Clip takes sixth! · 9:39pm Sep 1st, 2014
I'm thrilled and honored and all-around just kinda happy to report that my submission to EQD's "Outside Insight" contest placed sixth, out of 109 entrants! And that means that someone with artistic talent and creative genius will have to draw a picture of a tentacled, amorphous mass of eyes and mouths getting a makeover from Rarity. Schadenfreude is a wonderful thing, isn't it?
I know there was some debate among the judges as to how literal the contest's prompt ("write a story about ponies from a non-pony's perspective") was to be interpreted. I'm very glad to have managed to rank in the top ten despite my (apparently) loose interpretation of the guidelines. Honestly, if I had taken it literally--had I written a story entirely about ponies, just told from a third party's perspective--I don't think I'd have even entered. The little zap of creativity that hit me when I came across the contest might not have sparked if I'd felt more constrained in what sort of story I was allowed to tell.
Thankfully, my Neutral Good alignment shaded my perception of reality, and so I sat down and wrote a story containing the line "because you're the harbinger of the apocalypse, sweetie," and people liked it! Hooray for loose interpretations of the rules!
Anyway, I'll probably go silent again for awhile until I can share with you all the undoubtedly awesome piece of artwork I'll be getting. Keep on ponying, folks!
Oh hell yeah.
Gratz.
Noice.
Although the artist will probs be like
Damn straight son.
ETA on your stories, "Flutterspy" among others?