Submissions for Comment Exchange I are now open, and will be closed on 2024 Feb 02 19:00 EST. The reading period will be 2024 Feb 04 - 2024 Feb 25.

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Entries for Round I are now closed. Here are the submissions:

Entry 1: Human in Equestria any% speedrun (kill Celestia ending)

THuman in Equestria any% speedrun (kill Celestia ending)

• MLP: FiM
• Adventure
• Comedy
• Random

Will PonyRunner420 crumble under the pressure of one frame tricks, uninvited couch commentators, and suspiciously self-aware NPCs, or will he successfully kill Celestia in record time?

• Human
• Celestia
• Luna
• OC
• Main 6

Anti-Tachyon · 14k words  ·  681  14 · 5.8k views

• Submitter: SparklingTwilight

• Description: A delightful lampoon of speedrunning videogames and the video game
  community, with countless amusing (integrated) references to top stories
  on FimFiction circa late 2012-early 2013. At times we're in the world
  of the speedrunners and videogame and at other times (the best times)
  we're in the heads of the ponies who are confused by the human hurtling
  through their game.

  It was written on the fly and one can note a bit of that creakiness at
  times (especially with the small Luna portions), but overall, this story
  is a wild ride that's more wholesome and nowhere near as offensive as
  the title's subject matter makes it appear.

• The Author: Neither approved nor disapproved this submission
• Tone: Positive Comments Only

Entry 2: Troubles Over Hot Chocolate

ETroubles Over Hot Chocolate

• MLP: FiM
• Slice of Life

Skipping out on weather duty is almost unheard of for Sprinkle Medley. While a winter wonderland forecast of a snow-filled season brings smiles to everypony in Ponyville around her, the new weathermare slips into depression rooted in rainy days.

• Rainbow Dash
• Other

Rego · 3.7k words  ·  51  1 · 794 views

• Submitter: Rego
• Description: A slightly dramatic piece about problems mattering, no matter how big or small.
• The Author: Is the submitter
• Tone: As Honest As You Like

Entry 3: A Peach is Worth a Thousand Problems

EA Peach is Worth a Thousand Problems

• MLP: FiM
• Comedy
• Slice of Life

It's always the little things that are overlooked when finding that special somepony. For Octavia, marrying a foodie has born its own special set of quirks, which are usually lovable and endearing. Not so true when it comes to his passion.

• Alt. Universe
• Prince Blueblood
• OC
• Octavia

Rego · 4.4k words  ·  118  1 · 1.8k views

• Submitter: Rego
• Description: A silly grocery shopping comedy.
• The Author: Is the submitter
• Tone: As Honest As You Like

Entry 4: Equestrian Vice

[Adult story embed hidden]

• Submitter: pseudobob

• Description: A very strange detective fic written back in 2015 that I found during a
  randomized search a couple years ago. I thought it was interesting, so
  here it is!

  The author appears inactive, so there may be no point in leaving
  comments. I leave that to Comment Club judgement.

• The Author: Neither approved nor disapproved this submission
• Tone: Positive Comments Only

Entry 5: A Cloudsdale Connection

TA Cloudsdale Connection

• MLP: FiM
• Romance
• Drama

On Hearth's Warming Eve, Sky Stinger tries to make things up to Vapor Trail.

• Vapor Trail
• Sky Stinger

PseudoBob Delightus · 4.9k words  ·  13  0 · 146 views

• Submitter: pseudobob
• Description: This was a Jinglemas thing, but I never heard back from from the recipient about it, so I'd just like some feedback.
• The Author: Is the submitter
• Tone: As Honest As You Like

Entry 6: A Lovestruck Folly

[Adult story embed hidden]

• Submitter: pseudobob
• Description: One of my favourites from the New Blood contest, but, among my favourites, it has the fewest comments. Tragic, I say.
• The Author: Neither approved nor disapproved this submission
• Tone: Positive Comments Only

Entry 7: Avoidance

TAvoidance

• MLP: FiM
• Romance
• Drama
• Sci-Fi

Pony Wallflower Blush wakes up in a desolate and empty world, hoofcuffed to a princess of a species she's never heard of before. Everything feels so wrong. She tries not to think about it too hard.

• Suicide / Self Harm
• Princess Skystar
• Wallflower Blush

Bicyclette · 8.6k words  ·  33  10 · 740 views

• Submitter: Bicyclette
• Description: My entry for the 2021 May Pairings Contest, and one of the fics in my subgenre of existential romance
• The Author: Is the submitter
• Tone: As Honest As You Like

Entry 8: Rooftop

TRooftop

• Equestria Girls
• Romance
• Drama
• Sci-Fi

Sunset Shimmer and Abacus Cinch have a conversation at the end of the world.

• Death
• Alt. Universe
• Sunset Shimmer
• Principal Cinch

Bicyclette · 4.2k words  ·  32  9 · 1k views

• Submitter: Bicyclette
• Description: The only entry for the Sunset Shimmer x Abacus Cinch contest, which was probably wise on the part of the other non-entrants. I wanted to see whether or not I succeeded in writing a shipfic for these two that used as few gimmicks as possible to get around the obvious difficulties
• The Author: Is the submitter
• Tone: As Honest As You Like

Entry 9: A Life Lived in Hundreds

TA Life Lived in Hundreds

• MLP: FiM
• Romance
• Drama
• Slice of Life

Granny smith is born, lives life, and dies. In between, she falls in love with Twilight Sparkle.

• Sex
• Twilight
• Granny Smith

Botched Lobotomy · 5.3k words  ·  44  3 · 956 views

• Submitter: Bicyclette
• Description: One hundred words for each year of Granny Smith's life is the byline gimmick. Within is poetry and beauty like I've never seen. This is one of those fics I really wish I had written but know that I do not have the talent to have done so
• The Author: Neither approved nor disapproved this submission
• Tone: Positive Comments Only

Apologies. Amending the Speedrunning story submission description to correct a typo and reconsiderations, which are my fault. The changes are bolded and/or struck through below.

Description: A delightful lampoon of speedrunning videogames and the video game
community, with countless amusing (integrated) references to top stories
on FimFiction circa late 2022-early 2023. At times we're in the world
of the speedrunners and video games and at other times (the best times)
we're in the heads of the ponies who are confused by the human hurtling
through their game.

It was written on the fly and one can note a bit of that creakiness at
times (especially with the small Luna portions), but overall, this story
is a wild ride that's more wholesome and nowhere near as offensive as
the title's subject matter makes it appear.