10432317 I did hint on this in one of the first chapters and I thought about touching on it in this one but dismissed it. I'll rectify that shortly. The short answer: ponies live to be 80-90, but become mature faster than we do since they don't have an infantile phase. A buddy of mine came up with the idea, and I thought it was cool so I decided to run with it.
10432362 Foals are not infants, foals are a toddler-equivalent to humans. They're fully capable of running around and have limited cognition and speech within one month (as seen in the show, for example with the cake twins) of being born. Humans, on the other hand are born incapable of doing anything while in their infantile stage. I posted a link to my buddy's thing in the author's notes for a more in-depth look. He does a better job explaining it.
EDIT: to rephase, sorta, ponies are born as toddlers, skipping the normal infantile stage in humans where we just grasp and nurse. If this is too convoluted for folks, I can change it, not a big deal, just thought it was neat.
Foals are not infants, foals are a toddler-equivalent to humans.
No, foals are the child-equivalent to humans.
Okay, but the infant stage lasts for less than a year. How does that translate to getting pregnant at eight years old?
Edit: Just skimmed the grim blog post. So ponies die of old age at forty years old? How unnecessarily depressing. The original Fallout: Equestria has ponies living just as long as humans, and I think that most people would prefer that to be the standard.
10432472 Ponies do live longer than 40 in this story, their end lifespans are still human-equivalent at 80-90, the only difference is in their younger years where they reach adulthood at 12 years old instead of at 18 years old. Strap even mentions in a previous chapter that her age of 34 isn't old for a pony (but that it is for a pony living in the dangerous wasteland). She'd be ancient if they only lived to be 40.
And there's nothing to change back, this has been going on since I first mentioned it in chapter 1, saying that Skies being 17 years old equates to 20-22 years in a human. If more folks are against this, I can switch over to the boring old ponies and humans age the same, but it's not that big a deal.
10432521 If more folks are for it then I'll change it.
EDIT: and, technically, there's nothing about it that breaks show or Fo:E canon. There's no real mention of ages in Fo:E outside of Littlepip being 19 (I think).
Words cannot describe how happy I am that Rock Runner actually survived that ordeal, I was 99% sure she was a goner. And of course, she and basically everyone in the town are now back at fate's chopping block if the defenses aren't up to the task of reenacting the Battle of Helm's Deep.
At the very least, she's lived to not have the torture she was subjected to be the last thing she experienced alive. Hopefully she and our protagonist make it through this.
10432540 I personally like the aging system you're using, so my vote is to not change a thing. Pony aging innovation and ideals are always interesting tidbits to add to stories. Brilliant chapter, as usual, Mr Pingas, looking forward to the next installment.
Salted. I really enjoyed this chapter. I felt the pain for Rock Runner. I also liked your description of not only the effects of using Hydra too late, but having given us a length of time before it is actually too late to help. Finally at the mention of ages, while in modern society it is not considered proper for a young girl of 13 to have children less than two hundred years ago it was normal. In fact my mother was only 16 when I was born. When I returned from my first Med cruise in 1989 there were a couple of 10 year old girls who were in the news as being pregnant. But overall I would say your lifespan development is well thought out and makes sense. Again over all enjoyable and I am anticipating the next chapter.
Nicely done! I was waiting for an update to finish, so your update was very useful in passing the time.
Say, in which mouth is Healthy Sky again?
10431244 Glad it helped you kill some time. As to Skies, she's still within her first month.
Chapter 12 ends day six of her being in the Wasteland and Chapter 00 took place a few weeks prior to 01 so she's almost at day 30.
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Okay. Hope her mood swings won't be a problem
Okay, something is seriously wrong here. Do these ponies only live forty to sixty years maximum?
If you're going to make this story Non-Canon to the original, the least you can do is tell us, instead of just hinting at it.
(Other than that, it was a good chapter, though I would have liked to see Marsh Runner's first interaction with the crippled Rock Runner.)
10432317 I did hint on this in one of the first chapters and I thought about touching on it in this one but dismissed it. I'll rectify that shortly. The short answer: ponies live to be 80-90, but become mature faster than we do since they don't have an infantile phase. A buddy of mine came up with the idea, and I thought it was cool so I decided to run with it.
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They don't have an infantile phase... What? What does that mean? We've all seen foals in the show, and they were also in Fallout: Equestria.
10432362 Foals are not infants, foals are a toddler-equivalent to humans. They're fully capable of running around and have limited cognition and speech within one month (as seen in the show, for example with the cake twins) of being born. Humans, on the other hand are born incapable of doing anything while in their infantile stage. I posted a link to my buddy's thing in the author's notes for a more in-depth look. He does a better job explaining it.
EDIT: to rephase, sorta, ponies are born as toddlers, skipping the normal infantile stage in humans where we just grasp and nurse. If this is too convoluted for folks, I can change it, not a big deal, just thought it was neat.
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No, foals are the child-equivalent to humans.
Okay, but the infant stage lasts for less than a year. How does that translate to getting pregnant at eight years old?
Edit: Just skimmed the grim blog post. So ponies die of old age at forty years old? How unnecessarily depressing. The original Fallout: Equestria has ponies living just as long as humans, and I think that most people would prefer that to be the standard.
Please change it back.
10432472 Ponies do live longer than 40 in this story, their end lifespans are still human-equivalent at 80-90, the only difference is in their younger years where they reach adulthood at 12 years old instead of at 18 years old. Strap even mentions in a previous chapter that her age of 34 isn't old for a pony (but that it is for a pony living in the dangerous wasteland). She'd be ancient if they only lived to be 40.
And there's nothing to change back, this has been going on since I first mentioned it in chapter 1, saying that Skies being 17 years old equates to 20-22 years in a human. If more folks are against this, I can switch over to the boring old ponies and humans age the same, but it's not that big a deal.
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I mean go back to how it is in the original.
10432521 If more folks are for it then I'll change it.
EDIT: and, technically, there's nothing about it that breaks show or Fo:E canon. There's no real mention of ages in Fo:E outside of Littlepip being 19 (I think).
Words cannot describe how happy I am that Rock Runner actually survived that ordeal, I was 99% sure she was a goner. And of course, she and basically everyone in the town are now back at fate's chopping block if the defenses aren't up to the task of reenacting the Battle of Helm's Deep.
At the very least, she's lived to not have the torture she was subjected to be the last thing she experienced alive. Hopefully she and our protagonist make it through this.
10432540
I personally like the aging system you're using, so my vote is to not change a thing. Pony aging innovation and ideals are always interesting tidbits to add to stories. Brilliant chapter, as usual, Mr Pingas, looking forward to the next installment.
10434432 I love comments like this. Thank you.
And, please, Mr. Pingas was my father's name. You can call me Salted.
Salted. I really enjoyed this chapter. I felt the pain for Rock Runner. I also liked your description of not only the effects of using Hydra too late, but having given us a length of time before it is actually too late to help.
Finally at the mention of ages, while in modern society it is not considered proper for a young girl of 13 to have children less than two hundred years ago it was normal. In fact my mother was only 16 when I was born. When I returned from my first Med cruise in 1989 there were a couple of 10 year old girls who were in the news as being pregnant. But overall I would say your lifespan development is well thought out and makes sense.
Again over all enjoyable and I am anticipating the next chapter.
10461148 Thank you for the feedback!
Great work! Looking forward to seeing more.