Re: [Official!] Project Horizons Comment Crew Chat thread.

[Admiral Stoic Rum]

I had a similar experience when I tried to read Fallout Equestria: Heroes. The main character kills a bunch of the militia that keeps her home protected, then is let to go free. Well, one of them poisons her leg, but otherwise free. The poison would have eventually killed her, but she comes across a friendly machinist who replaces the leg with a cyber one that's much more powerful. For free.
Jump forward a bit and she's been contracted to kill what appears to be a friendly old lady. She accepts the job because whatever, it's money, and "luckily" it turns out the lady was running some kinda slave traffic in her basement that nobody knew about. The "hero" takes the little filly slave from down there and immediately sells her to some other slavers. Then turns around and kills them all as soon as they turn their backs. She gets incredibly wounded but, hey, turns out the filly is a trauma doctor.

You're basically being emotionally railroaded. The fic is telling you what you're supposed to be thinking and you're not accepting the narrative, much like I couldn't accept the way the author of Heroes constantly twisted the world around Silver in order to paint Silver as still being a hero and prevent her from suffering any real consequences for her actions.

That was exactly like my own experience with Heroes.

There is another possibility. (However unlikely it may be) Perhaps you're being railroaded on purpose. We know from the start the character is borderline shortbus. The character admits it freely. And all throughout she is attempting to intentionally ignoring her own moral compass in favor of making money. She of course fails miserably from time to time and tries to do what she thinks is right, and unfortunately she isn't always right.

I'll admit its a little schizophrenic, but at least it's semi-original. A character who tries to be a good guy but due to her own stupidity is either unintentionally or manipulated into being the bad guy. BUT, because you're emotionally railroaded into the main characters favor you see how she could think she's doing the right thing. She thinks she's a hero even though we know she isn't.

And to be fair she killed the militia because they killed her mom and she thought they kidnapped her brother. After her failure and cyberization she decides she's to dumb to make her own moral decisions and makes the decision to be a merc. She decides that no matter what the job she'll do it as long as she's paid. I think that's why she waited to get paid before killing the slavers to save the filly.



I hope I communicated my point well, because honestly I haven't got a clue if it even makes sense outside my own head.  

There's more... Its got more going to it.

[Moodyman90]

Funny, far as I can remember the militia ya'll keep talking about was nothing more than a well armed gang that for whatever reason decided not to completely take over Marefort and just have them pay tribute with guns, ammo, and new colts, and claimed they where keeping the bad ones away.

At least I remember that if a trade caravan wasn't flying the gang's flag they where free game to attack and loot, as what happened to the group the main character spotted when she thought she saw her brother in the attacking party and went "He's being forced to do that, I have to save him." Them killing her mother because she protested them taking the space metal bullets never helped her opinion about them either.

I have my own problems with Heroes, but for whatever reason I keep reading. I guess it's because MisterMech was the one who suggested it to me. And Earth Pony main character.

[Katarn]

[CamoBadger]

Huehuehue, tis a good day to be a Broncos fan.

Even better after looking at the total points scored this season.
#1) Broncos - 606
#2) Bears - 445
That's a split of 161 points
#30 is Tampa Bay at 288 points.
The split between them and the bears is only 157 points.

The Broncos are so far ahead that the #2 team is closer in points scored to the #30 team than they are to reaching #1.
Happy fan is happy.

[O. Hinds]

And to be fair she killed the militia

Oh, you're talking about Heroes! I was confused. Probably in large part due to just getting up after too little sleep. Due to that and my lack of experience with Heroes, I'm afraid that I don't have much input.

[O. Hinds]

From Rise of the Phoenix Empress:

[RoboRed]

ironlulz:

As far as Nanners vids go, this is one of the gold ones.

[Valikdu]

Out of the blue, there's a new TV series made by Ron D. Moore.

[Katarn]

truth about heroes.:

[O. Hinds]

From Rise of the Phoenix Empress:

Can you post that in a separate topic for the fic? I want to read it after I've read the chapter.

I am in the process of making that now. :)

[O. Hinds]

And here it is.

[O. Hinds]

I'm interested to hear what you think of the opening post, which, fittingly, I've not edited several times. :)

[Tytan]

Out of the blue, there's a new TV series made by Ron D. Moore.

Yep! And it's totally not insane-creepypasta-nightmarefeul! [/lying]

[Tytan]

I'm sure you're all watching the Super Bowl right now, but I just like to comment on the commercial for the new Transformers movie.

Ahem...

DINOBOTS!

That is all.

(Also I might be wrong, but I think I saw Optimus riding Grimlock.)

[Ironmonger]

ironlulz:

As far as Nanners vids go, this is one of the gold ones.

[Need to get the PHCC into a group Gmod game intensifies.]

[RoboRed]

ironlulz:

As far as Nanners vids go, this is one of the gold ones.

[Need to get the PHCC into a group Gmod game intensifies.]

[wonders why this hasn't been done yet]

[Ironmonger]

[Need to get the PHCC into a group Gmod game intensifies.]

[wonders why this hasn't been done yet]

I should bring this up with the steam group to see if we can get something organized.   

[Moodyman90]

Neither do I. I got Gmod, I know you can play good games there, but just nothing has come from it.

[RoboRed]

camo/scytobait:

[Tytan]

@Super Bowl.

1. WHAT!?

2. THE FUCK!?

Damn it Manning! You carried the team to the goddamned Super Bowl and that's the kind of performance you put on?

[Moodyman90]

Well obviously he was too tired carrying the team to be any good when it counted.

[Tytan]

Well obviously he was too tired carrying the team to be any good when it counted.

I'm not entirely unconvinced he didn't suddenly go colorblind and couldn't tell who was on his team.

[Guest]

Yeah the Broncos are getting stomped on. It's awesome to watch.

[Moodyman90]

Quite honestly I'm quite happy that I don't have to watch the game this year. I had to last year for a class and I don't really care for watching sports games, and the Super Bowl has... unpleasant memories for me anyways.

[Guest]

WOOHOO. Burd won. YAY

[CamoBadger]

Fuck this night.
Fuck everything.

[Ironmonger]

[RoboRed]

unrelated:

[Scyto Harmony]

Fuck this night.
Fuck everything.

I assume this isn't just a "My team is losing" anger, is it?

[Guest]

No Scyto, it's "My team got destroyed" anger.

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