Another excellent chapter. You had me worried a second there that I wouldn't get to read a line about Dash not wanting to spend the rest of the winter on the couch. I'm glad you didn't do it word for word, but I'm ecstatic it was there.
It looks like I'm going to need to look at some of the source material, I am only familiar with The Thing. I don't know if it is from the sources, or something you added, but I'm glad there is a possibility of a reset. While I'm usually pretty grumpy when grim dark writers "wimp out" at the end, it is usually because it seems tacked on. Having the reset as a goal instead of a happy coincidence gives it a believability that is lacking in a lot of other works.
Boy, that was a convoluted explanation, but it makes perfect sense once she gets to the point.
Oh shit. D: But what the hell is up with Pinkie?
So this has gone from Carpenter to Lovecraft? :O Not that I mind.
Hah! And I was about to accuse you of OOC Rainbow Dash.
Coming into this chapter, I found myself wondering why I was continuing to follow such a gut-wrenchingly horrifying fic. I came up with "I like the atmosphere", which is true. Now, I'm putting all those thoughts aside. Despite what's happened, the current scene feels very pony-adventure, and I'm okay with that. Actually, my one complaint at this point is that I don't really remember how everything fits together geographically, and I'm pretty much lost as to where they've gone.
I'm with MisterClacky on this one; the cheap thing to do would be to suddenly fix everything at the end, but introducing it as a tempting possibility really works and adds some hope and suspense to this fic. It would be a relief after the characters we love so much died so horribly. The scene where Pinkie was explaining it all was pretty exciting.
In previous chapters, I felt bad for what happened to Spike and how it affected Twilight and Rarity, but a little worse for the fact the Scootaloo was barely mourned at all. Rarity's death was far worse, though. And poor Apple Bloom is probably traumatized by now, unless she isn't herself. Except ... the thing was under the couch with Dash ... They'd better watch their backs.
Stopped reading at the awkward jamming-in of Lovecraft into an already complete and clever story. Also, the way Pinkie has been extremely vague about it this whole time is reeeeaaaally grating. That said, this is still probably the best grimdark story on the site.
So now we're leaving The Thing behind and moving much more into Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness. We have the part from POD where the possessed girl is attempting to bring Satan over into our realm. However, in this story you've taken that part but turned Satan into something Lovecraftian, a clever way to tie in more of ITMOM. I really like this.
916805>>1504813 If you read the description, the author mentioned he had put in elements from The Thing, Prince of Darkness, and In the Mouth of Madness. All three are John Carpenter films. ITMOM, however, is essentially Carpenter's love letter to Lovecraft's works. Hence, some Lovecraftian mythos will be occuring in the continuing chapters. I highly recommend watching all three films tied to this story.
Trying to adapt three separate stories into a single fic creates tonal clashes that hurt the narrative. Picking just one to adapt (probably The Thing since it's the most prevalent) would've been the smarter course of action.
That said, I am liking the story when it just sticks to The Thing.
Oh my god this is good stuff. poor
Another excellent chapter. You had me worried a second there that I wouldn't get to read a line about Dash not wanting to spend the rest of the winter on the couch. I'm glad you didn't do it word for word, but I'm ecstatic it was there.
It looks like I'm going to need to look at some of the source material, I am only familiar with The Thing. I don't know if it is from the sources, or something you added, but I'm glad there is a possibility of a reset. While I'm usually pretty grumpy when grim dark writers "wimp out" at the end, it is usually because it seems tacked on. Having the reset as a goal instead of a happy coincidence gives it a believability that is lacking in a lot of other works.
I applaud you sir, and eagerly await more.
my god you sir are a genius! freaking brohug to you man
Boy, that was a convoluted explanation, but it makes perfect sense once she gets to the point.
Oh shit. D: But what the hell is up with Pinkie?
So this has gone from Carpenter to Lovecraft? :O Not that I mind.
Hah! And I was about to accuse you of OOC Rainbow Dash.
Coming into this chapter, I found myself wondering why I was continuing to follow such a gut-wrenchingly horrifying fic. I came up with "I like the atmosphere", which is true. Now, I'm putting all those thoughts aside. Despite what's happened, the current scene feels very pony-adventure, and I'm okay with that. Actually, my one complaint at this point is that I don't really remember how everything fits together geographically, and I'm pretty much lost as to where they've gone.
This fic is my twisted guilty pleasure, and it opened my eyes to the wonders/horrors of a fic with gore that's actually used well.
I'm with MisterClacky on this one; the cheap thing to do would be to suddenly fix everything at the end, but introducing it as a tempting possibility really works and adds some hope and suspense to this fic. It would be a relief after the characters we love so much died so horribly. The scene where Pinkie was explaining it all was pretty exciting.
In previous chapters, I felt bad for what happened to Spike and how it affected Twilight and Rarity, but a little worse for the fact the Scootaloo was barely mourned at all. Rarity's death was far worse, though. And poor Apple Bloom is probably traumatized by now, unless she isn't herself. Except ... the thing was under the couch with Dash ... They'd better watch their backs.
Stopped reading at the awkward jamming-in of Lovecraft into an already complete and clever story. Also, the way Pinkie has been extremely vague about it this whole time is reeeeaaaally grating. That said, this is still probably the best grimdark story on the site.
I love how these past reviewers are complaining about the supposed shoe-horning of Lovecraft. They've obviously never seen 'In the Mouth of Madness.'
I'm guessing that Pinkie has been one of them all along... She is the sleeper agent!
So now we're leaving The Thing behind and moving much more into Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness. We have the part from POD where the possessed girl is attempting to bring Satan over into our realm. However, in this story you've taken that part but turned Satan into something Lovecraftian, a clever way to tie in more of ITMOM. I really like this.
916805>>1504813 If you read the description, the author mentioned he had put in elements from The Thing, Prince of Darkness, and In the Mouth of Madness. All three are John Carpenter films. ITMOM, however, is essentially Carpenter's love letter to Lovecraft's works. Hence, some Lovecraftian mythos will be occuring in the continuing chapters. I highly recommend watching all three films tied to this story.
Whoa. Just, whoa. I still think either Twilight or Fluttershy is infected, though...
Trying to adapt three separate stories into a single fic creates tonal clashes that hurt the narrative. Picking just one to adapt (probably The Thing since it's the most prevalent) would've been the smarter course of action.
That said, I am liking the story when it just sticks to The Thing.