Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion

[Moodyman90]

And finished.

Other than what I said in my last post, I don't have too much else to say other than I enjoyed the chapter.

Well, other than you managed to set up and interesting scene for the next chapter.

And that ending again, hahahaha. Guess there's only room for so much awesome in one chapter. That or it was a certain jokes last hoorah hehehe.

[tylertoon2]

This chapter was balls to the walls insanity and I loved every word of it.

[Guest]

61!

Quick thoughts!

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[O. Hinds]

61!

Quick thoughts!

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Ah, thank you.

[OneMoreDaySK]

Aaaaaaand I'm done reading it. Now to sleep to compose my thoughts.

Ch. 61 Initial Reactions Spoilers:

Quick question, does Pink Eyes fit into Project Horizons Canon? Especially with the eventual Sweetie Chronicles chapter?

[Valikdu]

Quick question, does Pink Eyes fit into Project Horizons Canon? Especially with the eventual Sweetie Chronicles chapter?

Well, it doesn't have to? What with each TSC chapter being set in a different universe.


Um... The "couple" in the AN isn't literally two, right?
Someone please reassure me.
I'm about to have a panic attack here due to my literary super-drug running out sooner then I thought it would.

[WavemasterRyx]

*hugs Somber gently*  I'm sorry the background check is keeping you from getting a job...  I really hope things will be okay... just try to take care of yourself, and please try not to give up.
Thank you for creating Project Horizons, sir, and for taking the time to devote to it even in the midst of such a hostile situation.  I wish I could show my appreciation more...

Thank you Hinds, Bronode, and swicked for your help and hard work in editing it.

This was an incredibly intense chapter... probably the only good thing to come out of today for me.

initial thoughts:

I'm sure there tons of other things I wanted to say, but my head feels like it's slowly melting again, so I'll just promise to have my full comments in as soon as I can, and wish you all goodnight.
Like that, yeah.

[Katarn]

Done reading. What can I say?

Blackjack is best Han Solo. :D

[Scienza]

Chapter 61? Already?

I love you, Somber and assorted amazing magical editmen.

[Evilgidgit]

One hour ago: Me - "Oooh, a new chapter. I wonder who Mare Do Well is."

Now: Me - "...Heeheehee..."

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In regards to Cognitum:

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[Mister Nikel]

Fucking Somber and his plot twists. Jesus christ, fuck.
11/10 chapter.

[O. Hinds]

Um... The "couple" in the AN isn't literally two, right?
Someone please reassure me.
I'm about to have a panic attack here due to my literary super-drug running out sooner then I thought it would.

No no no! Have no worries there. The plan is for rather more than two chapters, and you know how these things have tended to grow.

[Evilgidgit]

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[O. Hinds]

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I'd like to know the answer to the first question too. :)
I'm not sure what your second question means, though. "what's time"?

[Valikdu]

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[ISuckAtNaming]

Hey; posting some typos I noticed in chapter 61 here.

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[Mr. Snrub]

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[CamoBadger]

Strange how I'm not surprised that it showed up here. 

Still, no. Keep 4chan stuff on 4chan.

[O. Hinds]

Hey; posting some typos I noticed in chapter 61 here.

Spoiler:

Ah, thank you.

From context I think the "he" is P21, but Scotch is the current subject, so I believe it should say, "and P21" sighed... or perhaps it was simply meant to be "she".

No, actually, this is correct; while in general I have something of a dislike for gendered pronouns, this is one example of an instance where they're useful.  The pronoun uses the last valid antecedent, which is here, due to Scotch being female, P-21.

I suppose this should be get the hell out of Neighvarro, or just get the hell out of here?

No, this is an instance of Blackjack using "the Neighvarro" to mean "the Neighvarro pegasi".  She's done it before.

edit: Ah, finally got the tags in this post fixed.

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…Why did you even bother to post that here, Mr. Snrub?  I mean, first criticism: the author of this post appears to have not actually read anything written by swicked.
…Is this actually some example of humor running into Poe's Law?  It is rather too ridiculous to take seriously.
(Though I do note that BTCOTAMIDFHA seems to have a relatively high opinion of Bronode, who is ordered to be f***** only for liking the story as opposed of the additional f****** which Somber and I are told to have or BTCOTAMIDFHA's apparent extreme hatred of swicked.  :))

Ah, and thank you, CamoBadger.

[Guest]

Hey, you know what they say: cunts will be cunts, and you shouldn't be surprised by it.

I had him pegged from day one, for the record.

[Evilgidgit]

What's with the Mr. Burns bloke?

I'm an idiot.

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[O. Hinds]

What's with the Mr. Burns bloke?[/spoiler]

They posted some over-the-top 4chan hate, though I don't know why.  It was so ridiculous that I'm skeptical that anyone would take it seriously while at the same time being too hateful and uncreative to be effective humor.

[ISuckAtNaming]

No, actually, this is correct; while in general I have something of a dislike for gendered pronouns, this is one example of an instance where they're useful.  The pronoun uses the last valid antecedent, which is here, due to Scotch being female, P-21.

Good to know. Albeit my native language, and regardless of me knowing the occasional big word, English really isn't my forte; or at least not in regards to knowing and following the proper rules of grammar. I'm much more accustomed to programming language grammar, where if you mess up, things don't compile and angry red error messages show up... but then again, that's kind of there in spell/grammar checker.

No, this is an instance of Blackjack using "the Neighvarro" to mean "the Neighvarro pegasi".  She's done it before.

Ah; you are correct sir. My bad; for some reason I just didn't process it that way. Anyway; I figured I might as well post these things now that I created an account.

As I'm new to this thread, I'd also just like to thank Somber and the editing team for making a great story that is far better than many things I have paid to read.

[O. Hinds]

Glad you're enjoying it.  :)

And, yeah, English is, to put it politely, rather complex where grammar is concerned.  I expect that I'd hate having to learn it if it wasn't my native language, and I'm constantly amazed by the quality of the English of various nonnative speakers.  I am, sadly, a monoglot; I did pretty well in my two semesters of Mandarin, but by now I think that I might be able to say "I don't speak much Mandarin" (Wo bu gong hen zhongwen). Probably sounds horribly mangled, though.

[Scienza]

Ch. 61 Quote:

This quote seems all too appropriate given that this image popped up in the Fanart thread a few days ago.

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[Valikdu]

I expect that I'd hate having to learn it if it wasn't my native language

*Shrug*
I can't say that I've ever put any grand efforts into learning it. Well, I did okay at the school and college courses, which were just the standard ones. After that, I've just... well, read things and listened to things, all for entertainment. I guess that, after a certain threshold, it just rubs off on you.

[ISuckAtNaming]

Glad you're enjoying it.  :)

And, yeah, English is, to put it politely, rather complex where grammar is concerned.  I expect that I'd hate having to learn it if it wasn't my native language, and I'm constantly amazed by the quality of the English of various nonnative speakers.  I am, sadly, a monoglot; I did pretty well in my two semesters of Mandarin, but by now I think that I might be able to say "I don't speak much Mandarin" (Wo bu gong hen zhongwen).  Probably sounds horribly mangled, though.

Just in case you misread me, I am a native English speaker; which probably only makes me worse at it. 

I took two semesters of Spanish in college and I can't really say I speak it either. I also sometimes rewrite work emails several times to try to simplify my language for the sake of non-native speakers; though I'm not sure they need it. They seem to have more trouble with spoken than written language. As a software developer, I work with a fair deal of Chinese and Indian immigrates... I really do not envy the task of them understanding me; especially because it's my understanding there's a preference towards teaching the British flavor of proper English in many schools, adding another layer of confusion no doubt given my locale; and I tend to use overly large words where smaller will do. I also tend to write really long sentences and pepper them with semicolons :). That said, they manage just fine... I really doubt I could if I were the one learning their languages.

Anyway; I am happy to help in some measure. I consider myself a pour critic because when I am reading, I want to just roll with the story and lose myself in it rather than question it.

[tylertoon2]

Relevant.

Spoiler:

[Somber]

Ch. 61 Quote:

This quote seems all too appropriate given that this image popped up in the Fanart thread a few days ago.

Image:

Appropriate?  It was inspired!

[Scienza]

Ch. 61 Quote:

This quote seems all too appropriate given that this image popped up in the Fanart thread a few days ago.

Image:

Appropriate?  It was inspired!

That's awesome. Though I wonder where the artist got the idea of Dictator Blackjack.

[/fangushing]

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