R4 (Reactions, Reviews, Reference, Redirection) #0202 · 7:05pm Jan 27th, 2016
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Here are five old reviews:
One Day, They'll Throw Flowers by ScyStorm
Newbie Dish by Wanderer D
The Sweetest Water by Chris
Refraction by shortskirtsandexplosions
RUN, TWILIGHT! RUUUN! by TaviTwoHooves
My reviews have more personal bias than most you might read. These are not meant for either writing advice or reader recommendation, though I do try to keep both in mind when writing these up. Each of my reviews are written right after finishing the story and are meant for my personal use as I try to figure out why I liked (or didn't like) the story. Trying to understand the 'why' of whatever reaction I had to the story.
One Day, They'll Throw Flowers by ScyStorm
[story link] [my original review]
I think I found the guy to blame. This was to be an older ponyfic. In the beginning author notes he says, and I quote: “I love these two! There needs to be more of them.” Has anyone else commented about a lack of Lyra and Bon Bon stories at anywhere recently? Anyway, the story itself is quite nice. Sweet Lyra & Bon Bon shipping. A nice how they met flashback and a very believable lower key version of Lyra.
Newbie Dish by Wanderer D
[story link] [my original review]
Not nearly as good as the last story I read about Rainbow Dash being bad at cooking. A few rough spots in the writing, mostly scene transitions. That might be from the conversion process to get it on my kindle though. Had the feel of botched conversion. One the other hand it also went with the rough writing in other places so who knows.
The Sweetest Water by Chris
[story link] [my original review]
A really good fairy tale. Just didn’t grab me personally. Fairy tales are very much a hit or miss kind of thing for me, so the author is certainly not to blame for this one being one of the misses. I did find it interesting the choices of which ponies got linked to each pool. Sure, there was a limited number of famous powerful and/or influential ponies to pick from in the pony canon, but it was still neat. Celestia, immortality, known to all and loved. Sombra, power, feared and forgotten. Starswirl, knowledge, respected but barely known about. Not sure how intentional the subtext was, but found it a good thought-provoking detail when factoring what we know about them from the show.
Refraction by shortskirtsandexplosions
[story link] [my original review]
This author is quite good at zany comedy and has managed epic adventure on a regular basis in the past. Yet I think his real skill is deep emotional stories like this one. Though he does this type of story rare enough that maybe just the really good ones get through his personal story filters to get published. I would put this story up with Hello, Sedna. In fact, it could easily be seen as a distant prologue to that story. Highly recommended, but it will hit you hard in the feels if you let it.
RUN, TWILIGHT! RUUUN! by TaviTwoHooves
[story link] [my original review]
Sweet and adorable. That’s about it really. Writing is functional, concept is bare-bones. I enjoyed it but pretty much forgot it the moment I was done with it.
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