Miraculously, first contact with aliens (extradimensional beings, really) went much smoother than expected. While humans have an unfair advantage in knowing much of our neighbors, however, much of Earth remains new and unknown to these beings. To stabilize relations, a team of the bravest heroes from their world have been sent to Earth.
While most humans have few or no problems with ponies... "incidents" are almost inevitable. To deal with these "incients", the ponies have been granted a security detail and their own personal bodyguard. These are the stories of the incidents ponies faced.
Chapters (3)
Well if you do, it'll need some sort of plot, but the way you've contextualized the story it sounds like you were planning on making it formulaic, Report 1 report 2 report 3 etc, which I wouldn't be so interested in, I think.
I like what you've got so far, though.
My rough plan at the moment is a pseudo-formulaic design, slightly more "plot-driven" than the actual show (and probably lasting no longer than the equivalent of "one season").
A road map of events will be established in advanced, characters will learn and advance, continuity will be a thing, and hints of what has been going on will be given. With all of that said, the story is being told in chunks surrounding actual difficulties and incidents (kind of like the show, when you think about it) and the end goal (establishing solid ties between two worlds) is hard to summarize as the single epic quest to attend X diplomatic summit or save pony Y from kidnappers. Those things may certainly happen, true, but they won't be presented as the be-all and end-all that they realistically aren't.
I like it hope to see more
This looks neat; I look forward to seeing more.
For whatever reason, I instantly seem really like your writing style. Also, Carl Rogers seems like a good character, I like how you play him, even in just one chapter. The backstory you made sounds good too; although I kind of wish you would have covered the events of first contact and how the ponies got on the good terms they are on now (maybe a prequel chapter?). I do understand, however, If you choose not to; there are probably reasons why not. First-contact fics are dime-a-dozen anyway; what we lack are stories like this (and another favourite of mine, A White Mare) that that show the logical conclusions afterwards First Contact instead of just ending on it.
For now, a like, Watch, and Tracking.
Anyway, keep up the good work!
If normalcy involves being shouted at and dreaded paperwork, then I will happily take crazy, totally more fun.
I look forward to the next chapter.
“Of course I’m serious,” Carl retorted,
Shouldn't it be 'Mike'?
Disney is the only company that can consistently get away with false advertising.
I'm surprised none of the security detail haven't already gone and stating how hard they're making the job of guarding them, because it seems like they have a complete disregard for cooperating. Ironic for the Mane 6.
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6325271 Well, I sure can't think of any counter-examples.
6325742 On the one hand, I doubt that any of their security detail have gone into exhaustive detail on how stupid their clients are acting... yet. At this point, however, I'm thinking that it's less about the Mane Six not having received complaints and requests and more about them not knowing how seriously to take them. I imagine that they'd respond similarly back home if they were mobbed by royal guards claiming that there was some vaguely defined threat that may or may not choose to attack them at an unknown time, a threat that they seriously couldn't face this time (even though they've saved Equestria... several times) without being watched at all times.
Further, the fact that the threat has no specific face and that its timing and movements are entirely uncertain make it kind of easy to doubt if the danger is actually real or if the guards are just being over-cautious. Beyond that, the... abrupt... nature of human-on-human violence probably isn't something that they'll fully understand from verbal warnings and history books. That's the sort of thing that's hard to explain without prolonged exposure to human media or personal experience.
Sooner or later, though...
6325813 You want my list in alphabetical or preferential order?
...I hope this chapter was not an attack on the Christian faith in general.
6327016 I assure you that this was not the case. The thought was to have a member of a small and extreme group target the ponies for calling their own agenda/views questioned. I could have just easily gone with a forum of conspiracy theorists, though I admit that Avenbrook was modeled in part after a very specific, very infamous church (no prize for guessing which one).
Faith (beyond simple trust in one another) isn't intended to act as a major theme in this story one another as it is a matter that I don't think many writers can handle with proper care and that I KNOW I would fumble. While I can offer no evidence beyond this statement of intent, I have no intention of insulting Christianity.
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Nope,just religious extremists.
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6331673 Okay, thanks, and sorry if I overreacted.
It's always the quiet ones that turn out to be the berserker.
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6351613 I actually knew that someone would bring up that screenshot even as I wrote the chapter. If you pay attention, though, Fluttershy is pushed over the ledge less by carnivores than by the fact that animal killing/enslavement by humans doesn't end with getting food. Capturing a whole bunch of animals for the sake of "because we can" probably doesn't fly with her.
In other news, I imagine her having problems with the hunting habits of lynxes (one of the few other animals that appears to hunt "for fun").
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Fine for me. Anyway, I love how Carl handle out-of-control Fluttershy by calmly pointing all the flaws in her rescue "plan". The Six aren't used to the Magic of Common Sense
This story has been fun, and I would like for it to continue. Also, does Twilight's "SPECIAL" POI have to do with fake magic insulting her? I'd kinda like to see that. Also, I don't mind this being from the human point of view. It's a nice perspective.
6886776 Honestly, I'd love to continue with this. I even have some ideas for how it would continue. unfortunately, however, I started an ongoing series right before starting grad school.
BIG MISTAKE
Say what you will it works either way
I still wonder how the ponies would react to Australia because our weather is basically all over the place with no such thing as weather ponied to control it
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