Hello, Equestria!
And welcome to Midnight Castle!
This is finally happening, ponies! (Yeah, I know it’s been a long wait.)
For those who don’t know, I’ve been dreaming of getting a Midnight Castle fansite online for some time. While it's fun posting stories in Ponify, I feel that we Nightlings deserve a site of our own. And now we do!
Feel free to show you love of the series, get to know your fellow Nightlings, or just say hi and have a good time. If you're new to Midnight Castle, ask us anything you want. We're a friendly group and welcome any and all questions!
Special thanks to my friend and my other friend who helped set this up! (They're still in denial, but I'm working on that.) That said, the site is paid for and supported by yours truly so please excuse the glitches. I was never good with aether code and the spell manuals aren't making things any easier. I'm hoping to finally figure how to link a-scrolls to the site by the end of this week. Until then please just open a topic and post the link to your stories manually.
I’m so excited! Have fun and remember "We're here for each other!"
LyraHands
First!
Kidding! Great work, LyraHands. All I can say is... it's about time! :P I'm at school right now, so I can't post links till I get back home. You okay if I link my Danny Saga?
RRBB
Hello Lyra!
As a fan of Midnight Castle since book one, I welcome your undertaking. Reading that you have problems with a-code, might I offer my services? I've been developing a-pages professionally for over five years, and think I could lend a hoof. What exactly are you using? Twiscript? CCL?
Thank you for bringing back the magic of my childhood.
The TechNightling
Break my strings! You girls are fast! :)
@RRBB: Are you kidding?! I love that saga! Link away! Also, private messaging isn't working yet, so post any questions directly in general. I'll organize things better when more ponies join. For now that's it, though.
Oh, and glad to have you here! :D
@The TechNightling: Wow! Never thought we'd have a veteran! Welcome to Midnight Castle fansite! I've only read series three and on. It's damn hard to find the first editions :( The copies in my local library have more pages missing than a tree in winter. Know where I could find one? I managed to see one of the first series in an antique shop in Canterlot, but that thing costs more than my three month salary!
Anyway, I can totally use some help with the site. I'm using Twiscript lite. Tried CCL, but that thing's insane! I have a friend who's really good with that stuff, but she's mega shy. Hope that when she sees there's another codefilly here she'll join. In the meantime, I'll give you Mod rights... when I figure out how. :/
LyraHands
Thank you, Lyra.
I'm honoured by your trust. Once I get a look at the framework you're using I'll help you set things up. Might I also suggest you find an artist? One of the reasons Midnight Castle is so popular is because of the illustrations, even if some of the pre-Luna ones are... typical of their time.
One thing. While I would be glad to help your friend join the Nightling fandom, being a "codefilly" is out of the question, since I'm a stallion. Would love to talk code with her, though. Some of the mares I work with can't tell the difference between an if-script and an open switch. (Your friend will get the joke.)
I'm afraid the early books are difficult to get nowadays. If you don't mind bad quality, I think I might be able to find a few copies. No guarantees, though. I'll get back to you on that later this week.
The TechNightling
@The TechNightling: You're a stallion? Want to meet? I'm in Canterlot.
Brush
Lol! Calm down, filly! :)
You're hopeless, Brush! Instead of jumping at everything without nipples, when will you continue The Human and I? It's been three months, girl!
RRBB
Hello Brush,
Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm married.
The TechNightling
@The TechNightling: Story of my life.
@RRBB: Soon. :P
Brush
Girls (and TechNightling), I'm think we should lay some ground rules.
Before you draw and quarter me, let me remind you all this isn't a meetup. Things tend to get a bit wilder in aether, and I don't want them to spiral out of control. I'll probably add a rules section the next few days. Until then please treat your fellow Nightlings with respect and limit personal topics. You'll be able to have plenty of that when I (or TechNightling) get the messaging system working.
@Brush: Finish that hay-bitten story! I've been crying my eyes out wondering if they get back together or not! (Not that I'm trying to influence, you :P)
@TechNightling: Good point. I'll be marking the site beta until we things get in order. No idea if I can find any artists, though. All the ones I know are classically trained and can't a-draw to save their hides.
LyraHands
Sorry, Handy, I done bad. Please forgive! I promise to add a new character with four pairs of hands in the story just for you.
Brush
You know that means eight hands, right?
Btw, I'm totally stealing that idea! What do you think of this: Paradise wants to hang out with Danny, but messes up the spell and instead of turning into a human changes his hooves into hands. Now, he knows that the spell will only last for three days, so he decides to lock himself in his room and wait it out. But then, Danny passes by and asks him to hang out.
Now, Paradise wants to go out with him, but doesn't want anyone to see his hands, so he puts on boots. In summer!
RRBB
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@RRBB, please for the sake of everything sacred... never write comedies. You're great at adventure fics, but some things are just not meant to be. :P (And if you ruin the Danny Saga with any such nonsense, I'm banning you, rewriting the story, and never talking to you again! >:P)
Okay, I'll be heading off. (Time to go earn the hits to keep the site up.) Have fun, ponies, and don't burn the place down while I'm gone. Be sure to invite any Nightling you know!
LyraHands
I wonder who the other Nightlings in Ponyville might be. Yet I'm strangely certain Fluttershy, Twilight or Pinkie is one of them.
This looks delightfully silly. I can't wait to see where you go with this.
7823735 :) Spoiler: one of the names you mentioned is ;)
7823751 :D Thanks, FoME! :)
Well, this being a daily I have some overall idea, but... in any event silliness will prevail! ;D
This is great! Can't wait to see more!
7823774 Ceffyl! :)))
Aww, sorry :( This is a bit of a particular fic... Still, hope it brings amusement, and a few lessons (for me :))
Where can I read that book series?
7823812 :) Thanks. Next installment - tomorrow :D
7823931 I'm sure it will be revealed :)
I'm interested -hits the tracking button-
Interesting.
Very enjoyable.
And so, it begins...
I think it could be easier to follow if you used different colors for the different writers. It can be confusing just to have the "name" at the end of the text.
7832990 Yeah, I got pretty confused with the next chapters since they didn't have the same color coding edit. :T
Eh, the colors are ok (don't really care that much), but the pink is kinda terrible. Hard to read
Do you know about this site?: http://www.mathsisfun.com/hexadecimal-decimal-colors.html
Lets you manually choose a color.
This seems interesting, I've always read about people joking with the idea that ponies may use forums and websites like us, but I can't wait to see how you will write not only different personalities but also how the ponies view us. (Even if it is their version of us)
7880542 :) Thanks! Hope you enjoy the rest :D
Shining?
7885559 Maybe? Maybe not :D
Ahh! I love it! Seriously, some of my favorite stories are written like this. Well done!!!
7894512 My dear sir/madam, I have no idea what you could possibly mean! ;P
Hope you enjoy the rest :)
7894595 :D Thanks :)
Hmm, Nightlings... Chryssie's gonna sue somebody.
I bet regular Twiscript is needlessly complex.
7905278 :D But there's where the money is! Twiscript - most efficient language ever!
Behold the Equestrian-fiipside of THIS site's founding.
There were a few typos, but i think they actually lend realism to the BBS-post flow of the story Me likey!
I finally decided to check this one out, mostly because a lot of the fics that have this sort of "meta" content (even though it is not enough to break any FimFiction rules) are super-popular, but may have problems.
My fears were unfounded. The characters all have personality, and you managed that with only forum posts.
Great job!
I've been in this fandom for I don't know how many years and I had NO IDEA that stallions don't have nipples. Neither do male rats apparently. Biggest shock of my life lol.
7959324 It's true! Im a hopeless cheat! :P Glad you are enjoying it :)
Seriously, I thought such a concept would be more forgiving for a daily. Also, feel free to mention any typos and I'll fix :D
7968203 :) Thank you :D It's a concept I found amusing, so went on with it. :) Hope you enjoy the ride :)
7968529 :) Apparently, that one of the distinctive features between among horses :) Its shocking how conventions this is :D
Probably meant "have".
Behold, HumanFiction!!
8001120 Best fiction is human fiction! :)
RRBB
Simile
EndlessHearts
LyraHands
Bob
PaintDrop
MixaMax
Brush
Luna
TheRealLuna
InItForTheShipping
WaterBottle
PrinceEric
The TechNightling
Jade
LightSparkle
DarkSparkle
TrueSparkle
Candle
CEOWitch
Feather
CodeFilly
MightyDragon
DannyFan
Short&Hoofy
MasterOfThisAstra
YouKnowWho
SweetStuff
Sgt Pepper
Twist
Lurkling
Octavia
Fleetfoot
Speculator7
DaBoss
HopHop
PPI
ForceFeedback
AwesomePony
Well, I've never read anything like this! The internet is truly a magical place, ain't it?
Onwards!
Wait wait wait. I want it to get... meta.
We need one of these authors to make a story about the characters of these books writing stories.
8181451
Ow, my head. It took a second reading to digest what you were saying, but the dynamics of such a writing challenge would be interesting. They would have to be able to write in such a way to make the first layer SoL the second layer the genre they are writing and if including them posting and interacting with the "site" a third layer of SoL (of course with Drama sprinkled in because Celestia knows the internet cannot be devoid of Drama).
Twiscript is best script. Also, great story so far!
This is so much better than I could have imagined! Just, wow.
8264202
Was it actually designed by Twilight, or was it just named after her to capitalize off of her popularity?
Finally starting this story! It's shaping up to be real interesting so far!