• Member Since 2nd Mar, 2012
  • offline last seen Last Thursday

Merc the Jerk


Merc's fic guide: by Bookplayer: Is there kicking and/or punching? [Yes/No] Have you considered adding kicking and/or punching? [Yes/No] Have you considered adding more kicking and/or punching?

Comments ( 18 )
Comment posted by DJ-Pon63 deleted Mar 27th, 2018

“There are anxiety pills I could subscribe you to.

Still reading, but I didn't want to forget i saw this. You would subscribe to a magazine. Drugs are prescribed.

a : a written direction for a therapeutic or corrective agent; specifically : one for the preparation and use of a medicine
b : a prescribed medicine

Back to reading!! :twilightsmile:

5607083
Y'know, when I first read it, I figured Merc was just being funny. Playing Dash as the not-so-bright as would come unsurprising. But seeing it again, I wonder.

I'll leave it to ya, Merc.

Ooh, I need to read this. Question though: is Big Red a required reading before this one? I haven't gotten around to it and worry about missing references...

5608778

It's not necessary. As long as you know what happened in the 1st and 2nd fic, Big Red isn't essential.

5608778
5609073
I think we'll try and make a habit of marking what's required reading at the bottom of the long description. As the story count grows, that'd be pretty useful.

Hope you enjoy! Merc and JJ did a great job, as per usual.

Eeeee! :rainbowkiss::ajsmug:
I do like these little interludes. Dash'll take good care of AJ. She'll recover soon enough. :)

5607083
I'm an idiot, thanks for catching that.

Nice little interlude. Little weird there was no reference to Big Mac or how the duo made it back to Dash and AJ. Great story regardless and glad it was slice of life. I enjoy my action but in smaller doses thank you. :twilightsmile:

*hisses, bursting into flames from Appledash exposure*

5610971
It kind of threw me when I first read it as well. I'll talk to Merc about maybe fixing that.

5612127
5610971

It threw me a little as well, but I'll trust Merc to exposition when necessary. He's quite good at that. I would believe he meant this chapter to be mostly for Applejack and Rainbow themselves, but just couldn't ignore Mac and 'Bloom. The chapter is fine as is, imho. That's just me. :shrug:

5635422
Well, originally, I didn't want them to be back quite yet. That's a decent passage of time, and has far reaching consequences on what Lew, Luna, Zecora, and Gilda are doing. It's a lot to keep track of, as well as make sure it's all reasonable and makes sense and whatnot. I think, of the three of us, I'm the one most concerned trying to keep everything in its proper order.

God, I dread us leaving a plot hole in our wake...

But yeah, it's true this is supposed to focus purely on Dash and Jack. Regardless, though, the homecoming needs to be somewhere, so we'll address that in an appropriate place.

...actually, that would probably fall under my jurisdiction with the Big Red sequel focusing on Lew and Cadence. Yep, now that I think of it, definitely my job. Well then. Problem solved!

Can't wait for the third act.

This has to be the sweetest, saddest, cutest installment of this series yet. Every single character is spot-on, from Mac's ineffable, unreadable stoicism to Isabelle's take-no-bullshit attitude, from Jack's own rough-and-tumble yet kind and caring demeanor to Alice's bouncy, playful, young and childish enthusiasm. In one chapter, a one-shot, no less, you managed to not only re-capture my interest, but solidify the claim these characters have on my heart, and for that, I humbly thank you.

5793681
I always appreciate your comments man, thanks a ton!

5803676 Whatever I can do to help you continue to get better and better, man. :pinkiesmile:

Login or register to comment