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Swirling Blade


I used to edit a fic called Wandering Moon in 2014. Then in 2016, I decided to actually give writing my own fic a chance.

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Looks good so far :3

6889894 Thanks for the praise, this is my first time actually writing my own fic. I'm in the middle of writing the third chapter now.

I may have some information that may or may not be of interest to you dear author. Given that our protagonist is dealing with issues of royal nature, and that the rulers are trying to find solution to integrate him to their lives in any meaningfull way, I propose the following. Equerry, title that is connected to royal families, given to individuals of personal merits. It would be funny if such title would, or had been part of Equestria. It is also a horse pun, all things must be puns.

6921689 Very interesting, I just searched it up and it fits perfectly. I think that I'll have to implement it soon. Thank you very much for letting me know about that

Jolly good story sir :moustache:

Loving it your doing great

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Thanks for the encouraging words, this is my first time actually writing my own fic. :twilightsmile:

I'm loving it so far, I can't wait to read more from you!

6940265 Thanks, I'm glad that you are

I think that the pacing is just fine, but it's still your choice as to what the direction your story's pacing is.

7026114 Thanks, that's good to know. It's just that a lot of fics I read tend to have at least one day or more within each chapter, unless there is an intense moment, then it goes in more detail and goes over less time.

liked and tracked. lookingforward to more warm fuzzies.

7097322 Thanks, it really makes me happy to know that I could spread what I felt when writing this.

i think I'm going to read this, but I would like to find some Pony likes Human storys too, I mean it mostly starts from the Human perspective and it depens on the story how often the Human makes an idiot out of himself.

Like I mentioned, I still have to read it, so I haven´t said anything about your story till now.

7097422 That's cool, I hope that you enjoy it when you do get to reading it

Comment posted by TheRandomHero80 deleted Apr 5th, 2016

Im simply in love with the characters in this story, been a good while since a story has pulled me in to the point i read it right to the end and realise there isnt any more for a while :raritydespair:. Keep up the good work SwirlingBlade i eagerly await the continuation of this work. :twilightsmile:

7097979 Wow, thanks! It's really uplifting to receive this kind of praise! I'll try to update this fic more often, but no promises, since I don't want it to feel like an obligation.

7108072 Thanks, I'm glad that you think that the plot for the story is engaging.

Also, about the whole magic/magick thing, that was due to what I've researched on magick that people use. In western and new age magick, it seems to be classified on a kind of spectrum. White and light magick are to do with either holy spirits or healing. Grey is as you state neutral. Then there is dark magic used to harm and bring misfortune to others, and finally black magick which is to use demons and evil spirits to bring about negative effects.

This is all of course relative to what people actually believe, since there are obviously skeptics, and then those who do believe. I myself am not really in one or the other and kind of sit on the fence.

And also as a side note (And me just rambling for anybody else wondering to do with continuation of spelling) on spelling, on Earth tricks and illusions performed by people is magic, whereas the true supernatural type is spelled as magick. However, on Equestria, magic is only spelled as magic.

I think its fine you've been doing great with the story, my only worry with it is that he may want to give up his humanity. Other than that geat story and keep up the awesome work!!

7129240 Thanks for the encouraging words. And what do you mean by giving up his humanity? Would you mean by turning into a pony or some other creature? If that's the case, don't worry, he'll stay human. He just doesn't really like other humans very much.

7129927 oh, I rather like transformation stories...

Here I am staring at the ceiling and thinking "did I just really went trough the nine chapters of this awesome story?" Yep, I just did it and now the wait for the next update has started, keep the good job my friend.

7166719 Thanks, it's awesome to know that you got absorbed into reading it.

nice start, I like it if they keep the parts in the Human world short, at the moment I'm rather picky with some storys, or at least I'm rather impatient because I had to read really much and I think I need to take a break from that.

I suppose my face lets on to my sense of feeling a little afraid. The larger princess slows her approach and stops at a slight distance, before talking. “Please don’t worry, I’m not here to hurt you.” Her motherly voice confirms that she is indeed a mare.

somehow I hav that moment again, where I would prefer it, if they aren't affraid of Celestia, at least not as much as if she would eaten someone alive, and that her power to make everyone like her, isn't that effective against them.

“Earth is a word that I am familiar with, but not as a planet. It is what we associate with the soil. However, I believe that another princess, Twilight Sparkle, may have a better idea about your species and land than me. From what I have heard of her adventures through a portal, her descriptions of the creatures on the other side of it roughly match your appearance.”

nothing against that universe...really, but I hoped there weren't such a quick explanation, or Twilight the expert in this story.

You could say if I would trust myself to write something, I would probably don't use everything canon.

She looks into my eyes solemnly. “What are your plans now that you are stuck in Equestria?”

that is probably always one of the stupidest questions they could ask, since when should he have had the time, to really think about what to do?

Don't mind me repeating some stuff that I usually see, and maybe would prefer to see otherwise. I just have my kind of perfect thing that could happen in a story, but that doesn't means that I can like it anyway. I really like the way you are writing till now.

I nod quietly. I mean, what do I say now? I’m so embarrassed that I made such a mistake. I nervously look down and twiddle my thumbs a bit. A long silence begins to build up.

he seems more social akward than I thought, maybe even really emotional like some Disney Character since he is plaing with his thumbs all the time, looking like a child that had done something really bad.

I don’t need any material objects

didn't he said he needed clothes?

Well while I may could say one or two things about the Human here, it is one of those which I can pretty easily like, but I guess with him telling her not to understand him wrong, I can only see either Luna asking him for a date, or some akward situation where a child or something like that is asking if their are together while they are already pretty close friends.

I have to say somehow Luna looks like she would try to stay as royal as possible, then again she would act either like a mother or a filly that has her first friends over for a sleepover and on another hand, she was pretty demanding, as if she was getting upset that her first friend wouldn't be like she imaged him to be. (I mean the scene in her bedroom.)

I just hope that this isn't a story where they aren't allowed to really have a live, just because someone else in the castle is against it. I mean there are storys where either Celestia or Luna can't do anything else, or have to be always happy towards mean nobles, even if there should be an extrem situation. I mean that wouldn't even change if they would have the command about everything, and with that I mean a universe without a tribunal, some sort of noble group that has a huge amount of controle about some things inside of the castle and the laws.

Please don't think I wouldn't understand the importance of their duties, and that it isn't always that easy, but I don't want to make it that complicated right now, I only don't see why they shouldn't be able to just do certain things once in a while or in certain storys.

This time I’m the one glaring at him. He’s seriously getting on my nerves now. “That’s it, I may not have all that much courage, but I’m not all that scared of you now. You’re just talk. All bark, no bite. Just an irritating bully trying to make yourself feel better about yourself by pestering others. Now if you’re done, get lost.”

I'm strong now:raritydespair: Yes he seems to be a bit to wimpy to me, and then ridiculous funny if he tries to be the brave one.

Well now i finished this chapter, and I still like it, even if the character sometimes looks odd to me.

“Um… So, is she correct in her guess?” Did I really just ask that? I rub my face as I keep blushing. Dumb me. Why would I ask that?

He is reaaaalllly strange, but at the same time easy to like.

Okay I really liked this chapter, it was a fun way to solve the think around Luna having a crush. Not sure what your planning, and if the story is supposed to get a sequel later, but I just hope that you you don't let them get together the moment the story is nearing it's ending.

In most books I really hate to read, that to persons got together only for the story to end. When I still was reading Harry Potter I got really upset with them teasing us with their new lives and not showing anything.

However I hoped he would speak more about him maybe needing to adjust to her being a horse, and not being so against it in generell. I thought too, that he wouldn't say no, but not yes either, I thought he would just allow her to have that chrush and see how he would think about it later.

I know we more or less have exactly that right now, but I still though it could have been a bit different.

I may have some stuff to complain about, but I like your story more with every chapter that I'm reading. Maybe you could add a Filly far lather in the story, that is very demanding in him being her new dad, I just love adoption.

Okay somehow the kiss and the whole scene was more beautiful or meaningfull to me than in other storys I give you that.
Now you get my upvote.

Celestia laughs more and then calms down. “Oh, all right. I just think that your reactions are absolutely hilarious. Although on a more serious note, there’s no reason to be so embarrassed about sex. It’s a completely natural part of life.”

I agree, but I never was really interessted in hearing other talking about their sexlife, I mean why should I?

I like the pacing of this story, and I would be interessted in them schocking Twilight and Rarity in a way with their relationship.

7179110 Thanks for all the comments and feedback. I understand that Travis is kind of odd, but I think that's just how he is. Keep in mind that he never got along with many people on Earth, this would have been due to his weirdness.

7179163 yes that's alright, I know that myself, at leat part of what he is going trough, I had two or three years like that too, there were just two or three moments, where he was a bit to emotional to my liking,. Like if he would meet a noble that is mean to him, and he would run right away to Celestia or Luna, crying his eyes out and maybe wanting to his mother.

I don't want to sound mean, I just wanted to let you know that I got that feeling at least twice, but beside that I pretty much like him.

7179203 He is emotional, but I don't think he'll cry about a mean noble. Crying after the whole discord thing was partially to do with feeling fearful for his own life. I mean, how would you feel if some being that is essentially a god threatens you?

7180740 I'm not sure right now, but did he even know that much about him when he treaten him for fun? I just feel like I'm that kind of guy, that would only react if actually something happened. However I can't deny that I woud probably be very suprised at least by how he looks like.

Well it is probably as nice to read as it is because of his .....weaker personality.

Plz no transformations.

7288482 I can't make any promises of one way or another, since I let the story write itself kind of. I have a plan written down, but apart from that, some events surprise even me. Travis may or may not transform, but if he does, it most likely won't be permanent.

Sono amazing :pinkiehappy: please continue

I'm going to guess that if Travis can transform he will probably be able to switch between them whenever he wants. is this correct?

7402822 Yeah, that would be the most likely case

I must say this is a vary interesting story and rather good for a first story.
I will be watching for up dates.

7424583 Thanks, I really appreciate your interest in my story. The next chapter is just over half way done, although I don't know whether I'll finish it sooner or later.

10/10 can't wait for next chapter :)

Are you going for the werewolf aproach, or are you going with the spirit animal aproach

7427592 I'm not quite sure yet, I'll just see how it progresses. I don't like to have too much set in stone before I write it

“Uh… I dunno… It’s, um… It’s kind of… A big deal… To me.

"To my species" would probably make him sound less like a wimp to her.

When I publish the results in the future, they’ll be anonymous with no mention of your name

....as far as I remember he is the only one in Equestria that could be even meant with that.

In a way I guess i he is the only Human, and when he should be able to get kids, then it would help if they do what Twilight did.
I don't know about the lab scene being to mature, but I would have been interessted to read more about him and Luna since the last chapter happened a while ago, and you don't need to explain the lab scene that much I guess.

However I kind of liked it that they talked about cultured differences, I just thought Luna would get more overprotective once he would explain what it would mean to see each other naked for his species. I think I thought, that maybe she could get jealous because of that.

7499373 Yeah, I know what you mean about hoping that Luna would be jealous. The thought did cross my mind, although I wasn't sure how to play it out. Also, the subject would be pretty embarrassing to Travis, hence not really bothering with explaining it too heavily; he isn't perfect with communicating things to others.

Also, I know that it's been so long since the last chapter. I haven't really worked consistently on this chapter at all, I had a bunch of massive breaks and that probably messed with my flow of it. I was thinking of having more time with Luna, but then I decided to do that next chapter so that I could put out this chapter sooner. It's not the greatest excuse or thing to do, but I'll try to make the next chapter better.

it's still teen no problem I see.
a grate chapter I really liked it.

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