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Only now do they actually start doing what they came here for.
Skyreach, everybody. Literally the cock-blocker of life.
kudz
your stories bring me happyness
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Only a few days have passed.
From Urban Dictionary.
Does Octavia know about this nickname?
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Octavia Melody is fully aware of this nickname.
8043768 It felt like months.
A lot did happen, so I hope you can forgive me.
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No worries, mang. I was just trying to be helpful.
Very interesting chapter I think in some part of his mind Tarnished realizes this. We can't forget his special talent either who can stand up to that seriously. Tarnished has taken out Discord accidentally there isn;t a pony his magic won't affect beyond Maud it seems
In some ways Tarnish and Vinyl are visual counterparts to Celestia & Luna. Dark/light swap.
I worry about Tarnish too, Vi. He wants to do good things, be a good pony, but mang, that temper.
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I shot a pony in Windia, just to watch him cry.
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"Because you're mine, I trot the line."
8043917 I shot a Teapot in the derrière, Where he landed only a Mud Pie really cared.
I'm glad we're finally moving on. Don't get me wrong, the story's been good, but if we spent much longer in that cave, I think it really would've started to drag.
I still don't fully get the the logistics behind Tarnish being a Heliophant. He gets some sort of autonomy, even from Celestia, but to what extent. What can she not give him orders on? Or will we not find that out until it comes to a head? Maybe the rules are just as vague and defined to them as they are to me. Fair enough.
When did Vinyl become a Herald again? What's up with that? Was it something I forgot from Venemus Iocus? I feel like it might be. It feels pretty vaguely defined as well, but again, maybe that's the point. I'm mostly just wondering how much of this I should have figured out by now. I didn't fully get the Heliophant thing when it first got referenced, which has made it harder to remember. I don't suppose you can tell me vaguely what chapters I should look back through. A rough estimate is all I'm asking for.
The Druid's Grove freaks me the fuck out. Seriously, I don't get that place. Also, it's location kind of baffles me. It's where Grogar's Crown was destroyed, if memory serves. Tarnish ran there from an underground city, or something like that, and I got the impression that getting there was no easy feat. Yet earlier it was mentioned that it's had numerous visitors, some of whom died. Is Celestia not allowed to quarantine the place? I was actually first put off by it when Rainbow's visit was referenced in the Quesadilla story, but mostly because it seemed to reinforce the idea that the Mane 6 were beginning to drift apart. Which may have been the intention, in which case, good job.
I do like getting more of Vinyl's take on things. Her writing here only reinforces my prediction that the incident of Tarnish nearly doing something very evil will happen in this story. This also brings some new weight to the line in Fantastic Foals where Tarnish is described as being the one who loves Vinyl most of all. Which, not having read VI, was really weird and confusing to me. Which I think it was to Sumac as well, so again, good job.
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An extensive knowledge of Venenum Iocus is required, as stated.
Hopefully, somebody in the comments will be willing to fill in the details. This is the sorta thing that makes me stressed.
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Sorry about that.
I kept hoping that the more I read, the more I'd understand about it, but the matter-of-fact way it's being spoken of by Vinyl is making me think that I should understand far more than I do. Yet I don't. And I want to, but I don't want to. Something about this is really unsettling to me, and I think I avoid thinking about it because I'm kind of afraid of what the answers will be.
Have some herbal tea, take a hot bath or something. Get into a fist fight with a squid, just do something for you.
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One freebie:
The moment that the crown and the orb were destroyed, the druid grove was created. It is a place of intense wild magic, where new animals and plants emerge. Before the orb and crown being destroyed, it did not exist. At all. There was just an island and a very beautiful lake where the four companions had lunch together.
Tarnish's act of destruction caused new species of poison joke to appear... poison joke water lilies, poison joke trees, and types that haven't been revealed yet. All of this sprang up to contain the dangerous corruption of Grogar's crown.
Ponies travel to the grove to become druids. Anybody can visit, and many go there to commune with nature. But should you challenge the spirit of the grove, you will be tested. Passing means you live. Failure means death and you forever become part of the grove.
It is a living, breathing entity of its own, and is the manifested will of Terra Firma as she begins to rebirth herself through her most loyal and dedicated followers.
8043767 Doesn't explain that avatar though? RD looks like she had a run-in with Diamond
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I stopped work on Perilous Gestation of Swans to drag out some info.
Near the end of VI, chapter 79, you can find this conversation that nutshells everything in a neat, orderly way.
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I feel bad now. As much as I question everything, I don't actually intend to drag you away from your work. I am trying not to be incredibly annoying to you, but it seems I'm having limited success.
That said, I do appreciate what you've done. If nothing else, the refresher on what Tarnish and Vinyl are to each other helps to clarify some things. I also feel like I understand the Grove at least a bit better. It feels much more defined to me, meaning I clearly missed something earlier. My bad. Any lingering questions I have involve the nature of Terra Firma and her ilk, and what exactly happens when the spirit of the grove tests you. And this time, I'm pretty sure I'm not supposed to have all that figured out. Like, 90% sure.
Sorry for being such a pest. You deserve better than that by this point.
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http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/TheWeedverse
This can also help. Its expansive.
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When did this get made? I checked for a page a couple months ago and I found nothing. I figured the Weedverse was so expansive by this point that no one would bother. Clearly I was wrong. Okay, I'll try checking these pages before I ask you any more stupid questions. If I ever ask you something I should've discovered in a story I haven't read, feel free to simply point me in that story's direction.
Also, I never got a tvtropes account working, so you're in no danger of me filling the YMMV pages about how certain parents who-shall-remain-nameless are terrible.
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They're flawed, like so many others.
But not terrible. They made the most of a terrible and unfair situation.
Imagine life without then. Dandelia would be dead. Which means no Trixie. Which means no caretaker for Sumac. No friend for Pebble. Should I keep going?
8044117 Aiee and now I spot this!
without
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I'm very curious how one of those trials works. Admittedly were I to exist in this universe I would be very intrigued about making the attempt.
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Fluttershy was drowned until her own natural aggression kicked in and she became the fierce brute she is capable of being.
It's different for everyone that goes in. No two tests are ever the same. No two reasons are ever the same. It is a test of character and self. Failure means death of self.
One day, Pebble will go to the grove for her test. At some point, I plan to write it.
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I just cannot keep from dragging everything down today, can I? My attempt at a joke has clearly fallen flat. I will remember this and temper my attempts at humor accordingly.
Look, I'll keep this brief, since I've gone off on these two enough by now. I don't really like using "it worked out for the best" as an excuse for doing something terrible. But even that doesn't bother me too much. Sometimes, you just have to move forward, whatever happened in the past. And I'm not entirely biased on subject (keyword: entirely). It has occurred to me that one of the reasons that Night Light and Twilight Velvet pursue their occupations with such fervor might be out of a deep sense of guilt for what they did to Trixie. And honestly, that would go a long way towards making me like them again. But it's just a theory (though not a Game Theory). Thus far, I've never seen anything from them to suggest that they wouldn't, given the chance, make the exact same decisions all over again. Night Light's made me feel that he might regret the arguable necessity, but not that he regrets his actions. Until I feel a sincere regret out of them, I simply will be unable to like these two. Whether that's a problem with me or not, I'll let you be the judge.
Heck, I had no trouble forgiving Pinny Lane. I was expecting to hate her (because I forgot she showed up in Fantastic Foals, but her sincere attempts at reconciliation won me over quite quickly. I occurs to me that you might actually be having the two situations be foils to one another (assuming I know how to use the word 'foil' correctly). One being addressed with open communication, and the other with lies and deception.
Weirdly, I have no emotions concerning Tarnish's father. Guy's a complete dick, but I can't bring myself to care. Go figure...
I am being increasingly torn between my desire to explain my viewpoint and my desire not to bother you all night. So, even if I have any further responses to you, I will save them for another day so that you can get on with yours and stop having to humor me.
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Indeed! I dig it. I look forward to reading it.
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It's not that it's flat, it's that I am busy and I am putting minimal effort into my replies. They are acknowledgements.
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that profile pic is so i can do this
Angry Horse Noises
This wasa good chapter and I really liked it.
I also have no cracks(wise or otherwise) to impart upon your delicate eyes at this time
8044494 It's a good contrast for cogwheelbrain's anyway!
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what?
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...I am really, really bad at reading people. There was never any need to go off on Twilight's parents again, was there? At the time, it felt necessary, but now I'm not so sure.
Vinyl's perspective is very interesting and very deep. Her role as a friend and as a protector is explored. Her purpose as the Herald of Selene also comes into play. But she and her companions still have a tough road ahead of them and I can't wait to see where they go.
8045168 Not important, just looks like it would fi in with comments on occasion maybe.
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oh okay
8044278 "Weirdly, I have no emotions concerning Tarnish's father. Guy's a complete dick, but I can't bring myself to care. Go figure..." That isn't weird, that is all he deserves.
Nice to see the in depth thoughts of Tarnish by Vinyl.
And that Smelly Melly nickname for Octavia Melody! Ha!