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Something tells me there is going to be emphasis on the *had* part. Maybe she tried a relationship and it failed utterly but they somehow remained friends?
Update?!
Another impressive chapter! Amazing job.
It's nice to see this fic isn't dead I really enjoy it.
The music that popped on when I saw this update. . .
I friggin love Cascade.
Sleep is clearly for the weak.
This chapter is amazing, good job :D
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I second that.
3441271 The story's basic premise does revolve around our guy being in a relationship with Etherea, saucy parts and all, so that's pretty much stating the obvious.
I see this updated and then at the end you say there is more? WHAT IS THIS MAGIC!? But in all seriousness i'm enjoying his conflicting emotions too much for my own good xD
Oh my god, JUST KISS ALREADY!!!
That's pretty much the sound I made when I saw this updated. And then again when I read that the next part is coming soon!
3441550 I am weak cause I sleep a lot!
Curse the heavens!
If my editor finds out that I just spent an hour reading this, when I'm behind schedule on my book, I'm going to be going to the guillotine. Well, at least I'll be wearing a smile when the blade comes down.
I was kind of expecting him to suddenly become cold and disband after hearing that she was taken, not showing it obviously, but thinking it.
You should totally do a drawing of Namerril. That would be dope. Other than that, dope chapter. It was lovely hearing about Etherea's home and friends.
I see misunderstanding here -- He thinks she has a current coltfriend and she probably doesnt although you never know.
And now your bed really smells like horse. Have fun with that.
great work
Did anyone else see a "DON'T BAN KAIDAN!!!!!111!!!" pasted repeatedly over their screen when they tried to see this chapter earlier? What was up with that?
C'mon Craig, just another lil nudge and they'll be together! Fuck the coltfriend, he's not here anyway!
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Most of the players have been introduced one way or another. And it was never going to be easy, what fun would that be? We're talking about inserting a completely new player into an already-existing and complicated life!
He's facing quite a number of major hurdles and several things that look like major hurdles; some of which he hasn't even seen yet. But how to sort out which is which?
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Yay! Yes, an update! Thank you all!
And you shouldn't be worrying about this dying, I'm just slow.
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I'm glad that it's working! A constant, background worry for me is that Alex' inner conflict will get too repetitive. So I'm trying to take care to not let it become so.
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But this isn't science fiction. And this isn't a "human with a funny skin color." This is an alien who looks like livestock.
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Go out with a smile and always look on the bright side of death.
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Did you miss the part where he thinks about how Etherea's hygiene is a lot better than a horse's? And there's all those shampoos, conditioners, coat shine, etc. If anything she needs the scented shampoo to not smell like a medicine cabinet.
At least it's not "wet horse."
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I had to respond to this one separately. I like that. A lot.
It's like the Trans-Siberian Orchestra but more industrial/trance. I'm going to have to invest in some of their stuff now too!
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Well I will put it this way -- unlike his roommate, he is NOT the type who would go anywhere with an attached woman regardless of species, so if that is a current special somepony, the relationship possibilities are gone. Either that or I will be very disappointed in him AND her.
Good chapter! A little drama, happiness and just a bit of anger/beer time. I look forward towards your next update.
Glad the changelings are getting some love!
HUZZAH!!
An update!!
Its always rough seeing that the girl of your dreams have a boy friend.
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The difference between Alex and Capt. Kirk and Cmdr. Shepard is that the two service men grew up in a society where that happens and majority of the aliens are generally human shaped. Whereas Alex grew up in our society that says that bestiality is freakish and disgusting, and the only known alien is shaped like a horse and he has seen too much pony R34.
Why am I reminded of Red and Blue from Dick Figures whenever Alex and Craig have any interaction with each other?
Awesome!
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Well, I guess all I can say is that I have a plan and I don't think you will be disappointed.
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Alex really needed some feel-good time, didn't he? (No, not like that you sicko!) I do feel sorry for him. But hey, at least they're getting over the initial first contact shock and should be able to start behaving more like themselves.
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Oh that reminds me. 3443064, that's a wonderful idea! I'll get on it. Probably after I finish up the next half.
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Yes. Yes, it is. But did anyone really expect anything else? Princess, alicorn, and presumably quite attractive. The chances of her being completely unattached seems slim.
It's always been a source of frustration to see so many stories place the interest in a position of little to no attachment. How many stories have the main 6, Luna, or Celestia falling in love for the very first time? Far too many. Which is fine for younger ponies, though used as a plot point far too often, and is especially silly when applied to the princesses.
Also, taking the Alien X Protagonist example further; since involving myself with this story I've been thinking about just how far people would let others go in the pursuit of love. In Mass Effect and Star Trek there are plenty of non-humanoid aliens, but you never see them in a relationship with a human. Would even those who live in those universes be okay with Human X Hanar or Human X Species 8472?
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She smells like a clean horse. Under his pillow he'll find a few feathers and a layer of hair under his covers when she attempted to brush herself. Good thing he isn't allergic.
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Mmm. Even if you don't like Homestuck. the webcomic, the people who work on it have produced a friggen frack load of awesome music. Cascade is but one of their pieces.
-Edit-
Also! I feel special! A not-group reply, just for me!
YES!
I'm so reading this right now!
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Oh. Right. If you want something else that's good . . . Have the best stealthy stealth music in the world. Forever.
This was a fun one; I thought the scenes between Alex and Etheria were pretty cute, especially looking at the photos. And again, I like the language barrier - It makes everything feel much more concrete and real, along with Etheria being a real flesh and blood creature to whom the designs in the show bear only a symbolic relationship.
Also, now Alex knows that at least she likes boys.
Damn, maybe he got the wrong impression of Etherea's relationship with that stallion? I'm going with neals thoughts and say she 'had' a relationship.
Hope the next is soon, theres a reason why this story is one of my all time favorites from the site.
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YAY!
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Completely true and unfortunate for our man Alex. Even more unfortunate, is that feelings do not go away just because she has a man.
For the princesses, I can see not dating someone in a couple hundred years or like 6 decades, but not dating ever is a bit odd. They both have faces to launch a thousand (war)ships, make the dreadfully boring guard shift in Canterlot worth it, and looks to make their portrait artist cry themselves to sleep in joy because they are being paid to capture the princesses' beauty on canvas.
Shining Armor can't be the only one to successfully hit on a princess and score a date.
I can see the argument of the princesses being "so high above us, so important, and too pure to taint with my presence" scaring off alot of ponies and other creatures, but not all of them.
Cmdr. Shepard (from a clip of ME3 that I saw but still haven't played but plan on playing it) seems cool with Joker and EDI being together romantically, and there may be some Asari out there born from an Asari X Hanar relationship. The Asari bartender in ME2 is Asari X Krogan.
The crew may be a bit confused about Shepard flirting a Hanar into his/her quarters but, they may let it go if they see that there is a good dynamic between them. They would likely be confused due to the lack of any attractive curve lines that other hominids would have (which in your story, Etherea has) as well as a lack of similar genitals.
Though I can see the Normandy crew stopping Shepard from shacking up with a Vorcha.
Apparently in Japan it is legal to get married to a fictional character and there are some places that cater to people that do so.
I guess it would all depend on the romantic pair and the people (or friendly aliens) around them.
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From everything I've seen, mentally she still is human, just like canon-Equestrians. They're humans in equine-esque bodies. Now let me ask you, does this...
images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/20500000/Applejack-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-20527293-570-402.jpg
Look anything like this...
images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/007/cache/wild-horse_758_600x450.jpg
I don't really think so. The proportions are different, the body mechanics, angles, expression, not to mention the look of intelligence in the eyes...
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One thing I've kinda been wondering. Etherea seems to have accepted now that the Earth works without anyone directing it, but it seems to me like she doesn't quite grasp the ramifications of that: the fact that Earth has tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, and even solar flares. Since there's no way ponies have absolute control over their world, they probably have phenomena like that, but on a much smaller scale. For example, supercell thunderstorms could occasionally crop up over sparsely populated areas (where the weather teams are stretched thin), but they would be rare. As such, tornadoes, which are produced by only one out of every ten supercells, would be even rarer, and the ones they do get would be relatively weak. They might even get the odd solar flare if, say, Celestia gets sick or something, but those would be extremely rare, and probably wouldn't even effect ponies very much since charged particles aren't likely to affect Harmony the same way it does electronics.
This makes me wonder how she would react to hearing about Superstorm Sandy, or the Japanese tsunami, the Haiti earthquake, or (especially) the record-breaking El Reno tornado.
YES!! I have waited so long for an update to this fic!
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Being allergic falls in there with being vulnerable to diseases. I've heard that alien first contact is more dangerous due to the allergens we don't know about rather than the diseases. This story probably would've died a short death if I hadn't decided to play that down.
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And we know he likes girls. It's a match made in heaven!
Unless you go the Leela route. "You're a guy, I'm a girl, we're just too different!"
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We'll just have to wait and see what's really going on with Gilded Stair, now won't we? I would refer you to my responses to Evil Paladin.
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Well, if I recall correctly, you as the Commander can voice your opinion on the relationship between Joker and EDI. I also think the half-Krogan Asari had a huge chip on her shoulder because there were a number of people who weren't sure they were ok with it. It has been a while since I played though. But even there you find that there are already inter-species relationships to one degree or another.
But unfortunately for Alex, in my world he's staring down an un-blazed trail and trying to decide whether he's willing to take those steps.
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Well no, those two aren't nearly the same. (I can't actually reach the Applejack one - something about the link - but I can imagine) Keep in mind that Alex has been through several phases during the day. His first pass by the stables without Etherea for an accurate comparison, his second pass - still without Etherea there - while trying to work through things, and then finally being able to see her and actually try to piece things together. He also spent the first two phases at a great distance which muddies the details that would otherwise be a turn off.
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Well, she is nervous about a light drizzle, much less a real thunderstorm or even something that would result in warnings. We'll have to see what she thinks of hurricanes now won't we?
"A single storm the size of a country with sustained winds in excess of 80 wingpower and enough rain to drown everypony, and completely uncontrolled!?"
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That's actually a big maybe. Diseases might not recognize the organism thus not be able to attack it. Same for her.
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I love how Alex is so convincingly torn between what he wants and what he's been taught. Very well done and I eagerly await the next installment!
Craig is best human
Oh yes, I would also like to point out that your version of the changeling integration would be a fantastic setting for a whole slew of amazing changeling fics. If only I had any time to write
For all Alex's awkwardness with Atherea it's good to see them building a friendship. This's the best fic I've seen that deals with this type of situation.
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To be or not to be Capt. Kirk/Cmdr. Shepard/Capt. Jack Harkness, that is the question!
The half-Krogan Asari bartender just seems to be bitter and
worldgalaxy weary rather than having a chip on her shoulder over her dad.Shepard can comment on the Joker X EDI relationship in ME3 (mind you, I haven't played it. I only watched this clip since I play a male Shepard and knew I wouldn't see this option. No ME3 spoilers people!!)
Less so in ME2.
Relevant vid is relevant:
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Not too mention even stronger (albeit smaller) storms powerful enough to literally vaccuum cities off the map.
Plus, even though Delaware (that's where they are, right?) isn't in tornado alley, any place east of the Rockies has at least a moderate risk of tornadoes. Hell, it's a double whammy, since they'd be at risk for hurricanes, too!
Edit: Make that a triple whammy. Hurricanes can produce tornadoes, too.