly one way to get yourself sent off to adventure. Soak and zap a princess. :rainbowhuh:

You just finished up one and here you are starting another. The Weedverse is growing.

... So a pegasus, dressed like a British bobby and poorly prepared sets out on an adventure by trying to get banished?

My goodness she is a silly one, isn't she? I do like her, though.

You like pith helmets don't you? Either way I'm really digging the new verse you are cooking up. With Holly, Tarnished, and now Gus you've some interesting characters wandering about. Makes me wonder if they'll meet at some point.

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She's optimistic and cheerful. She's not smart, she's not clever, she's not a lot of things. But she is silly. Maybe even more so than Applejack.

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Tarnish wore one out of practicality because the salesmare had one for cheap.

Gloomy has one because she thinks that adventurers are supposed to wear one. It's how you adventure. You get a pith helmet and then you get banished.

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Truly (G1) Applejacks are the unit that all pony silliness is judged by.

If the amount of silliness is >1 Applejack you know you've got a seriously silly pony.

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Well she's not wrong. The pith helmet is a staple of adventure. That or the fedora and whip.

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Without realising it, she's created a distinctive look for herself. She's become a recognisable adventurer by accident. Ponies are going to remember a dreary looking pegasus wearing a black helmet.

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Well shit, Tarnished did it backwards then, he didn't get a pith helmet until after he was banished.

Huzzah! Adventure Ho with my new favorite author!:rainbowdetermined2:

More, please.

OMG.

The intense amount of inspiration.

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Nope. Just a whirlwind tour of Equestria. Maybe try reading it instead of just looking at the description, ya know?

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I did.

You should know, I never comment before reading.

~Skeeter The Lurker

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Eh, similarities are similarities.

Most writing shares a similar theme or two. This... this is about a pegasus that goes from city to city in Equestria, getting some idea of the larger world around her, with the ultimate goal being that she forms an opinion of the world around her, something she is currently lacking because she hasn't seen enough of it. This is a sister story to The Weed, which explores a similar theme of exploring the world around you, using the world as your classroom, and experiencing personal growth and development as the characters are exposed to opinions and viewpoints far outside of their own. It's also a journey through headspace, as will be told by the journal entries with first person perspectives.

You know, like so many other adventure stories. Which, OMG! I'M COPYING ALL THE STORIES! EVERY ADVENTURE STORY EVER WRITTEN!

Or, you know, just shared themes and common elements if you want to avoid the drama of accusations.

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Everything you just said further suggests you're take a page (or in this case a figurative chapter) from him. I'm just commenting my personal feelings toward this.

But, hey. I'm not accusing, so no need for the anger.

~Skeeter The Lurker

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I'm not angry in the slightest. No worries. I suppose that's hard to translate into text.

Yes, as stated, look at me, I'm copying every adventure story ever written, yada yada. I confess, stop with the thumbscrews.

So... I suppose that every story about a pegasus leaving home is now stealing from just one particular story? Is that what is being suggested? That pegasi leaving home stories are now all compared to one story and come with thinly veiled accusations of theft? Only one person is allowed to lay claim to 'pegasus leaves home, goes on adventure' as a theme?

Do you go into every other 'pegasus leaves home, goes on adventure' story and make thinly veiled accusations of plagiarism as well, or am I just special? What is your purpose here? Seems to me that you came here, with others, as indicated by the number of upvotes on your comment, just to try and start drama.

Perhaps you'd care to enlighten us all as to your purpose.

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My motives are my own, man.

Seriously, you might wanna cool down a bit. There really is no need to get so steamed. How do you know I wasn't giving you a compliment? You're just assuming I'm being rude.

~Skeeter The Lurker

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Because I've watched you as you do this to other people, dropping into a comments section, dropping a drama bomb, and then vacating, leaving behind a bunch of people fighting, flaming, and badmouthing the author. So that leaves me wary. :applejackconfused:

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Me? Are you certain of that?

Honestly, sounds like you have me confused with the guys in Rage Reviews or someone else, actually.

I've never done that. At all.

~Skeeter The Lurker

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You did it in the Chase comment section too... a lot of people latched on to what you said. I don't even remember what was said, just something vague, and it unleashed the floodgates.

You have an immense cult of personality that follows you. While you might not mean for trouble to start, it does. Like it or not, your opinion matters and people latch on to what you say, or what they think you are saying. Being intentionally vague allows for a lot of interpretation; hey, this might be an accusation of plagiarism or it might be a compliment. Other people reading it, especially those who might not like the author, will use this as an excuse to go to town, and point at one of the local celebrities of FimFic to justify it. "Well, look what he said!" And then it starts.

This is not an attack upon you, but more a comment on the state of affairs and the general nature of how things are. You can't be held responsible for the stupid shit that others do.

It's like an art critic that goes into a museum, looks at a piece of art, raises an eyebrow, and then walks away. Everybody who had the celebrity art critic sighting has something to say, some interpretation of what the raised eyebrow actually meant. For a somewhat controversial artist, people will use this as an excuse to get stuff started, intentions of the art critic be damned.

It doesn't matter what the art critic intended. He might have been impressed. But he never said so. Nope. He just raised an eyebrow and moseyed off, perhaps unaware of the effect of a raised eyebrow.

It's funny how the world works. Really, it is.

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...Huh. I did?

I honestly don't recall that. Oh well, what's done is done, I suppose.

Allow me to be clear then, good choice for fic inspiration, if indeed that inspired it. If not, fun coincidence.

~Skeeter The Lurker

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This is a pretty fascinating idea, I have to say. Honestly, it'd probably make for a good story or two.

What I love about this idea is that Skeeter / the Art Critic doesn't actually need to do anything. The act of observing the object, and being known to observe it, catalyzes peripheral observers to make judgments about someone else's judgments. It's like a critical Rorschach test. I'm guessing it'd just mean that other observers feel liberated to make comments they already wanted to make but kept to themselves out of fear that they'd in turn be judged for their act of judging.

Seriously, this is fascinating. I really like this idea, and I think it rings true.

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You might not even be aware of it happening, after having exited the thread and gone elsewhere.

Which is why I responded, hoping to draw out some substance of what was being said.

I wasn't angry, but I was worried, and was hoping to draw out some clarity from the remark made. My intention was to get you to respond and make your actual intentions clear, so people couldn't point at this later and make claims based on a vague, passing statement.

Dood, seriously, not angry with you at all. Just trying to avoid potential conflicts after having spotted patterns of potential trouble brewing.


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This is a pretty fascinating idea, I have to say. Honestly, it'd probably make for a good story or two.
What I love about this idea is that Skeeter / the Art Critic doesn't actually need to do anything. The act of observing the object, and being known to observe it, catalyzes peripheral observers to make judgments about someone else's judgments. It's like a critical Rorschach test. I'm guessing it'd just mean that other observers feel liberated to make comments they already wanted to make but kept to themselves out of fear that they'd in turn be judged for their act of judging.
Seriously, this is fascinating. I really like this idea, and I think it rings true.

It's not just Skeeter the Lurker... to be fair, several of FimFic's celebrity members can drop into a thread, make a vague comment that could be viewed in any number of ways, and then set off a veritable firestorm. Downvoting campaigns begin. Others show up to fight the good fight. Various groups that focus on negativity and bullying authors come pouring in and use it as an excuse to attack the author. At some point, a comment gets deleted or somebody crosses the line and the comment section becomes a shitstorm.

And perfectly good stories can be utterly ruined and downvoted into oblivion, all because of one person coming into a threat and saying something like, "Neat."

Was it sarcasm? Derision? Was the person posting the comment being genuine? Was it a thinly veiled attack? Was it honest praise? Nobody knows. Nobody cares. Look everybody, the celebrity poster has spoken! Please, pick your side and enjoy the flamewar now in progress. Everybody else has an agenda and will look for any excuse for a chance to go off. They don't need a reason, just an excuse.

It's all quite frustrating, really.

From the journal of journal of Gloomy August—

extra 'journal of'

She watched a whirling a vortex go right for a farmhouse.

extra a

She just needed to be patient and wait for the opportunity present itself.

to present

On the room there was one earth pony mare,

roof

“Can you carry our foals to safety?” The stallion asked,

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she heard the snapping wood sound of the house collapsing, ripping apart by water and wind.

ripped

Oooh, I like this already. And not just because I'm a supporter of the New Lunar Republic.
I like Gust's outlook on life.
"That is a big fuck off storm. Aaaand now I'm in it. Oh look, ponies to save. I'mma do that now."

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On the face of it, your comment can only be interpreted as you saying Kudzu is being derivative. I want to thank you for providing the link. I had never seen the stories found there, and I'll add them to my read-it-sometime list. Too busy reading Kudzu's contributions!

I am going to go out on a limb and assume that Wormwood wants that branch to leaf his neck as soon as possible.

Well, you already know I'm reading it. Did you try linking it from The Weed since it's in the same verse? That might get some more interest.

I am reading. :pinkiehappy:

I'd complain about how I'm hooked again, but it wouldn't be much of a complaint. :raritywink:

Yeah, it's worth continuing. The style of this story seems a little different, though I'm not sure why.

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I think it is the journal entries and Gloomy's optimism, myself. But I could be wrong. She's a different character to write for. She's... I dunno... innocent. That's probably the wrong word, but I can't actually put my finger on it no matter how hard I try.

Well I'm enjoying it, so... Please keep going?

I know I'm definitely enjoying it. Gloomy is a cute character, and it's fun to be riding on her shoulder (so to speak).

6532614 Hmph. Your jokes are all bark and no bite. We'll get to the root of the problem eventually.

Definetly a story worth continueing. Please, do write on.

Still reading and liking it so far.

Very enjoyable tale. Please continue?:raritywink:

Nooooooooooooooo not a dud. Very lovely.

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