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This story is a sequel to An Act of Random Kindness
Since meeting Princess Twilight Sparkle, Quiver Quill's life has seen little improvement either at home or at work. Work, however, gives him the chance to move to Ponyville and reconnect with Twilight and the other ponies he's met there. But many things are easier said than done, chief among them finding a home.
Cover art by Alyssa Hartwick.
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Likin' what I'm seein' so far. I especially liked how you incorporated your last Quiver Quill story into it, that was nice and unexpected. Looking forward to getting to see more of this carachter and what makes him tick, hope I'm using that right.
Also, i didn't notice any errors on my read through, Yay!
6634259 Thanks, and thanks for commenting! I was worried that no one would comment, and all I'd have to gauge folks' reactions were the two downvotes.
What makes Quiver tick (and yes, you did use that right) is something that's going to slowly be revealed over the course of several stories, though I like to think this story helps to give a general picture and hint at the details. More clarity will come later in this story, but alas, it's going to be a little bit before the next chapter gets out. I'm projecting something like three for this story, and while I've got the third one mostly banged out, the second one is very much slow going.
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Thanks for the reply and explanation. Don't worry about the down votes. I like to think they're people who are over-critical while wanting you to do your best at the same time, you know, like someone who's proud of you but only ever criticizes what you do (logic? what's that?). And sorry for the no up-vote on my part, I reserve those for when a fic gets completed, have I told you that already? I've lost track of who I've told that to, but I have every confidence that when you finish working on chapter two and chapter three fine tuned, I'll have one more up-vote for you. And wow, I just realised how cheesy the last part of that sentence was.
6634447 Eh, that's a valid possibility; overly critical but wanting you to be better sums up my father quite well. But criticism only helps if you elaborate on it and explain your issues. I got a fantastic bit of criticism on "A Light in the Dark", and that helped me to not only make the story better when I redid it but helped to make future stories better.
And I can understand you refraining on the up-vote until the story's done - I do the same.
I only caught three minor things:
Between "as" and "raised" should be a "he".
That "all" is unnecessary.
Shouldn't it be "supplies"?
Great work as always.
7156731 Gah! Dratted typos! Thanks for catching them. I hope this chapter was worth the wait, and that the next one doesn't take nearly as long to get finished.
Though, given I'm a small ways into that next chapter (and have a lot of the stuff that comes afterwards finished aside from some editing), it probably won't.
Worth the wait.
This. Lately, I find it easy to relate to this.
I really feel sorry for Quiver. Not sure how I feel about Luster yet though, guess it all depends on if she's doing all this stuff on purpose or not.
7335621 You'll find out soon enough.
Wish I could give a proper description of what I thought of this fic, but I've never been too good at that, so I'll settle for this; I thoroughly enjoyed this fic from beginning to end.
7338555 Thanks very much. I've got a journal up about it that helps detail its development if you're interested.
Poor Quiver Quill. At least I know that things improve for him in the future...
Just curious, where'd you get the idea for Bulk and Featherweight to be uncle and nephew? I remember reading a similar idea in another fic ("This Game of Mine" or something like that), but I kind of doubt that's where it came from. Could just be a coincidence, I suppose.
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Oh, they do, but I can assure you that he's still got something of a roller coaster ahead of him.
As for Bulk Biceps and Featherweight being related...blame Reality Check. I don't know if it was a comment or a journal of his, but he looked at their designs and wrote something along the lines of it being a shame if the two of them weren't related somehow. I agreed with it, but thought the uncle-nephew dynamic opened up more story potential.
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I don't doubt it.
Ah, thanks for telling me. I need to check out some of his work sometime...
I really like this take on Lyra. Sometimes the "cryptozoologist" /human-lover fanon can get a little irksome for me (I'm planning on averting it, hopefully in a humorous way, in one of my own future stories), but I really like the G1 reference in regard to her interests. Nice touch!
And also, Quiver's "This is the deskingest desk that ever desked" is just so adorable, if you don't mind me saying. It makes me just light up to read that
This was really well-done. All of it, from Quiver's despair at the start, to him and Derpy, Luster's comeuppance, and the conclusion with him and friends at Piedmont.
Great work!
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They're worth the read - I have them to thank for being on this site in the first place.
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Cool. Definitely have to look them up, then.
I owe my being on this site to a very, very different set of stories. Everything from really good crossovers like "The Bridge," "Whenever You Call," and "Friendship is Grievous," to slice-of-life stories by MythrilMoth and CommissarAJ... hell, I also partly found this fandom when a guy on DA I followed posted a rant about the Conversion Bureau. I was like "Holy shit, really?" o_0 And I found myself curious about what else people did with the ponies...
So weirdly, I owe my introduction to this site to both really good, and really bad stories too. XD
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Hey, the show's already established Tirek exists, why not throw Megan into the mix too? It made for a nice mythology gag, plus Lyra's fascination with humanity had to come from somewhere. And giving her an interest in mythology and lore in general opens up more possibilities.
I blame the comics for that line, but I won't deny that I'm pleased with it.
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I have to agree. It's a lot more fun to have Lyra be into all sorts of unusual things, and not just the one obsession. It allows for more characterization and storytelling possibility, than just "Humans!" or something.
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Thanks. Amusingly enough, I wrote most of the fourth chapter long before I wrote the second and third. That didn't seem to work out too badly, however.
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No shame in that. There's lots of good stories on this site (and bad ones), and ideally, finding one good thing will lead to another.
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Agreed.
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Huh, how about that. XD I've actually done that quite a lot - I like to say that I have no problem figuring out the middle of my story, but the beginning and the end are another thing altogether.
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Well, it varies from story to story for me. Sometimes I have a very clear view of the whole thing, and other times some parts are clearer than others. "The Sun Also Rises", for example, had me writing the scenes establishing the bridge mirror first, followed by the scenes with Sunset in the bridge realm. Everything else came later. Meanwhile, the whole first draft of "A Light in the Dark" got banged out in a day.
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Sure, I get that. And I bet it varies for everyone else who writes. ^^ Just my own particular experience is all; I often come up with the middle of a story - or if I come up with a beginning, I have a devil of a time actually putting down to my satisfaction. Endings are often a lot easier, weirdly.
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Well said!