Equestria has been a land of peace and harmony for a very long time. Nopony bothers to ask what was sacrificed to make that happen. They will find out soon enough...
Are you trying to explore every kind of horror and and monstrosity know to Man in Equestia? Don't tell me that Box Discord found in the cavern was the Pandora Box ( just like Pandora, he open it and released the horrors sealed in it)? It's existence can be possible, since the Mlp producers said they used a mix of Greek and other mythologies for the story.
6885821 i'm thinking some uppity alicorn or archmage decided to box all negativity from equestria into a cage. All containers eventually get full though.
This Fic is very cool, but I don't know the references your using. Where did you get the monsters?
I'm making the monsters up from scratch as I go. I do draw some inspiration from a few outside sources every now and then, but the majority is coming from my own head. All monsters are based on one of two things. The first thing is a fear, and they are named after the fear upon which they are based. The other thing is a secret, at least until the next chapter reveals it.
6885793 That's the tricky challenge of this story, actually. Chrysalis is set to have a major role in a sense, but she will only get two chapters in the entire story told from her perspective – just like almost everyone else. The goal here is to give no one character any more or less attention than any other, thereby hiding from the reader who is more important. Chrysalis's presence in the cover is giving away the fact that she will play an important role, but other than her? Only I (and my pre-reader) know who plays a big role... and who will survive.
6885845 Glad to hear it. I was thinking about doing two monsters per chapter, unless I run out of monsters for the time. I don't think that's likely, as I aim to create a great many of them.
6885868 Thanks for getting to it on time, btw. I admit, I was growing skeptical when it wasn't ready by the night before. Forgive me my doubts!
Loving this story, I can't wait to read more, but I guess I'll have to.
On the topic of your monster notes; I personally will be skipping these, and saving them for the end of this series. I like the concept of reading up on critters in survival horror games, since a solid bestiary is often a selling point for me. However, I feel that too exact of a description (hunting methods, origin, list of abilities) can be detrimental to the in-the-moment feeling of "I'm scared because I don't understand". The unknown, or even the vaguely known, is much more terrifying than the thing you understand. My personal recommendation (and don't listen to me, do what you want on this) would be to leave all that for a final post after the conclusion of this story, so as not to break the flow.
But that's just me. So happy to see another horror fan kicking those Silent Hill feels right in the heart.
P.S. If you have 25 minutes to spare, please do check out this bit on the horror genre as a whole, and what is so often missing in its conception (hehe). I think you will find some parallels between your opinions/style and his. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPBmbs-JPhHc1Dpp40dQhBSJt21d5e1DZ
6892747 It is a true shame that of my three ongoing series, The Silence is set to be the slowest to update (especially considering how long I intend for it to be!). The plan was to update certain stories faster than others, and when one of those faster stories finishes move the slower stories into the new speed. The problem is that, for the first time in two years, I am actually behind on my schedule... by a solid month, no less.
Hmm... how about with the next chapter I create a new "Monster Glossary" chapter that is separate from the story, which I update with every new chapter? That way I won't have to create the whole thing at the end, those who want to know can find out and those who don't won't even run the risk of skimming them in the author's notes.
Spitfire does have a little bit of questionable judgement. She should at least have sent Soarin out of Manehatten to send news on to the Princesses, because there's a major break in information between 'Manehatten is covered in fog that won't disperse' and 'Manehatten is covered in fog and there's hellish monsters down there that are killing ponies', and the two Wonderbolts she left outside don't know the latter. Well, but she did manage to rescue both Babs and Coco, and the thing about horror genre fiction of any sort is that the more people you gather together, the less scary things seem to the characters. Safety in numbers, so long as they aren't split up again.
I'm going to guess the drake thing that has the symbols of the Elements of Harmony is something really bad, bad to the point that Harmony is still keeping it partially sealed because it's so much worse than everything else wandering around the city.
This Fic is very cool, but I don't know the references your using. Where did you get the monsters?
So I take it that Chrysalis will play one of the more major roles? You didn't choose the cover art because it looked cool?
Are you trying to explore every kind of horror and and monstrosity know to Man in Equestia? Don't tell me that Box Discord found in the cavern was the Pandora Box ( just like Pandora, he open it and released the horrors sealed in it)? It's existence can be possible, since the Mlp producers said they used a mix of Greek and other mythologies for the story.
6885821 i'm thinking some uppity alicorn or archmage decided to box all negativity from equestria into a cage. All containers eventually get full though.
OH like the glossary by the way.
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Kinda like a Pandora box
Here I was, about to start pestering you on Skype for where the chapter was, and then I realized that this isn't in my library.
The cons of reading on Gdocs, I suppose.
6885821
I'm making the monsters up from scratch as I go. I do draw some inspiration from a few outside sources every now and then, but the majority is coming from my own head. All monsters are based on one of two things. The first thing is a fear, and they are named after the fear upon which they are based. The other thing is a secret, at least until the next chapter reveals it.
6885793
That's the tricky challenge of this story, actually. Chrysalis is set to have a major role in a sense, but she will only get two chapters in the entire story told from her perspective – just like almost everyone else. The goal here is to give no one character any more or less attention than any other, thereby hiding from the reader who is more important. Chrysalis's presence in the cover is giving away the fact that she will play an important role, but other than her? Only I (and my pre-reader) know who plays a big role... and who will survive.
6885845
Glad to hear it. I was thinking about doing two monsters per chapter, unless I run out of monsters for the time. I don't think that's likely, as I aim to create a great many of them.
6885868
Thanks for getting to it on time, btw. I admit, I was growing skeptical when it wasn't ready by the night before. Forgive me my doubts!
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No probe. I would have been done with it well before now, but I got caught up in the awesomeness that is One Punch Man.
Loving this story, I can't wait to read more, but I guess I'll have to.
On the topic of your monster notes; I personally will be skipping these, and saving them for the end of this series. I like the concept of reading up on critters in survival horror games, since a solid bestiary is often a selling point for me. However, I feel that too exact of a description (hunting methods, origin, list of abilities) can be detrimental to the in-the-moment feeling of "I'm scared because I don't understand". The unknown, or even the vaguely known, is much more terrifying than the thing you understand. My personal recommendation (and don't listen to me, do what you want on this) would be to leave all that for a final post after the conclusion of this story, so as not to break the flow.
But that's just me. So happy to see another horror fan kicking those Silent Hill feels right in the heart.
P.S. If you have 25 minutes to spare, please do check out this bit on the horror genre as a whole, and what is so often missing in its conception (hehe). I think you will find some parallels between your opinions/style and his.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPBmbs-JPhHc1Dpp40dQhBSJt21d5e1DZ
Cheers!
6892747
It is a true shame that of my three ongoing series, The Silence is set to be the slowest to update (especially considering how long I intend for it to be!). The plan was to update certain stories faster than others, and when one of those faster stories finishes move the slower stories into the new speed. The problem is that, for the first time in two years, I am actually behind on my schedule... by a solid month, no less.
Hmm... how about with the next chapter I create a new "Monster Glossary" chapter that is separate from the story, which I update with every new chapter? That way I won't have to create the whole thing at the end, those who want to know can find out and those who don't won't even run the risk of skimming them in the author's notes.
I'll be sure to watch that video soon!
Spitfire does have a little bit of questionable judgement. She should at least have sent Soarin out of Manehatten to send news on to the Princesses, because there's a major break in information between 'Manehatten is covered in fog that won't disperse' and 'Manehatten is covered in fog and there's hellish monsters down there that are killing ponies', and the two Wonderbolts she left outside don't know the latter. Well, but she did manage to rescue both Babs and Coco, and the thing about horror genre fiction of any sort is that the more people you gather together, the less scary things seem to the characters. Safety in numbers, so long as they aren't split up again.
I'm going to guess the drake thing that has the symbols of the Elements of Harmony is something really bad, bad to the point that Harmony is still keeping it partially sealed because it's so much worse than everything else wandering around the city.