Editing and Editing and Maybe Some More Editing. Yay. Blue Eyes is Getting a Facelift. · 3:39pm Mar 9th, 2014
Okay guys, we can all acknowledge my writing skills have improved greatly since December 2012. Let's be real. So, I've decided to edit the earlier Blue Eyes chapters to sound better and to better reflect my current writing style, and the direction I'm taking the story. Just minor discrepancies being tweaked, and I've added more "Pony stuff" as one reader called it. That means, drum roll please................ I've come up with terms for the three different types of you know, pony species, and made them apply to humans, just like every single other author who's written anthro fics has one in their time. Except I really don't like the connotation that anthro seems to have. Some people, even Hasbro, seem to think that means they need horns and funny colored skin and tails. My characters don't have any of those. Anthropomorphized literally means...
an·thro·po·mor·phize [an-thruh-puh-mawr-fahyz]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), an·thro·po·mor·phized, an·thro·po·mor·phiz·ing.
to ascribe human form or attributes to (an animal, plant, material object, etc.).
Also, especially British, an·thro·po·mor·phise.
See? That's not what I've done. I haven't just made them have human shape. They literally are human. No funny colored skin or tails. So I'm going to keep the Humanized tag, because the characters really are just that. Humanized. The Pegasi equivalents have wings, and are thin and light like birds. The Earth pony equivalents are a little taller, a little stronger, and more solidly built. The Unicorn equivalents, they don't have horns. They're shorter than the other two, petite to average height, and they use their hands like any sorcerer or sorceress would. That's all. I know people have questioned my use of the Humanized tag before, so I figured I would finally explain why I chose that.
I'm glad that everyone has taken time to read this story, if you have, and that you've taken time to comment and give constructive criticism and advice. Thank you. I started off as a thirteen year old girl who had no idea what she was doing, really, and your support, enthusiasm, and advice has really helped me become the better writer I am today. Thank you all so much. You are really something special.
Well, I look forward to seeing how you do.