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Quillfeather882


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Rainbow Dash has been away from the school of friendship for a while, and Fluttershy is very worried. She decides to go to her friends home to check on her, only to find that something awful has happened.

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It feels... incomplete for some reason.

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Care to elaborate? Constructive feedback would be very helpful.

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It's honestly hard for me to pin down what I think is missing.

It feels like it’s missing something.

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Well, if you think of something specific, feel free to DM me.

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And if you could name what it's missing, what would you say that is?

It's not like the Wonderbolts treat her well.

Two people have said that it feels incomplete or that it's missing something. Beyond a few capitalisations, Wild Blue Yonder, for instance, I think what it's missing is about an extra 3000 words of story. This feels like chapter two of a three chapter story, where we haven't been given the build up in the first chapter or the recovery in the third, if that makes sense.

The story itself is good, though without build up and payoff, it kinda lacks the emotional weight and connection it ought to have.

Incidentally, and this is no reflection on your story at all, but I do like the idea of pegasi injuries. Rainbow can sonic rainboom into AJ's barn and not suffer a scratch, fly into the old library and not be hurt at all, but then she gets in hospital for an off screen injury. Likewise in this Soarin' can't fly again ever, but in Rainbow Falls he's healed after a broken wing.

This I suppose does go back to my point above about missing build up. Showing us the incident at the Wonderbolt's Academy would have been such a powerful build up. Showing us Rainbow going to therapy would be a good payoff in a recovery chapter.

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Thanks for the feedback. I debated on writing additional chapters, but I'm starting to think I will. It really can be expanded on. I thought I'd be able to capture it in just one chapter. I'll mark it as incomplete, and begin work on the next chapter post haste.

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Conclusion. This feels like the beginning of a longer story about what the others do in response, not a one-off.

That said, it surprised me by being well written, despite not being my thing.

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I appreciate the feedback, friend.

Comment posted by quakeSanchez deleted Oct 3rd, 2019

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The next bit is in progress, but I'll get it up as soon as it's ready.

this is awesome :rainbowdetermined2: I want more

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I'm glad you like it. Life's been hectic, but don't worry. I haven't abandoned it.

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