R4 (Reactions, Reviews, Reference, Redirection) #0177 · 2:29am May 27th, 2015
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Here are five slightly edited old reviews:
Unrequited Bliss by SanityCheck8080
The New Friends by Fryguy
Princess Cadence Takes One for the Team by PresentPerfect
Fallout: Equestria - Aegis by PresentPerfect
Whisk by PresentPerfect
Unrequited Bliss by SanityCheck8080
[story link] [my original review]
Decently written, fairly disturbing premise, but it felt kind of flat to me. Might just be that I don’t find that particular situation as horrifying as some other people do, so it didn’t manage to have as big an emotional impact on me that it was aiming for. Also doesn’t feel really pony. I have a hard time picturing Princess Celestia even experimenting with what we see in this story.
The New Friends by Fryguy
[story link] [my original review]
Very badly written. Halfway through I suspected this was a crackfic or trollfic, but I’m fairly sure that it’s just some inexperienced author who simply has few writing skills. To use an analogy: this story is a ten year old describing a movie he saw once.
Princess Cadence Takes One for the Team by PresentPerfect
[story link] [my original review]
A well executed look at what it might have been like for Cadance right after her ascension. Some of it is a bit on the mean side for pony, but not to a dealbreaking degree. All in all, a good story. Even though I perfer Skywriter’s Cadance mythos, I would highly recommend this one. Also doubles as minor commentary on the reaction to Cadance’s appearance from some parts of the fandom, or so it seemed to me.
Fallout: Equestria - Aegis by PresentPerfect
[story link] [my original review]
This was pretty good. I’d certainly recommend it. If you like post-apocalyptic stories this is right up your alley. My one teeny tiny nitpick is that it didn’t feel like a fallout story to me. It could have been any generic post-apocalyptic world. It was too short to do anything elaborate with worldbuilding, but it was missing the feeling of living in the shadows of the past that fallout has. Not on a personal level, the main character’s past and personality are wonderfully expressed and shown. I mean on a bigger sense. I don’t think there was a single reference to the old world, the war, or the day it was all destroyed. It’s almost like the author just wanted to tell a good story (success!) instead of slavishly clinging to the minor details of the Fallout: Equestria source material.
Whisk by PresentPerfect
[story link] [my original review]
This is a example of proper pony fan fiction. Sweet, cute, no real villain or badness. Just simple situation, interesting characters, and misunderstanding leading to strong conflicting emotions. I wouldn’t mind reading more about the characters introduced in this story and how they become a part of Ponyville. If you enjoy slice of life stories at all, you should check this one out.
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