Testing, testing.
LightSparkle
Cool! It works! :)
Hi, everyone. I just heard from a friend that there's a site dedicated to one of my favorite childhood stories, so I decided to check it out. Good job with the code structure. It's pretty solid from what I can see.
Anyway, I also just found out that they started a new MC generation. I stopped at Volume 4 (real life issues). Volume 7 looks pretty sweet, though. Pity it's on scrolls. (I don't buy into the nostalgia thing. :/)
And now I've started ranting... sorry, girls. I'm usually not like this, but being able to write on such a site really is something else. You have no idea how much I've missed this. Must rush to class now, but talk to you soon!
Cheers!
LightSparkle
Well, that happened. Welcome, I guess? Why is it we attract the weirdest ponies? I mean seriously? Not that I'm complaining, but on all the other sites I've been you have the comfortable meh users with a few insane ones. With us the meh users turn into the best thing ever in a few weeks.
Is still way weird, though. Now I'm seriously scared that my boss might be lurking reading my comments.
MixaMax
Heeeeyyyy, alll! I'm back! :)
Sorry it took me so long to log on after the meetup, but a lot happened. We had to take my grandfather to hospital (He's fine, though he did get a broken wing. Doctors say he'll be able to fly again in a few months, as long as he takes it easy.)
I didn't get the latest scroll until yesterday :( No point in doing a reaction, I see. (You rock, Dark! :))
@LightSparkle: Welcome! Always nice to see a new face :) You'll like it here I'm sure! (Everypony loves it here :))
Which is you favorite humie?
PrinceEric
@LightSparkle: Also, are you a stallion? (Hey, I'm just asking!)
Brush
@Brush: Mare. 100%
Jade
@PrinceEric: thanks. I'm still working on that :) For now I like Megan most. At least she had a clue of what's going on. Euryala and Blazen are a close second. Not sure I see them as a couple, though. I definitely see a Megan x Eric scenario, though.
@Brush: Sorry, not a stallion.
LightSparkle
@LightSparkle: you don't say... Well, get ready to defend your theories, for I'll show you no mercy! :P
Great to have you join! :D I seriously didn't know you liked MC, or I'd have told you about this site long ago.
DarkSparkle
@DarkSparkle: Hey, hey :)
You know me—full of surprises. Now I must find a way to get all the MC stories. (Just when I finished reading Daring Do.)
LightSparkle
@LightSparkle: Or you could, you know, read our fiction. Not that I'm plugging my story or anything... but I am! :P
And talking about stories, I'll be continuing with my updates soon. (I haven't gotten in any trouble this week at school, so this is a promising start.) And, I'll be starting something entirely new. (Can you blaming after Simile did such a splash?) This time, the story will focus on two entirely original characters in the world of MC. Not exactly original, but I haven't seen any 100% stories yet.
RRBB
@PrinceEric: sorry to hear about you grandfather :( Glad he's alright. And also glad you're back. Was fun seeing you at the meetup :)
@LightSparkle: Any new member is always welcome :) Sadly, it will be a while before the scrolls are gathered in a collection, from what I know there are plans to group the first 13 in one body. Until then I can share what I have with you, if you want? (Just not my original stories series, sorry.)
@RRBB: hmm. If it were anypony else who told me this, I'd laugh, but since I know your writing, I'm looking forward to it. Hope you pull it off :)
LyraHands
Well, I'll be taking a break from writing for a while. (Not that I've written anything more than a few oneshots :/ ) Work has become a bit busy and also my roommate is impossible! :P
@RRBB: give them Tartarus, girl :)
@Brush: will you ever finish The Human and I? :P
Bob
Yay, Bob is back :)
@Bob: what about our collab? That still happening, right?
RRBB
@LyraHands: Thanks :) I'm impressed you went ahead with this. Top pro!
@RRBB: I read some of your stuff after the post. Not bad. Not my thing, though. Brush's is closer to what I had in mine. (I like tears. Nothing like a good sad story to give me the feels.)
LightSparkle
Umm, I'm thinking of trying something new. I know it's stupid, but I've been thinking of exploring the life of a fashionista in Mistmount. RRBB, do you think you could give me some advice, especially if you are doing an all OC story?
@The TechNightling: Will you be able to edit from me again? I liked the way we worked together with my previous stories.
Candle
I think I got a great idea as well! Pony in Mistmount! Picture this: a pony suddenly wakes up and is in Mistmount. That's rare in itself, but she's a TALKING pony, so everyone freaks out! She has learn to live in a strange new environment and also work on making friends with humans (despite most treating her as an alien.)
DarkSparkle
@DarkSparkle: What's next? A bunch of humans fall in love with her and fight for her attention? Please tell me you won't be doing a herd fic. This is such wish fulfillment. :/
That aside, how did the pony get there? Why doesn't she go back? (Eric protects the portals, so it should be easy.) How come the humans are so accepting? (You say freak out, but can you imagine what would happen if a human got into Equestria? Everyone would freak, the army would be called, even the Wonderbolts might be sent to capture the human.)
Think this through!
MixaMax
Wonderbolts might be sent to capture the human.
Can confirm.
Fleetfoot
@MixaMax, @Fleetfoot, @LightSparkle: Well, I think it's a great idea and I'll write it! That will show you!
DarkSparkle
@DarkSparkle: Why the h do did you tag me? I didn't say anything! :I
LightSparkle
Just because! :/
DarkSparkle
@DarkSparkle: you're such a dork!
LightSparkle
Hahahahahahah! DorkSparkle!
MixaMax
No commentaries... -_-
7990057 Sorry... I'm working on the meetup chapter in parallel
7990139 not that, is because this chapter let me without words I really don't know who is anymore. I'm starting to get confuse. So I give up.
Wait, I was convinced that darksparkle was Twilight until this moment. Now I'm not sure
If LightSparkle is RD, I won't be too shocked.
If we didn't already know otherwise, I would have guessed Moon Dancer for LightSparkle. I am rapt with excitement to read at least excerpts of DarkSparkle's new fic though. I wonder if she'll show it to Sunset Shimmer. Perhaps LightSparkle is Shining Armor, lying about being a stallion? Or 7990891 has a pretty good guess.
A human should consider themselves lucky if all they get thrown at them is the Wonderbolts. Those guys are pushovers, its Bob they should be worried about. I would love to hear Bob's thoughts on this topic.
Chapter title: "Sarkles"?
Wild speculation time. I'm hiding the text because, if I'm right then it's spoilery. But I'm never right, so no worries.
She begins with "Test, test" and she's surprised it worked. Could it be she' using an experimental feed to get an aethernet connection through a portal? She speaks like a high school senior, has to get to class, and views scrolls as nostalgia. She had to drop MC suddenly for "real life issues" (fleeing to another dimension, perhaps?) and she's not sure she can get the rest of the books where she is. She says she's not a stallion, but that's not the same as saying "I'm a mare." LightSparkle, are you SUnset Shimmer?
Hmm. Curious. DarkSparkle definitely seems to be acting a lot less mature than before. That may be a skewed persoective on my part, though. As for Light, I think
7991430 is onto something, especially given that testing post.
Also, I can't help but smile at seeing an in-place protocol for spontaneous human emergence in Equestria. Given everything else that can happen, it's only reasonable to prepare for such a ludicrous scenario.
I just hope DarkSparkle doesn't write her story in second person.
7991456
It would go great at first, but once the story was complete Simile would post it on a bunch of other forums under the username "1nItForTheShipping" and claim all the credit.
7990891
7991029
Look at this line:
The most obvious reading is that LightSparkle's saying she only recently caught up with the Daring Do series. Which would rule out both Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle -- they've been keeping up with the series for years.
Jade says Light is a mare. Either he knows her IRL, or he's being an aethernet psychoanalyst again. The latter seems more likely to me (after all, he did correctly guess CEOWitch's gender).
If 7991430 is right about LightSparkle, and DarkSparkle really is Starlight Glimmer, it would make sense for them to know each other IRL.
7991852 Nope. This is taking place during Seasons 5 and 6. RD has only been reading Daring Do for about a year. (Yes, I am one of those that goes by Seasons 1-3 are year 1001 of the Celestial Era, Seasons 4-6 are 1002 CE, thus Seasons 7-9 will be 1003 CE)
And from what has been said, I'm figuring the meet-up happens sometime after 'Flutter Brutter' but before 'Top Bolt'.
7991852
7991936
#142 · 7w, 4d ago · 2 · · Ungrounded ·
>> FanOfMostEverything The time period is 1-3 years after season 6.
All current posters are 15+ :)
So, Lise says we're in season 9 or 10 ish.
7991936 Lise said this is set 1-3 years after the end of season 6. Right here: 7851002
7991995 Ah. I must have missed that bit. That just makes it worse for RRBB. I just can't tell if she's a bully or the one being bullied.
OK gang, my speculation drive is working overtime, so can someone reply with confirmed/highly probable usernames to ponies so I can stop going back and forward between chapters to cross reference user posts
7993642
Absolutely 100% confirmed:
LyraHands is Lyra Heartstrings.
MixaMax is Amethyst.
Brush is Fluttershy.
RRBB is Diamond Tiara.
Prince Eric is Chip Mint, an obscure background pony.
CEOWitch is Soarin.
Luna is Raven (the Princesses' secretary).
MOTA and Jade are both OCs.
Candle is Coco Pommel.
Short & Hoofy is Dinky.
Extremely likely but not completely confirmed yet:
Bob is Bon Bon.
PaintDrop is Silver Spoon.
CodeFilly is Moondancer.
MightyDragon is Sunburst.
Fleetfoot and Twist are themselves.
The IDs are so much fun to try to figure out.
Ha! You haven't caught me yet! But how in the world did you manage to slip on a banana peel tossed into the air???
She'd be treated like the cutest alien ever! (Assuming the folks who would cut her up didn't find her first.) Not that Twi would have much experience, since she turns human when she emerges. The closest analogue would be seeing how Spike is treated, I guess.