tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-851296522341921203.post5109360837279767541..comments2023-07-10T02:00:20.392-04:00Comments on Pony Fiction Vault: Horse Voice's The Writing on the WallRBDash47http://www.blogger.com/profile/05783009408610175254noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-851296522341921203.post-75925986176107982552013-07-18T04:29:37.440-04:002013-07-18T04:29:37.440-04:00My absolute favorite is still Chicken Vortex's...My absolute favorite is still Chicken Vortex's <i>Getting Lucky</i>. CV has such a wonderfully light touch with comedy that I haven't read anything else that touches it's class yet, investing me in the characters while delivering outright belly-laughs.<br /><br />More conventionally, I'd have to call out T.D.'s <i>Cup of Joe</i> for being one of the most fundamentally complete and engrossing stories in the fandom, and I don't expect to find much disagreement there.<br /><br />Present Perfect's <i>ACT OF WILL</i> is one of my favorite short stories because strikes an immaculate balance between informing me and keeping me guessing until the end. have never heard of the 'Machine of Death' series before reading it, I can appreciate many people not finding it so engaging.<br /><br />For it's sheer sense of empathy, I skip past Cold in Gerdez's more popular works and zero right in on <i>The Proper care and Feeding of Monsters</i>. To my mind, his best story by a landslide. Poor Fluttershy.<br /><br />Discovered in the early days of your very own vault, here, I have an extremely soft spot for <i>Beyond the Wall</i>. Again, I've heard that it's virtually ripped from something else, but since that something else is beyond my knowledge, this story hits hard for it's chilling presentation of a very real-world problem.<br /><br />I hate shipping, but I'm a sucker for anything with a solid emotional core. Jot Jiggety Jog's <i>Ribbons and Lace</i> completely blew me away with Rarity's internal struggle. It's the only story I'm presenting here that I have some outright issues with, but it's also proof that a reader's investment can overcome many such issues.<br /><br />I suppose I ought to give a cursory nod to Fallout: Equestria at this point. As many and varied as it's problems may be, it's like the soap-opera of the pony world. No-where else did I get to follow characters that I became so invested in as they faced trial after trial that made me give a damn.<br /><br />Lastly, I want to give another nod to Cudpug's <i>Hospice</i>. I don't know if I like or loathe it, but it will be stuck in my brain until I die, and that has to be worth something.InquisitorMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209346997929773686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-851296522341921203.post-18682414420955483282013-07-15T20:01:32.052-04:002013-07-15T20:01:32.052-04:00What is your favorite ponyfic (or ponyfics)?What is your favorite ponyfic (or ponyfics)?RBDash47https://www.blogger.com/profile/05783009408610175254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-851296522341921203.post-32058268481649988362013-07-15T10:09:40.492-04:002013-07-15T10:09:40.492-04:00Yes, the term tragedy gets thrown around a lot, an...Yes, the term tragedy gets thrown around a lot, and in this case I think it's excruciatingly wide of the mark. <br /><br />" . . . a dark tag is necessary to convey the depths of despair the tale will plumb."<br /><br />Sadly, I think you were reading a different story to me.<br /><br />-ScottInquisitorMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209346997929773686noreply@blogger.com