I should clear this up now before I even publish a story here.

There are some fic writers who create an awesome setting. Naturally, this may result in other ficcers writing recursive fanfiction or fanfics from that setting. The polite thing to do is ASK FIRST. Maybe it is to stop the flood of horrible fics that derail carefully planned out development, maybe it's a test to see who is prepared for the original author to say "no". I don't know and I don't care.

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There's a saying in writing "Take from one source, it's plagiarism. Take from ten sources, it's theft. Take from thirty sources, it's considered a tribute. Take from a hundred sources, it's considered worldbuilding." Sometimes, when reading a fic, I find an idea I like. This post will be comprised of ideas I like, where I found them and who wrote the stories the idea came from.

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(Note: I've decided that my essays are written from a Doylist POV rather than a Watsonian POV. Basically, its from MY POV rather than from Coin Flips)

On Cutie Marks.

The term "cutie mark" refers to the marking on the rump of a pony. Since MLP is targetted towards girls (although FiM has gained quite the large periphery audience), the name sounds cutesy. I'm fine with that. Coin Flip would probably call it a rump marking, because he's (most of the time) a stallion.

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Name: Coin Flip (Shadow Consumption) [Tumbling Bit]
Age at start of 6+1: 16
Hair color: Dark Blue
Mane color: Light Yellow
Eye color: Scarlet
Cutie Mark: Spinning Coin between three stars in a triangle
Special Talent: Luck Manipulation

Name: Golden Sparkle (Birth Name) [Coruscating Flicker]
Age at start of 6+1: 10
Hair color: Muted Gold
Mane color: Royal Blue/Bottle Green
Eye color: Scarlet
Cutie Mark: Not Yet Earned
Special Talent: Not Yet Discovered

Before I begin, I may as well clarify the title and say that no, I'm not angry at authors saying one thing and then writing another.

I was going to post an edited version of my OCs profiles, as there is some information on them that I either don't want you to have just yet (like Golden Sparkles cutie mark and talent) or wouldn't make sense without the proper context.

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Hello. I'm NocturnalLillith. I guess this is my first blog post.

I don't write much ponyfic. I do have my OCs, but since I cannot draw and most of the pony generators tend to look crap or don't have certain things, they will probably remain unarted until I end up writing my fic.

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