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Gary Oak
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Wikt
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On January 17 2013 07:04 Gary Oak wrote: Why in Celestia's horn am I standing next to Twist. Because we ship you with her, duh. | ||
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Gary Oak
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Wikt
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On January 17 2013 07:22 Gary Oak wrote: I'd rather ship with the Titanic. That can be arranged. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/fNbQR.png) | ||
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StarDragon
United States283 Posts
On January 17 2013 07:22 Gary Oak wrote: I'd rather ship with the Titanic. lol | ||
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Phant
United States737 Posts
You have improved A TON since that first Rainbow Dash you drew with a mouse. | ||
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Sermokala
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[Agony]x90
United States853 Posts
I also recognize a couple of images that you drew separately, including the garyxtwist, rainbowdash and discord :-p. Good work, now keep drawing! No rest.... | ||
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Salivanth
Australia1071 Posts
I came up with an idea for a fanfic based around the idea of Nightmare Moon not being defeated by the Elements. Instead, the Mane 6 fail their quest and there ends up as a war between NM and Celestia's supporters. So, I decided to make this work, NM had to be smarter. Villains in a kid's show tend to be stupid. So I sketched out a prologue, involving Celestia being ambushed by NM, but I realised that unless Celestia was a complete dumbass, there's no way she'd be wandering anywhere on the night of NM's return without about two thousand royal guards within ten feet, so I had to come up with this intricate plan of Celestia's that involved that NOT happening, and a way for Nightmare Moon to then foil it, allowing Celestia to actually lose. So now I have this Death Note-esque escalating multi-layered mindfuckery between two characters, and this is set entirely within the Prologue, before the main story begins, and 90% of it happens BEFORE the beginning of the story even happens. Needless to say, it is unlikely the story will ever be written. | ||
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Gary Oak
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Salivanth
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That said, the simplest solution to this complex problem is to just abandon this idea and move on to another idea I have. Intelligence plays a large role in that fic as well, but not in the hero vs. villain sense that leads to the problems that arose above. Intelligent characters are much easier to deal with when the obstacles they're trying to overcome aren't other equally intelligent characters. | ||
Whitewing
United States7483 Posts
On January 18 2013 02:09 Gary Oak wrote: Pulling off a chess master "evil plan" is pretty difficult. I believe I managed it in my story, but it wasn't easy. This sort of thing requires a lot of planning as well as multiple drafts. I remember a trilogy of books I read a while ago where the chess master level battle between two deities, using followers, was actually being represented with a literal chess battle in the heavens. The books were Sacrifice of the Widow, Storm of the Dead, and Ascendency of the Last. The prologue and epilogue would be them playing Sava (chess) and moving pieces around with plots and plots in plots (on a level that says fuck you to inception), and the rest of the book would be the actual events that the chess board movements represent. It was pretty interesting actually. | ||
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Sermokala
United States13935 Posts
On January 17 2013 22:15 Salivanth wrote: So I've learnt something today: Increasing the intelligence of characters in opposition to each other linearly leads to an exponential increase in the complexity of the plot. Couple that with my insistence on narrative honesty, and it's a recipe for disaster. I came up with an idea for a fanfic based around the idea of Nightmare Moon not being defeated by the Elements. Instead, the Mane 6 fail their quest and there ends up as a war between NM and Celestia's supporters. So, I decided to make this work, NM had to be smarter. Villains in a kid's show tend to be stupid. So I sketched out a prologue, involving Celestia being ambushed by NM, but I realised that unless Celestia was a complete dumbass, there's no way she'd be wandering anywhere on the night of NM's return without about two thousand royal guards within ten feet, so I had to come up with this intricate plan of Celestia's that involved that NOT happening, and a way for Nightmare Moon to then foil it, allowing Celestia to actually lose. So now I have this Death Note-esque escalating multi-layered mindfuckery between two characters, and this is set entirely within the Prologue, before the main story begins, and 90% of it happens BEFORE the beginning of the story even happens. Needless to say, it is unlikely the story will ever be written. Solution make everything you're planning with the prologue the real story finish it and see where you are from there. A short story about the start of the war between NM and celestia sounds like a great story. | ||
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Whitewing
United States7483 Posts
On January 18 2013 08:32 Salivanth wrote: Yeah. I've realised that, in order to try and make the plot I want to happen happen, both Celestia and NM basically have to be chessmasters in their own right, and that's just not practical. I reckon that if I stop making it a pre-requisite that certain things happen, the plot ought to simplify greatly. After all, in real life intelligence is not about creating complex plans, intelligence is much more about simply not being stupid, and finding simple solutions to complex problems. That said, the simplest solution to this complex problem is to just abandon this idea and move on to another idea I have. Intelligence plays a large role in that fic as well, but not in the hero vs. villain sense that leads to the problems that arose above. Intelligent characters are much easier to deal with when the obstacles they're trying to overcome aren't other equally intelligent characters. I think you might be over-doing it. Just because someone is intelligent and wise doesn't mean they don't make mistakes, or can't be caught off guard. It's not like they both have to be freaking Grand Admiral Thrawn (bonus points to anyone who gets that reference) to be intelligent and wise. Unless that's what you want, in which case, a fan fiction that's basically spy vs. spy or Code Geass set in Equestria with ponies could definitely be fun. | ||
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YipCraft
United States216 Posts
On January 18 2013 08:42 Whitewing wrote: I think you might be over-doing it. Just because someone is intelligent and wise doesn't mean they don't make mistakes, or can't be caught off guard. It's not like they both have to be freaking Grand Admiral Thrawn (bonus points to anyone who gets that reference) to be intelligent and wise. Unless that's what you want, in which case, a fan fiction that's basically spy vs. spy or Code Geass set in Equestria with ponies could definitely be fun. I love Code Geass =D | ||
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StarDragon
United States283 Posts
On January 17 2013 07:04 Gary Oak wrote: Why in Celestia's horn am I standing next to Twist. On January 17 2013 07:07 Wikt wrote: Because we ship you with her, duh. On January 17 2013 07:22 Gary Oak wrote: I'd rather ship with the Titanic. Done... Watch in HD <3 | ||
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Whitewing
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On January 18 2013 13:04 StarDragon wrote: Done... Watch in HD <3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkXCUUkwxVM I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING | ||
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Gary Oak
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GhandiEAGLE
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DuB phool
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Never. | ||
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