When madness sends one careening to Equestria, devoid of his own form, and gifted with one anew, Tiberius must learn his new nature swiftly, as both Flora and Fauna can be friend or foe when one is a Timberwolf.
-after a long time of inactivity, I'm removing this story from the chessgame setting as the fear of stepping on toes was a massive hindrance. Wandering Wood now stands on it's own, and will go through a minor rewrite to better fit-
-The first two chapters are meant to be read together, otherwise the first chapter can throw you off of how I plan to handle it.-
Chapters (2)
well, It's been up less than six hours and I've already got a pair of dislikes with no comments. This... bothers me, but then again, first fanfic, it's expected I suppose. All I'd ask really is for the first two chapters to be read together rather than just the first one by itself, and for some feedback from those who dislike. To everyone else? enjoy.
Edit: I just realized why this chapter feels so slow to me. I'm still trying to set up how he thinks and reacts for the readers so they can understand him with fewer words in later chapters. You'd think I'd realize this sooner seeing as I'm the writer here
well! there's that!
Hmmm.... I like it. Seems kinda high-brow though. is it just because he is that intelligent?
Also, Where are you on the Timeline?
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yeah, he is very intelligent. Strong critical thinking skills, but it's easily futzed up by strong emotions if he can't maintain composure.
As for Timeline, I decided to start earlier than most, hell, probably earliest of all i think... I'm about to go and confirm if Zecora was in the forest before the show began, if so, Tiberius is there before the series began. Gives me plenty of time to work in the arcs I want without having to struggle to keep up with everyone elses stories. I would like to discuss what you have in mind for the Everfree Timberwolves privately though, See if we can work out a shared 'canon' between us concerning them.
this is ganna be an interesting view point. Can't wait to see more!
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ahh, i suppose that's true, hadn't thought about that, thanks for pointing that out to me. Eases the mind, that's for sure.
Don't know why this has so many dislikes... Blarg of sadness for you. But anyways, good job so far, so blarg of yay for you too!
Well, I've given both chapters a read. There's nothing technically wrong with them, aside from a few misspellings, random capitalization and some incorrect usage of apostrophies. Nothing that would send me throwing my window open and screaming my rage to the heavens or the like.
I think if I had to lodge a (relatively) major complaint, it's that the story tends to meander, re-describe what we've already been told or go into a lot of detail with objects when it's not really warranted. (For example, in "Exodus", the description of the mental battle was a bit difficult for me to follow, due to a sort of "getting lost in details".) I understand that the narrative is a story being told by a character who may not be skilled at the task, but it can still be off-putting. Being economical with words is an oft-undervalued skill, and it takes a lot of practice to know what needs a lot of description and what can manage with only a few words.
That's only my opinion, though, and my own writing style has enough rough edges and blemishes that I don't hold the illusion of being an authority or even an expert. I for one find this story rather intriguing (who's done an HiE story where the character takes the form of a timberwolf?) and hope you continue on.
1563426 I see. All good things i haven't heard before.
The whole being economical with my words though, that's new. I'll have to reread to see if I can spot what you mean myself. 
As for the random capitalization, I could a sworn I'd gotten those during my last clean up.
musta missed several still 
Any pointers you could give me on how to keep a story going in terms of short term goals when dealing with writers block? that's my biggest issue at the moment, I know what I want to achieve next chapter, but kinda drawing blanks on how to do it really. Generic tips should be all I need really, but I've been stuck long enough to warrant getting help where ever I can in this regard honestly.
1563726 Writer's block... my old nemesis. I could build my own castle out of writer's blocks.
There's a handful of things I try when the creative juice just ain't flowin': Skip the part I'm having trouble with and go to another, reread the story from the beginning to restore my sense of "story flow", work on another project (sometimes completely unrelated to the story, or even writing in general). Another thing that I do, since I'm a highly visual-centric person, is "play" the story in my head as if it were a movie, and then try to imagine how the scene should progress.
One thing about the "try another project" recommendation is that it might help even more if your side-project is something completely different to what you're working on. In my case, Reinventing Trixie was a complete change of pace from Crossed Paths, and I found it a good way to "cleanse my palate" from all the grimdark
1569104 Huh... that makes a fair amount of sense, I'll be sure to give each a shot. Thank you for those ideas.
Is this story dead?
3625507 Not really, i've just been dealing with a lot of family emergencies the last year and a half that keep me from sitting down to continue it. That's finally cleared up, so i'll probably get back to it in a week or two.
3626285 certainly seems dead to me
5411006 I've actually been considering a rewrite honestly. I'm pretty sure I jumped the gun when i decided to make it part of the chess game, and not stepping on toes is what's been keeping me from finding a solution. SO, it's not dead, but I should put it under hiatus along with my other story until I figure out wtf I'm doing. I will say I'm glad someone cares enough to have commented after so long, even if only to call it dead xD any suggestions you might have are welcomed.
5413560 as far as I'm concerned the chess game seems dead as well as I've not really seen any new stories, or even updates for that matter, for a while now and since your not that far along you can probably very easily remove that aspect of it. In fact you can still keep how he gets to equestrian the same if you wish, just have to change those gods motivation for doing so. I'm still very interested in seeing how he would live as a Timberwolf
5413917 yeah, I think I might have an idea now thanks to you, Time to edit and trim.
5413917 as a matter of fact, i'll be rewording a lot of the first chapter, try and fix some of my run on sentences, etc etc. So I'll let you know when that's done if you want to reread them after that.
5414165 looking forward to it then, and looking forward to future chapters :D
Definitely looking forward to more.
I like this a lot!
Why are you taking forever to write a new chapter? Ive been waiting for months! Just hurry up, I wanna know how it ends!