R4 (Reactions, Reviews, Reference, Redirection) #0100 · 4:19am Apr 11th, 2015
Woo! 500 old reviews brought over here to FimFiction. 1/3rd done!
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Here are five old reviews:
A Train, on Fire, Full of Orphans by Aragon
All Paths Lead Home by Mystic
Perfect the Way You Are by Mystic
Practice is Perfect by Cirrus Tail
An Oath by Airstream
A Train, on Fire, Full of Orphans by Aragon
[story link] [my original review]
This was horrible, the content I mean. I also laughed out loud at least once, and laughed inside more than once. So horrible, really really horrible, but funny. Plus a good use of implying events happened as a writing technique at the end. Also, I feel I have to mention that laughing at the stuff in this story didn’t make me feel nearly as bad about myself as when I was skimming Rarity and Bukkake Ninjas. Which is probably something I shouldn’t thing about too hard.
All Paths Lead Home by Mystic
[story link] [my original review]
I didn’t like this one for the first half of it or so. Was too slow, nothing really was happening, and a bit dull-depressing. Post-apocalyptic Equestria with nothing for our main characters to interact with. However, the writing was solid so I kept on reading it. Near the end it picks up and the last quarter or so of the story was quite good. Worth the boring first bits? Not sure. You could cut out a lot of the story and it would still work. However, if you want a slow character-focused piece in a slow empty pst-apocalyptic world this will be exactly what you are looking for.
Perfect the Way You Are by Mystic
[story link] [my original review]
Sad story about Derpy when she was younger. Just a simple slice of life and I actually found that I wound myself up more than the story needed. Just expecting a downturn that never came. Still, sad and a little melancholy, but with a upbeat ending. Recommended if you like sad, but not sad endings.
Practice is Perfect by Cirrus Tail
[story link] [my original review]
Sweet romance story. Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash. Nothing special or deep, but good enough writing to make the story enjoyable. Oh, did have one little slip. Rainbow Dash orders a pizza with pepperoni on it. Don’t think the ponies would be meat-eaters, but it was probably just a slip-up on the author’s part.
An Oath by Airstream
[story link] [my original review]
Another short and simple one. Good for what it is. I did like that the part that in a lot of military themed oaths is ‘I am my nations shield, I am my nations spear’ the Equestrian version doesn’t have a weapon. Probably reading too much into it, but I like the idea that even on that level the Equestrian military is not aggressive. They are protection and guidance, not violence and death. I thought that was a nice blend of more realistic military thought and the more or less kid-centeric pacifism of the show.
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