Two notes about chapter 14, and announcement of a project (and how you can help) · 4:30am May 9th, 2012
Do you know that story-within-a-story that Momma told Celestia?
Do you know of the video storybook that Squeaks and co did for Equinox.
Long story short, Squeaks & co want to do the video storybook for The First Pegasus
If you are an artist or voice actor and you're interested in contributing, please do! Auditions are still open, no final decisions have been made in the casting or artist department.
If you are not an artist or voice actor, but know one, by all means, forward the idea!
If you don't know one, go out and make some friends why don't you! Or, just stay tuned for the finished project. Either or (friends are coooooool).
Alright, two notes about Chapter 14, for followers of Paradise ....
Is Quick Wit related to SlyWit? / Ha, ha! Quick Wit? More like SlyWit, amirite? / I suppose that Quick Wit is a self insert of yourself?
My response:
Long answer: I had two proofreaders bring it up, asking a little more innocently, and I did notice one commenter bringing it up. I decided that there is perhaps enough of an unspoken assumption to explain it the relation between Quick Wit and SlyWit. I think that "Wit" is a great component in a pony name. That's it. Quick Wit, Dim Wit, SlyWit, etc. When I went to make my pony name (actually, I had my friends name me), SlyWit seemed like the name of a pony, thus became my pony pseudonymous. When I went to name Quick Wit, I wanted a name that would reflect his character and some of the values of the pegasi. His cunning intelligence thus became Quick Wit.
Alternatively, I debated telling everyone that all of Paradise was an elaborate ruse to get them to read a self insert story of SlyWit and the griffin. But it wasn't April Fools.
I was a bit confused by this passage:
Though they used tricks, lies, to get what they wanted, Celestia found equal power in careful honesty. Which suited her. Abandoning the unicorn’s the elements of harmony felt wrong when all the while she wished the pegasi acted in accord with those guiding principles; to be more compassionate, honest, loyal, generous, and share cheer
I had two editors tell me they couldn't make heads or tails of that sentence, which made me think that perhaps it confused a few readers too. It took me some time to figure out why, but I eventually narrowed it down to the cause. They hadn't read the summary/didn't remember what the elements of harmony are in Paradise. I ended up editing the passage for newer readers, but for those who already read it, let me do a quick refresher
Back in chapter 6, you may recall that Arcane Pride taught Celestia and Luna about the elements of harmony. Currently, they are the five ideals of unicorn society: kindness, generosity, laughter, loyalty, and honesty. The unicorns will often refer to the qualities under different words with the same meaning, like compassion or mirth, but same thing. These five ideals are also the only safe elements to use in magic. It's important to note that these elements are not a physical object yet, so when Celestia refers to them, she's referring to behavioral ideals, or magic ingredients in a spell.
So, going back to the passage, it should be clear now. Celestia did not want to abandon those ideals while wishing the pegasi took them up.
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It's ... actually a lot shorter than my last blog post.
I don't know what Slywit is.
Also, that passage was perfectly clear to me. I am a genius.
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Umm. Me. I'm SlyWit. Hi.
>"...and I did notice one commenter bringing it up."
Oh, don't worry so much. I only brought it up in jest. Besides it was a character out of a story within the story... not exactly a major OC.
>"Though they used tricks, lies, to get what they wanted, Celestia found equal power in careful honesty. Which suited her. Abandoning the unicorn’s the elements of harmony felt wrong when all the while she wished the pegasi acted in accord with those guiding principles; to be more compassionate, honest, loyal, generous, and share cheer."
There's an extra 'the' before elements / that semicolon should prolly be a regular colon since it isn't separating a pair of independent clauses. Now excuse me while I pound my head into a wall for noticing these things.
~Lammy
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Ha! That was me unediting my edit for the blog and goofing it up.
Also, you were jesting, I know, neither of the proof readers really were ... makes me wonder.
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I'd love to audition! Is there a list of things you want to hear?
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Check the audition doc! Relinking here. Try out whatever roles you think you'll be good at. I think the two male roles are Quick Wit and Grenjar.
What's a Slywit?
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A MISERABLE PILE OF WORDS! *crash*
(Also, you have the perfect avatar for sarcastic posts)
107530 Indeed
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Any guidance one what you want them to sound like?
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Quick Wit as a sort of dashing, adventurous type. The clever hero.
Grenjar, I've herd an attempt at sort of a more cartoony-gruff voice, but I'm not feeling that's right (though, it still might work if I hear one that just sounds good). Otherwise, I think he's sort of a ... jock-ish voice. A sort of confidence born of muscle mass, but not much brain use. Or possibly, he could be described as something of a thug or ruffian. I'm willing to hear a few different interpretations.
Thanks!
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Okay, where do you want me to email them to?
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Should be in the doc itself. I'll copy it from there for you. Storybookprojects@gmail.com