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5041526
Yeah? And who are you to go about issuing orders, then?
Considering how many fanfics there already are around here with identical titles (care to take a guess on how many "Diamond in the Rough" and "The Equestrian Hunger Games" stories there are by now?), I think we'll survive having more than one "Solipsism."
And since none of your stories are named "Solipsism", it doesn't directly affect you anyway, now does it.
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5041945
My, my. I called it "Soliptsism" because I thought "Alone in the Dark" was way waaay too generic. If I call it "You Are (Not) Alone" people might think it's an EVA fic. Hm...
I don't understand the oddities in the last paragraph, I don't understand the point of the story in general, and I really don't understand why you think this belongs in the LessWrong group, the Sci-Fi group, or even the Philosophy group. How was this anything but weird for the sake of being weird?
The same goes for Princess Twilight Meditates, but at least that one was somewhat comprehensible. It still doesn't belong in Sci-Fi or LessWrong.
What is philosophically significant about either one of these stories? What justifies the label of Sci-Fi for either? And what do either have to do with rationality? You seem to be adding your stories to as many groups as possible, even if they're only tangentially related, in a bid to get readers.
5043670 Well, frankly, I was unsure whether it fit into Lesswrong, but I felt the "what do I know and how do I know it, what do I want and how would I get it" and "rationalists should win" mentality informed this story; how Twilight reacts to the dark, to absolute sensory ignorance, to the unknown that refuses to let itself get known, an environment that does not react productively to being prodded or tested. She's methodical, she's meticulous, she tries to remain rational and cautious for as long as possible. She only cracks in frustration when it seems like she's tried everything and nothing works, and none of her assumptions or hypotheses are any help whatsoever. This process will turn out to be important in the sequels.
In general, I'd expect any story I write to probably qualify for "relevant to Lesswrong interests", because the Sequences have informed my mindset in a very deep way, and can't see myself writing fics that don't qualify as Rational to some degree.
The reason it's in the Philosophy group is because it's in the format of a thought experiment; "what if there was nothing in the world other than you? what if all you actually were sure of was your own existence?" It's barest-bones speculative fiction.
The reason it's in the Sci-Fi group is because the tropes and minimalistic, functional aesthetics employed lean more towards sci-fi than fantasy. When I set off to write this story, I was specifically inspired by the Stanley Parable.
The reason Twilight wakes up in a period dress is because it's a Sequel Hook. For now, the idea is so; she's in Victorian Trottingham and HRHS Challenger is leaving port in the greatest oceanographic expedition in history. That one intends to be more in the style of 20000 Miles Under The Sea and Heart of Darkness. That story is still in the backburner and not ready for publishing, but this bit has been sitting around in my drawers and, after "PT Meditates" got a decent reception, I thought I'd get it out as well.
Do you find my answers satisfactory, or do you still think I'm abusing the groups to draw readers under false pretences?
5043830
Mmm. Well, not intentionally, at any rate.
It would help if you showed that Twilight's mindset was informed by this, at least, more than you already did, as it was quite subtle. I would expect Twilight to be talking to herself, trying to reorient her thoughts and organize herself in the only way available to her at the moment.
Mmmmmmmm. I don't think writing characters rationally (without idiot balls) justifies putting it in LessWrong. This story did not display a significant amount of rationality to my perception, it was just a curious happening that Twilight reacted to emotionally. Just because you adhere to the memeplex doesn't mean that what you write is relevant to the other adherents' interests.
I didn't really see a thought experiment. I saw a curious happening in a curious world that Twilight reacted to emotionally, with no real exposition, explanation, or justification, and then there was a random scene transition to this new setting that you're writing for.
It doesn't really fit as Sci-Fi or Fantasy. The style of the writing doesn't determine its genre, the details of the setting do. This doesn't really have a setting. An alicorn princess with a thing for science wakes up in a nondescript world, does some things that could be either emotionally or rationally motivated, some strange things happen, and then she wakes up in a different, more familiar setting.
???
This doesn't make sense as a prequel. The last paragraph is entirely disconnected from the story; she could have had any sort of strange dream and would act precisely the same way.
I hesitate to even call this a story.
I no longer think you're abusing groups to draw readers in; rather, now I think that you aren't writing into the story enough of what you think you are. I don't see a philosophical experiment, I don't see a particularly rational character, I don't see Sci-Fi, I don't even see a story. It's just a sequence of descriptions.
I'm sorry. I don't know how to react to this. I shrug in your general direction?
5043914 Nah. no biggie. Your perspective makes sense, and you make good points. Next time I'll try to be a little more strict. However, consider this:
My idea of writing rational fics is to avoid making them explicit author tracts. I want my character's actions to be informed by a rational approach and mentality, as deep-seated assumptions rather than as an explicit creed. Rational is not opposite to emotional, and, in fact, I believe the Twelve Virtues are fundamentally emotional ones.
5043942
I would still entirely expect this from Twilight in character.
5041945 Well, it makes you seem to lazy to find a name that wasn't in use.
5045595 I'l freely admit to being one heck of a lazy colt.
No hard work for me; if I can get away with a short-cut, I'll take it!
No Applejack, I.
Never even thought of pretending otherwise. 
Is it solipsistic in here, or is it just me?
5045793 I wouldn't know. Ask the Mannish Boys.
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5045818
I have no idea who that is.
Pretty nice, At least that's what I would say
5045828 That is Noraki Kakyoin, bearer of the Stand Hierophant Green, to which I thought your name referred.
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Lali-ho!
5046061
I'm an oddity in the fandom, I think, in that I don't watch anime. At all.
Alas, it is simply a reference to the regular ol' Tarot card. Or rather, the concept it engenders.
5046111 If you're a fan of Tarot, you might enjoy Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. It's an anime unlike any other.
A period dress?!?!?!!!!!?!!!?!!?!!!
...I don't get it.
So far, this is more "Twilight meets crackfic setting." than anything else.
5046605 If I say "steampunk" instead, do you think people would get it?
5049077
Yeah I dunno really. The idea was to convey that she is wearing unfamiliar clothing, but how do you point that out? Maybe like "She was wearing a dress straight out of pre-Industrial Equestria?" "She had never seen this clothing before in her life?" I dunno. I can't get anything that really "snaps"
5046111 Thank goodness, another one.
The animes, they're everywhere, and they don't know the proper origins of things.
5041526 Funny, your name appears to have already been in use. In the Warrior Cats books. Perhaps one should exit the greenhouse before hefting pebbles.
5057682 Alrighty then.
Your profile pic has the Amazon logo on it, which is trademarked.
I just found a fic with a similar "literally dark" theme. Although this time the dark space was a lot more solvable, and Twilight wasn't alone.
Well, this was certainly weird.
5618890 I try
Boa tortura psicológica, mas a piada foi fraca.
6527465 I appreciate your curating efforts. Thank you for keeping the lesswrong group free of chaff.