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...Don't know what to think of this work of fiction. It's certainly an interesting take on how the two artists might split up and operate on their own, and it's a damn well written one at that...
But man, I feel dirty after reading that. I feel like my throat just got dragged through the dirt, my heart just got run through with a spear; as a creator, it feels awful to have that fate bestowed to upon anyone. Your creation belonging to someone else, something you put your love and soul into taken by another...
It's a love/hate relationship with me and this fic, really is.
Really impressive - I was almost expecting that it would reveal that Sassy did a Faustian deal (and I don't mean with Lauren!) for success or something...
At the end there is a bit of Lovecraftian atmosphere on it.
Let me guess: You're exorcising some inner demons about Digital Rights Management, yes?
Wow... that's truly a fascinating piece!
I don't know but that a horror tag might be appropriate as well.
Artistry vs Industry. Loved it. I dare say it had a dash of lovecraftian horror garnishing it too.
This was good, but quite strange.
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I don't know, Jaxie.
I liked it, and I'm upvoting it, but... I just don't know.
That's an interesting way for the world to work, selling physical manifestations of a One True Thing. Would totally invalidate any sort of mass production system, make it meaningless.
Still a very interesting idea, one I don't think I've seen before. Oh, sure, I've seen the idea of The Perfect <Thing>, that represents something and is the perfect instance of that thing but never the coping of said thing.
Leaves a man with ideas. And that's not always a good thing... .
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But I don't think the two unicorns are related so Sassy wouldn't have needed to change her name.
6425692 (Wizards?)
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That was what you were referencing right? Did I err?
I have mixed feelings about this...
But it was extremely well written, so good job!
I don't see how Sassy is wrong. This is how economies of scale work.
6425837 It had a magical conflict between creative Rarity & mechanized Saddles.. like 'Wizards' in the end the 'good' creative wizard capped the mechanized 'bad' wizard, the last line the bad guy heard was "Here's something mother didn't teach you".
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Wow. Talk about copyright protection.
21st century economics summed up in under 4k words. There is no as much profit in manufacturing physical goods anymore. Rather, most value comes from the creation of new ideas. Great job.
I felt my heart sink down into my chest as I read that, and as I kept reading it just sank lower and lower. And when it started entering Lovecraft territory... Just... my God. Nothing truly horrifying even happened, yet I'm still left feeling deeply, deeply disturbed by the whole thing (Especially its atmosphere.).
Have a like my friend, you've most certainly earned it.
6425983 That's the scary part.
I don't get this story, Sassy's machines are what, wiping the possibility and the memory of how to produce the dress idea? How strong are these machines that they can just mind wipe everybody like that?
It was also not answered as to what the dresses are made out of or how sassy already had a grey mare ready when rarity brought the design in.
I'm confused.
Well! This was an extraordinary read.
The role Sassy plays here is an interesting one; again, she's not a villain, or even especially unscrupulous. She pays good designers handsomely for their creativity, doesn't copy other ponies designs, and sells fine outfits at affordable prices. And yet... the atmosphere of the whole story is one of growing strangeness and unease. I think this story could proudly wear a "Dark" tag, too, and with more justification than quite a few stories with blood and guts and monsters.
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Wizards is a weird movie. It's actually exactly the sort of anti-science, anti-technology screed that Tolkien's work is unfairly blamed as, yet nobody seems to notice or care.
This isn't what we discussed!
*hesitantly clicks the 'thumbs up' icon*
This feels like it should have a dark tag...
It feels less adventurish and more... slow and steady march towards the edge of a cliff made from the frozen tears of grown-up nightmares...ish.
And...yep. The story's marked as complete so we're not going to see a quest to bring things back to the old ways.
I guess the main reason this is as horrifying as it is, is that Sassy Saddles has a monopoly on the infinite replication methods which enables her to massively undercut the competition.
Though it occurs to me that if Sassy managed to apply this way of thinking to foodstuffs-
Wait, scratch that; I just imagined a world where every time you ate something it tasted exactly the same as the last time.
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I think it's less wiping their minds and more that they've sold the idea of the particular garment. After all, if Rarity could remember how an item was put together then they could instruct somepony else on how to make it. Simply being physically unable to make it wouldn't be enough.
I suspect it's more like digital rights management as Skywriter suggested except that after the idea's sold, instead of having the proscription enforced by lawyers and fines it's done by magic.
Magic.
Or perception, it could be argued that they're the same thing anyway.
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It's interesting how something commonplace can become horrifying once the context changes isn't it?
This is an allegorical story about the Fashion-Business. I can see this story breaking the brains of literal-minded ponies.
WHAT? NO. OF COURSE I NEVER WANTED TO SLEEP AGAIN. WHY DO YOU ASK?
Edit: upvoted but not faved because I never ever want to see this fic again.
Change is always scary. I think once Rarity gets over her shock, she'll do just fine in a world where she can get paid a hundred times as much for just doing the part of the work she enjoyed the most anyway.
If we're to maintain this story as an allegory for our own world, I doubt Sassy Saddles will maintain her exclusive control over the replication business. Celestia knows from experience that having one pony completely in charge of any large area is bad for everyone. Sassy Saddles will do quite well for herself, but she'll have some competition before too long.
Everything changes, Rarity. If Sassy has a way that sells better, means she knows her market more than you.
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Have you seen this guy's blogposts recently? He's out of control. If we want to get him to write that fic for you, it'll probably require less carrot and more stick.
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I'm not sure if you're freaked out by the Lovecraftian horror bit, or just the state of Intellectual Property law in Equestria, but either way it's a win!
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"Sassy loves her crafts."
Right there in in the story description.
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Yup! Through the lens of how an Equestrian would see it.
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I think I'll probably write another piece soon that explores the same themes, but with a bit more careful development. This was an experiment. Though I am decently happy with how it worked out!
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You make authors happy!
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I AM ALTERING THE TERMS OF THE FIC.
Pray I do not alter them any further! Or add shipping.
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Thank you! This is my first serious attempt at Lovecraftian horror. In my headspace, Sassy Saddles is possessed by The Swamp that Devours Concepts, a creature from beyond the veil of Equestria. Humidity and the drone of insects are its raiment, and the brilliant swarming creatures its heralds. Woe unto all who encounter such a beast.
I need to think about this...
I love your Sassy so much! She's disrupting inefficient businesses and making products available to the masses! She's putting bits into the saddle of the middle class of Equestria and breaking up the cozy colluding cartels of fashion!
Jeff BezosSassy Saddles is going to get Canterlot renamed Silicon Mountain, isn't she? Maybe hiring a couple of top mages out of CSFGU, she could code some spells in her accessories and deliver "smart" watches to the masses.Have you ever read Roald Dahl's The Great Automatic Grammatizator? This story reminds me of that one strongly.
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Thank you! And thank you for the recommendation. I have not! I'll add it to the list.
Simply fascinating. On the one hand, you want your creation to be valued for what it is: a one-of-a-kind, heartfelt creation, an expression of your artistic soul. Furthermore, people can recognise that what you're putting forward is the best; they might not know exactly why, but they can definitely tell. On the other hand, if someone is offering a somewhat poorer quality, mass produced product for a much lower price, the consumer essentially dooms the creator. What is the creator supposed to do? Maintain their integrity, go out of buisness and have their work seen by no more than a handful?
This fic essentially explores (with no small amount of horror) the burning passion of the designer against the cold logic and ruthlessness of the world.
and i love it
I ponder where the material is coming from. I also ponder what the law would have to say about this how ever its being done she is tampering with their minds and what is to stop her from doing that without paying for the idea
I reviewed this story!
My review can be found here.
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Oh my goodness two stories in one week!
This is a good week.
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I've also got a review for Regarding the Need for Sex Education written up, but I'm not sure if I'll finish that post this week or not; gotta get some actual writing of my own done, after all.
I find it rather disturbing that Rarity's immediate response to "Someone is being extremely successful with a business model I don't approve of" was to threaten to call out the Princesses and the Elements.
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To be fair, the machine seems to be more or less taking away their ability to make the dresses normally so that the machine can make them. I can see why that might be disturbing.
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Eeeeeee!
6431390 Given that just about everything in Equestria is done by magic, I'm not sure that copyright enforcement by (implied) magical contract is something reasonable to flip out over. Especially not when Sassy Saddles is evidently going out of her way to make it clear that she's buying the pattern for magical replication and is paying accordingly.
It really feels like Rarity is irrationally jealous and upset that Sassy Saddles' mass-production method of doing business is working at all; she's taking the disdain of high end fashion designers for anything "off the rack" and extending it to threat.
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Oh, I'm not saying that Rarity's attitude is the right one to take; I'm just saying that I don't find her freaking out over it implausible.
Sassy Shores can see the shape of the future; Rarity doesn't like it one bit.
Well, that gave me the willies. I think it was that Sassy didn't explain how she was doing all this.
6431732 She's using magic to sell clothing the way modern publishing houses sell things: you buy the rights from the designer and then sell "cloned" copies of the product to the consumer.
6431983 She still doesn't say how. You can guess it's a spell, but it's not stated that that's the case: you only see Rarity's confusion and Sassy's satisfaction.
6432106 It's not fully explained, but it is at least partially described as being some form of electrically powered magic/technology hybrid:
6432241 It is never said at any time "I am doing X." It is only danced around.
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But, I thought Chrysalis was already a notable character in the show.