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Bluespectre


All these moments will be lost, like tears in the rain.

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An officer in the Manehattan Watch. A loving Husband. Plaything of the mare on the mountain as she weaves her tapestry of lives, thread by thread. Fairlight, the child of fate and pawn of the gods, fights against powers that throw him around like a leaf on a storm swollen river. Only time will tell whether he will become the master of his own destiny, or simply become a slave to the whims of the equestrian gods.

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This is awesome! :rainbowdetermined2: ... you wont delete the original right? :fluttercry:

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Don't worry, I'm going to keep the originals up. Other than being a bit of nostalgia for me, they have all the more intimate bits in them that bump them into the M for Mature category. :twilightsmile:

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Thanks for the comment!

I only use the tags when the main TV series (Or IDW) characters have significant involvement in the story, such as Celestia in When the snow melts and Twilight in All the queen's horses. There doesn't seem to be a hard and fast rule about using them, and personally I was a bit worried about people coming to see a story 'about' their favourite character and they're in the story only briefly.

I'm open to suggestions though :twilightsmile:

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You posted an entire full length novel all at once. Will you marry me?

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Gotta say, it's the best offer I've had this year! :pinkiehappy:

Nice Taken reference at the end. :)

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Well, when you write these stories you need to have a very particular set of skills...

:pinkiehappy:

Still great the second time around.:rainbowdetermined2:

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Then, why not use the OC tag? If the main OCs in this story were voiced, what would they sound like?

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I've noticed the OC tag, amongst others, seems to have been removed from the usually extensive list that you can choose from when publishing a story. Whether I'm missing something, or it's due to the site's owner streamlining the system, I'm not sure. Either way, it looks to be a thing of the past now.

As for what Fairlight sounds like, in my mind he speaks with a slight English Lancashire accent. It's not surprising considering I drew a lot of Fairlight's experiences from my own real life ones. I have a pretty neutral accent anyway, so other than the occasional use of the word 'Aye' instead of 'Yes', Fairlight wouldn't stand out in a crowd wherever he was. If I was going to have the story turned into an audiobook though, which incidentally I'd absolutely love, I'd be happy with anything really so long as he didn't sound over the top. The girls sound like your everyday equestrians, although Shadow would certainly be the exception. Personally I'd rather leave that to your imagination! After all, trying to micro-manage the narration could spoil the reader's enjoyment, which is something I definitely wouldn't want.

All the best,

Bluespectre

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Journey of the Crimson Deceit came out today, and it has the OC tag. Actually, I'd prefer it if you told me what voice actors the main OCs would have. For me micro-managing the narration won't spoil my enjoyment because I narrate the characters voices in my head when I read stories.

Man, what a great story so far! Also:

“ Damn it all! ” Thorn hissed, “ I can’t see properly from this distance and my goddess cursed eyes aren’t what they once were. Here, Captain, what do your pony eyes see? ”

They are taking the ponies to Isengard!:pinkiehappy:

“Look well piggy,” he whispered, “look well. You’re gonna enjoy this. At least, he is

anyways!” He shrieked out another of his maniacal laughs as he shoved my useless body with his, probably trying to make himself more comfortable.

Looks to be missing some text there?

It seems this is part of a larger bundle of stories, it says that this is a Prequel to 'when the snow melts'. Which one do you recommend starting with? I'd say the obvious choice would be the Prequel but that isn't always the case.

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The Fairlight series was written before When the Snow Melts, Ice Fall etc. They are independant of each other, however I would personally recommend reading Fairlight - Memories of a perfect sky first.

Fairlight's been working under Mitre for years, yet neither Mitre nor Meadow ever mentioned that she knew him from childhood (never mind how her dad died), and he refers to her as 'that green filly', just before casually introducing most of their history, using her name? That's fishy.

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