Mapping Hiatus and Frustration · 4:23am Jul 16th, 2012
So, haven't been working much on the continental FOE map in the last few weeks, mainly because I haven't had the time I need to read through all the fics necessary to get placement of cities and regions correct.
But I'm officially putting it on hiatus because every time I try to get some feedback on it, people go ballistic that I'm using the North American continental map as a basis. Why? I've said why: it works with the show's canon use of ponified city names from Manehattan to Las Pegasus, just as one (of many) example(s).
Seems to really set people off, though: they want a complete disassociation of anything having to do with humans from anything FOE-related. Not that I'm having any walking, talking ape-men make any FOE appearances, but even the SUGGESTION of a link makes folks flip out. This has made map development a hell of getting one or two questions into a discussion and then having a huge pointless argument over how everybody interprets MLP/FO canon and FOE fanon.
This pretty much explains my current attitude... >^>
Well, Somber is a popular guy so naturally he gets rabid fandogs to bite you in the bum. Its the way of the internet, just make your own headcannon and write with that in mind. If the story is good then people wont care if it clashes with FO:E or PH.
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He didn't sic anyone on me; it just happened that a bunch of other folks chimed in. Made having a reasonable discussion all but impossible...
And the thing is, it DOESN'T clash with either story. Both are central canon to me for writing my own material.
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exactly what i meant. You talked it over with somber, and it was not in private. Somber disagrees, and then you think other people wont chime in? It would be like attempting to have a reasonable discussion while standing on the speaker podium while a giant crowd looks at you two.