Rumor has it that there's a very intriguing painting on display at the Canterlot Art Museum. It's attracted the affluent, the famous, the critics... and the attention of the authorities investigating the elite patrons' disappearances.
Amazing reading by Pony&Wolf Productions here!
Written for a "Three Rules" Panic Fiction contest for the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group. We each had 3 prompts related to a theme, my theme I received was "color", and my rules were:
1. Your fic must name at least three colors named in it.
2. Your fic must have a version of the words "vivid" and "dull" in it (adjective or adverbs or verbs or names or whatever).
3. Your fic must describe a color in an unusual way, or with words normally used for a different sense (crisp yellow, loud purple).
You can take the quiz for deciding the prompt here if you're curious. We (Quills and Sofas) are on Discord here if you'd like to join us for more writing madness.
Wow. What a story.
Dangerous painting. Interesting
Hell yes I loved this to bits when you first wrote it! The imagery is fantastic and rich and I love how you made an art piece so mystifying and captivating and dangerous, something that resonates so well with your writing! Your concepts are just so insane and creative, I wish I could come up with this kind of stuff. I mean a painting that literally eats the rich? Why can't I think of stuff that cool! Great work as always.
Ooooh great to see this uploaded
I remember first reading this and being quite confused by the oblique plot, but it's the best kind of oblique. Where you can populate the story with everything in your mind, and everyone can get their own plot as a result, but then when you hear what the intent was (or have to be told by the author if you're a mere fool like myself) it all just blossoms and reveals itself
Another great example of why you're one of the best writers in this site really. Excellently crafted and realised, a real treat :)
One quibble: there is no such word as persay. It's spelled per se, which is Latin for "as such/as it is".
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Good catch, thanks!
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Thank you very much! You come up with really cool stuff too, you just don't see how interesting your ideas are, since you're the one that came up with them!
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There's no shame in not immediately getting things,
and I appreciate you reading my fics regardless! I'm glad I edited that version for clarity.
Howdy, hi!
Another banger. Loved the vivid imagery you used in this one. The concept was truly delightful and I love the execution. Really well done. Thanks for the read!
Oh, this was fascinating. I especially love "an uncanny sense of perspective threatened to dawn on him;" exquisite stuff in the context of the more vapid members of the upper class, to say nothing of Wind Rider's adamant refusal to actually stop and consider himself or others. I admit, it took The Red Parade's comment for me to fully appreciate what was going on, but it's still outstanding work. I love the idea of Sweetie Belle taking one look at this city her sister so adores and deciding that it can do with some... pruning. Thank you for it!
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Oh my goodness, wow, thank you so much! This is EXCELLENT!
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Thank pony and wolf, was an excellent story I say
this kinda blew my mind, hot dang!
my one question is, why ms. harshwhinny?
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Thanks! And it's been a while since I wrote this, but I think it was more about her general attitude than anything. I'm glad you liked it!