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And Here We Go... Again!!!!!

Time for round 2! Let's fucking gooooooo!

It tickled my brain in a good way to see this pop up to the top of my recently updated list. To see this story get some love after all this time is wonderful to see, and I hope it comes to fruition as you desire.

Good luck to you with jumping back into this story, and I can't wait to see where it goes from here!

Glad to see this back, whatcha gonna do with the old chapters as you go?

Might as well spring for it if iIhave the choice.

I've had this story marked to read later for a long time, but the fact that it hasn't been finished (or at least updated recently) prevented me from starting it (I didn't want to read another story that was abandoned at the climax)
BUT now that the author is going to rewrite it, I will read the original work both to compare it to the rewrite and to pay respect to the author for coming back

orp

In retrospect the five dollar bill was not with it.

"not worth it" - I assume

I could shoot my shot to ask to go into like, a comic book seething or something

"setting" - unless this guy really is that angry

Happy to see it get picked again. Can't wait for mora :D

And here's a question! How often can we expect an update?

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I am *hoping* to write and publish a chapter about once a week, but no promises, I'm a busy guy these days, sadly <:3

Huh. Alright, gonna have to remember that name. Maybe thank them if and when I make another trip if I can figure out where the customer service booth is around here…

if I really wanna know I guess I can ask the next go round.

There’s always the chance I royally fuck it up.

First, sorry im not an expert on english. Since you are rewriting the story let me dump my complaintsopinion, suffice to say I love the concept of this story. However I have a lot of problems related to Rose himself (this is just an opinion, hell maybe you have some of this flaws to him on purpose idk I only read up to part 1 so I'm okay with being wrong):

1. Rose feels like if I told a chat bot to act like a good person, his responses are dry, wordy and he is so polite that every conversation he has feels impersonal. He doesn't feel real.

2. I understand some of his grivances, but most of the time he is really condescending about pony culture, they are not savages dude, they know what consent means. I swear when he said finally a sensible pony to Zecora I felt so much cringe.

3. Talking about consent, he says that word so much that I feel everybody needs a contract to even say hello to him. (this also correlates to point 1). He is really preachy.

4. How he acted during the whole racism part disgusted me. Mf really thought that inviting Zecora was a good idea after she explained the racism to him, he could have taken it slowly instead of jumping the gun. Also previosuly he acknowledges the importance of communication and he up and leaves Applejack there like a drama queen, even though she tried, do what you preach dumbass. That is not how you fight against racism.

5. This leads to the next point, Applejack is done a disservice in this fic, or every pony for that matter. When they offered to protect Rose on the everfree they mentioned the whole stallion thing again, that made no sense, they were obviously worried about him because they care. She just said that so that our protagonist can have another moment to showcase his impecable moral compass and roll his eyes at it. Also why is Applejack kinda racist? Zecora mentioned that ponies fear the unknown, I'm pretty sure that Applejack was feeling something other than fear when she was being pounded by an alien organic lifeform, I guess a zebra is just too much for her.

6. Talking abouut the everfree, why is he okay on going alone to a place he doesn't know because some magical creature in his head told him, even though everyone told him is dangerous. And somehow the ponies are the one exagerating because he is an independent man, goddamn, how much ego does he have?

I would no have cared this much if the protagonist was not presented as nice, but as it is he is kind of a prick to me. Anyway, excited for the rewrite, hope for more.

Glad to see this story back! Looking forward : )

Pink fluffy unicorn : )

From what I can remember of the original version of this chapter, Rose used to be a lot more confused and disorientated in the old version. Since it seems the original chapters are getting fully replaced with the new ones, I can't go to the old chapter to compare them. Personally, I think I prefered the disorientation and stumbling through choices that the old chapter might have implied. Not that it matters too much. This is personal preference though. This chapter rewrite is a lot clearer and more precise with what is happening and also more detailed. This is also from memory since I haven't read the original chapter since I started reading this story.

Rewriting this is also a somewhat risky choice. Writing something new is often more fun than rewriting things down a set path. While I think the old story likely has plenty of things that could be done better, it'll take a lot more determination to redo everything from start to finish where the path ahead has already been layed. Personally, I think doing the rewrite as its own story rather than replacing this one would provide more flexibility. With this current setup, your written chapters are being inserted in with existing chapters, and must rigidly follow the original such that new readers will not get confused upon crossing the threshhold of new to old. Doing the rewrite as its own story would provide you more creative freedom to stray from the original story if you so feel like it. However, the current method is fine if you're only planning to modify subpar existing chapters.

Personally, I don't enjoy reading things I've already read (such as rigid rewrites). It's less interesting when you've already seen how everything happens. As such, I'll likely not read the rewritten chapters until they catch up to where the original left off, unless you plan to deviate significantly or change certain parts at some point in the story.

Anyway, good luck with it all.

“Ah fuck, ow…w-wait! Don’t hurt me, Ma’am.”(—— I say, not trying to get up just yet, still worried any sudden movements might be unwise. “I’m just lost. I was heading toward the buildings because I was hoping I could find someone who knows where I am…”

——)She says as she gently nudges me toward the buildings with her leg before letting go of me and starting to walk over that way. “C’mon now, sugarcube. We’ll getcha right for now, okay?”(——

Apposable hooves.

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Our pink hero has encountered a native! How will things go?

Is his new body effeminate by straight man standards, or even by small pastel pony standards?

A bit more inspection draws me towards a conclusion that I am not entirely sure how to feel about. I kind of look like a girl. Or, well, a mare. As long as you didn’t worry too hard about the… more relevant details, that is. I’d say I’m more than a tad feminine-looking, at the very least. Long slender legs, slim waist, a soft face…. And the hairstyle this thing came with certainly isn’t doing anything to contradict that.

Because I'm confused whether to think of a pink Big Mac with a horn or a tall Cheerilee, with a horn

Only 50 weeks more to go or even more :D

With that final little exchange complete, I make my way out of the door after Applejack.

When did he go inside?

Already looking forward to reading the rewritten edition. You've definitely improved quite a bit from when you started. It was already a good story but now it's going to be great!

Conditions: “Don’t worry about it.” .
Damn when you see something like this you should start to worry.

Loving the rewrite so far and eager for the continuation of the rewrites. Regarding the old version of this it’s been so long since I read it I can’t probably say if you’ve improved or not, but for the fun of it I’ll say it certainly seems more through and paced better then some other stories I’ve read over the years since the old version of this one.

Anyways keep up the awesome work!

Thankfully, this woman or er…mare, whoever she is, takes my words at face value, and I can hear her relax as she responds. “Hmmm, alright then, get on up. I’m not gonna go around beatin’ on a stallion. ‘Specially not if ya don’t mean no harm. You got a name?”

The way she specified gives me the feeling this is going to be an RGRE story.

Damn... Re-reading the re-writing feels odd.

Damn... even I death Corporation have pull on someone life :rainbowderp:

Hmmmm…so I get to make seven requests about my… reassignment, and at least according to what I am being told, I will not be afflicted by the monkey’s paw. Alright then. Well, let’s start simple. First and most obvious choice. I would like to go wherever it is I end up going with having a full recollection of who I am. And preferably, I would like to skip the whole growing up thing. Childhood is great and all, but I don’t think I could do it again while having the mind of a grown ass adult. Plus…puberty, especially potentially as something aside from a human. Yeah, no thanks. Set me in the equivalent of my early twenties please.

Bad call, you lost opportunities to make friendly ties and have common knowledge, wasted lifetime as well.
Want a example?
My story with a reborn old woman has her learning common sense, have a loving family and learns in school the basic knowledge.
Otherwise the individual is literally retarded in a knowledge point.
Also literally popping into existence is a red flag for any government, welcome to the second Darwin Award award coming for the MC way...

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It gets better, wait until blud realizes he can't read :rainbowlaugh:

[Response to Query #4: User 19********99 has received the option of selecting the Silver Tier Custom Reassignment Package. While the previous rung of the Bronze Tier Custom Reassignment Package only allows for the selection of a native entity within the desired plane for reassignment, the Silver Tier Custom Reassignment Package Allows for a Carte Blanche Application of seven general parameter augmentations, granted as effectively as possible and, maintaining the intent of the User to the most applicable, feasible degree. If you would like information on upgrading to the Gold Tier Reassignment Package for your next reassignment, which includes perks such as total physical form customization and default past iteration data retention, and one random Platinum Tier special trait, please indicate interest before continuing to make your requests.]

Reminds me if my Selene story, I customize the crap out if that character. :rainbowdetermined2::raritystarry:


Well damn, alright then. Not sure how you would go about earning that sort of thing and frankly I don’t think I want to. Gonna let that lie for now. Alright now, that’s two down, five to go. Now for one thing, speaking of supernatural entities I have always kinda wanted to learn how to do magic. Might as well spring for it if I have the choice. I know that'll probably put me square in sight of breaching that advisory, but you win some you lose some. Set me up with some magic stuff, strange computer voice. And make sure I can get really good at it if I wanna. I don’t need the power upfront, the learning is the bit I’m excited about to be honest. I want to learn as much as can be learned!

System support, I like to make a complaint, the system is giving me a warning after I ask for a action without double confirmation.
2/10 point wouldnot recommend use the current in action system! :duck:


Well damn, alright then. Not sure how you would go about earning that sort of thing and frankly I don’t think I want to. Gonna let that lie for now. Alright now, that’s two down, five to go. Now for one thing, speaking of supernatural entities I have always kinda wanted to learn how to do magic. Might as well spring for it if I have the choice. I know that'll probably put me square in sight of breaching that advisory, but you win some you lose some. Set me up with some magic stuff, strange computer voice. And make sure I can get really good at it if I wanna. I don’t need the power upfront, the learning is the bit I’m excited about to be honest. I want to learn as much as can be learned!

Yet he refuses:
Common knowledge, general world appropriate education, experience with local flora and fauna.
Most horrible... lose the opportunity to stay snuggly from day one :fluttershbad:

This unwelcome derailment of my train of thought is thankfully quickly interrupted by the mare clearing her throat and giving me a firm, even look. “Eyes to mine, big fella, I was askin’ you a question. Now, what’s your name? ” She asks a bit more firmly, leaning in a bit more as she asserts herself with her tone. “Mine’s Applejack. I’m a farmhand here on Sweet Apple Acres, along with the rest of my kin here in Ponyville.”

She is a pony... 'Farmhoove' seem more fitting.

Thank Applejack... a foal or three might do the trick :trollestia:👍

As she listens, the old mare's eyes express realization, then mild concern. She looks over at me with a sympathetic smile. “Oh, well ain’t you a far sight from home.’ She says with a tinge of sadness to her tone. “Ya know, I was a settler back when ol’ Ponyville was still a colonial holding. I was mighty lucky things turned out as well for us as it did.” She says as she slowly gets up from her chair and sets on all fours, hobbling toward me and offering a hoof once she is within distance. “Names Granny Smith, but you can just call me Granny if you like, son. Go on ‘n put her there now, don’t be shy. No unicorn stallion is gonna put out enough juice to hurt a stout ol Earth Pony mare.”

You forget that Granny Smith don't know where he is from yet, that needs to be added.

“Uh…if you say so, big fella. Here, lemme grab somethin’ for ya real quick…” Applejack says, giving me an unsure look before walking into the house, the sound of clopping up a set of stairs thumping through the wall from inside. She returns a few minutes later with what looks to be a set of burlap sacks with a strap on them, her cutie marks embroidered on either one. “Here, take my ol saddlebags with ya into town, so if you need to bring somethin’ back, you can carry it easier,” she says with a small smile as she drapes them over my back. The item fits comfortably, covering and resting on my flanks and lower back.

Clever mate, indirectly marking her territory by giving him her scent and a object with her cutie mark on it.
Very clever mare :ajsmug:

I mean, look at me. I’m a stranger in a strange land, illiterate, unemployed, and unprepared. And Unlike Valentine, I don’t have a Jill to bring me up to speed. Applejack seems well-meaning enough, but I’m not sure she’d want to have a stranger crashing on her couch.

All self inflicted by own choice.

She didn’t just say unicorn after all, she said unicorn stallion . Are Stallions considered the weaker of the sexes in this world? Or at least, possibly in the context of this set of subspecies.

To bad he never grow up learning stuff, having parents to ask things...

If Granny Smith was able to mog me on that hoofshake

I cannot overstate the absolute lethal whiplash from seeing the word mog used naturally in the wild gave me. I'm not complaining about its usage, but hot damn that one word aged me by three decades.

In more relevant news, great chapter. You certainly have me hook line and sinker on the rewrite. There aren't many stories that play RGRE straight, and how you write it always is a treat.

SRY

“You just go that way and take the third left from here and go straight until you see the building with all of the fails in it, you can’t miss it.”

Damn....Derpy is kind of brutal :rainbowlaugh:

Already loving the new direction and narrative devices you’re going with here. When the story first got featured again at the start of the rewrite, I started reading through the original stuff to see what was in store, but I’ll be brutally honest, I lost interest/was overwhelmed by cringe around chapter ten. Don’t get me wrong, I like the story, but there’s… a lot going on at that point, all at once. It’s like 3 or 4 different plotlines happening at the exact same time, none of them really getting good depth or exploration, and the whole thing topped with weird character decisions and occasionally sprinkled with lines of dialogue that makes a disney kids cartoon look serious. Just all over the place.

This rewrite is really showing your experience though, and the bones of a really good story are definitely here! These rewrites are so good that I’m considering trying to push through just so I can maybe get to more of this. Great work!

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I appreciate it, glad you're enjoying ^^

Rewrite wasn't somethin I was expecting- but it definitely shows keeping this story on my mind and high in m' favorites was a good idea!

It's very fortunate that Rose wasn't more taken advantage of, given his complete lack of social cues. Thankfully, Cheerilee was able to help him out, though he's definitely gonna need more understanding to prevent more incidents.

Being homeless and hungry is no joke, just see two dead people not even old. Dead leaning on a church last week. Also a simpel cold can also be very deadly without any home, running water, decent hygienic options or any medical aid.

I think…I think someone just tried to pick me up.

But she didn’t lift you at all? :rainbowkiss:

I would be slapped, but all of the guys I know would say I’m lucky that she-”

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Yeah no shit. Been there myself before tbh it's a bad way. The nauseating uncertainty of not knowing where your next night will be spent or where your next meal is coming from is terrifying.

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Yeah tbh, female dominated society + complete lack of awareness about local customs + already being kind of socially awkward + being conditioned by his previous society to unilaterally welcome female attention + being hot is not going to be a formula that is going to derive many pleasant results, poor guy :pinkiesad2:

Time to lock in and do some studying for the hour or so I still have before I need to go and have dinner at the farm.

Locking in.
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Really glad this is alive again. A rewrite wasn't expected but the new pacing is much better and I'm guessing you're gonna change the future plot a bit with Rose's relationship with the 6 and the royals?

Can you tell me how to acquire the gold package?

I’ll have to get Summoning Salt on this massive breakthrough in the learn-to-walk speedrun progression.

My story with Cynder the Dragon avoided all these problems by getting reborn and living from day one from age zero.
Learning from experience about body, learning common knowledge and common sense of the world she lifes in.
She is a protégé instead of a adult retard having invested time and effort into every year of her life.

Now she reached school age, had a ton of character development and isn't even 10 years old yet... in time I reach adulthood that character is a well developed individual.
Something unfortunately that seem to be missing with Rose Tint. Poor stallion.

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I'm not sure why you keep saying this. I understood you the first through fourth times :rainbowlaugh:

I'm glad to see you're still reading, though!

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