This chapter was mostly fine until... the end that infuriates me on so many level that I think I'll have to explain, as usual, in details why what Somber tried to do failed. I do consider there's such a thing as going to far and being beyond redemption. It is something I need to discuss here. As for the rest of the chapter... Well, let us review it.
Let's go !
Usually I have some stuff or another to say about a chapter because I think that I usually am passionnate enough to try and analyze or comment on things that were interesting, intriguing or mind-boggling. Not with this chapter because chapter 11 is a dull one with little to nothing happening in it and with absolutely uninteresting characters.
Let's go ?
Happy Holidays!
How are you folks doing? I've decided to release a cover of the popular holiday song: Have Your Self A Merry Little Christmas. The amazing animation is done by the wonderful Whiski. You can find him here on Youtube.
Who wants to touch me?
I said: Who wants to touch me?
Somepony touch me!
Video made by me.
Sorry about last week guys, I just wasn't feeling well and didn't work on the review over the week for some reason, so here we are. I'll be trying to get all caught up this week.
I don't know what I hoped this chapter to be but it clearly wasn't this. A chapter which is a long extended fight scene with only a quick resolution of P-21's arc at the end. The thing that should have been the focus was barely mentionned and yet I have a ton of things to say about it and about the end of the "Deus Arc" so to speak. I don't like having so little good things to say about this chapter but then again, it is more of the same.
Let's go.
This chapter went back to being extremely similar in Fallout:Equestria at least in parts and I really don't like it. From plans that makes no sense, to Blackjack defeating with dumb luck one of the most terrifying foe yet while trusting without a shred of logic obvious shady people. Why are his group listening to her for crying out loud ? They risk life and limbs for her and yet there's no one to tell her that...
Let's go.
So, this chapter does explain a lot of things. Some things are still as stupid as ever and some other are a bit different than I thought they would be. Also, and I am guilty of all charges, the whole fight sequence near the end is something that I had a really hard time to go through. It was too long and my eyes just glossed over what is essentially just another thrill ride for BJ but something that does wear down pretty quickly.
Let's go !
The chapters as of late seems a bit easier to read for me and I find it delightful. Now does that mean that there aren't tons of thing that makes this story quite the mess still ? Of course not but it seems that it is not as much as an issue... at least as long as I don't see the face of Goldenblood who single-handedly made this story quite the pain to go through.
Let's go !
Yes, a double chapter today because people talked about chapter 33 a lot and I wanted to know what all the fuss was about. Let's just say that I have a lot to say concerning chapter 33. Chapter 32, however, was quite nice, nothing much to report but it was a relatively well-handled chapter compared to the others but which suffer, as always from padding. Somber should really try to make his scenes have a purpose beyond just the spectacle, it would help giving the reader the impression that he
So with the release of the latest Fallout game, let's take a crack at the other big Fallout: Equestria story that recently finished.
Broaden your horizons after the break.
That's right folks, another double edition just for your pretty eyes and believe me, I have a lot to talk about these two chapters and I am quite... saddened. Saddened because, with chapter 22, I was hoping for Project Horizons to go towards something better than the "going around in circles" we had for the first 20 chapters. However, destiny decided otherwise since, well, more info were given to us. I'll try to explain why those are an issue at a fundamental level too.
Let's go !
Chapter 7 is the very definition of "Beware of what you wish for". I wanted to see BlackJack react to her first kill, I admit it but the way it was delivered in this chapter is abysmal. Self-pity during the whole chapter that gives me flashback to LittlePip and an aggravating trope of self-pity fueling anger so much that it intimidates people... By god, it's contrived.
Let us elaborate.
What was that chapter ? I am completely struck by the sheer inconsistency of tone, character development, a visible video game influence in how the structure of the story is made and I cannot for the love of me try to make sense of the memory orb in this very chapter and ergo of all the fiction but to adress all these issues, I have to elaborate a bit so let us start.
Let's go.
This couple of chapters are... interesting to say the least. Interesting in the sense that, while I do not mind chapter 43 despite its dispensable nature, I absolutely am baffled by 44. The former gives an interesting look into the mind of Somber and Blackjack in the sense that it allows for me to make sure that he is aware of what people says about his hero (even if I regret that this chapter will ultimately lead nowhere). The latter however feels like... a X.5 chapter, in the sense that it
I felt like making a double blogpost today and seeing how my issue with those chapters are quite similar and if I didn't adress them in one bulk, I'd feel like I would repeat myself uselessly. Again, PH had the possibility to be really interesting and poignant but... it does a lot of bad. It tries so hard to make BJ invincible that no matter how much pain, wounds and even death sentences she has on her ass, it still seems like its only cosmetic. A pretty dress of pain and angst to make her
I find myself in a strange situation where I have read two chapters but I don't think I have anything of substance to say because they almost solely were action-based. So let me change the format for this double BP and let us talk about a couple of things : "Why do PH fights bore me ?", "Why do I say that they are stakeless ?" and some little details coming from the chapters themselves in order to keep you up to speed with the recent developments.
Let's go !
Chapter 19. I never thought I would be in a position where I would have to defend FO:E on principles because of how someone use it to further their scenario. It's poetic in a way but I'm not happy about it. When you write a fiction that works at the same time than the original, you need to respect what has been said factually : you can fill the gaps but I am really against a fiction just deciding to change facts for the sake of their narrative... and it doesn't even respect its own rules too.
Yep, that's right folks, today is a double chapter simply because I read the two mostly in a row and I didn't want to to split them in two. So, chapter 17 is essentially a big pile of nothing happening unfortunately and chapter 18 is... well, it's something alright.
Let us start.
The fifth chapter of Project Horizons is upon us and with it, more confirmation of the utter "Indiana Jones"-like style of adventure and some welcomed evolutions of character relationships. However, I have to say, I am not quite sure if I dig the idea of having one brain for three people. Let us go and have some fun.
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