(FoE side fic) A look into the life of Prancer Thistledown, a Talon Mercenary initiate. Following his brief rise, and sudden fall before joining the heroes of another adventure
Thinking on it, i'm not sure if it would be worse if it's a changeling who's a little behind on the news (please don't like it be a changeling >.<) or if his father actually was that out of touch with what happened.
Anyways, I'm not going to slip any real spoilers for ya, but the plotline is pretty much set up already and it does not include changeling infiltrators or assassins or stuff. Though, come to think of it, it does sound really cool!
What do these characters look like, anyway? I mean I'm pretty sure Prancer is the guy in the cover image, and then I know Zebras have stripes. I completely forgot what Razor looks like. I'm pretty sure Gavii has silver wingtips, but I don't know much else about her look ( so I just made up some stuff all vaguelike last night when I was doodling before bed. I can PM you those doodles if you want). And uh... stuff! Maybe I'm just not looking in the right places for their descriptions though. And typically to prevent having an obnoxious block of descriptive text, fics like FoE Heroes and Project Horizons and FoE tend to give a brief desc of a character when they're being looked at closely for the first time, and tend to provide more specific details on appearance as they become relevant (kinda like what with Adler's eye color, or 'a streak of [body color] zoomed by' when looking at a fast moving object.) --
Also, if Razor's memories do come back (assuming they aren't already back and being faked up or anything) if that green one or whatever Prancer assisted in killing had previously been close, I wonder if that will affect Nameless's disposition towards Prancer.
Also, between the tragedy tag, and whatever happened to what'sherface the big puss/hen from one of the earlier chapters right when she finally got to be close with Pranciebutt, laughtergriff (Which Text to Squeak seems to have determined to be pronounced very similar to "Giver") is probably going to die in an awkward, relatively silly fashion at some point. Then again, she's already dealing with the fact that bighen she wanted to butttouch died. So there's that aspect of loss and stuff.
(Also, TtS reads Syzygy close to "Scissor+Gee". Which gives me mental imagery of a zebra incredibly fond of a pair of scissors. But I'm just being a goofball now.)
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4672306 Dang, you got me... Prancer is really half-changeling and he will eventually learn about his heritage and be able to change into any shape known to pony kind. Just with only one eye! Then he will eventually fight aliens for the right to blow up the fourth wall and assault the human realm!
I wonder how she rationalizes killing others. Is it as simple as not thinking anything of it because it's so commonplace and expected. Then again there's that whole training and upbringing thing where the whole point was to get good at killing. Maybe it's OK because everyone else is doing it? An expected duty of any griffon born to and raised by griffons? Maybe a religious belief or mandate to do so? Maybe it's to purge harmful parasites so the rest can thrive? Is it because it's fun to make them explode like a party game and there's no persevered moral ambiguity tied into that? Break and boom and burst all the things and make such brightly colored confetti and streamers! It's not like our world's videogames don't make slaughter to seem like a fun thing. Even Fallout games try to make it a pleasure. Everyone likes fireworks right? Is it simply because that's what someone else wants? Is it the money? Is it sexy? Is it no different than humans killing bugs and plants and livestock? Is it a carefully calculated balance of karmic transactions in the form of bullets and blood? Is it to defend family, friends, and self? Is it because lives will always end as certainly as they began, and speeding that up doesn't make much difference? Is it because it's all meaningless in the end, so do what one must to survive and prosper and pleasure until it's all over and gone?
I don't know why I woke up so early in the morning with this weirdness bouncing around in my head. I should probably go back to bed. Anyway. Uh. Yay fic!
4884172 I assume you are referring to Gavii. Her internal feelings and reasoning for things is not necessarily dictated by her outgoing nature. In previous chapters she is shown having deep reflection about important events, even regret and desires for a friend's safety.
Now, a lot of her character isn't shown or narrated, as the story is viewed by Prancer's perspective, leaving most of her nature known to a reader by what is viewed while Prancer is around. This is slanted by his biases as well. I like to think that she has much more to her than just what is on-screen.
Totally unrelated "Red Eye ain't nothing but a puffed up prancer!" I think that line comes up somewhere in Chapter 6 of FoE, which I was just relistening to. I was reminded of this fic yet again. XD
This is the part where I cross-fic ship a puffed up Prancer with catbird Kari from Fallout: Equestria - Wings You've Earned. Or not, I guess. There's a particular age gap there that would make that incredibly awkward.
This goofball. Sounds like my type of bird.
Anywho, chapter was neat. Yay, updates! Thanks for all the work and for sharing. :D
Thinking on it, i'm not sure if it would be worse if it's a changeling who's a little behind on the news (please don't like it be a changeling >.<) or if his father actually was that out of touch with what happened.
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Thanks, and you're welcome!
Anyways, I'm not going to slip any real spoilers for ya, but the plotline is pretty much set up already and it does not include changeling infiltrators or assassins or stuff. Though, come to think of it, it does sound really cool!
In any case, back to working on chapter 6!
What do these characters look like, anyway? I mean I'm pretty sure Prancer is the guy in the cover image, and then I know Zebras have stripes. I completely forgot what Razor looks like. I'm pretty sure Gavii has silver wingtips, but I don't know much else about her look ( so I just made up some stuff all vaguelike last night when I was doodling before bed. I can PM you those doodles if you want). And uh... stuff! Maybe I'm just not looking in the right places for their descriptions though. And typically to prevent having an obnoxious block of descriptive text, fics like FoE Heroes and Project Horizons and FoE tend to give a brief desc of a character when they're being looked at closely for the first time, and tend to provide more specific details on appearance as they become relevant (kinda like what with Adler's eye color, or 'a streak of [body color] zoomed by' when looking at a fast moving object.)
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Also, if Razor's memories do come back (assuming they aren't already back and being faked up or anything) if that green one or whatever Prancer assisted in killing had previously been close, I wonder if that will affect Nameless's disposition towards Prancer.
Also, between the tragedy tag, and whatever happened to what'sherface the big puss/hen from one of the earlier chapters right when she finally got to be close with Pranciebutt, laughtergriff (Which Text to Squeak seems to have determined to be pronounced very similar to "Giver") is probably going to die in an awkward, relatively silly fashion at some point. Then again, she's already dealing with the fact that bighen she wanted to butttouch died. So there's that aspect of loss and stuff.
(Also, TtS reads Syzygy close to "Scissor+Gee". Which gives me mental imagery of a zebra incredibly fond of a pair of scissors. But I'm just being a goofball now.)
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First of all, I'd LOVE to see your doodles! YAY doodles!
I did have some description of each character, although I was never verbose per se... Details will come!
A side note, I am compiling commissions of my characters! Like this one of Syzygy!
4650135 I get a "403 Forbidden" error with the Syzygy link.
Anywho, yay infos!
(The pre-sleep doodles will be in your inbox shortly. Though it's all self-serving silliness, so... stuff!)
4650208 Link edited!
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Dawwww, cute. 9/10 would very likely boop!
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What if it's a changeling pretending to be a changeling pretending to be his father, who was actually a changeling? WITH AN EYEPATCH.
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Dang, you got me... Prancer is really half-changeling and he will eventually learn about his heritage and be able to change into any shape known to pony kind. Just with only one eye!
Then he will eventually fight aliens for the right to blow up the fourth wall and assault the human realm!
...OR
...No eyepatch!
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Princess Prancer. Has a nice ring to it.
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Hmmm... He might not look too bad with a horn and crown...
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4650214 While it's on my mind, here's a thing I stumbled across.
My mental image of Gavii in a nutshell. http://retlrabbit.tumblr.com/post/92012700704/faedee-pinkie-you-pain-in-the-ass-i-love-you
I wonder how she rationalizes killing others. Is it as simple as not thinking anything of it because it's so commonplace and expected. Then again there's that whole training and upbringing thing where the whole point was to get good at killing. Maybe it's OK because everyone else is doing it? An expected duty of any griffon born to and raised by griffons? Maybe a religious belief or mandate to do so? Maybe it's to purge harmful parasites so the rest can thrive? Is it because it's fun to make them explode like a party game and there's no persevered moral ambiguity tied into that? Break and boom and burst all the things and make such brightly colored confetti and streamers! It's not like our world's videogames don't make slaughter to seem like a fun thing. Even Fallout games try to make it a pleasure. Everyone likes fireworks right? Is it simply because that's what someone else wants? Is it the money? Is it sexy? Is it no different than humans killing bugs and plants and livestock? Is it a carefully calculated balance of karmic transactions in the form of bullets and blood? Is it to defend family, friends, and self? Is it because lives will always end as certainly as they began, and speeding that up doesn't make much difference? Is it because it's all meaningless in the end, so do what one must to survive and prosper and pleasure until it's all over and gone?
I don't know why I woke up so early in the morning with this weirdness bouncing around in my head. I should probably go back to bed.
Anyway. Uh. Yay fic!
4884172 I assume you are referring to Gavii. Her internal feelings and reasoning for things is not necessarily dictated by her outgoing nature. In previous chapters she is shown having deep reflection about important events, even regret and desires for a friend's safety.
Now, a lot of her character isn't shown or narrated, as the story is viewed by Prancer's perspective, leaving most of her nature known to a reader by what is viewed while Prancer is around. This is slanted by his biases as well. I like to think that she has much more to her than just what is on-screen.
Anyway. Uh. Yay fic!
I most definitely agree!
4889745 Yes, that's the one!
Totally unrelated "Red Eye ain't nothing but a puffed up prancer!"
I think that line comes up somewhere in Chapter 6 of FoE, which I was just relistening to. I was reminded of this fic yet again. XD
4894491 That's funny! I totally forgot that line!
Fortunately, Prancer is named independently thereof.
This is the part where I cross-fic ship a puffed up Prancer with catbird Kari from Fallout: Equestria - Wings You've Earned.
Or not, I guess. There's a particular age gap there that would make that incredibly awkward.
In any case, YAY FIC!
*BANG*
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You throw another fic in here for me to check?
Chapter 6 will never come out at this rate!
(not really, it's just going slowly! )
read chapter one, and I have to say, this is good stuff, you got me hooked.