Story updates, shameless pimping, and PONY ROLEPLAY! · 6:58am Oct 22nd, 2012
Story Updates
For starters, my followers will likely have noticed by now that Kraken just got a new chapter. As I mentioned in my own comment on it, it was a struggle to get it to work right, but I'm fairly happy with it and now I can move on to the next part. I'll also be trying to put some spit and polish on older chapters in the near future, but not with any intention of resubmitting it to EqD. After hearing some of the reports of their weirdly hypercritical prereaders and their sometimes bafflingly bad advice, I'm just not that interested anymore. To me, this is the site to go to for ponyfic. EqD has its purpose, but fanfiction isn't it.
I've also started work on my next story, a prequel to Derpy Day and Dinky Debates, tentatively titled "Tested". (I couldn't think of an alliterative title, so have some here.) It's one of the plot bunnies I mentioned in an earlier blog post, about Ditzy discovering she's pregnant and reflecting on her relationship with the father and his daughter from his previous marriage. I'll try to work on it when I'm feeling stuck on Kraken, so I can keep the creative juices flowing. If it works out, I'll be alternating between writing one story or the other, instead of just alternating between writing Kraken and... not writing.
Fic Recommendations
In other news, a fellow RPGnetter, Jake Was Here, has dipped his toes into the fanfiction pool with his story Éadóchas. (Sorry, I have no idea how to pronounce that either. ) He posted the chapters to the ponyfic thread there for feedback and critique, and I think it deserves far more attention than it's getting. I'm really looking forward to where this goes.
Also, another fellow RPGnetter, LadyMoondancer, is doing some awesome work in the field of pony folktales with Gobbling and Other Traditional Pursuits. If you haven't read it, you really should.
PONY ROLEPLAY! (Not like that, you pervs)
Lastly, over on the main tabletop RP board at RPGnet, I posted a thread about using the Don't Rest Your Head system for roleplaying ponies: Don't Hate Your Friends. The thread hasn't seen a great deal of traffic (I guess I just got it right, and no one's had much to say besides "good job"? ), but I was about to revive it and see if I could get some more feedback. (If you don't know anything about DRYH and are curious about it, this review gives a quick overview of the mechanics, and the publishers made a free PDF demo kit as well.)
In light of that, I'm (as always) planning to attend DunDraCon this coming February. And I am extremely tempted to run a pony game. I mean, I seem to have the perfect system. The only problem is that I don't really have an adventure in mind. I need to come up with some kind of scenario that I can actually turn into a full-length game session. If anyone has suggestions on that front, feel free to post it in the comments.
Whatever I wind up doing or not doing, I'll blog about here. But I'll be there regardless (badge name CLAVDIVS), so if you are too, feel free to say hi if you spot me.
(EDIT: Image changed to non-watermarked version.)
Updates to Kraken? Huzzah!
Prequel to DDDDD? Alas! (j/k, I'm looking forward to it, conflicting headcanon or not.)
Sorry to hear about EqD, but I know that feeling. I've been there before. Still, like you said, this is the place where I get my pony words, so I'm content.
I'm not much of a Role-Player, besides the video game kind, so I'll pass on the rest.
If I'm not mistaken, it's pronounced "Ay ah doe khess". I may be mistaken, of course -- Gaelic's a bitch to get right.
RE-submit? So what happened the first time?
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It got rejected. I blogged about it a while back. The prereader made some sound points, but was WAY pickier than whoever approved Derpy Day. Most frustrating was that I never got a response when I asked for clarification on some points, though.
Over on RPGnet, people have been posting about their own EqD prereader experiences, and it's killed my interest in getting featured. Short version, anything with an unusual or experimental format gets rejected, and deliberate stylistic choices are called out as bad writing.
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I assume some of that was my recounting of the trials Cupcakes and Champions went through?
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That sounds right. And yeah, Gaelic... Yikes. o.o
(Have you considered adding the pronunciation to the story description?)
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Yeah, I think it was. And LMD talking about Gobbling. I keep forgetting that you go by another name there.
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Irish accents are such a bitch to get right that the guy audiobooking School Daze turned one character from a soccer hooligan to a southern belle.
I hear you on EQD. This story should go on it, as well as Paleo's. Ah, well. can't wait to read this one!
Kraken updated? O frabjous day! Calloo, callay!
In other gaming news, there's a thread about putting a more optimistic, pro-humanity spin on the Cthulhu Mythos. I'm oddly tempted to post a link to Kraken, since that's pretty much exactly what I'm aiming for.
MFW:
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You know what? That's just too adorable for me not to reward.
Don't say I never do anything nice for you.
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Oh my Celestia, yet another reason why Ditzy Doo is best pony
BTW, here's an image of Delta Green, courtesy of generalzoi's pony creator and GIMP:
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EDIT: Here's the ponycode for him:
Body: 3T2T005100FEFEDBFFC49D0000000FE6EUN183740B00000301226B22228B220A107F3FCC004CB2
Accessories: 066CC66B7A7A7A066CC66066CC66066CC6604E8FBAFFFF8C066CC66066CC66066CC66066CC66
EDIT 2: I photoshopped him a bit more (well, GIMPed, technically, but that sounds weird) and turned the glasses into a pince-nez style, like Rarity's. I think it looks better on ponies.