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Zamairiac


A somewhat well known author, who is also well known for his inconsistent upload schedule. (My Patreon!)

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  • 41 weeks
    Small Snippet For Next MFL Chapter!

    "You'll wait here and be grateful that I find no cause for you to have an accident creature," she said, sneering.

    I didn't know if it was instinct or a mixture of my newfound magic or...or something else.

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    2 comments · 676 views
  • 42 weeks
    MFL New Chapter Is Up!

    Told you I'd get it done!

    Enjoy and as always, do let me know what you think!

    2 comments · 292 views
  • 42 weeks
    Mated For Life RETURNS!

    Finally, fucking finally!

    I've finally managed to find the time to re-read the entire story up until The Abandoned chapter.

    As such I now have both the information, feel and motivation to continue the epic tale of Richard and Chrissy.

    Here's a small sneak-preview -

    "What in the hell is going on here?" I asked, eyes wide as I took in the frankly terrible sight.

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    8 comments · 436 views
  • 50 weeks
    Welp, I've Done It Again!

    Yet Another Story For Those Interested To Enjoy!

    This time between a temperamental young man and a feisty Goblin who become friends with benefits and try to keep it that way.

    Emphasis on try :trollestia:

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    7 comments · 487 views
  • 51 weeks
    It's My 30th Birthday!

    I was SIXTEEN LAST WEEK, I SWEAR! :raritycry:

    15 comments · 186 views
Aug
30th
2013

The Endless Nightmare- MY MIND IS AWESOME!!! · 8:58pm Aug 30th, 2013

Do you know that awesome feeling you get when you go out for a walk, it's quiet, pitch black, the crickets are chirping, the birds are singing and my mind is thinking up scenarios.

And then...Out of nowhere...when you're walking on the way back, sipping from a can of monster....

THE REST OF THE STORY JUST WRITES ITSELF IN YOUR MIND!!!

Sit down ladies, Zammy's got work to do :D

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Comments ( 32 )

But the problem is getting those words on paper, is it not?

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Not for me :moustache:

Did you ever read Nothing Is Set In Stone?

I wrote that after thinking up the story in my mind...and then I winged it :twilightblush:

Do you know that awesome feeling you get when you go out for a walk, it's quiet, pitch black, the crickets are chirping, the birds are singing and my mind is thinking up scenarios.

No I don't, cause where I live at, niggas have shoot outs at night.

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Are you really asking me if I've ever read N.I.S.I.S? :pinkiegasp:
OF COURSE I HAVE! I've read all your work!
And now, to think that you just 'wing it' makes it even better! :pinkiehappy:

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Well after I've nom nom'd my dinner...I shall continue and write this fun piece of literature :moustache:

Welp, I expect a new chapter by morning! I sleep in 2 hours time and will awaken within 7-8! You have 9-10 hours. ¦3

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Bitch please, give me a challenge :ajsmug:

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Ok, have it out within the next hour ;)

HOWZ THAT FORRA CHALLENGE?!?!!? ¦3

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I'll still be eating my dinner :pinkiegasp:

It's a sausage dinner. I only get this bad boy every month or two :twilightblush:

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Hmm...

Challenge accepted :moustache:

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The timer has started. Good luck. :3

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Add on 10 minutes. Editing's a bitch :derpytongue2:

I get the same feeling when I go to the gym and work out.

Been there, though I usually get it when I go for a run through the nearby forest/park. Though, it usually results in maybe four chapters before I write myself irreparably into a corner :fluttercry:

There's going to be an update so soon after I marathon-ed your entire CadenceXhuman series?!

does this mean your posting the next chapter soon?

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You marathon-ed it recently too eh?
*sees user name*:pinkiegasp:!
Are you... the real Living Tombstone that made "Good Ol' Days"?

I've noticed that the 'Alex' of Nothing is Set in Stone/Alicorn Instinct/The Endless Nightmare cannot be causally traced to the 'Xander' hinted at in the "Diary Entries For The Future Story With Alex/Xander MAJOR SPOILERS!!!" blog that Luna seems to be in love with because of these two very important reasons:

1.) If he had been sent to the past mentioned in the "Diary Entries For The Future Story With Alex/Xander MAJOR SPOILERS!!!" blog prior to the events of The Endless Nightmare and then found his way back to the present (1000 years later), he would have remembered her.

2.) If he is sent to the past after the events of The Endless Nightmare, he would remember his experiences with her, and would refuse to interact with her out of fear and hatred, thus preventing Luna from falling in love with him and invalidating The Endless Nightmare.

—Ergo, the two 'Alexanders' are acausal to each other. 'Alex' was never and can never be 'Xander', while 'Xander' was never and can never be 'Alex'. Even with time traveling, it is impossible for 'Alex' and 'Xander' to be the same instance of 'Alexander' sent back and forth through time within a single linear timeline, so they must originate from of divergent alternate timelines. Although they have time travel magic in MLP, the timeline is strongly implied to be causally immutable—that is, going back in time cannot allow one to change the past, because one has already gone back in time according to causality. We were shown that Future Twilight could not alter the past by warning Past Twilight, and it was her traveling back in time that ensured the very events she sought to avoid would happen the way they did.

Well, it's not possible without utilizing cheap plot devices that handwave the issue away at least, such as inexplicably-convenient memory loss for 'Alex'... which would be blatantly bullshit, and you know it too. It's a lot like how the sudden inexplicable loss of the pre-established "magic nullification" attribute initially appears in The Endless Nightmare; it feels contrived solely for the sake of plot convenience, especially when I recall that 'Xander' retained "magic nullification" in the "Diary Entries For The Future Story With Alex/Xander MAJOR SPOILERS!!!" blog. I'll withhold judgment for now in the hope that you'll explain this inconsistency appropriately later through narrative... but just be aware that I might not be satisfied with your justification, especially if it seems contrived.

"How is this a potential problem?" It's potentially a problem because the Luna in "Diary Entries For The Future Story With Alex/Xander MAJOR SPOILERS!!!" blog and The Endless Nightmare must originate from a timeline with 'Xander' in it, who—for the reasons explained above—logically cannot be the same individual as 'Alex' (without resorting to disrespectable bullshit plot devices), which means the Luna from Nothing is Set in Stone should not love a 'Xander' since he is a version of 'Alex' from another timeline, but it is implied by Celestia that she did in Alicorn Instinct... do you see how the timeline is knotted? 'Alex' was never and can never be 'Xander' in a closed linear timeline regardless of time travel because ultimately it is logically unsound causality.

Please address this issue.

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Wow...that must have took a while to do and I'm so proud that my story and characters are receiving this amount of love :heart:

And as much as i hate to shoot you down after that...Well Alex is Xander. I planned this one a while back and although I won't address it now, it will be...hinted at by the end of The Endless Nightmare.

Let's just say that forces greater then "Magic" are at work here. There are forces older and far more powerful then magic. And it's because of this that Alex...becomes Xander I suppose.

It's hard to fully explain without spoiling it, so I'd advice to be patient and hope that my reason makes sense. If you don't like it then fair play, no skin off my back. If you do then fantastic :twilightsmile:

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Not to be intentionally rude, but that really sounds like it'll end up being made of refined handwavium on the level of "Discord did it all simply because he could LOL"...

Also, the problem is not just the agent but also the purpose. If there is an actor behind it, this all seems unnecessarily cruel and pointless to put him through.

...I'll reserve my judgment until later, then.

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Hmm ask yourself this.

If Alex is completely Immune to magic (Not counting The Endless Nightmare because SPOILER!!!) then how did he get to Equestria in the first place.

I usually have a "My Story, my rules" thing when I write. But I planned ahead for once with this one :twilightsmile:

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There is a reason behind it, although it will not be revealed until the last story.

Hinted up until then though :twilightsmile:

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If Alex is completely Immune to magic (Not counting The Endless Nightmare because SPOILER!!!) then how did he get to Equestria in the first place.

———By means of auctorial fiat, of course! :rainbowwild:

...But ignoring that obvious snark—the main problem with that question is you're presenting a false dichotomy, which is a fallacious argument. You've implied that "were he completely immune to magic he could not have gotten to Equestria", but you have conveniently ignored any other possible "non-magical" phenomena hypothetically capable of such a thing that may or may not be known to the characters in the story, the author, and/or the readers. It's not valid logic. It's also an example of a "begging the question" fallacy; the first idea (he is not immune to magic) is true by saying the second idea (he was transported to Equestria) proves it, but the second idea can only be true if the first idea was already true to begin with!

...I used to be in debate. :twilightsheepish:

I usually have a "My Story, my rules" thing when I write.

See, it was auctorial fiat all along, not anything like "magic"! :rainbowlaugh:

But I planned ahead for once with this one :twilightsmile:

Okay, if you say so... :unsuresweetie:
I still kind of think this will remain an unresolved problem at the end...

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There is a reason behind it, although it will not be revealed until the last story.

Hinted up until then though :twilightsmile:

The only hint I can think of is how Cadance could use magic while in contact with him after they had sex. That definitely shouldn't solve the acausality problems I mentioned, though...
Well, since you claim it'll make sense later, I guess I'll just have to trust your word until then. :twilightsmile:
...But if it still doesn't make sense then I'll be disappointed, mister.

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