Work & School Schedule; Prologue, Chapters I & II REVAMP · 10:24pm Aug 14th, 2015
From tomorrow to the 23rd, I will be working non-stop from dawn till dusk. Starting the 24th, I will be in school again (Mon-Fri) while working the weekends.
From tomorrow to the 23rd, I will be working non-stop from dawn till dusk. Starting the 24th, I will be in school again (Mon-Fri) while working the weekends.
Hey everyone, there's been some recent events in my personal life that is going to make me change my fic around. I apologize for everyone who was looking forward to seeing what this fic was going to be like but after some incidents, I can no longer work on this fic the way I wanted it to be. I'll be revoking the submission soon, and either start from scratch or completely delete it. I'm deeply sorry for everyone that was looking forward to it.
Though perhaps not in their final form as I'm still waiting for a preread from Silentwoodfire and Denim_Blue. They'll get to it later, but Part 38, you may recall, was the first all-new bonus chapter I wrote back in the day, and it remains one of my favorites for showing what happened the second morning before trial. I didn't think it needed much updating except to correct my violet unicorn syndrome (seriously, all my usages of it are painful to read now!) and also to tone down Phoenix's charm
Part 46 - Eye of the Storm remains my favorite standalone bonus chapter, detailing what was happening during the recess between Fluttershy's testimony and Sonata's. It showcased everything I was trying to do with the expanded story, from the shipping to the explorations of what was happening around the trial, taking a peek in at everyone from Twilight's friends to Lenora and Cruise
You may recall that in the videos, Trixie convinced The Judge to limit Phoenix's first cross-examination of Gilda based on the simple fact that she 'had an important job' and 'was very busy'. In reality, not even The Judge is so big a pushover he would let her get away with something so brazenly in defiance of court rules, so in Part 40 - A Mythological Witness I changed the
Thanks go to Denim_Blue, AJ_Aficionado and Silentwoodfire for getting to all this so quickly. There were three major upgrades to Part 53 - Fight or Flight, which is Sonata's confession chapter. Taking them all in order:
1. How did Sonata evade the Magatama?
In all the rush to get a second Firefly chapter completed by September's end, I forgot to announce that I had a couple more TAS chapters updated as well.
A lot of cleanup, one big new sequence, and a brand new trial graphic added in these chapters.
Hello to everyone,
So after some debate I decided to return to Fim cause I want to take another crack at writing (whether that will actually happen though I cannot say). I also decided to wipe a lot of what I had before since I wanted a fresh start here so do forgive the mess until I get things set up how I want them.
Nothing too major changed this time, just a lot of editing, smoothing, and the usual removal of 'violet unicorn' and 'human lawyer'. I've also learned a trick I'll share with you here:
...bringing us to the point of Sonata’s confession. Significant changes were made to both chapters, including some new graphics.
With Part 59 - Of Mares and Men seeing some hefty additions to the attorney misconduct board scenes.
Before, the hearings were too short, and a major figure was not heard from--The Judge. Now, he has some very pointed things to say about both Phoenix and Trixie's performance during Rainbow Dash's trial, and Fluttershy makes a plea on Phoenix's behalf as well:
Alright fackbois, chapters 7 - 9 have been updated and polished. They should look more decent now. Don't expect this to be a daily thing though. I'm doing these at work, and business is slow at the moment. Tomorrow is Monday and throughout the week, I'll be up to my eyeballs in assignments and other things. But hey, during the past week, I was able to polish up and improve the first nine chapters. Feeling really good about these edits. Enjoy guys!
Not a winner, but I had a blast (pictures will be available in a future post), and I made some headway on Turnabout Storm chapter revamps as well. No less than four updated chapters were posted last night, meaning the entire story through Part 37 is now updated. Aside from the usual edits, I added some additional details in several places, including how and why Pinkie is able to do metalwork and regarding how exactly Twilight summoned Phoenix and The Judge originally:
Finished off the last two chapters this past weekend. Part 66 - Revelry, Race and Return had no major changes; just the usual cleanup plus a tweak or clarification here and there. For the most part I was already pretty happy with it, though I did make it a point to update one of the graphics:
So after that last blog post, I found my inspiration to re-edit once more. The writing inspiration, I am unsure about, but it's a step in the right direction.
So, I finished editing "Exercise is Fun" up to "Stuck". Then there's six more chapters to edit, then I got to go back and re edit once more to add some variation because the story lacks some of that.
Well guys, I'm slowly getting back into it! I'll let you know of the next update when it happens!
Part 57 - Revealed Racers is the chapter that you'll either remember for Phoenix's long talk with Trixie, or all the Frozen references. As I agree with the benefit of hindsight that I royally overdid the latter, all but one has been removed. And the only reason I kept that one was so I could turn around and subvert it: