Poll: Why do you read fanfiction? - Plus fic recommendations and a snippet from Letters · 2:35am Jan 6th, 2016
Bad Horse is currently running a poll on why we read fanfiction. It has triggered quite a few interesting responses, and since I have so many interesting people following me (for what, I’m still unsure), I thought I would pass the link along so you could help him out.
Finishing up the holidays, we have The Incredible Amazeballs Jinglemas Secret Santa Compilation, which unfortunately I was unable to assist in, but fortunately am able to enjoy. Some of our best at their best.
Still eagerly awaiting Skywriter’s next chapters in Spa and Order, the continuation of the Cadence of Cloudsdale cycle. I also promised him I would expand out More Precious Than Silver or Gold to story length and see how closely I can get it to run with his ‘verse. Working…
Currently binge-reading Equestria’s Changeling Queen and the Abyssal Empress because Vren55 had a question and I had to admit I was behind. If everybody else can binge-read up to the current chapter, we’ll all be at the same place.
Also working on binge-reading The Iron Horse - Everything’s Better with Robots which I got hooked on from the christmas story he wrote. So many fics, so little time. Turing Test is best robot.
And finally, my self-promotional plug of Seven Brides for Seven Changelings in which Queen Chrysalis sends seven changelings to Ponyville to act as romantic rivals in order to break up the Elements of Harmony. It doesn’t work, but it does work out.
Below the break, a snippet from the next chapter of Letters From a Little Princess Monster - 24. (Which reminds me, I need to ask Talon and Thorn about borrowing his dragon name from Climbing the Mountain, an excellent set of stories in the Lunaverse)
Letters From a Little Princess Monster
24 - Part One
… Time: Dawn. Location: Ponyville Golden Oak Library
Dragons of any age were renowned for their ability to sense when anything threatened their lairs. Even the smallest mouse slipping away with a tiny jewel could awaken a dragon from centuries-long sleep and cause a substantial rearrangement of their lairs to prevent any further thieving. Although it was easy to simply consider them walking (or flying) epitomes of greed, their burning desire for accumulating a hoard ran far deeper than just attempting to grab everything sparkly they could see. Dragons valued value in a hoard, and in the infinite diversity of dragonkind, this characteristic caused some particular oddities to creep into the family cave at times, from Vorel’aurix-levethuix Maekrix-book-rasvim and her collection of rare manuscripts to Coinspinner and his rare coin collection.
Even though Spike was a very young dragon, he possessed the same affinity with his hoard. In fact, younger dragons could be considered to be more sensitive, as each item in their collection represented a larger percentage of their total worth. This would not normally be a bad thing, except over the last few months as Trixie and Spike had moved into the Golden Oak Library, he had been somewhat casually shoved into the position of Librarian, overseeing the caretaking and management of twenty-three thousand, seven hundred and twelve books, counting magazine collections and comics.
As the sun glowed just barely below the horizon in a subtle encouragement to a reluctant moon, Spike shifted uncomfortably in his sleep. There was an unaccustomed sensation tickling down in his throat and around his belly as deep draconic processes gurgled and rumbled.
He opened one eye and regarded the open curtains.
Then he looked back over at the spot where Trixie’s bed used to be.
One more day of vacation. Thank you, Rarity. Have fun at the spa, Trixie.
Closing his eyes and snuggling back down under his asbestos blanket, Spike attempted to return to slumber. Normally, it would have only taken a moment to begin snoring again. The situation was anything but normal.
He opened one eye and looked back out into the room again. The spot where Trixie’s bed had been was still empty, with a large sheet thrown over the pile of junk that Trixie had managed to stuff underneath her bed in a mere three months, but there was a purple pony’s rump sticking out from under the sheet now, and a soft violet light filtering through it.
“No,” said a small voice as another book scooted out from under the sheet and stacked itself to one side. “No,” repeated the voice as another book joined the stack.
Spike took a moment to look around the room before speaking. There were an astonishing number of bookshelves within sight, particularly since this room was the librarian’s personal bedroom. What was missing on the bookshelves were books, although they were not actually missing per se, but stacked up in individual stacks towering far above Spike.
Had Spike been a little older and somewhat wiser, he would not have started off his morning by asking, “Twilight! What are you doing?”
Had Twilight Sparkle been a little older and wiser too, she would not have reacted with a guilty twitch and jumped out from under the covering sheet, bumping into one of the piles of books in the process.
Gravity followed. So did Pain, and a certain amount of learning for one small dragon.
A significant amount of time later, the books covering Spike floated up into the air and a very apologetic young alicorn peered into Spike’s small cleared space.
“Sorry.”
Sure, not a problem, thanks for your help with Cheerilee's Hearth's Warming play.
It does seem a bit off that Dragon names vary in format so much though, between Vorel’aurix-levethuix Maekrix-book-rasvim and Coinspinner, maybe the latter was raised by Ponies?
Damn, a bookalanche. Poor Spike.
I wondered why so many people who weren't following me answered my poll!
Thanks, Georg. You've helped strike a blow for evil.
3667593 Hey, anything for the cause. Those nuclear orbital defense platforms don't build themselves, they take a lot of enslaved minions.
"Vorel’aurix-levethuix Maekrix-book-rasvim" That feels like D&D Draconic...
In any case, I do love your ideas about a dragon's relationship with his hoard, and I've already responded to Bad Horse's poll.
Oh, and thanks for the additions to my Read Later shelf.
poll on fanfiction -> responce send, mothabuckas!