Research Papers... · 5:21pm May 20th, 2017
I hate them.
I hate them.
Oh hey! Finished up The Good, the Bad, and the Sentry. Which ... despite having a rather low view count, has popped up (however briefly) in the Featured Box? And it's in the lower-three slots which means that it got featured BEFORE, somehow? Guess y'all were just reading the story when I wasn't looking, I guess?
So... I have plans to create the whole Ponyville town out of glued paper and cardboard.
The project is still in its early stages so I can’t post any images or videos of it yet on youtube or anywhere else, about constructing the whole town together. I also have a close friend who’s also helping me out with the project a bit.
I have a feeling that Ponyville will look amazing when we finish it all.
So! In case you haven't been paying attention, I updated Octavia's Eleven last night. More complications! And there's gonna be even more craziness to come, so stay tuned.
I also should have known people would fixate on the Burninator bit, but ... well. I'm shameless. And dragons, right? Not to mention the whole point of The Flash Sentry Papers is to pile on references and allusions and other silliness, so it fits right in.
It took a while, but my RPG for bronies, Tiny Horsies, is finally on DrivethruRPG.com!
Announcing the launch of the Journal of Equestrian Science, possibly the first publication devoted to the scientific study of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. This was an idea which came out of Needling Haystack's panel at Nightmare Nights Dallas last year, (check out his YouTube channel). It is the also the work of
I have two choices to pick between that I want to do a villain critique for: Count Bleck and Dimentio, both from Super Paper Mario. The problem is that I don't know which one to pick first since both of them are very great, well-written, and nuanced villains.
So, I've decided to do a sub series where I let you choose which two or more villains that you would like to see me do a review on and why.
Which of these two villains would you like me to critique in the next Villain Critique?
First thing, in case you haven't been paying attention (or in the more likely case that you probably don't care), I've posted another entry of Sentry at the Charge. As the third installment of my most niche series, I'm not expecting it to blow up the featured box, but I'm still having a lot of fun writing it. Plus, it kinda-sorta ties into my other work now-- woo continuity! People like that, right?
WHELP.
This is my 2018 "yeah I failed at NaNoWriMo again" post. Made it about ... 16k words in, and decided to scrap it. Mostly because I was having trouble reconciling setting exposition and compelling characters and so on.
It's funny, as I've always loved siege stories. Helm's Deep, Assault on Precinct 13, Night of the Living Dead, Roarke's Drift, The Alamo-- and so on. Something about a small group of survivors holding out against a numerically larger threat is just compelling. Though it's a little less appealing when you've been living one for the last couple months. Oof.
"Oh Tumbleweed!" you cry.
"You are obviously a dashing and talented gentleman, but please, tell the whole twelve people who actually read The Flash Sentry Papers, how do you write Flash Sentry?"
WELL LET ME TELL YOU.
Step 1: Drink drinks. But, like, classy fancy drinks. Or at least cheap drinks masquerading as fancy drinks. Box wine (red, of course), is a good start. As are halfway decent scotches or brandies.
Step 2: Watch this:
Preliminary and potentially spoilery!
1. Applejack Returns A Favor
2. Twilight Does A Science
3. Twilight Plays A Game With Foals
4. Twilight Tells Fluttershy A Secret
5. Fluttershy Feeds A Stray Dog
6. Twilight Has A Foal-Making Party
7. The Crusaders Assist With An Important Experiment
8. Twilight Watches Foals Play Together
9. Twilight Upgrades Her Toys
10. Twilight Creates A Terrible OC
11. Twilight Provides Fluttershy With A Budget Abortion
12. Twilight Makes An Oopsie
So I was writing a paper on the shoah, and listening to pandora when I switched to Daniel Ingram radio and B.B.B.F.F. started playing and I realized I know every word of it by heart as I was singing along. It scares me that I know every word to it considering it lower on my list of favorite songs from the show.
They're like FiMfiction, only you can still read them after your laptop's battery has died, or when somebody's thrown your phone in a lake!
My Paper Mario Let’s Play has four episodes now! I hope you guys enjoy it!!!!
Please like, comment, and subscribe for more content. Episode 5 should be out shortly, and in it, the Prologue should be finished and I can finally start Chapter 1.
Also video content by me: My Twitch channel is here.
I mean, otherwise, what the hell am I supposed to do with these?
It’s been quite a ride since the first draft. The idea for this story is what brought me to this site. It’s been over 6 years ago when the first chapter was published. Much paper was spent on this story from then to now to make the story what it is today:
(this is an actual picture of some of my notes for this novel)
"Imagine be the creator of a game called Cyberpunk 2020, successfuly predict everything that our culture will do and suffer, then have your RPG transformed in the most hyped video-game of the decade... in the year 2020."
"Brilliant, Mike Pondsmith." - from Cão Velho