Find out why "Human in Equestria," "Sci-Fi," and all G4 characters are banned from Omegathyst's "Hot Pony Summer" contest.
Stories about those things can COST PONY LIVES.
There are hundreds of kinds of fictional content which can cause gen5 ponies to suffer unnecessarily (as opposed to appropriately), and Omegathyst has helpfully listed and banned all of them in the rules for O's latest contest.
Also, to the best of my knowledge Omegathyst has a sense of humor. Let's find out exactly how true that really is!
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Nobody ever talks to a plastic plant in this so-called Happening parody, 0/10.
I quite like this take on Sprout. Sometimes you learn the lesson a little too well.
"How would it help?"
"I could maybe raise the dead?"
"Please don't add a zombie apocalypse to our problems, Sunny."
Directly addressing the audience was a bit much, but overall, lovely bit of madness. Thank you for it. (And boy, are these ponies going to need to build up a tolerance for the unusual as magic returns...)
(Also, this The Happening parody has nowhere enough discussion of hot dogs.)
Funny enough, I actually like writing Human in Equestria and G4 stories myself. I just didn't want those themes to get in the way of what the contest is supposed to be about, which is stories about G5 ponies. I'll admit though, the rule excluding Sci-Fi is purely a preference thing.
I skimmed over your story, and despite the mentions of humans and Sci-Fi, it doesn't appear to break any rules. Looking forward to reading, thank you for your contribution to the contest!
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Sci fi in G5 is more realistic than it was G4 at least. Considering the tech G5 has.
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"I could maybe raise the dead?"
"When has that ever been a good idea?"
Couldn't resist 😁.
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"You know, hot dogs get a bad rep. They got a cool shape, they got protein. You like hot dogs, don’t you?"
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It's probably what can be called a diegetic occurence. E,g. mentioning Sunny's knowledge of G4 or her collection might happen within a story. Or that Pipp may come upon a new but a realistic with their level of tech invention (the original premise of sci-fi like Jules Vernerne's stories).
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And the fact that we have a human world next door that has probably had thousands of years to advance. Seriously, we all assume that the Equestria Girls setting has gone full space opera while we weren't looking, right?
damn sprout means business
Congrats on winning the Best Horror Award in the Hot Pony Summer Contest! Admittedly, the comedy in this shines a lot more than the horror, with the Sprout scenes being my favorite. It's something I've noticed in both contest entries I've read from you. I'd recommend leaning into your comedy more with your stories, because it's definitely your strong suit. Thanks for participating!