[GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion

[Icy Shake]

Incorporating, say, Shining Armor would require rethinking Twilight, her mother, the fate of Canterlot, et cetera

Aye; this is one of the parts of PH that I try very hard to ignore.

Personally, I may be in denial: By my recollection, Shining Armor has not himself appeared or been mentioned, at the very least not explicitly as Twilight's brother, so Cadence's child could have been fathered by someone else, or he might have no special connection to her (and perhaps a weaker shield), and that's what I choose to believe for now. I believe that she might have shown up in a memory as a winged unicorn, but I figure there's some explanation that has not, or has not yet, been made why she is not an alicorn, or is older than Luna.

[SilentCarto]

Meh, close enough.

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Welcome to the Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion Thread!
This is the place to discuss Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons, a Fallout/MLP:FiM crossover fic by Somber. Story discussion is on the left, group therapy to the right. Please try to schedule your emotional breakdowns when they don't conflict with anyone else's.

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[SilentCarto]

Ever have one of those moments where you forget FOE and/or PH are fanfic? I finished the last Wheel of Time book today, and I just found myself thinking, "Which character was it whose unofficial motto was 'Do better'? Was that Perrin? Rand?

--oh. Right. Blackjack."

[Ketchup]

I consider FO:E stories separate from each other and the show, though PH and the original are the exception to the former. There shouldn't be a limit for what is written based on something produced after it is planned.

The inclusion of Shining Armor would totally goof things up, to put it lightly.

[Stringtheory]

Ever have one of those moments where you forget FOE and/or PH are fanfic? I finished the last Wheel of Time book today, and I just found myself thinking, "Which character was it whose unofficial motto was 'Do better'? Was that Perrin? Rand?

--oh. Right. Blackjack."

it annoys me to no end to hear people like my mother call Fanfiction or epics like Homestuck 'not real literature' (actually she calls it 'worthless' usually when I'm procrastinating)

[Cptadder]

Ever have one of those moments where you forget FOE and/or PH are fanfic? I finished the last Wheel of Time book today, and I just found myself thinking, "Which character was it whose unofficial motto was 'Do better'? Was that Perrin? Rand?

--oh. Right. Blackjack."

Rand's motto can be considered what we got in Gathering storm since it's Lews Therins
"Why do we live over and over again?"
"Because... maybe this time we can do things better"

Rough quote I have the audiobooks not the hard copies here. Gathering storm chapter 50 per google.

[Caoimhe]

^^ You're one post away from 1000, Cap'n! Make it count!

I consider FO:E stories separate from each other and the show, though PH and the original are the exception to the former. There shouldn't be a limit for what is written based on something produced after it is planned.

The inclusion of Shining Armor would totally goof things up, to put it lightly.

At this point, I consider PH to be the only canon and the show fanfiction of it. I want PH to go on forever. :(

I find myself finding PH related references in the show and have to remind myself that the two are unrelated. AGH

[Guest]

I know someone who studies literature for a living (academia FTW!), and she compares Homestuck to James Joyce. I have read neither, but since she's one of the smartest people I've ever met, I'm willing to accept her word on the matter.

@Caoimhe
Infiniph... that should be a word! Honestly, though, I'm sorta in the same boat; the show is its own canon, to be sure, but it's not one I pay as much attention to, if that makes sense.

[Meleagridis]

HOY.
Prior to his reveal in PH, what was everyone's Discord headcanon? What did you figure happened to the stoned embodiment of chaos?

I'm sure that nobody has said anything against using new things in the show in general.

Someone asked why, and I figured I knew.

[OneMoreDaySK]

@Meleagridis Thought that someone broke the statue and killed him.

[Ketchup]

@Meleagridis Thought that someone broke the statue and killed him.

Discord was released by Blackjack if I remember it correctly. I don't remember him dying.

[Stringtheory]

@Meleagridis Thought that someone broke the statue and killed him.

Discord was released by Blackjack if I remember it correctly. I don't remember him dying.

We know, Meleagridis is asking what we thought happened to Discord in FO:E/PH before PH brought him in

[Ketchup]

@Meleagridis Thought that someone broke the statue and killed him.

Discord was released by Blackjack if I remember it correctly. I don't remember him dying.

We know, Meleagridis is asking what we thought happened to Discord in FO:E/PH before PH brought him in

I just figured he didn't exist.

[Derpmind]

HOY.
Prior to his reveal in PH, what was everyone's Discord headcanon? What did you figure happened to the stoned embodiment of chaos?

In Somber's head.

[Icy Shake]

I figured he was out of the picture, still a statue. Nothing too specific, but maybe deep underground with the salt mine plan or on the mood to keep him away from anything chaotic.

[skibadaa]

HOY.
Prior to his reveal in PH, what was everyone's Discord headcanon? What did you figure happened to the stoned embodiment of chaos?

I totally forgot he even existed until the reveal in PH, then I was like:

"ZOMFG!! MAKES SO MUCH SENSE!!! Well played somber, well played "

[SilentCarto]

HOY.
Prior to his reveal in PH, what was everyone's Discord headcanon? What did you figure happened to the stoned embodiment of chaos?

I had assumed he was still in Canterlot, first isolated by Pink Cloud, then entombed in the ruins at the bottom of the mountain.

I totally forgot he even existed until the reveal in PH, then I was like:

"ZOMFG!! MAKES SO MUCH SENSE!!! Well played somber, well played "

Yeah, I/we started getting some inklings when the Choir described Flux as "ichor of the meddler", then BJ's star dream referred to "trickster spirits" who "came to mold and meddle and inspire". I had assumed "the meddler" referred to Twilight, who meddled in Things Ponies Were Not Meant To Know, but then someone pointed out that "ichor" was the word for the fluid that flowed in the Greek gods' veins...

It still wasn't even close to certain, but because of that, when Discord appeared it was a bit less "OMG, WHAT?" and more "OMG, that theory was right!"

[Admiral Stoic Rum]

everyone loves a good sprinkling of clues to lead up to a reveal, it's never out of left field

[Luminous Lead]

Yeah, I/we started getting some inklings when the Choir described Flux as "ichor of the meddler", then BJ's star dream referred to "trickster spirits" who "came to mold and meddle and inspire". I had assumed "the meddler" referred to Twilight, who meddled in Things Ponies Were Not Meant To Know, but then someone pointed out that "ichor" was the word for the fluid that flowed in the Greek gods' veins...

I always think of ichor as being zombie blood, but I figured Discord was involved after that Choir chapter. I didn't really think about him before that though.

[Ketchup]

Yeah, I/we started getting some inklings when the Choir described Flux as "ichor of the meddler", then BJ's star dream referred to "trickster spirits" who "came to mold and meddle and inspire". I had assumed "the meddler" referred to Twilight, who meddled in Things Ponies Were Not Meant To Know, but then someone pointed out that "ichor" was the word for the fluid that flowed in the Greek gods' veins...

I always think of ichor as being zombie blood, but I figured Discord was involved after that Choir chapter. I didn't really think about him before that though.

I always pictured it simply as black blood. A hairy giant scorpion attacked my dwarves in Dwarf Fortress and bled ichor after the dwarves finally killed the damn thing after losing 3/4 of the fortress' population.

[PantheraLeo]

Ad ichor
In Greek mythology, Ichor (pron.: /ˈaɪkər/ or /ˈɪkər/; Ancient Greek: ἰχώρ) is the ethereal golden fluid that is the blood of the gods and/or immortals.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichor
I would go by that definition. And it really doeas not need to be gold ...

[Guest]

@Ichor (And PantheraLeo!)
Nice, thanks for the research. And welcome to the forums! :)

For my part, I generally picture it as black or dark green (as many do), likely due to HP Lovecraft's use of the term in that context; it's also used in medicine for a word for nasty discharge coming from wounds and the like.

[Kippershy]

Ad ichor
In Greek mythology, Ichor (pron.: /ˈaɪkər/ or /ˈɪkər/; Ancient Greek: ἰχώρ) is the ethereal golden fluid that is the blood of the gods and/or immortals.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichor
I would go by that definition. And it really doeas not need to be gold ...

...Welcome, welcome.

[Ketchup]

Welcome PantheraLeo.
That username is familiar.

[PantheraLeo]

It is kinda generic name, lot of people goes by PantheraLeo on the internet.

And thanks everyone, it is good to be here ;)

[Moodyman90]

I trust you're gonna fit in just fine here Leo, but at the same time I must warn you we're a little crazy here.

[Kippershy]

I trust you're gonna fit in just fine here Leo, but at the same time I must warn you Kipper's a little crazy <s>here</s>.

[PantheraLeo]

Sanity is overrated anyway
But thanks for heads up

[tylertoon2]

Sanity is overrated anyway
But thanks for heads up

Welcome!

[OneMoreDaySK]

@swicked
...
You said you'd include LSP in your next review.

Or has it been so long you'd forgotten about it?

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