R4 (Reactions, Reviews, Reference, Redirection) #0124 · 4:11pm Apr 30th, 2015
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Here are five slightly edited old reviews:
Canon by Pascoite
In the Pale Moonlight by LDSocrates
The Father of My Children by The Descendant
A Measure of Eternity by Filler
In Total, He's not that Bad. by Grey Faerie
Canon by Pascoite
[story link] [my original review]
Very nice read. Not what I was expecting pretty much up to the end. One of the themes in here is about perception and assumtions. A minor theme, but a short work like this doesn’t exactly have much room for a big theme. I would recommend this one. It’s pretty much just a slice of life. No real story. No real beginning or end, though there is a character arc for our viewpoint pony, but mostly it’s just a little bit of life drifting by.
In the Pale Moonlight by LDSocrates
[story link] [my original review]
Another romance that I liked. This time the pairing of Rarity and Princess Luna. Which is one I’ve run across once or twice in fan fiction before this, but it’s certainly not a common pairing. Which is a pity because I think it works pretty well. It had a few bumpy spots. Especially in the first half it felt like some non-essential scenes were missing. There was a skeleton of a story there that worked fine, but it could have used a few more character and relationship building scenes.
The Father of My Children by The Descendant
[story link] [my original review]
Really, really good. This got a strong emotional reaction from me, which hasn’t happened while reading a fanfic for a while. Lots of shipping and romance fanfics are about the start of a relationship. Even ones that say they are about ponies who have been together for a while usually lack any real emotional weight. This one manages just that. Lots and things I could say, but I want to avoid spoilers because this story is all about the flow and slow buildup/reveal/context/etc. So I will limit my comments to a bit about the very end. The second to last paragraph that is Pinkie Pie returning home managed to have more character exploration in just a few lines, more than most stories manage with thousands of words. This author, as usualy, is very good at what he does.
A Measure of Eternity by Filler
[story link] [my original review]
This is really short. Like three pages or so. Decent, but not inspiring. If you like Apple Bloom you should give it a read. Even if you don’t it’s such a short read, it’ll take maybe ten minutes of your time to read.
In Total, He's not that Bad. by Grey Faerie
[story link] [my original review]
Little Character study of Discord. Which is a bit of a spoiler, but it’s fairly obvious. Neat if not really complex. It’s interesting to place this in the show timeline as the reason Celestia decided to attempt reforming Discord.
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