what happens when a military operation goes wrong and a fireteam is killed except the leader of the team, winds up in Equestria and meets a woman he never knew? let's find out.
5072886 I understand what you are saying, and while it is a form of escapism, it is more of a freedom that I feel I already have. It also contains what I have dreamt of being most of my life and I feel as though I can live it out through imagination just as well as if it were physical.
5072996 Okay, but then that raises the question of why you're putting it on a public site for people to see and criticize if you're not going to be receptive to it.
5073005 I am receptive, I only post them so that I can make a little something of my life and show that I can be different and those who think I can improve can help me in specific areas.
5077049 Wait... show that you can be different by writing something hundreds of other people have done on the site? You're fitting into a mold by your own admission.
I understand that I am fitting into a mold, but each piece of the mold is unique, each has their own ideas, even if the way it is told has been used multiple times.
3669760 And they suck too, because the authors don't have the capacity to do anything but make those stories wish-fulfillment ego trips.
Ah... So, you're one of those authors...
5068324 If that is a problem then take it up with my manager… oh wait, I am my manager.
5068134 This one isn't actually wish fulfillment, this is more or less just my escape from the real world, even if I am only imagining it.
5072874 Which is what wish fulfillment kind of IS.
ALL fiction has a level of escapism. You don't need a self-insert to do that.
5072886 I understand what you are saying, and while it is a form of escapism, it is more of a freedom that I feel I already have. It also contains what I have dreamt of being most of my life and I feel as though I can live it out through imagination just as well as if it were physical.
5072996 Okay, but then that raises the question of why you're putting it on a public site for people to see and criticize if you're not going to be receptive to it.
5073005 I am receptive, I only post them so that I can make a little something of my life and show that I can be different and those who think I can improve can help me in specific areas.
5077049 Wait... show that you can be different by writing something hundreds of other people have done on the site? You're fitting into a mold by your own admission.
I understand that I am fitting into a mold, but each piece of the mold is unique, each has their own ideas, even if the way it is told has been used multiple times.