Ashburn is an alicorn, he desires to take Luna as his bride and overthrow Celestia. There are only a few small problems he must overcome...
The ancient one
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A GOOD alicorn story?
It's definitely better than your average alicorn OC story. Can't say it's good by normal fic standards, either.
>>1397910 But people are just going to downvote it because of alicorns...
Celestia disapproves of dumbasses who vote down without reading.
I was well aware of the bias I would face writing this, but I still chose to write it for two reasons.
1. I thought people could use a break from the average alicorn story. So those who do actually read it, nirvana has arrived, as arrogant as that is.
2. Me and a member of the TWE were talking about the idea of this fic, and I agreed to write it. I was already playing with the idea of an alicorn story before hand, he just gave me permission. Lol.
So, yeah, I'll get thumbs down simply because of the kind of story it is, but hey, at least SOME people will get a laugh. That's all I can really hope for as a comedy author.
Soooo my imperial alicorn has made it to this site as well...
...guess I'll give your story a read
I, too, am working on a magic-less, flight-less Alicorn story... Kinda upset I didn't get to it first. ![]()
>don't ware logs on your horn
Downvoted for spelling/grammar mistakes (such as that) and awkward structuring.
I will admit, this story has potential. Kind of annoying that people will see the word "alicorn" and automatically freak out and downvote a story because of it, not giving it a chance at all.
Okay, the good news is this isn't bad. The OC shows potential, he's not overpowered, he's not a Gary Stu and he's not your typical black / red monstrosity that alicorn OCs are known as being. He's a bit of a smart-ass but I happen to like that as it meshes with the type of person that I am.
Structure wise I don't see any issues, good use of paragraphs, caps and the typical things that can cause a story to be downvoted so full marks so far.
The little sister is annoying as all younger siblings are whether they be male or female, they fight, everything seems right with this world. If anything I like the dynamic as it reminds me a bit of the interaction between my brother and myself when we were both younger.
If there was a nitpick to make there are some minor grammatical and spelling errors. Here are some examples.
blowheart -> blowhard
She screamed in the fakest of joys, jumping off me. <- technically "fakest" isn't a word but I'll allow it as it is slang.
Like tatarus Tartarus, she's undeserving of her throne. <- of course I'm assuming here you're talking of the Greek primal deity and not somebody else.
atleast = at least
I clashed my horn against her's = hers (no apostrophe)
As soon as I tried to get up, I found myself at spear point.Period has been added here to break this sentence up I must have missed those when they brought them in.
There are a couple cases where a period or comma has been missed right before closing the quotes. Or where a capital has been used at the beginning of a quote when it's not starting the sentence. I'm not going to list them, consider this homework.
And finally the alicorn OC. I get in part why he's an alicorn although I don't think that a pegasus + a unicorn will necessarily result in an alicorn being born. My guess is that somepony or something (Discord perhaps?) had a hand or hoof or claw or whatever in him becoming an alicorn instead of one or the other types.
Other than that, good job. I'll be watching.
>Evil Homer - TWE's Tactical Tactless Nuke
Thank you! And to be honest, I'm not too well versed on quotation mechanics, I use them in the ways I've seen other people use them.
It's kinda hard for me to grasp concepts that have no clear visible representation. I'm a visual thinker, so...
Anyway! Thank you for the review, I will do my best with this series.
Basic idea is if you finish a thought in the quotes, you lead the next sentence with a capital. Pretty much you treat it the same way as if the quotes weren't there. You've got a period. Next sentence starts with a capital.
However if you continue the thought outside the quotes then you need a comma, or in the case of the British way of doing things just a space.
"You use a comma at the end of this sentence, " Evil Homer said. "Or you could simply use a space like the Brits do " he said as well. "But if you're ending the thought completely you use a period." If this was the British way of doing things, the final period actually would have gone outside the quotes.
I don't know if that helps you any.
And finally the alicorn OC. I get in part why he's an alicorn although I don't think that a pegasus + a unicorn will necessarily result in an alicorn being born. My guess is that somepony or something (Discord perhaps?) had a hand or hoof or claw or whatever in him becoming an alicorn instead of one or the other types.
Or maybe he is just a "freak"![]()
Not bad! Not bad at all. I was looking and saw this was an alicorn story, and of course my first reaction was, "oh, crap, what did i get myself into?" But it was an enjoyable story. Discords influence on a powerless alicorn seems like a great story idea.







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