Silver Spoon and Scootaloo could never get along. A class project forces them to.
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The need is strong to see this go on more.
I have never wanted more then i have wanted right now!
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Hmm...I hadn't really considered it. Might have to write an AU where this happens.
Actually, it might not have to be an AU after all
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Awwww! I'm a little peeved that Fimfic didn't give me a notice that this fic updated until this current update. But still I'm glad that Silvy's now friends with the CMC. Still think that someday Silvy, Scoots and Dashie being in a relationship together would be awesome.
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Hah, speaking as someone who both lives somewhere the term is used frequently AND who uses it himself, I assure you that usage is both common and acceptable.
Also, I've put a little more thought into the idea, and I actually don't think I could make a trigamous relationship with Silver work. The character I've written for her so far wouldn't be comfortable, I don't think. Trust is enough of an issue for her as it is, and as much as I'm going to have her trusting Scootaloo, that trust will be a very fragile thing, and I don't see that being something Scootaloo would even risk.
Not without an AU, anyway.
4715322 that "y'all" is fine where it is. I tend to prefer "ya'll" as a spelling, but it's kinda up to the writer at that point.
Yay board games bringing peeps and ponies together!
I need more I can't go another few weeks without another fix! This is an amazing story
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I live in the south, and have lived down here most of my life [in various States]. And I've never heard y'all used singularly. That and it's the worst pet peeves of mine since it rips me out of a story wondering who in the heck the pony is talking to. Since y'all is you all. And it makes the speaker in the fic come across as a total gibbering idiot.
I mean what would you think if a person went up to and and started saying "you all" [not y'all, but what y'all stands for] in place of the word you? It's not that hard to say the word "ya" or "you" when talking to one person. And since she's targeting Scootaloo with her dialog. Speaking plurally to a singular entity is wrong.
And if I did ever hear a person use that term wrong IRL, I'd give the same rant, after I asked who they were talking too, and finding out they were not talking to me and another person / other people.
But yeah "y'all" is "you all" and is by definition plural and for groups (or if talking to one person, in context to a store, company, or affiliation), and "ya" is "you" even though the word "you" can be used by southerners, just as much as a northern accent. You should really tell the people where you live that they are coming across as mentally challenged by their butchery of the word. (Or a nicer version of that).
As for yourselves. I don't mean what I said as an insult. But if you are going to say "you all" to a person and it's singular. Then that is not only confusing, but a misuse of the word itself. If you are going to speak to a person, "Ya" or "You" is the proper use of the word. But yeah no offense meant.
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As for Silver. Yeah, I can see that, and it makes things a bit more sad thinking that Dash might be forever alone without her soul mate, since we just found out that Dash would have no special somepony without Scoots.
Although a short lived relationship with Silver Spoon until Scoots gets into the Accademy would be cute, and they could be good friends after their little fling.
Yay update!
Silver Spoon's eureka moment with Diamond Tiara felt a little clear headed, but I still give it a A+ because I know it's more natural than I could ever do without drawing it out for a long time. I love your writing, I love this fanfic.
Chicken Soup is best ship.
4716083 I never said it was grammatically correct, but I grew up in Baltimore, and trust me people use "yall" singularly all the time here.
And no, I'm not going to start fights with people over the way they talk. There's a line a mile wide between correcting someone's grammar in a story (or other 'official' written work) and giving people shit on the street for their dialect.
Not offended, just making my stance unerringly clear.
TL;DR:
I know exactly what "ya'll" is supposed to mean, but that doesn't always mean it's used correctly when being used 'correctly', ya feel me?
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Not really. Higher functioning autistim, and OCD is not a good mix. And how can something be used "Correctly" if it's incorrect? That and Baltimore uses that word? Why would they use that word if they aren't going to attempt to use it properly [other than it is a pretty cool sounding word to say. Which isn't a real excuse to misuse it.]?
As for your stance, that's perfectly fine. Personally both reading and speaking, I have a visceral dislike for being confused. It's one thing if it's a word I haven't heard / read before (or in a long time, or heck even homophones), because I can look it up and that's fine. But misused words, tenses that aren't in their proper tense, or broken english [by english speaking people (I can ignore mistakes where its not their primary language, since its a given)] just really obsessively bugs me. Since I'm wracking my brain trying to get see what that person is talking / writing about.
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At least it's not "all y'all" or even "all y'alls" both of which I have heard.
That couch has become my sworn enemy. I wanted cuddles!
I actually want to see redeemed DT. Pretty much always in fics like this (CMC befriend one of the DT\SS duet) DIamond is made into insufferable little bitch that MUST SUFFER FOR OUR AMUSEMENT MWAHAHA.
It makes me sad. Hope there'll be character development for her too.
Every chapter I read of this brings me even more joy. I'd kill to see this as a great big graphic novel.
4715322 y'all is both singular and plural.
4716285 all y'all is also acceptable. Do not question the south!
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No. It's plural. And that is a historic fact, and grammatically is only to be used plurally. Both from the land it originated from "Scotland" [ye aw] and it's original americanization to y'all. It was originally and is supposed to be only used plurally. Anyone who uses it differently is wrong.
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What, you're not going to defend "all y'alls" too?
(I could bring up "all y'alls un" too...)
4717123 In formal speech you are correct. In colloquial speech you are incorrect.
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Mother of Faust...
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Please, In the name of Celestia, Luna, and all that is Pony, PLEASE let this happen! I wanna see some SilverScootaDash!
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No, I'm not addicted to shipping. I can quit whenever I want... ... yeah, totally not completely hooked on MLP ships, and this one in particular...
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P.S. SilverScootaDash 4EVAR! (Somepony get me a bucking Silver Spoon icon!)
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I'mma put the kibosh on this argument before it gets nasty.
I'm going to have Apple Bloom speak the way I usually do, which is to say using "y'all" in both the singular and the plural. If that takes you out of the story, I sincerely apologize--I do--but because I tend to write at speed and use my own internal voice to give my characters...voices, then it would be both uncomfortable and difficult to fix that sort of thing during the writing.
If I catch it later, I'll try to avoid using "y'all" in a singular sense, but try not to be too upset if I forget now and then.
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Hehe. Like I said earlier, I'll probably write an AU version with a trigamist relationship, but it won't be canon. I just can't justify putting Silver Spoon in that situation (at least not before she and Scootaloo have been together a long time, and have had plenty of opportunity to cement their relationship).
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DT will get her moment. It will take a long time, though, and she'll get much worse before she gets better. DT's problem is purely mental. She has a hard time examining herself in any harsh light, which makes self-improvement a challenge. The first step--admitting fault--relies on her taking somepony else's criticisms to heart, something she's not ready to do. Add to that the fact that Silver Spoon was her only metric for what is and isn't acceptable, and losing her has rather upset DT's worldview. It'll take a long time for her to reassess her life and her attitude, and sadly, she's going to rely on her emergency fallback of meanness and sullen lonerism for a long time before that happens.
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How in the hay can anyone "colloquially" justify that? And not to mention it's confusing as hell. If you are speaking to a person, no matter what the circumstances, saying "you all" when you aren't talking about a group is confusing as hell and retarded.
I'm just saying, when I read a fic and I see that word used singularly. It kills the chapter (and if it's butchered to the degree it is in some fics either dampens the enjoyment of the fic or kills it entirely). Since it takes me out of the fic, and I'm left wondering who in the hell the pony is talking to in addition to that targeted [verbally] pony.
That and I know I've said it else where but using "Proper" speach is so much easier. I mean "ya" or "you" is faster to type and less characters than "y'all", is appropriate, and flows better than butchering proper language by misusing the word.
That and yes, there are shows where northerners trying to sound southern use "y'all" wrong, but I mentally place that as the writers not knowing better and being stupid when it comes to southern dialect. But IRL I've never heard it misused, and I've only heard it used IRL and used it appropriately. And seeing it used wrong. Is just confusing as hell. Especially if the rest of the dialect is more or less a form of phonetically accurate use of one of the many forms of Southern Dialect.
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Welp, at least it WILL happen and you're not planning on making her 'evil for the sake of it'. Good enough for me!
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...must it be non-canon? I can totally see it working, too... Plus it WILL be a long time. When Dash said she'd come be with Scoots. Then, when Silver sees Dash all bummed out but happy for Scoots in a really bittersweet way, she proposes a multi-way thing, because she can tell that Dash really does love her. See? It works, right? Or have I gone and overdosed on fluffy shipfics again? Hehe...
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SilverScootaDash 4EVAR! (Seriously, where can I find a dang Silver Spoon icon?)
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Despite some concerns to the contrary, none of my characters are EVER "mean for the sake of it". Every character has legitimate motivations, even when those motivations don't make sense to the reader. Silversmith, for example. He's a mean son of a bitch, but he has every reason to be: his world has changed in the worst possible way too many times, and he just can't handle another disappointment. DT has her own motivations, and those may or may not come to light. We'll see.
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Hmm...maybe not. I'll poll the readerbase when the time comes, see how many people would be turned away by such a tack.
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Yeah, good idea. I also edited my comment, to include some ideas for how to pull it off.
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Sorry posted before I saw this, and I get that. And if it comes out every now and then I'll just give a point out to it [after the fact], and read on. After all I only point things out if I consider a fic epic/good enough to go through the motion of doing so.
All in all though other than that little thing. I am in love with this series. You do an utterly marvelous use of group dynamics [even the more messed up, psychologically scarring ones [DT]], make believable characters and interactions, and you have written one of my most favorite ScootAdoption fics of all times.
The emotion, the psychology, the imagery, has made this series one that I have read through twice so far (and am planning on doing again) and it never grows old. Keep up the good work, and I do apologize if that foible of mine was a little more harsh then attended.
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That's good. Sometimes it's hard to distinguish between author who makes characters evil for the sake of it, so 'his' main hero stands out as 'good' one, and author who makes every character has his own motivation and goals, making largely grayscale morality, questionable choices and realistic world.
It doesn't help that I have a soft spot for DT and Crusaders have it thousand times better than her - friends, connections... they can 'outmean' her pretty easily and from what I've read they kinda go this way all these years.
4717227 Look, man, I'm legitimately a Texan. Yes it's a bit counterintuitive, but that ain't the point (see what I did there?)
You're just gonna have to trust me when I say Kiro isn't doing it wrong. He is conveying the dialect correctly. I'm sure there are expressions in your region that are technically ungrammatical. It's irrelevant when in a discussion of proper conveyance. Use context. Adapt.
4717202 doing this on a phone is harder than you'd think.
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Texan. Me I've lived a few months in Texas [never heard it used wrong], and years in Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, and Georgia. And I did see what you did there. And regardless of what English teachers may say, ain't is a word. It's in the dictionary and everything.
Anywho Kiro said to drop it, and when / if it does pop up I said that I'd point it out. Since it is the right way of doing things. So I'm now ending this convo on the matter. Anywho have a good day, and no hard feelings.
Good god I just love this chapter.
I never use the little symbols but it just deserves it.
I can honestly see the friendship brewing.
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Yeah, sometimes I try to comment on my phone as well. It's a challenge at best.
That said, do please refrain from further discussion on this point. I don't want to have to start deleting comments.
Yes
Hurray! New chapter...wait....I missed chapter 15? How did that happen?? W-well...okay, two new chapters for me, sweet!
First off, last chapter, really great. The flying scene for sure truly captured that feeling of freedom and it was such a joy to read. All the dialog and conversations were very enjoyable. As for the RD and Scoot thing...honestly for me it was a little awkward, but then again the way you wright Rainbow Dash, along with her wording and views on their relationship made the whole thing very touching and sweet. Great chapter.
This chapter...wow! The conversation with SS and DT, I've been waiting for that and you easily shattered my expectations. It was so liberating to finally see Spoon take a stand and say some tough things that needed to be said. I really felt the emotion from the fallout of that talk and DT's blow up. Everything else in this chapter was just such a heartwarming read. This continues to be one of my top fav ongoing fics here and I truly can't wait for more.
Huh, you know it's funny, I was thinking back on No Longer Lost and just how much I adore that story. But when it's compared to this...wow, your style of writing and story telling have come a long way and improved a great deal. Keep up the great work!
Oh, last thought. Are there any ideas of a Twilight/Trixie fic floating around in your head? Just curious
naooooo please make these faster this is my lead story that i read also great story writing its the best
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A friend of mine was saying I should do a "travelogue" story, and it occurred to me that Twixie would be an excellent pair to do this with. I had some other pairings in mind to use (Sweetie and REDACTED or something like that), but Twixie actually seemed feasible and amusing. It would give us a chance to see how they interact without Trixie's bombastic public attitude.
Of course, I can't do that until I finish this, and this has...90k more words, maybe? Maybe more? It'll be a while, is what I'm saying.
wow i went on vacation for a few weeks and come back to new chapters on a ton of fanfics I enjoy,what more could a geek ask for
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100% agreed. for more!
I'm two days late on my favourite story :c
You know, you have a scary way of capturing my attention the way only a few books have ever been able to do. A combination of the story itself and your skill with writing and vocabulary, I think. Regardless, I love your work, and how well paced the progress seems to be. The delivery is excellent, the story flows well from one theme to the next, and the characters are very believable, well written, and most importantly, consistent.
If it were up to me, this story would be very high up in the list of best stories on FimFic.
Great chapter. Heh I have Arkham horror and all the expansions, I've had games go 8 hours before so I know what they are talking about.
Yep...this one gets a fav and a like. The Frank approves, this is great.
i was waiting for settlers of cloptan to show up in the pile
4717280 Yea, but if you haven't noticed, Scoots isn't exactly true "good" herself. She's been mean to DT and Spoon, mad at her friends, now she's got a hidden motivation to be nice to Spoon besides "being a good pony" and she abandoned a friend to hang out with her idol. But we sympathize with her because she's a still-hormonal adult and we get that. And we know this is probably going to have a good ending because there's no Sad tag, so we're fine with her being an idiot and a jerk sometimes.
I'm still waiting for the confrontation between Scootaloo and Silversmith. Because it needs to happen.
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Oh, don't even get me started on what I think Scoots did wrong or when she was 'bad'. The thing is, we see both good deeds, bad deeds and thoughts, for she is protagonist. For DT we get only her deeds, and mostly just bad ones. So our perception of them flawed.
And I'm symphatize with everyone. That's the thing - I just want everyone to get along and be happy. But they keep fucking this up
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Dammit Equestria! Love and tolerance my ass.
But, like you, I have a soft spot for fics reforming DT and Spoon. Mostly Spoon. The Filly Five is just awesome in general. So things that have all of them ending up at least being friends (as I hope this one will) are nice.
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Heh, same but with DT being my main. She's such a good leader and friend, if motivated properly.