No one likes Past Sins · 5:57pm Apr 5th, 2012
Best Friend: Does Nyx have sex with Twilight?
Me: No
Best Friend: THEN WHAT'S THE POINT OF THE STORY?
Best Friend: Does Nyx have sex with Twilight?
Me: No
Best Friend: THEN WHAT'S THE POINT OF THE STORY?
I enjoyed Past Sins, disregarding the numerous grammar errors and Mary Sue-ness.
58716 I personally think the Mary-Sueness was justified pretty well.
58717 How come?
58719 The general Mary Sue has like no flaws. When Nyx turns to Nightmare Moon we see some of her faults, and she almost dies at one part. I don't know, maybe.
TWILIGHT SPARKLE IS A SELF INSERT
58723I think she was too much of a crybaby even being Nightmare Moon. She allowed that duality of hers to feast upon herself too much. It's kind of like the opposite of a Mary Sue; she thinks she has so many problems that it kind of gets annoying at some parts.
This reminds me of a comic abut Lauren Faust and Victor von Doom killing Nyx and the rest of the bronies...
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58727 Oh god that's so hilarious but so sad.
58731 I liked the crybaby filly Nyx, I think it did well to her character. But when she is Nightmare Moon, I think she should've been made a little stronger and not so... whiny. I expected a more time-consuming transformation towards the good Nyx rather than what was written.
SPOILER: I talked to Pen Stroke & Mr. Gloom a while back, they plan on writing Past Sins v2.0 sometime soon (it will be a complete re-write, not just a "let's go back and correct mistakes")
58736 That'll be good. I agree with you there, but I kind of get why Nightmare Moon's characterization at that point was like that. Could it have been a little stronger? Yeah.
Only thing of Past sins I have read is the MST I am reading. Have not read the un riffed version.
I couldn't get past the prologue, it seems rather boring to me.
-Best Friend: Does Nyx have sex with Twilight?-
I get this kind of question for every single thing I am involved in.
Books I read. Recipes I cook and bake. Sand.
Terribly, wonderfully, terrible friends I have.
58751 Really? I was captivated. It started getting eh about 2/3rd through it, but it was still really good in my opinion.
58760
I know that feel
59023 I have a hard time getting past the huge following it has really. I mean I'm not against stuff because it's popular, I'm just not very keen on its fanbase. They act as if Nyx is a real character and treat her as if she's cannon, and that kind of makes me "eh", about the story. There's a difference between a story being popular, and people obsessing over it, Past Sins feels like the ladder.
59884 I get that. I was apprehensive to read it at first because of all the stories that are obsessed over I tend not to like them. My Little Dashie is a prime example. I decided to just give it a shot anyways, and the praise is well deserved. The over obsession and the fanbase I agree is a bit overwhelming.