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Gabriel LaVedier
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*while reading description*
Hrmm, sequel. Still need to read the first story. Oooh, consequences that are slice of life? Nice. Power Ponies as their own characters? Oooh. Marrying a donkey?! Innnnteresting!
Two mercs? *looks at tags and is hoping Iron Will is one of them*
*gets to the end of description and it's looking so good; already added to read later list*
Sheep religion? Sheep religion!
YES! Tell me more about the EWEISH! I must know! This is not sarcasm. This is me clinging onto your shirt and staring deep into your eyes. Get into my house this instant and hand me that pamphlet while I listen to your spiel. My body is ready for the words of Ewedaism.
I'm serious. I have some sheep OCs and I have other reasons for being curious. Namely some of my opinions potentially regarding Cheese Sandwich's family. I know it's kind of an obvious idea and there are some drab parallels that people could make, but I enjoy religious mythology, including the Judeo-Christian Islamic mythologies.
(For anyone reading this, don't take that as me mocking any of them, please. Every religion has a mythology, whether it is the one you believe in or not.
That is all.)
Feel free to PM, if you'd rather not comment on it here. Or tell Bronystories to hit me up. Either works. I'm dead serious.
I'm really appreciative of you adding Iron Will to the story, REALLY looking forward to reading chapters to come.
4317187 I've read Brony's story featuring Ewedaism. I wonder, since Jesus was ethnically and religiously Jewish, would he be a sheep in this universe? Pony Jesus looks better.
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Bronystories uses ne particular version in "Lyra and Bon Bon's 40 Day Cruise." There it's Judaism with sheep, plainly. Here it's... mostly just called that. Conventional pony religion in this world uses the Princesses as goddesses but there is a subset that generates the architect of the universe, Faust the Mother. In the Penile Code story Celestia is seen to venerate Faust. In this story the Eweish folks worship Faust as opposed to the Princesses.
They have the same "perception" as Jewish folks in this world. And there are converts/traditional followers who are not of the original religio-ethnic stock. There will be a "You don't look Eweish" moment.
I like the Power Ponies as their own characters, it allows for a certain freedom. I can do characterization tweaks.
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It seemed like a natural thing to do.
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Depends on what you want? Pony Jesus is probably possible, although it would be kind of odd. Then again, I'm thinking an exact parallel of most things doesn't exactly work in this world, but I can't resist being intrigued. Celestia is awesome in near deity or actual deity fashion, but she follows her own pattern, not this one. Trying to shove her into the mold does her a disservice, outside of some attempt at comedy.
As for myself, I like the idea of sheep Jesus, but then I like sheep.
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Makes sense to me. I like that Faust is the architect. I'm sold and I totally expect a "you don't look Eweish" bit. Spaceballs references for the win!
Yeah, and they technically exist beyond the Mane Six, so it makes sense if they've been given their own personalities and lives, even if there is some correlation between them all.
Sorry, I have a lot to catch up on as it is, or I'd just up and read it all right now. I wasn't as eager to read the first one (not a huge fan of rape), but at some point I really have to read it and then this. I love super heroes, something that has grown on me even more over the past couple of years, so seeing more done with the Power Ponies, in a serious vein, has my definite interest.
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The first is a shameless fetish-indulgance clopfest. I wanted a 'safe' unleashing of my kinkiest kinks from rimjobs and ball-sucking to interspecies and forced gang banging, and even quickly-undone femdom and vaginal-focused facesitting. But there ARE story elements in there. You'll have no clue about the identity or significance of Jo (and just how strong Mare-velous' love for him is) without reading it, or the nature of the sires of the foals.
Wow do I feel sorry for Hum Drum already. He is trying to do what he can for his child and her mother, but she is planning on using that to get revenge
. I am surprise the team said she could leave at HQ at all, I would think they would want him to leave the team if he was dead set on keeping the both of them in his life. Who knows what she will do to Hum Drum when her plans are underway. I bet she still blames him for it failing in the first place so she will make sure it doesn't happen again. But will she off him or something, I mean he is the father of her daughter and sounds like he has done alot to try to keep her together with her daughter (and in his life) I wonder how this will play out.(I do think it would be funny if she start to fall for Hum Drum and see he is a great dad) 
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Ahh yes. The drama and dance of manipulation begins early. She feels a certain obligation to thank him for keeping her able to see her daughter and for getting her moved from the prison to an asylum. And then released. But you're right. Some of that is blinded because she feels slighted. So many conflicting feelings.
4324045 Aww but that conflict is what will make this squeal so great. Seeing her get revenge on his team but keeping it secret from HumDrum so she can still be with her daughter. As that time goes on she becomes more and more lost, what is a act what is real. Having someone really show they care for her and her child and is really doing everything for them. But hate can't be just forgotten and considering she is not right in the head fully I bet that goes double for her. Still I am dying to see her be all mixed up, and when Hum Drum (if) start to show feelings for her as more then his daughter's mother how will she handle that lol. (But lets not forget she "has" been locked up for about a year... sooo Hum Drum you better be ready to work that. It might be how she think she can thank him without having to do much)
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You might be surprised. Hum Drum is not ashamed of her, in the abstract, and want to be a family because he likes the idea of being in one, even if it's with a paroled supervillainess he knocked up on accident while she was trying to smother him with her ass.
4327547 Now see I like your HumDrum even more now. Which makes what is about to happen to him alot more painful lol. He is going something that even "THE BATMAN" has problems doing. I get the feeling that him thinking and feeling that way is really going to throw her off since I bet she hasn't had anyone feel that way about her in a long time... if ever lol.
I do have to say tho now that i re-read it again. Your HumDrum is alittle kidish. I mean he squealed.... squealed. No man should ever squeal. WE GRUNT!!!!... maybe moan but never squeal lol. I only hope he mans up alittle more as the story goes on or she really will walk all over him. I mean "dude" you are a dragon lol.
4327547 You can make a direct link to the prequel.
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I did. It's at the top. I used the Prequel feature and everything.
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He's meant to be a giggling manchild in the mold of modern buddy/sex comedies like Knocked Up and The Hangover. He's also a bit of a naïf, a genuine innocent who wants life to be happy and peaceful. That may be the driving force behind his heroism.
4331322 Oh thanks. Must have overlooked it before. My bad.
4331331 OHHH okay that makes it alittle better. So when I think of Drum I'll see him as Seth Rogan lol. Man all this talking about your story has me dying to see what happens next lol. Can't wait to hear what Sassy looks like, see how both parent's reaction to getting her back full time,the teams response to seeing her again (which I mean the fact she got them all prego I would think they would want to skin her alive if they ever saw her. Which makes it that much harder to believe they would okay her staying there. Hmm this could make the whole team treat Drum like shit for doing this in the first place), and the start of her plot lol
Candyfloss McBritishflank lel.
I can see Twilight needing to clop off in the shower after reading the graphic novel, but not before super grounding Spike.
I wonder if Mane-iac will have a change of heart. Or at least take her meds, bringing into question free-will.
I know I need to take my meds or I become ADD annoying as fuck. And it feels good to do so. Ever poked at someone's shoulder a crapton? It feels so good and stuff... do I have free will anymore or is it a figment of my imagination, caused by mind altering drugs that dictate my decisions and personality and make me behave?
Eweish faith... I have no idea how that comes into play, but it sounds intriguing.
Maybe I should read "Lyra and Bon Bon's 40 Day Cruise". I loved them in "Odd Jobs", especially that last chapter in the second one involving Hugh Jelly. Bronystories writes those two hilariously. I wonder how they fare on non smutty situations.
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You have sheep OC? Fascinating. I was thinking of using goats some day.
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Yes but I'll confess they're really minor background characters that I haven't fleshed out much.
Louise basically got stuck with caring for a herd of sheep (which she'd never done before) but luckily they can talk. There is one goat too and she relied on the sheep to understand him. He's a deep philosopher for our time, unmatched by all but Pinkie. She still hangs out with them even after she's no longer expected to support them and she keeps tabs on 'em. She likes the pony who's technically their guardian now, or she'd have insisted on staying legally in charge of them. Only reason she was sanctioned in as shepherd was on a temporary status because the ranch had been foreclosed and the sheep were abandoned. So they solved two problems by letting the human live on the ranch and have her look after the sheep, until that got resolved. (Edit: Sorry, just realized none of that made any sense. Suffice it to say, it's this character's story, stuff happened, and the sheep are just more characters living in Appleloosa. I also invented a mayor! To go with the sheriff and the Duke because they have a Duke and no mayor? *snorts*)
I've pondered using them beyond that, they live in Appleloosa (not the best place for sheep anyway), but I have no real ideas for them yet. Picket Fence could have some adventures, but truth be told I hadn't worked out exactly how the farm animals are viewed. My general impression is they're considered to be like minors with legal guardians so ponies have someone to complain to if they get rowdy. They're still adults if they're full grown; that's just functionally their status.
It's a tricky business if they're anything but background/side characters though. I'm figuring part of the problem is that they don't have magic, so the stuff ponies do with hooves and hair is beyond them, leaving them incapable of being productive in any way that requires complex manipulation. The sheep at least offer wool, so they are paying rent in some respects. They have a lot of free time to just do whatever but mostly stick together.
Goats are more awesome though. They're canon cool when it comes to neck ties and they're just as inclined to be alone perhaps and not give a darn about it. Also, stubborn and cute.
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The idea that free will is an illusion is one of the big things in philosophy. There are arguments on both sides. However hard determinism doesn't destroy the fact that we have the illusion or impression of free will. Even if it doesn't exist we are forced by necessity to act like it does.
As for meds, I'm OCD and experience anxiety attacks. I don't have meds for either. I would gladly feel inauthentic if I could manage that better. As it is my OCD has given me the compulsive rituals to calm my anxiety attacks.
40 Day Cruise is good, actually. It's slightly absurdist, wonderfully pointed in its scrutiny of religious fanaticism and has some nice moments of romance. In this story the Eweish faith will be, well, used in the context I stated in an earlier comment.
And yes. Candy Floss. I like slightly stuffy British characters.
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A Duke? How did that happen? This is what I get for just doing your request and not reading your stories.
You have an interesting view of the non-ponies. Better gve it extremely careful thought, though. "Guarded and minor-like" means "White man's burden" in a certain sense, and we saw how well that worked out. I just figured all hooves creatures eventually figured out how to manipulate things with their hooves; it's general magic and skill from living in a magic-saturated environment.
I love how goats look. Their freaky horizontal pupils are just adorable.
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It's something from the comics. I think he appears briefly and nothing is known about him, so he's not at all necessary in any way. His name is Duke Silversaddle. It's apparently a reference to something else. Him and Prince Blueblood swapped titles at some point it seems. Blueblood got an upgrade and he got a downgrade.
img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140313064701/mlp/images/f/f8/Friends_Forever_issue_3_Duke_Silversaddle.png
As for my story, that's one I haven't published yet. It needs a lot of reworking anyway. It's probably going to be refashioned into at least two separate stories (for reasons.) You don't have to read my stuff.
Yeah, it's very awkward and I do need to tread lightly. The ponies seem to look after most animals in some form? Perhaps only if the animals come to them for help. I know Fluttershy helps mediate disputes, but she seemed to have a lot of wild animals gathered on her property in general at various times. "Domesticated" type animals may be the same way but prefer living in the pony settlements. Seems to be symbiotic species relationships but I'm not sure what to call it. What are the pets considered as for that matter? They're all technically capable of being understood and clearly they are nigh sapient. Opal, Angel, and Owlicious have proven that. Iron Will's assistants aren't pets, of course, but they also don't "talk", yet are regarded as if they're nothing out of the ordinary so... It's really confusing to work out.
However, we don't see any of the various hoofed animals manipulating things the way ponies do, beyond the ones that talk more frequently (zebras, buffalo, and donkeys) so that is up in the air. I can't imagine why the cows, sheep, and goats wouldn't have their own towns or just live there, off the farms in that case. Maybe they do have their own houses and are citizens like anyone else. It's hard to tell since there was a pig pen and they put sheep into a different pen that one time. It's awkward. Your idea would make sense though.
So I don't know. I could just be stirring up a horrible hornets nest, but if any of this gets published here, I'm getting them proof-read for sure. I would hate to fuck it up and seriously this is the only story ideas I have where that sort of thing would crop up. I tend to avoid it.
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It's your idea; just do what seems natural and comfortable. But be awarenof what perceptions may come of how you depict things.
I take the idea that at least cows are free because Daisy Jo was walking around in town and Pinkie knew her. I look at it like this: since food and other products necessary for life seem cheap that cows live where they work, get a small cut taken out of their wages for room and board, and then make money for milk. And the sheep for wool and milk. There are no bulls because they live elsewhere and do other jobs. The sapient/non-sapient line is very blurred. Fluttershy's communication seems to be very unique (in my own stories it's defined as a Wild Talent, a cross-racial magical skill that she was born with, like Pinkie Sense.) I confess, even I blurred the line, with my stories focusing on the pets and their odd romantic adventures. But in the bigger picture, I'd give more sapient credit to those that can speak.
Are you still going to have the Eweish faith?
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Yeah, I think your idea for the cows and sheep makes a great deal of sense. They probably have gatherings for finding a mate when they want, although whether they deal with marriage is uncertain. I would imagine for simplicity sake (especially if there are taxes of any sort in Equestria), then they probably do, but most of them continue living apart because it's just simpler, or they move if they get into a relationship that they prefer. Not going into the realistic aspects of milk. I'm assuming it's probably tenable to suggest they have their own magic involving that, which would be the answer more suitable than constant pregnancy.
However, I'm pretty certain that most of the pets are definitely sapient. Angel has demanded things and influenced Fluttershy over some very complex ideas. Beyond her abilities (which probably are magic-based, certainly as far as the amount of diplomacy she exerts in any given situation), Tank was actively seeking to befriend and be taken in by Rainbow Dash. Many of those animals were, who wanted to be her pet, but he was flat-out determined. Opalescence criticized Rarity at least once for choosing high society over her friend's dress. Owlicious most recently understood that spiked tomes of magic are probably better left alone and criticized Spike for backing down in the face of what he knew was right. Winona and Gummy are uncertainties, but combine that with Iron Will's unintelligible goats and Beaverton Beaverteeth being offended by Applejack's attitude, and I'm betting most animals have some level of sapience. Obviously the ones who can talk have sapience, but I think it's more common than is generally shown. Whether those are rare examples or the simple, oft-overlooked norm, I don't know.
It's an incredibly complex situation. I don't even know how to classify anything beyond the ones who are obviously pets and accepted as such. I suppose just assuming that all hoofed creatures are automatically citizens makes it simpler and then any creature that can talk either have their own culture, which is different from the nation-wide equine one, or more often in the case of individuals, they simply do what they can to fit into the equine one.
Yes. I might tweak it some, I'm not sure (since I haven't fully decided on what many Equestrians might believe, which would need to be brought up if that is, though I do have some strong ideas for some variables.) I think the seemingly direct parallel would comfort Louise and give her further reasons to want to hang out with some of them. I imagine she was raised Christian, but since that sprouted from Judaism, she'd find it familiar and only sensible.
She does befriend some of the ponies as well, don't get me wrong, and I'm thinking also perhaps a few other creatures (not to mention some other humans who are there), but that would really depend on what her stories need. Technically I'm still debating if she needs to have a story just to show her backstory or if the other two should be strung together with the backstory as one story. I originally had a different idea how her story would play out (it started out as porn and technically still is, except now it has a crapton of slice of life in there), added in various plot points, pulled two different plots out of it for their own short stories, then recently considered stringing them back in. I'm horrible at plotting things sometimes. I tend to start out small and then it snowballs and then I have to figure out what's actually important and what isn't. Braeburn is her co-star btw. Lucky him.
She's probably the only human that I'll ever write as a major character in Equestria (unless I finally give in to some of my random crossover urges.) Developing her has been a weird but fun ride. For the most part, I typically avoid this kind of thing, but there's very few woman/stallion stuff out there and even less of it is precisely what I'm looking for. Technically Louise got detached from her original slant, and I can't use two of the major scenes I originally envisioned/wrote, but I really like what I have now, so I'm not particularly fussed about it.
... I'll stop rambling now. I need to just write some of it.
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Now that you say it, woman/stallion stuff is very rare. It's kinda weird. You'd think that would be a natural thing.
Anyhow, thenissues are very confused, and your idea about hoofed species (and the talking non-hoofed ones) seems the best, expedient solution.
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I think a lot of female writers who have an interest in stallions just don't write HiE. And male writers with an interest in women and stallions don't tend to write about it. I guess?
I assumed it'd be a natural thing too, but nope. At least there are a few new ones cropping up recently. That's always good. Well, in my opinion.
Then I'll stick with that.
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And then to confuse things further, we have the deer in the pet pen in Filli Vanilli.
Almost forgot. The Lovecraft Memorial Asylum for the Magically Overpowered, best asylum name ever.
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Yep. It's a really complicated situation. However, many of these animals seem to want to be pets (Fluttershy presumably only presented the ones to Rainbow Dash who had a history of such a desire, so I'm guessing the same holds true for any animals in that pen) and while none of the ones auditioning for Dash were hoofed, I would say it seems to come down to individual desire. Owlicious was technically wild, before he became Twilight's other assistant and essentially her pet. Philomena is clearly very smart and is technically Celestia's pet.
I think that the deer, being typically undomesticated in our world, tend to live in the wilds of Equestria, unless the individual prefers to live with ponies. They're still probably citizens, but maybe they aren't expected to pay taxes? Perhaps living in pony settlements and having a job is the big factor for that. Or perhaps only ponies pay taxes, so all the other hoofed creatures can ignore that, even if they have a job. Maybe it's a matter of legal classification? This is the only reason I suggested the "minor" classification earlier. It has unfortunate connotations, but it would explain the potential answer to how they handle the taxes. In that case, it might be a tax break with them listed as dependents. We don't directly tax pets, however, but I don't know how they even legally classify pets, if they do at all. For us, it's just a case of ownership, but I rather doubt animals, whom many of them can understand on some level, are counted as being owned in the strictest sense. It's more of a mutual alliance, where the pony gets some benefit, such as companionship and whatever else those animals may traditionally offer.
They may have a completely different method of taxation to get around this, but I don't know. Perhaps it's only ponies who get taxed and the other hoofed animals are technically not citizens of the monarchy. I'm pretty certain the buffalo were doing their own thing, separate from ponies, so perhaps all the others take that same stance. Donkeys could be a special case and so might cows and sheep if they petitioned to become citizens en mass, to have whatever benefits that might give them.
It could also be a case by case basis. Perhaps it's just whether or not you've classified yourself as a citizen. If you haven't, you're probably a pet if you're living with ponies, or you're under your own government while respecting pony government. If you're a citizen, then you're just a citizen outright and that's how it is. Nothing more and nothing less, but cows and sheep have a long history of making arrangements involving farms, because that's the best way for them to sell their goods? Then again, we've never seen the milking or the shearing, so the cows and sheep could do that themselves. Eh.
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Thank you! Someone finally noticed. I wanted an Arkham Asylum reference, and had to pick between Lovecraft Memorial and Miskatonic. Both had things to reccomend them, as both were funn enough and made the reference. While Miskatonic is good because it sounds amusing and is also a place name, having the author reference makes it clearer and gives it a more "upper level" feel.
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I think everyone has their own interpretations about things so we all speak from a position of personal preference and ideation. For myself, the non-speaking are not given sapient representation (there's a ministry for the sapient, and even the speaking need vetting; before the Diamond Dogs were considered citizens they had to be vetted and added to the official list.) If you notice in the pet stories I think they don't actually refer to themselves as pets or the ponies as owners. As I recall they use terms like "caretaker" or "companion." The pets seems to have made peace with being pets, and have a mature take on the situation. They don't mind being called pets, it's just the nature of life. Even Angel is fine with it. Like I said, I only don't include sheep because it was too late to integrate them. I barely managed to shoehorn in Changelings.
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I'd have gotten the other as well, though I do admit, only because my friend has a Miskatonic University shirt.
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Angel runs that joint, so I could never call him a pet.
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Yeah, Miskatonic is a bit more obscure. Lovecraft at least has more comprehensibility.
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Indeed. There's room for all sorts of interpretations and ideas.
I think that makes the most sense. It already seems as if the ponies deal with the non-speaking on a case by case basis, so they probably don't have any sort of official representation beyond the ponies who have a talent for interacting with other animals. Those who can speak would pretty much demand representation, if only because they're clearly more organized and probably tend towards that sort of social structure. But obviously it would be some time before they had any doctors who specialized in their health and even then those would probably be pretty rare. I assume they have their own doctors too, so the ponies might not think it's a big deal, unless one of the speaking says that it is.
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Exactly. But don't forget, the speaking bring in their own forms of learning and specialization. I've implied that Diamond Dogs have incredible skills with mundane and magical geology, by necessity. As well as math and engineering.
Nice cover picture for the story. Classic.
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Yeah, they'd have to, to live/work in those tunnels all the time and mine with such success. I'm assuming they did just fine without Rarity, loooong before then, and the only reason they grabbed her is because locating the veins is still a bit hit and miss. That has no bearing on functioning tunnels, equipment, and general safety. In particular, learning how to deal with underground water, cave-ins, and toxic gases. Removing any underground streams at certain depths would require some complex pumps that can deal with differences in air pressure or atmospheric pressure. I can't even remember which one it is right now. Maybe it's both?
Sorry, I should have clarified that I meant the Diamond Dogs, as an example, would have their own doctors and medical knowledge. So the ponies wouldn't think having ponies trained in that physiology would matter, unless the Diamond Dogs said otherwise. Which they probably would over time, since living in a pony settlement would mean no direct access to one of their own doctors, meaning they'd have to visit a Diamond Dog settlement for treatment, unless the pony vets could handle it. Same for Minotaurs, Griffons, and any other creature.
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Exactly. That would also come with trade. Each would learn the physiology of the other.
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If only I could have used more. I love how he draws things, and he did a great Fake Power Ponies cover. How she has Hum Drum is almost accurate.
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It's good my fans point out corrections that need to get done. It helps. But nothing wounds me more to think that someone read a story I worked on with all my focus and their only comment is to note a mistake. It's a double-edged sword.
4354039 Oh my gosh!!! This story is awesome. I just loved it. Keep up the good work, I hope you continue.
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There are literally four unpublished chapters waiting for corrections to be posted at regular intervals, and I'm putting down about 2000 words a day on new chapters. I should be done in about two weeks.
You mix up hands and hooves.
aim his crotch. aim her crotch.
mil. milk.
their packs. their backs.
I was not expecting those two to go all slap, slap, kiss.
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Let me get at this.
Also, it's more reflection of my fascination with jocks and nerds.
I forgot to mention it before, and it's just a quirk with me, but using the feminine spelling for our soon to be groom irks me a bit. Nothing unbearable, mind, just that little niggling annoyance in the back of your brain.
uncer her. under her.
He kept. She kept.
loaded own. loaded down.
perspiration damping. perspiration dampening.
So why would you make a soundproof greenhouse?
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Did I? If I did that, blame my word processor. I can right-click for synonyms and I made sure to use "groom-to-be" so they may have reversed it. Let me check it on my next editing day.
Why make a soundproof greenhouse? Because they're in the middle of the pony expy of downtown New York. It's basically a pleasure garden. And silence is important.
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No, I meant you spell his name Jo, which is the feminine spelling; the masculine form is Joe. It bugs me as I have a somewhat vested interest in the name.
(It's mine.)
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It's an entirely acceptable variation. For example Jo Koy. It just felt more "country" and seemed like a good name. It really grew on me.